Media Statement by YB V.Sivakumar, Tronoh State Assemblyman on 22/9/2011.

Tamil Schools In Perak

Out of 523 schools in Malaysia, Perak has the highest number of Tamil schools with a number of 134 schools. There is 25% of Tamil schools in Perak and 65% of the schools are in the estate.

Issues:

1.     Due to economic reasons and limited job opportunities, the Indians have left the estate and moved to urban areas. This had reasoned the under-enrollment of students in Tamil schools is unavoidable.

2.     So, how will the community and MIC going to safeguard the Tamil Schools?

3.     For the past 3 years, Dato’ Veerasingam had been saying that the MIC had identified lands here and there but there is no constructive work has been materialized.

4.     In many meetings, Dato’ Veerasingam said they have identified new sites for these Tamil Schools :

a) Gunung Rapat

b) Jelapang

c) Langkap 

d) Sungai Siput 

e) Changkat Salak

-       but there has been nothing concrete taken place as at-to-date.

  - Has MIC secured the so-called identified lands and has it been gazette for the schools. Hope it is not simply an empty promise for the coming general elections.

  - Can Dato’ Veerasingam ask the state EXCO to pass an order to gazette those lands which they said had identified? It has to be done immediately before the general elections.

5.   Can MIC Perak come out with a blue-print for the Tamil schools in Perak?

YB V.Sivakumar

ADUN Tronoh

Foreigners Can Vote in Malaysia!

Media Statement by YB Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham

Dated this 22^nd day of September 2011.

Clear proofs that non citizens have been registered as voters.  
Deputy Prime Minister and the Election Commission must no longer be in denial mode.

I am disappointed that Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the Election Commission continue to deny that there are foreigners who are registered as voters in this country.

The following and foreigners are registered in my constituency of Beruas ;

            Name                                                                         Mykad No.                  Origin               

1.    Ghafar Bin Kaum                                                631020125267            Pakistani

2.    Hawa Binti Ochik                                               201028715448            Indonesian

3.    Ahmaddin Bin Rasid                                        600210125119             Pakistani

4.    Bo Rashid Bin Jabboonam                            091231617267              Indonesian

5.    Arudkanth a/l V. Rajandran                        690606085119            Sri Langka

6.    Jahatanor Binti Ahmad                                  480811085446            Jawa

7.    Matali Bin Yasir                                                   470110105759             Jawa

8.    Esah @ Pesah Binti Mat Saman                  301102715082            Siamese

However, a check with the National Registration Department shows that there are no person with such Mykad numbers. The likelihood is that these foreigners have been issued unauthorised Mykads and they have manage to register themselves as voters. On polling day they will be allowed to vote using their Mykads because nobody will know that their Mykads are fake ones. As their names appear in the Voters’ list, they will be allowed to vote.

I also discover the following foreigners who have successfully applied for genuine Mykads and have registered as voters in my constituency:-

               Name                                                                               Mykad No.                  Origin

1.    Ngoh Boi Teong                                                              420815715105             Siamese

2.    Janah Binti Toh Kee Jo                                             520417085636           Jawa

3.    Eyam a/p Ooi Ah Kie                                                   600210095124           Jawa

4.    Baharudin Bin Throot                                               540617085479            Siamese

5.    Nor Asiah Binti Hamsin                                           620529085380          Jawa

6.    Sugumaran a/l Murugan                                           761130086065           Bangladeshi

7.    Mustapa Bin Haji Jamil                                             370817085159            Jawa

8.    Chaali a/p Ai Klin                                                          720727025256            Siamese

9.    Bahorom Bin Ngadir                                                    510110085747             Jawa

10.  Hassan Khan Bin Rahnatullah Khan                  730403085227          Pakistani

11.  Munaver Ahmad Bin Nazir Ahmad                        730822085045         Pakistani

12.  Sugarang @ Sughran Bibi Binti Md Yusof          440202085268        Pakistani

13.  Mohamad Bin Ibrahim                                                  591028125065          Pakistani

14.  Barry Patrick Morgan @ Yusof Bin Abdulla      260902715189           European

15.  Jariah Binti Wagiman                                                    470913085616          Jawa

It is a well known fact that many foreigners have been able to obtain Mykads with ease. The complaints I receive is that it will be easier for foreigners to obtain the Malaysian citizenship if they are Muslims.

It has been so difficult for many Malaysian born residents to obtain citizenship for various reasons. Just like the case of Chan Ming Ying, aged 31 who was born in Malaysia and has been living in Malaysia whole of his life. He studied in Sekolah Rendah (c) in Sg Batu and Sekolah Menengah Pantai Remis both in Perak and subsequently in the Johor Bahru Polytechnic. His only ‘sin’ is that his Chinese parents adopted him without  going through the proper legal procedure. His adoptive Chinese parents have put their names into his birth certificate as the natural parents which is quite a common practice. His case was detected because his natural father was a Chinese and mother an Indian. His natural parents can no longer be traced. So, his skin is a little darker and therefore, the NRD refused to recognize him as a citizen. He is now a state less person holding a green card which allow him to stay in Malaysia only temporarily.

I call on the Home Minister and the Election Commission to clarify and rectify the above said matters.

YB Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham
Chairman of DAP Perak
MP for Beruas & State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

YB Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham : Dato’ Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir must come clean with regard to the clearing of 74 ha of land at Sungai Mendelum area in the Royal Belum and the Temengor Forest Reserve and the 68,503 acres of land which he has approved since the grab of power by BN on 6 Feb 2009.

Media Statement

Dated this 20^th day of September 2011.

Dato’ Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir must come clean with regard to the clearing of 74 ha  of land at Sungai Mendelum area in the Royal Belum and the Temengor Forest Reserve and the 68,503 acres of land which he has approved since the grab of power by BN on 6 Feb. 2009.

Dato’  Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir, BN Menteri Besar of Perak must own up to the clearing of 74 ha (183 acres) of land at Sungai Mendelum area in Royal Belum and the Temengor Forest Reserve and the approving of 68,503 acres of land since he became MB of Perak.

Perak Forest Department Director, Datuk Nik Mohd Shah Nik Mustafa has confirmed that the BN Perak State Government has approved the logging of the above said 74 ha of land. Zambry has approved or alienated so much land away in the last 2 ½ years that he has no knowledge of the locations of the lands he has approved.

Logging has also been rampant in many areas and I have received complaints from locals that rampant logging activities have been carried out in Segari and Beruas.

Internal sources have informed me that Dato’ Seri Zambry has approved a total of 68,503 acres of land since the grab of power in Feb 2009 till July this year! 60,561.75 acres of which are industrial or agricultural land which was approved at the rate RM375 per acre! Obviously the cronies who received such lands will reap huge profits. They are expected to reap profit of at least 40 times the premium paid. The cronies will profit a staggering RM900,000,000 which is more that the Perak State Government annual budget of about RM800 million ! Despite repeated requests at the State Assembly sittings, he has refused to disclose the recipients of these lands.

Under the Pakatan Rakyat Government we only approved land to the landless and the poor at  the nominal premium of RM1,000 per ha. All lands approved for commercial farming will be by open tender which will reap in much higher premium for the people.

I believe that Dato’ Seri Zambry has no confidence that BN will win in the next general election or be retained as the Menteri Besar. As such he and his cronies hope to reap as much benefit as possible before the 13^th General Election. He will leave behind a host of problems when his cronies who have been alienated the lands or those who bought from them institute eviction proceedings against the farmers who have toiled on their lands for decades.

I challenge him to clear his name with regard to the above matters.

YB Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham

Chairman of DAP Perak

MP for Beruas &

State Assemblyman for Sitiawan