Irregulari​ties in the award of contracts by Rural Developmen​t Ministry costing the people at least RM 500 million

 

Media Statement by YB Ngeh Koo Ham, Member of Parliament for Beruas in Parliament on the 10^th Nov 2011:

Irregularities in the award of contracts in the Ministry of Rural Development, at least Five Hundred Million Ringgit (RM 500,000,000.00) could have been saved! MACC must conduct investigation immediately.

The Minister of Rural Development must explain the irregularities in the award of contracts in his ministry. There are reasons to suspect the existence of rampant corrupt practices. As much as RM 500,000,000.00 could have been saved had the Ministry followed the proper practice of awarding contract to the lowest qualified tenders.

I stayed up till 10.30pm in Parliament on Monday (8/11/2011) to debate and to wait for the answer from the Ministry of Rural Development with regard to the issues I had raised. I was greatly disappointed when the Deputy Minister of the Ministry refused to answer my questions.

The Rural Development Ministry is awarding 209 projects for the year 2011 and they are numbered KKLW 1/2011 – 209/2011. The Ministry has announced only the award of 129 projects. I have asked what has happened to the other 80 projects. The Deputy has refused to reply.

The projects under the ministry were given by direct negotiation, limited tender or open tender.

I have asked why projects like the Sarawak Rural Water Supply worth RM638,910,000.00 was given through direct negotiation. The Deputy has refused to give an answer. Other projects given through direct negotiation were the Sarawak Rural Water Supply recticulation system worth RM83,860,000.00 and the Sarawak Special Rural water Supply 2011/2012 project worth RM555,050,000.00

I have informed the Deputy Minister that I have received complaints that the companies that submitted the quotations for projects under limited tender category in many cases were in fact submitted by the same person using different names. The Ministry did not invite separate independent companies to bid for the job. The Deputy Minister also refused to answer whether the allegation is true. Projects No. 9–13, 23–40, 43-46, 51-56, 60, 69-75, 82-92, 100, 101, 110, 115 116, 118-124, 131, 132, 143 and 144/2011 (68 of them) were projects awarded through limited tenders.

Although open tenders were conducted for the 68 projects as listed in the schedule hereto, all were not given to the lowest priced bidder except for one. Many of them were awarded at many times more than the lowest price tendered.

The Government lost RM403,857,592.72 for its failure to give to the lowest qualified tenders. The proper way to conduct an open tender is to first determine those qualified to bid for the job. Once the qualifying criteria for the tender have been met, the contract must be awarded to the bidder who submits the lowest bid. Such a system will save the government money and be fair to all those who have make the effort to submit the tenders.

After taking into consideration, the loss the government suffered through direct negotiation and limited tender projects, I estimate the people lose at least Rm500,000,000.00 through the improper way the above said contracts were awarded.

I call on the government to award the balance projects that have yet to be given out to be done in accordance to the abovesaid accepted proper procedure of open tender system.

Unless a satisfactory answer is forth coming from the Minister, I call on the Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission (MACC) to immediately conduct investigation as the facts show prima facie that rampant corruption exists in the award of the above said contracts.

 

Ngeh Koo Ham

Schedule of 68 contracts awarded by open tender. Comparison of contract price awarded with that of the lowest bidder

No.	Project No	Lowest Bidder (RM)	Awarded to	Amount (RM)	Difference (RM)
1	KKLWT1/2011	7,775,000.00	8th lowest	41,736,809.77	33,961,809.77
2	KKLWT2/2011	30,774,266.00	9th lowest	50,000,000.00	19,225,734.00
3	KKLWT3/2011	31,819,957.00	10th lowest	46,479,946.70	14,659,989.70
4	KKLWT4/2011	27,543,000.00	23rd lowest	55,864,389.65	28,321,389.65
5	KKLWT5/2011	12,461,000.00	6th lowest	45,212,680.00	32,751,680.00
6	KKLWT6/2011	9,519,000.00	14th lowest	53,303,701.79	43,784,701.79
7	KKLWT7/2011	25,175,862.90	3rd lowest	25,287,395.00	111,532.10
8	KKLWT8/2011	18,949,394.86	7th lowest	23,007,412.00	4,058,017.14
9	KKLWT14/2011	8,188,000.00	14th lowest	10,606,000.00	2,418,000.00
10	KKLWT16/2011	14,907,734.30	lowest	14,907,734.30	0.00
11	KKLWT17/2011	38,317,840.00	9th lowest	44,753,169.50	6,435,329.50
12	KKLWT19/2011	23,980,000.00	13th lowest	26,906,373.30	2,926,373.30
13	KKLWT21/2011	15,940,880.00	17th lowest	18,998,935.00	3,058,055.00
14	KKLWT22/2011	4,014,525.80	3rd lowest	4,940,029.50	925,503.70
15	KKLWT41/2011	7,903,269.00	8th lowest	10,255,000.00	2,351,731.00
16	KKLWT42/2011	12,658,519.10	17th lowest	17,066,668.00	4,408,148.90
17	KKLWT48/2011	33,200,000.00	11th lowest	44,950,336.22	11,750,336.22
18	KKLWT49/2011	19,564,411.00	10th lowest	24,791,993.20	5,227,582.20
19	KKLWT50/2011	13,632,609.50	10th lowest	16,005,736.00	2,373,126.50
20	KKLWT57/2011	4,453,561.00	4th lowest	4,695,656.00	242,095.00
21	KKLWT58/2011	3,999,000.00	6th lowest	4,280,332.00	281,332.00
22	KKLWT59/2011	1,695,423.00	7th lowest	1,778,590.00	83,167.00
23	KKLWT61/2011	3,964,450.00	6th lowest	4,382,653.00	418,203.00
24	KKLWT62/2011	2,630,000.00	6th lowest	2,920,285.00	290,285.00
25	KKLWT63/2011	5,060,000.00	12th lowest	6,188,888.00	1,128,888.00
26	KKLWT64/2011	5,043,124.00	9th lowest	7,185,650.00	2,142,526.00
27	KKLWT65/2011	5,699,000.00	10th lowest	8,050,500.00	2,351,500.00
28	KKLWT67/2011	37,189,000.00	26th lowest	81,475,281.42	44,286,281.42
29	KKLWT77/2011	21,336,333.40	9th lowest	24,896,997.98	3,560,664.58
30	KKLWT78/2011	19,000,000.00	9th lowest	22,176,223.00	3,176,223.00
31	KKLWT79/2011	21,280,142.40	9th lowest	24,297,795.30	3,017,652.90
32	KKLWT80/2011	18,221,634.00	14th lowest	35,500,000.00	17,278,366.00
33	KKLWT81/2011	20,503,925.50	10th lowest	26,640,000.00	6,136,074.50
34	KKLWT82/2011	6,045,771.00	12th lowest	11,912,202.00	5,866,431.00
35	KKLWT93/2011	741,033.20	4th lowest	1,526,400.00	785,366.80
36	KKLWT95/2011	1,391,941.00	11th lowest	1,782,367.00	390,426.00
37	KKLWT96/2011	1,657,385.00	12th lowest	15,076,251.43	13,418,866.43
38	KKLWT98/2011	7,763,788.00	8th lowest	10,422,536.00	2,658,748.00
39	KKLWT99/2011	12,500,774.00	18th lowest	20,791,446.18	8,290,672.18
40	KKLWT105/2011	8,660,014.25	7th lowest	11,369,684.00	2,709,669.75
41	KKLWT106/2011	3,000,000.00	6th lowest	3,778,933.00	778,933.00
42	KKLWT107/2011	1,100,900.00	9th lowest	1,480,000.00	379,100.00
43	KKLWT108/2011	12,348,370.00	5th lowest	16,537,921.90	4,189,551.90
44	KKLWT109/2011	15,160,246.70	2nd lowest	16,348,147.20	1,187,900.50
45	KKLWT114/2011	13,000,000.00	24th lowest	17,839,488.40	4,839,488.40
46	KKLWT125/2011	13,749,759.45	7th lowest	16,484,752.00	2,734,992.55
47	KKLWT126/2011	4,081,600.00	13th lowest	4,466,627.00	385,027.00
48	KKLWT130/2011	9,358,419.00	9th lowest	10,280,339.00	921,920.00
49	KKLWT134/2011	10,300,000.00	14th lowest	12,140,059.35	1,840,059.35
50	KKLWT135/2011	12,382,391.39	5th lowest	21,954,971.00	9,572,579.61
51	KKLWT138/2011	32,619,302.80	7th lowest	35,887,197.90	3,267,895.10
52	KKLWT139/2011	60,571,391.30	2nd lowest	64,444,000	3,872,608.70
53	KKLWT140/2011	8,361,900.10	lowest	8,361,900.10	0.00
54	KKLWT141/2011	5,570,000.00	5th lowest	5,976,000.00	406,000.00
55	KKLWT142/2011	23,089,683.00	10th lowest	27,468,000.00	4,378,317.00
56	KKLWT145/2011	9,008,104.00	12th lowest	10,237,377.00	1,229,273.00
57	KKLWT146/2011	43,444,000.00	3rd lowest	47,588,012.70	4,144,012.70
58	KKLWT148/2011	17,614,726.10	3rd lowest	18,888,000.00	1,273,273.90
59	KKLWT149/2011	25,587,256.50	12th lowest	27,977,000.00	2,389,743.50
60	KKLWT151/2011	11,818,121.42	5th lowest	13,862,680.00	2,044,558.58
61	KKLWT152/2011	9,144,200.00	7th lowest	9,730,267.00	586,067.00
62	KKLWT153/2011	10,389,789.00	2nd lowest	10,680,000.00	290,211.00
63	KKLWT154/2011	15,460,000.00	16th lowest	23,495,935.00	8,035,935.00
64	KKLWT157/2011	18,811,011.00	10th lowest	23,888,888.00	5,077,877.00
65	KKLWT163/2011	1,193,316.80	4th lowest	1,373,282.20	179,965.40
66	KKLWT178/2011	5,039,694.60	5th lowest	6,150,279.00	1,110,584.40
67	KKLWT179/2011	5,648,991.90	4th lowest	6,975,249.00	1,326,257.10
68	KKLWT183/2011	1,846,160.00	4th lowest	1,999,142.00	152,982.00
				Total wastage:	403,857,592.72

 

YB Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham : ‘We Can. We Must. We Will.’

Speech by Sdr Ngeh Koo Ham, DAP Perak Chairman at the DAP Perak 16^th Annual Convention at Ritz Garden Hotel, Ipoh on 9^th October 2011 at 10.00 am

‘We Can. We Must. We Will.’

1.              We can take back State authority in Perak and also to take Putrajaya.

Immediately after BN’s grab of power in Perak on 6^th Feb 2009, a survey conducted showed that Pakatan Rakyat (PR) would be able to win 40 out of the 59 State Assembly seats in Perak had the State election been held then. There was outrage throughout the State and nation wide.  The outrage has subsided but a survey conducted in July this year showed that PR can still win 33 out of the 59 seats if election is called.

            We can take back State authority with the support of the people of Perak.

We must however, not be complacent. PR has 8 seats where we won in 2008 with less than 1,000 votes. On the other hand, we can also win big as BN has 10 seats which they won by less than 1000 votes (3 of which won by less than a 100 votes). We can win 41 seats to form a very stable government if these seats fall into our hands. PR won 31 seats in 2008. We can do it. Let’s work hard to achieve it for the people.

In every disaster, there is a silver lining. In every crisis there is opportunity. The grab of power by BN in Perak will probably be proven to be instrumental to the defeat of BN at the Federal level in the coming general elections. The people will be able to see the true self of the chief architect in the Perak power grab, Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak. They will not fall for his slogans. They will not give him the chance people normally do when a new Prime Minister comes to office. Similarly Dato’ Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir will not have the benefit of newly assuming office as the new Menteri Besar. The people see him through and through. His thousands of banners and billboards (the largest number in the history of Perak) trying to portray himself in good light will not be able to deceive the people.

The people also see the true colours of Parti Gerakan, MCA and MIC who participated and endorsed the power grab. In every democratic country, from USA to UK to Japan, we see Prime Minister, Ministers and even police chiefs bow apologically in shame and resign from their posts if there is a scandal or failure on their part even though they were legitimately elected or appointed.

Only in Perak and in Malaysia, we see Najib and Zambry after grabbing power trumpeted their success, putting up banners and billboards to promote themselves.

2.              We Must

We must rectify the situation. We must restore morality, integrity, dignity and righteousness to this beloved nation of Malaysia. If we allowed the grab of power in Perak to go unpunished, we are sending a message to our children and our children’s children that robbing and stealing are permissible so long as we achieve our purpose. A nation without morality, integrity, dignity and righteousness is doomed to fail.

We must save our nation from BN’s corruption, abuse of power and mismanagement which will eventually lead us to bankruptcy. We must strengthen the democratic institutions in our country. We must ensure transparency, good governance and democratic principles and values are upheld.

We must ensure that which has happened to the Perak State Assembly must never be allowed to occur again. We must restore the Perak State Assembly to its rightful place. We must make right the Perak crisis court cases where judges do not follow the law.

Under the impression that he is secured with the police on his side and immune from the law, Zambry has approved 60,561.33 acres of industrial/agricultural land at an average price of RM375 per acre since the grab of power. Despite repeated demands, he has refused to disclose the names of the receipients. We can only assume that most of these lands were approved to his or BN cronies. If Zambry and his or BN’s cronies were to benefit RM20,000-00 per’s acre from these approvals, they would have made a staggering RM1.2 billion far exceeding the Perak State Government’s annual budget! We must demand transparency.

Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn expressed his worry when our nation was indebted in the sum of RM20.0 billion. Tun Mahathir has allowed it to balloon to RM238.3 billion when he left office in 2003. Tun Abdullah Badawi allowed it to grow to RM313 billion.

Today our nation is indebted to the tune of RM455 billion about 53.8% of our GDP. Argentina became a bankrupt nation when its national debt reached US95 billion (RM285 billion). Many more nations in Europe are facing bankruptcy. Malaysians must not think that our nation can never be bankrupt. Each Malaysian is now indebted about RM16,000-00 or RM80,000-00 per family of 5 persons!

2012 Budget sees us in deficit of another RM51.2 billion.  Estimated income is RM181.6 billion while the expenditure is RM232.8 billion.  Repayment of debt for 2012 has reached RM20.45 billion.

Unless a debt is incurred in order to earn more money, every debt incurred by us is to use up the money belonging to our future generations. We must let the people realize that the goodies given by BN during elections to cover up their excesses and corruption only add on to their sorrows to come.  We do not want our children to curse us for the sufferings they have to endure due to our failure to prevent BN from making our nation a bankrupt nation.

We Will

We will together with other Pakatan Rakyat parties work tirelessly to save this nation from possible bankruptcy.  We will work to enhance the quality of education and the quality of our universities.  We will restore, uphold and strengthened the democratic institutions of this country.  We will make Malaysia a better place for all Malaysians.  We will surmount the challenges ahead of us together.  We together reaffirm that we can, we must and we will take back state authority in Perak and take power in Putrajaya.

We Can. We Must. We Will.

NGEH KOO HAM

DAP PERAK CHAIRMAN

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

Call to resolve problems related to conversion in and out of Islam immediately

PRESS STATEMENT

Illegal for Government to subject non-Muslims to be tried by the Syariah Court. Call on the Government to resolve the problems related to the conversion in and out of Islam immediately and to implement a quick and easy way to determine the religious status of a person

政府把非回教徒交给回教法院审判是非法的。呼吁政府立即解决有关改变信仰，皈依回教和脱离回教的问题。并采取快速与简便的方法，来确定一个人的宗教地位。

The clarification by Minster in the Prime Minister’s Department, Mejar Jeneral (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Bin Baharom that the 135 applicants who managed to renounce Islam were actually non-Muslims who were mistakenly registered as Muslims by the National Registration Department (NRD) because of their names and these victims have to apply to the Syariah Court to change their religious status shows that something is very wrong with the Government administration.

首相署部长，Mejar Jeneral (B) Datuk Jamil Khir Bin Baharom 澄清：135人申请者脱离回教，实际上是国家登记处（NRD），因为这些非回教徒的名字，误登记他们为回教徒。这些受害者必须向回教法院改变其宗教地位，|这显示政府的行政，出现非常错误的施政。

Firstly, if it is a mistake made by the NRD why can’t the NRD rectify it?

首先，如果是NRD犯了错误，为什么NRD不能纠正它呢？

Secondly, the Syariah Curt has no jurisdiction over non-muslims. The Syariah Court Judges should reject such application due to lack of jurisdiction and asked that the matter be resolved by the NRD. Any decision by the Syariah court over a non Muslim is illegal.

其次，回教法院没有权力对非回教徒作出审判。回教法院的法官，由于缺乏司法权力，应拒绝有关的申请，并要求该事项交由NRD解决。任何由回教法庭对非回教徒作出的审判都是非法的。

Thirdly, courts are constituted to settle disputes not for confirming the religious status of a person. Articles II of the Federal Constitution guarantees the freedom of religion of every Malaysian and therefore, the religious status of a person is determined by the person concern. A statutory declaration made by the person should suffice. Muslims are complaining that there is huge back log of cases in the Syariah Courts. Therefore, Syariah Courts should spend their time giving priority clearing the cases rather than getting themselves involved with matters which they do not have jurisdiction.

第三，法院是用于解决纠纷的，不是为了证实一个人的宗教地位。联邦宪法第二章条文保障每一个马来西亚公民信仰宗教的自由，一个人的宗教地位是由个人的决定。一个人作出的法定声明已经足够。回教徒抱怨说有在回教法庭有很多累积的案件等待处理。因此，回教法院应该花时间优先清理自己的案件，而不是参与自己没有司法权力的事务。

Subjecting non-Muslims to the Syariah Court is oppressive as these non-Muslims have to go through ‘counselling not to leave the Islamic faith’ which may take months, some cases years and in many other cases never approved.

非回教徒遭受回教法院的压迫是因为这些非回教徒要经过“不要离开回教信仰的辅导”，这可能需要几个月，在某些情况下需要多年的时间。甚至有许多其他案件从来没有获得批准。

A person after becoming a Muslim registers himself/herself with the respective State Islamic Council. Depositing a statutory declaration declaring that he/she has left the Islamic faith with the same Islamic Council should suffice to confirm that he/she has left the Islamic faith.

一个人成为回教徒后将会到各自的州回教理事会进行注册。在相同的回教理事会里，法定声明宣布他/她脱离回教信仰，应足以确认他/她已经脱离回教信仰。

Conversion to Islam has been abused by many. Some have converted to Islam to escape their legal duty to provide maintenance for their wives and children. Others converted to Islam to get custody of the children as the Syariah Courts will grant them the custody of the children. The civil courts regretfully now hold the view that they have no jurisdiction to interfere. Islam promotes justice but it has now been used to perpetuate injustice.

皈依回教已被许多人滥用了。有些人皈依回教，为维护他们的妻子和孩子，以逃避法律责任。其他人皈依回教，是为了得到子女抚养权。因为回教法院会把子女抚养权给予他们。现在民事法庭遗憾的认为，他们无权干涉。回教提倡正义，但它现在已经被用来延续不公平不公正。

I know of people who do not profess the Islamic faith, never seen or read the Koran before and have never entered a mosque but due to various circumstances have a muslim sounding names. They want to be non-Muslims and get married to non-Muslims. Since there is no avenue for them to get married, they stay together out of wedlock and give birth to offsprings who will then be victim of circumstances like their parents. By refusing them an avenue to get married and have a normal family, we become a cruel society and by our cruelty we breed further social problems.

我知道一些人，不信奉回教的信仰，从未见过或阅读可兰经，也从来没有去过回教堂。但由于各方面情况，拥有一个和穆斯林相似的姓名。他们希望成为非回教徒和与非回教徒结婚。由于他们没有结婚的途径，他们只能同居在一起。他们的孩子出生后就会像他们的父母的情况下，成为牺牲品。拒绝他们结婚的途径和拥有一个正常的家庭，我们成为一个残酷的社会。我们的残酷，将进一步制造社会问题。

All persons above the age of 18 should be given full liberty to choose the religion of their choice.

所有18岁以上的人士应给予充分的自由，选择他们所信仰的宗教。

I call on the Government to resolve the issues related to the conversion in and out of Islam immediately by following and respecting the provisions and the spirit of the Federal Constitution so that the untold miseries of those affected by the said issue can be put to an end.

我呼吁政府立即解决有关改变信仰，皈依回教和脱离回教的问题。根据和尊重联邦宪法的规定和精神，结束这些受影响的人士，面对这些问题，所带来数不清的痛苦。


Dated this 25th day of June 2011.

2011年6月25日

NGEH KOO HAM
Deputy Secretary of DAP Malaysia
MP for Beruas &
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

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Ngeh Koo Ham : Call on Dato’ Mah Hang Soon Perak BN government Exco member in charge of local governments to solve the public transport woes in Manjung and other districts.

Call on Dato’ Mah Hang Soon Perak BN government Exco member in charge of local governments to solve the public transport woes in Manjung and other districts. PR is willing to offer its services for the sake of the people to solve the public transport woes though the state power has been taken from them.

One of the top priorities when PR Perak became the state government in March 2008 was to solve the woes of public transportation in Perak. There were no flight services to Perak and bus services were poor or non-existent in many areas.

BN Perak Government had been debating for years whether to extend the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport and whether to build the Ipoh Central Public Transportation Hub in Perak. Meanwhile, the people of Perak were without flight services and public bus transport were poor or non-existent in many areas.

PR Perak Government sprang into action and concluded a deal with Firefly to fly between Ipoh, Singapore and Subang. Firefly is now flying regularly 2 flights a day in and out of Ipoh.

PR Perak government also gathered all the bus operators in Kinta Valley to form a company called The Combined Bus Services Sdn Bhd, which then concluded a deal with the Perak State Government to build the Ipoh Central Public Transportation Hub in Meru Raya. 250 new buses would replace the old buses and they will be plying Kinta Valley and to other parts of Perak and Malaysia within 2 years from the date of the Agreement.

PR Perak government was also finalizing an Agreement with a developer to develop Manjung Central public Transportation Hub in Seri Manjung in the Manjung District but the same was abruptly terminated with the grab of power which occurred on 6th February 2009.

More than 2 years have lapsed but we see very slow progress of Ipoh Central Public Transportation Hub taking shape. Old buses in Ipoh have yet to be replaced.

Last year, the BN Government announced a subsidy of RM70,000.00 per month for a bus company to operate in Manjung District and it was to commence operation the beginning of this year but nothing has materialized. The poor especially those who are sick continue to suffer. They could not go to the hospital with the cheaper mode of public bus transport. Many have to pay as much as RM30 per trip to the Manjung Hospital using taxis.

If BN Government does not know how to solve the public transport problem, the Pakatan Rakyat is willing to offer its services for the sake of the people though the state power has been taken away from us.

31st May 2011
Ngeh Koo Ham
DAP Perak Chairman
Member of Parliament for Beruas
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

Ngeh Koo Ham : Perak Eco Industrial Hub is another “pie in the sky” announcement by BN perak Government

Media Statement

Perak Eco Industrial Hub is another “pie in the sky” announcement by BN perak Government. Dato’ Seri Zambry bin Abdul Kadir should prove himself by solving the simplest of the state problems like public transportation in his own house district of Manjung and issuing titles for renewal of expired leases within 1 month as was done by the PR Perak State Government.

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The announcement by Dato’ Seri Dr. Zambry bin Abdul Kadir, BN Menteri Besar of Perak that an Eco Industrial Hub will be set up in Perak is another BN Perak Government’s “pie in the sky” announcement.

BN Perak Government is well known for making “pie in the sky” announcements of mega projects that never materialize. Amongst them, multi-million and multi-billion ringgits projects such as the Aluminium Plant, Gulf Petroleum Project, International Halal Meat Hub, Aerospace Tourism from the Ipoh Sultan Azlan Shah Airport, building luxury homes in Tronoh where residents own personal planes, producing ethanol from mangrove palms (Nipah) and the seaweed project. The list can go on.

BN Perak Government tries to give the impression that it has brought much development to Perak to deceive the people when in fact it has failed to do so. An inquiry from an interested investor is announced as if the project is taking off in Perak.

The PR Perak Government announced a project only after the details have been worked out and the project is ready to be launched.

BN Perak Government under Dato’ Seri Zambry cannot even solve the simple transport problem of his home district of Manjung.

The BN Government has announced last year that the public bus service will start operating at the beginning of this year but we see nothing out of the announcement though we are entering the month of June.

PR Perak Government has cut down unnecessary procedures and was able to issue new titles for renewal of expired land leases within 1 month after an application is made. I have received numerous complaints that such titles could not be issued even though 2 years have lapsed under BN rule.

I call on Dato’ Seri Zambry to actually serve the people rather than making rosy announcements to deceive the people . I hope the people can see clearly that the BN grab of power in Perak is for power and not to serve the people.


Dated 30th May 2011
Ngeh Koo Ham
Assemblyman for Sitiawan
DAP Perak Chairman

BN Perak State Govt promoting falsehood in a religious event

MEDIA STATEMENT

Dato Mah Hang Soon must not be allowed to promote falsehood in a religions event. The public demand a product as advertised, not a fake one.

On 6th January, BN Perak State Government Executive Councilor, Dato' Dr Mah Hang Soon announced that the well-known Christian Music group, Hillsong from Australia will take centre stage during the Perak State level Christmas and New Year celebrations at Stadium Indera Mulia in Ipoh on 23rd January, 2011.

Immediately, on the same day, the manager of Hillsong Music, Australia Mr. Timothy Whincop issued a letter confirming that the group performing at the event is not sanctioned or endorsed by Hillsong Music or Hillsong Church.

I have been given to understand that this matter has been brought to the attention of Dato' Dr Mah. Despite the said knowledge he insisted that the group performing on 23/1/2011 be promoted as from Hillsong from Australia.

Yesterday, Hillsong issued another letter confirming that Hillsong is not and will not be performing in any event in Ipoh, Perak on 23/1/2011 and reiterates that Hillsong's name may not be used without prior permission. Copies of their letters dated 6/1/2011 and 12/1/2011 are attached herewith.

Christianity promotes truth and respect for the rights of others. It is a shameful affair for Dato' Mah to promote falsehood. Dato' Mah must let the public know exactly who is performing at the Christmas event. As the exco member in charge of consumer affairs, Dato' Mah has the duty not to mislead the public but to describe a product accurately.

Christians and other Malaysians are upset that Dato' Mah is not telling the truth. The public demand that they get the product as advertised, not a fake one.

Dated this 13th day of January 2011.


NGEH KOO HAM
Chairman of DAP Perak
MP for Beruas &
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

BN State Government Celebrating Christmas out of season

BN Perak State Government fixing 23rd January 2011 to celebrate Christmas defeats the spirit of celebrating the event.

I note with regret that the Perak BN Government deems it fit to celebrate Christmas 2010 out of season to celebrate it only on 23rd January 2011. Christmas is celebrated worldwide on 25th December 2010.

The purpose of a celebration is to observe the significance of an event, in our instant case the birth of Christ. Apart from that, a celebration uplifts and liberates the human spirit to bring happiness, gladness and joy.

The people of Perak are starting to feel the mood of celebrating Chinese New Year which falls on 3 February 2011. Therefore, to celebrate Christmas only on 23 January 2011 when the people are in the mood of celebrating Chinese New Year will overshadow the message and significance of the Christmas event. The festivity which Christmas brings to uplift the spirit of the people will also be lost.

I hope in future the State Christmas program will be celebrated during the season of Christmas.

Dated this 12th day of January 2011.



NGEH KOO HAM
Chairman of DAP Perak
MP for Beruas &
State Assemblyman for Sitiawan

BN will be holding a one day Perak State Assembly sitting again!

BN seems to be planning a one day sitting again from the agenda sent to Perak State Elected Representatives. Pakatan Rakyat Elected Representatives call for sufficient time to be allocated for elected representatives to debate the matters before the House for this coming State Assembly budget sitting commencing on 30/11/2010.

Last year the Perak 2010 budget was past without debate in 20 minutes by BN elected representatives because Dato’ R. Ganesan position as a Legitimate Speaker was in question and they do not allow that question to be raised.

In the last sitting on 3/8/2010, the BN appointed speaker, Dato’ Ganesan intentionally did not want allow the PR elected representatives to speak on behalf of the people. He decided that the sitting should be for one day only and allow opposition leader Dato’ Seri Mohd Nizar Bin Jamaluddin (who should rightfully the Menteri Besar) only 15 minutes to speak. The Pakatan Rakyat elected representatives protested as it makes a mockery of the State Assembly. Traditionally, there is no time limit imposed on the opposition leader to bring the State matters before the house just as no time limit is set for the Menteri Besar. So long as the matters spoken are relevant and relate to the State of Perak they would be allowed. On one occasion, I spoke for 3 hours as opposition leader and when PR was in government Dato’ Seri Tajol Rosli as opposition leader spoke for 2 ½ hours.

The PR elected representatives protested as they were expected to be given much lesser time to debate especially matters pertaining to their respective constituencies.

Dato’ Ganesan and the BN Perak Government accused the PR elected representatives of making a scene when our objection was to defend democracy. BN Perak Government had planned to make the State Assembly a rubber stamp without a debate. They use hundreds of police to surround and control the State Assembly to ensure that the State Assembly will be a mere rubber stamp to approve what they want.

Just like the last sitting where the matters to be transacted for that sitting were contained in a one day agenda, and subsequently all matters were approved within the same day, all matters that needed to be transacted in this coming State Assembly sitting are also listed a one day agenda.

The matters to be transacted are as follows:-

1. Oral Questions Session.
2. To pass the Perak Malays Higher Studies Scholarship Fund (Amendment) bill.
3. To pass the Perak Nationals (Non-Malay) Scholarship Fund (Amendment) Bill.
4. To pass Wood – based Industries (Amendment) bill.
5. To pass the supply 2011 bill (Budget) amounting to RM832,417,100.
6. To pass a motion to approve the use of RM273,000,000 from Consolidated Development Fund and
7. To pass a motion to approve the Perak Constitutional Amendment to include 4 other titled Raja (Raja Kecil Besar, Raja Kecil Sulong, Raja Kecil Tengah, Raja Kecil Bongsu) as members of the Dewan Negara.

The Perak State Assembly will become meaningless if the above said matters are past in a day without meaningful debate.

The BN Perak Government is expected again to use the police force to ensure that they will achieve their purpose in passing the above said matters without being questioned.

I call on Dato’ Ganesan to declare that he will allocate at least 4 days for debate and call on the BN Government to support my call.

If BN fails to restore democracy in Perak, let the people of Perak oust them decisively in this coming general election.

Dated this 28th day of November 2010.




DATO’ NGEH KOO HAM
(MP for Beruas & State Assemblyman
for Sitiawan)

Ngeh says jealousy behind ‘dictator’ label

By Clara Chooi, The Malaysian Insider
November 18, 2010

AYER TAWAR, Nov 18 — Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham, who easily won re-election last weekend as Perak DAP chairman, is claiming that jealousy is behind the widely-held perception that both he and his cousin Nga Kor Ming are dictators.

In an exclusive interview with The Malaysian Insider earlier this week, the veteran leader, who is now into his seventh term as state party chairman since 1998, lamented that the term “dictator” was likely pinned on him by people who disliked him and Nga were jealous as they had become so popular in the party.

Describing it as the scourge of Malaysian politics, Ngeh pointed to the example of the father-son team of DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng.

“We see it often in Malaysian politics. And like Lim Kit Siang and Lim Guan Eng, even though they have both served time in prison, people call it a dynasty.

“What dynasty, I would like to ask? I would like to point to the example of how the church preaches that a pastor who does not push his son to become a pastor like him is not setting a good example. Because being a pastor is a sacrificial position and before you ask someone else to sacrifice, you have to be willing to sacrifice your own son first,” he charged.

He pointed out that Kit Siang’s willingness to sacrifice his own son in prison to fight for the rights of the people should be considered as “exemplary” instead of a “dynasty”.

“I know them so well. They have sacrificed so much for the people and both even went to prison for it,” he said.

Ngeh noted that the reason why both he and Nga were accused of being dictators was purely psychological as it played on the basic human instinct of jealousy.

“It is just about that... the basic human instinct: jealousy. They see us up there as cousins and they call us dictators because we are both in power and we are cousins.

“It is totally unfair,” he said.

Ngeh (picture) pointed out that if he was a substandard party leader and had a bad track record, he would not have been voted back into power during Sunday’s polls.

“If Ngeh and Nga are lazy, if Ngeh and Nga are corrupt, if Ngeh and Nga are seeking benefits for themselves and not sacrificing, if Ngeh and Nga are not doing work, if Ngeh and Nga are for any reason, negative, then by all means reject us.

“But do not reject us when we have been sacrificing so much; our time, our money, our family and personal lives, do not reject us simply because we are cousins... it is totally unfair,” he said.

Ngeh added that the negative perception of him and Nga had prolonged because they had always chosen not to react to accusations.

“I have said that I would willingly suffer the injustice of being denied the right to reply and be subject to hurtful attacks assailed against me than to put my party in jeopardy and cause the mission of the people to be derailed.

“A good soldier is willing to keep a secret to safeguard a nation and risk being shot. This bad impression is given because I do not reply in the media. But it is a cost I would rather pay than to speak on the outside and cause the whole party to suffer,” he said.

Ngeh acknowledged that the accusations had begun even during the time when Pakatan Rakyat helmed the government in Perak, noting that they were merely “a pack of lies”.

Among others, former PKR assemblymen Jamaluddin Mohd Radzi and Mohd Osman Mohd Jailu, had levelled numerous complaints against both Ngeh and Nga, claiming that the duo often bulldozed decisions through during state executive council meetings.

All were a part of the state executive council line-up following Election 2008.

Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman had claimed in earlier interviews that their anger with Ngeh and Nga had been one of their primary reasons for abandoning Pakatan Rakyat (PR), a move which had caused the downfall of the Perak PR government in February 2009.

Besides them, former DAP assemblyman Datuk Hee Yit Foong had done the same and had also complained that the cousins had sidelined her when they refused to offer her a spot on the state executive council line-up.

“Firstly, both Jamaluddin and Mohd Osman never spoke out in our meetings. We made hundreds of decisions and only on one or two issues they spoke out and we were in agreement with their arguments.

“We were very professional and (former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad) Nizar (Jamaluddin) was very good. We would always go one round and ask everyone for their opinions... it was a perfect power-sharing formula and never before was it ever this democratic in the government,” Ngeh said.

On Hee’s case, Ngeh claimed that he had been very fair to have offered her the post of deputy Speaker in the state assembly.

“Her qualification was only up to Form Five and not that I am saying it’s a bad thing or I am looking down on her. Then, she is also a polio victim and she often complains about travelling. To be an exco member, you have to travel.

“So I thought that the perfect position to give her was the deputy Speaker’s post,” he reasoned.

Ngeh also denied that he had manipulated the votes on Sunday, pointing out that it was close to impossible for him to have forced such a large number of delegates to vote for him.

“We have 175 branches and over 1,200 delegates. It is impossible for me to control the minds of all the voters to choose me. In fact, one-third of them did not vote me and this shows there is freedom to exercise the right not to vote for me.

“How could I be dictatorial just because people voted for me? I do not have a gun to threaten them, I do not have anything to entice or seduce them to my side. But if the people, by my track record, want to vote for me, if they think I am popular, then what is wrong with having a huge majority?” he said.

During Sunday’s polls, the Ngeh-Nga cousins made a near-clean sweep of the 15 posts on the Perak DAP state leadership committee and sailed to an easy victory.

While the duo had polled the top two highest number of votes, their arch-rival in an opposing camp led by former state deputy chairman M. Kulasegaran failed to even make it onto the team.

Kulasegaran and team members like Thomas Su Keong Siong, Keong Meng Sing, Cheong Chee Khing, Seah Leong Peng and Frankie Wong failed to secure a spot on the state committee.

Only one person in his camp scraped through in last place — Jalong assemblyman Leong Mee Meng.

The results were a resounding slap in the face for Kulasegaran, the Ipoh Barat MP, who for months had been attacking the cousins, accusing them of being difficult to work with and too top-down in their leadership style.

The leadership crisis flared last month when an angry Kulasegaran threatened to quit his state posts in the party following an unresolved dispute with the Ngeh-Nga cousins during a special meeting in Ipoh.

Although the leader was finally convinced to stay, tension between the two warring factions continued to rise and Sunday’s polls were a crucial stepping stone for Kulasegaran and his team to topple the cousins in Perak.

Despite their failure, the cousins and the newly-elected team of state committee members decided to co-opt Kulasegaran back into the state leadership as vice-chairman.

But Kulasegaran has yet to decide on the offer.

He has instead charged that there were irregularities during Sunday’s polls, claiming that there were 50 questionable branches represented by 350 delegates who were allowed to vote in the convention.

Ngeh however refuted this, pointing out that the state leadership did not have a hand in conducting the polls.

“Let us just move forward. The delegates have spoken. And I would like to clarify that everything was organised by the central executive committee. All our agents were from out of state.

“The qualification of branches was decided by our party headquarters and the Registrar of Societies so I think we should no longer question that. Everything was done professionally... let us move ahead and plan for the future,” he said.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ngeh-says-jealousy-behind-dictator-label/