Sedition Act will never cease to oppress

Malaysians may never be able to enjoy a decent degree of free speech.

How does a government stay in power? By fighting any opposition it confronts. How then does a government fight opposition? In Malaysia, it is by victimising any voice that critically questions the ruling elite and its methods of government. A mere comment on a political crisis that may mature into a constitutional issue could warrant such extreme persecution. Such is the case of academician Azmi Sharom, one of the many who have been charged under the Sedition act 1948.

Introduced by the British in 1948 to curb civil disobedience against the colonial rule, the Sedition Act is still in existence six decades later, except that now Barisan Nasional has stepped onto the platform to exercising this tool of oppression.

The act arbitrarily limits freedom of speech, hinders political growth and, most notably, is a violation of a fundamental human right. To quote Christopher Leong, President of the Malaysian Bar Council, “The Sedition act is repugnant because it seeks to compress and restrict democratic space. It punishes speech. It punishes expression of thought by thinking Malaysians.”

Section 2 of the act defines as sedition anything that has a “seditious tendency”. The act then goes on to define “seditious tendency” under Section 3 (1) as any tendency to “bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against” the government or to instigate “feelings of ill will and hostility between different races”. It also prohibits the questioning of the statuses of Articles 152, 153 and 181 of the Federal Constitution on the National Language, the special position of the Bumiputeras and the sovereignty of the Malay Rulers.

In PP v Mark Koding (1983), however, the court decided that before a statement is said to have seditious tendencies, the statement must be viewed in the context it was made.

Nevertheless, concern lies in the method in which the act is used and the purpose for which it is used. As retired Court of Appeal Judge K C Vohrah has said, there are two inherent processes when dealing with this act.

The first is the court process, where the intention is irrelevant and a person would be convicted if seditious words were uttered. Thus, the act imposes strict liability on the offender, allowing no room for the defence of truth, presence of an innocent or honourable intention, absence of consequent harm, or a lack of possibility or potential for consequent harm. This is oppression at its best.

Alarming obscurity

The second process entails the Attorney-General’s decision as to whether or not a person is to be charged under the act. The alarmingly obscure definition of sedition has assisted the prosecution in opening the floodgates to the criminalising of a variety of offences. In fact, considering Malaysia’s poor state of separation of powers between the ruling government and the Attorney-General’s office, it is near impossible to deny that the sedition charges recently brought by the AG were for the political convenience of the government. This is evident through the sedition charges slapped on more than half a dozen opposition members of Parliament. In view of this, Human Rights Watch urged that the “Malaysian government should cease using the country’s sedition law to arbitrarily arrest opposition lawmakers, activists and critical academics.”

More disturbingly, the existence of the 1948 act contradicts Article 10 of the Federal Constitution, which guarantees every citizen the right to freedom of speech, assembly and association. Nonetheless, Article 10 (2), (3) and (4), expressly permits Parliament to impose restrictions on this freedom in the interest of the security of the federation, friendly relations with other countries, public order, morality and other grounds. It appears that the Sedition Act falls under these restrictions. To quote Justice Raja Azlan Shah (later the Yang di-Pertuan Agong), “The right to free speech ceases at the point where it comes within the mischief of the Sedition Act.”

Subsections 2, 3 and 4 of Article 10 of the Constitution have been the targets of copious criticisms by human rights activists. In the 2003 Memorandum on the Malaysian Sedition Act, Article 19 of the Global Campaign for Free Expression said that the subsistence of the Sedition Act had gone beyond that of necessity as a result of Parliament’s low standard of what it deems to amount to necessary restrictions.

Slippery slope

The injudicious enforcement of the act inevitably puts Malaysia on a slippery slope to authoritarian rule, according to Human Rights Watch’s Phil Robertson. This is by virtue of the government’s use of the act to “assert power over the people and to create a climate of fear”.

“And it’s working,” said Ambiga Sreenevasan, a former president of the Malaysian Bar.

Incontestably, such a curtailment of the fundamental right to free speech is detrimental to a country’s political and social growth. According to Amartya Sen, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, “The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.”

Sen advocates that development is the process of expanding human freedom whereby the promotion of the freedoms of press, speech and assembly cultivates clean, honest and accountable governance. In his book Development as Freedom, he listed “political freedoms”, which include a functioning democracy, freedom to scrutinize and criticize the actions of authorities, freedom of expression and speech, and the presence of a free press as being among the freedoms that “tend to contribute to the general capability of a person to live more freely”.

The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says, “The advent of the world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people.”

Unfortunately, as long as the Sedition Act continues to be in existence and continues to have unlimited arbitrary power vested in it, Malaysians can never truly realize their aspiration for a decent degree of freedom of speech. Used by the ruling elite to subdue any form of political resistance against its six-decade reign, the Sedition Act will never cease to oppress Malaysians.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/comment/2014/12/03/sedition-act-will-never-cease-to-oppress/

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Malaysia faces political hurdle in Gen Y

BN and PR cannot afford to wait 20 years to change their ways.

Gen X stands at the forefront of politics right now. Born in the 1960s and 1970s, Gen X created a revolution through the introduction of the Internet in public life, forever changed the way we communicate with each other, and introduced some of the most dynamic industries yet. Their time has only just begun, and they are set to change the political landscape worldwide as they begin to assume power in various countries throughout the world.

Waiting in the wings, however, is Gen Y. FMT has covered Gen Y’s workplace aspirations as well as the complaints leveled against these millennials by their Gen X managers. It’s clear that there is a significant divide in how Gen Y gets things done and how Gen X wants things to be done, and that represents an issue for our future leaders.

Born to the largest middle class in history, the millennials have rarely wanted for anything because the hard work ethics of their Baby Boomer parents have ensured that they have the best life available to them. From Internet access to unprecedented access to television programming, Gen Y is hyper connected and hyper aware of cultures and issues, though many of its members are armchair warriors on the subjects they claim to champion.

This environment of enablement allows Gen Y to harbour great entrepreneurial ambitions, and also great workplace expectations, which leads us to the complaints managers have against Gen Y. But that aside, of great curiosity is how Gen Y will come to impact the world of politics in Malaysia.

The ability of Gen Y to affect change was first seen in the crowning of Barack Obama as President of the United States. With his affable charm and easy slogans, he appeared a revolutionary figure who could live up to Gen Y’s visions of how a country should be run after power is taken out of the hands of old men set in their ways. Whether he has succeeded or not is for history to decide, but this remains the prime example of how millennials can organize to shift the political landscape entirely.

The leading edge of the millennials is represented by those in their mid-30s, old enough to have established a career path, and perhaps even a family. It’s also around this time that a person begins to think of how he can give back to society, and this manifests in helping the community his involved in, or even entering politics out of a hope to serve the nation better. There’s no denying, though, that some have got into politics because they saw a chance to make money. Be that as it may, within the next decade, Gen Y will begin it’s foray into politics, and the values held by Gen Y are going to cause many complications on both sides of the partisan divide.

Social responsibilities

As with all generations, Malaysia’s Gen Y will have political leanings in all shades, with some on the fringes of both the extreme right and left, though the more educated and connected will always tend towards liberal values. This is a great point to consider for any party that prides itself in upholding the rights of the downtrodden.

Millennials in general have made social responsibilities a part of their lives – serving in soup kitchens, finding uses for recycled materials, giving a weekend or two to awareness programmes and such. This bodes well for the opposition, which built it’s name in championing human rights and social justice, and less so for the ruling party and it’s conservative elements.

Women will also play a huge role as millennials have become increasingly empowered in terms of women’s rights, and despite the “men’s rights” backlash, a large portion of millennials see the rise of women in politics as a positive sign.

This can largely be attributed to the general optimism of Gen Y. They believe that things will eventually work out if they we keep putting in the effort, but this can lead to easy disillusionment when encountering failure, which is probably why the Pew Centre found in it’s research that despite the optimism, Gen Y is more distrustful of people than Gen X.

A very important finding in the Pew Centre’s research is that a majority of millennials do not identify with political parties. This is perhaps driven by Gen Y’s tendency to be driven by issues and not by rhetoric, and since no party seems to be interested in striking a balance between right-wing and left-wing policies, the millennials are not interested in proclaiming loyalty to any party in particular. After all, despite the leanings towards liberal ideals mentioned above, millennials are also fiscally conservative.

Millennials aren’t any more partial than their elders to higher taxes, and are generally seen to be unsupportive of handouts, believing that nobody owes them a living. (This may be a little bit of a hypocritical disconnect considering their lives are more or less handed to them by their parents.) Fiscal responsibility and curbing excess spending seems to be the government trend these days, and both sides need to make steps towards reducing the national deficit as the worsening economy is a great concern for Gen Y.

In 20 years, all of Gen Y will have come of age, and some will even be leaders in government. The parties that these leaders represent, however, may not be the same parties that claim dominance today should they refuse to learn that Gen Y requires a different touch than the one that worked for Gen X.

Policy and not rhetoric. Moderation and not extremism. Rights and not repression. These are only some of the issues both sides of the fence need to evaluate to maintain relevance for the generation, and one can only assume that Gen Z will exacerbate the current issues that need to be addressed within Malaysia’s political structure.

But then again, would it be so bad for Gen Y to demolish the current political structure and begin anew once the old guard have died off?

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2014/12/04/malaysia-faces-political-hurdle-in-gen-y/

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Revised Sedition Act to consider burden of proof on social media – Bernama

The burden to prove seditious or defamatory remarks made inside and outside social media are among the matters that will be scrutinised in a bid to improve the Sedition Act 1948.

Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek said the burden to prove actual sedition and defamation, including for the cases brought to courts, should be taken into consideration as many social media users were using their nicknames or a fake identity.

"There's a suggestion for all media users to register (their true identity) with the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Logically, it is doable, but technically, challenges await because some individuals registered as social media users, such as Facebook, from overseas. 

"In fact, Facebook is not registered under the MCMC. The public need to understand this," he said in Kuala Lumpur today.

Shabery also said Facebook registration did not require users to share their detailed information and this made it difficult to prove the identity of persons who abused the social media.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak recently announced that the Sedition Act would be maintained with improvements so that it would remain relevant with the change of time.

Shabery explained that it was also a big challenge for any country, including the developed ones, to prove that a social media user had committed a defamation or sedition offence.

"Maybe the other alternative is to foster cooperation with Facebook, Twitter and other social media, or to register IP addresses that will enable forensic work to be carried out to detect those involved," he said. – Bernama, December 1, 2014.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/revised-sedition-act-to-consider-burden-of-proof-on-social-media-bernama

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Kenyataan RASMI SSKM-SSU(UK) terhadap kenyataan Zahid Hamidi dan Najib Razak berhubung dengan Pengharaman SSKM

Salam sejahtera, Salam Perpaduan dan Salam Kemerdekaan Negara Sabah dan Kemerdekaan Negara Sarawak untuk kali ke-51 tahun kepada semua Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak. Saya, Doris Jones mewakili Kumpulan Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) yang bergerak dibawah naungan Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) yang bernama Sabah Sarawak Union (SSU)-UK, yang telah berdaftar secara SAH dibawah bidang Perundangan United Kingdom (UK) ingin membuat kenyataan rasmi bagi dua kenyataan yang telah dikeluarkan oleh Zahid Hamidi selaku Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri dan juga Najib Razak selaku Perdana Menteri Malaysia berhubung dengan kenyataan mereka bahawa SSKM di Haramkan dan Akta Hasutan Dikekalkan untuk membendung pergerakkan Pemisah Sabah dan Sarawak.

Saya ingin merujuk kepada berita online The Malaysian Insider dengan tajuk "Haram semua kempen bawa Sabah Sarawak Keluar dari Malaysia" dan Berita Harian yang bertajuk "Najib Berani dan Tegas".

Antara alasan yang diberikan oleh zahid hamidi adalah "Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) sudah ambil langkah membatalkan dan mengharamkan semua pertubuhan yang pemimpinnya berkempen di Sabah dan Sarawak mahu (membawanya) keluar dari Malaysia"[1]. Ditambahnya lagi "Pendaftar Pertubuhan sudah mengazetkan (sebagai haram) semua nama pertubuhan berkenaan,"[2]. Selain itu, dia juga berkata "Jika akta ini dikuatkuasakan dengan mengambil kira dua perkara tadi, maka KDN melalui Polis Diraja Malaysia akan ambil tindakan,"[3] dan "Ia akan diperkukuh dengan menambah peruntukan khas bagi melindungi kesucian agama Islam dan agama lain serta mengambil tindakan terhadap sesiapa yang menuntut pemisahan Sabah dan Sarawak dari Malaysia"[4]. Manakala alasan yang diberikan oleh najib razak adalah "Kita harus ada komitmen tentang keadaan itu, oleh sebab itu perlu ada kerjasama antara kita dan ambil langkah sama-sama memperkuatkan lagi semangat juang ke arah memperkuatkan negara pada masa akan datang,"[5].

Pertama [1], saya berasa sangat kehairanan bercampur lucu dengan senyuman tawa apabila mendapat tahu bahawa Menteri dalam Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) iaitu zahid hamidi telah membatalkan dan mengharamkan pertubuhan di Sabah dan Sarawak mahu (membawanya) keluar dari Malaysia. Satu persoalan untuk zahid hamidi, sejak bila SSKM ini sebuah NGO yang berdaftar di "malaysia"? Pada tahun bilakah SSKM berdaftar dengan ROS? Jikalau SSKM ini tidak berdaftar di "malaysia" melalui ROS, bagaimana KDN boleh mengharamkan SSKM? Jelas sungguh kecetekkan dalam kenyataan yang dikeluarkan oleh seseorang yang bergelar menteri samseng di malaysia. Ia Sungguh memalukan. Biar saya terangkan secara ringkas agar anda faham. SSKM merupakan Kumpulan Sosial yang ditubuhkan didalam Facebook. Di dalam Facebook, anda bebas untuk menubuhkan apa-apa sahaja kumpulan sosial yang diinginkan. KDN dan ROS tidak mempunyai hak dan locus standi untuk mengharamkan mana-mana kumpulan sosial yang ditubuhkan dalam Facebook. SSKM bergerak didalam Media Sosial dan telah menjadi sebuah NGO yang berdaftar penuh di United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Untuk pengetahuan anda juga, pergerakkan untuk menuntut Kemerdekaan di UK bukanlah satu jenayah kerana ia telah ditakrifkan sebagai Hak Suara Bangsa dalam sesebuah Negara menurut resolusi Persatuan Bangsa-Banga Bersatu (PBB). Atas sebab itulah mengapa perjuangan Referendum Bangsa Negara Scotland yang menuntut perpisahan daripada UK dilihat sebagai satu perjuangan Hak Asasi Manusia yang mesti dihormati. Berbalik kepada perkara tadi, kempen Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia tidak hanya dilakukan oleh orang-perseorangan tetapi setiap rakyat yang menyokong perjuangan SSKM ini adalah secara tidak langsung merupakan pemimpin kepada kelompak mereka dan ia adalah satu jumlah yang tidak dapat dibayangkan. Jadi, persoalan "haram" itu adalah tidak sah serta tidak mempunyai asas untuk mengharamkan kumpulan sosial  dalam Facebook yang mana SSKM adalah sebenarnya merupakan kumpulan sosial didalam Facebook.

Kedua [2], Saya berfikir perkara ini sudah dinyatakan dengan jelas pada penjelasan pertama saya tadi bahawa Pendaftar Pertubuhan tidak berhak dan tidak mempunyai locus standi untuk mengharamkan sesebuah kumpulan yang tidak berdaftar dengan ROS apatah lagi apabila ia hanyalah kumpulan sosial yang ditubuhkan dalam Facebook dan telah mendapat sokongan majoriti daripada rakyat Negara Sabah dan rakyat Negara Sarawak. Sama ada sokongan tersebut secara terang-terangan mahupun tidak, itu yang mampu saya katakan menurut pandangan peribadi serta kumpulan sosial Facebook kami.

Ketiga [3], "Jika" akta ini diluluskan, pihak polis boleh mengambil tindakan. Untuk itu, saya dengan segala hormat mempersilakan anda untuk menjalankan tugas seperti mana yang telah diperuntukkan didalam akta tersebut. Apa yang telah disampaikan oleh pihak SSKM yang merupakan satu Kumpulan Sosial didalam Facebook adalah berdasarkan kepada Sejarah Fakta Berbukti yang telah tercatat tanpa sebarang tokok tambah. Seperti yang diperkatakan oleh salah seorang Pejuang Kebangsaan Borneo daripada Negara Sabah iaitu YB.Datuk Dr.Jeffrey G.Kitingan, sebarang penangkapan terhadap mana-mana aktivis Nasionalis Sabah atau Sarawak akan menjadi Pengakhiran terhadap malaysia. Apa yang sebenarnya dilakukan oleh pihak SSKM ini adalah untuk melengahkan masa demi memberikan peluang kepada kerajaan malaya yang telah menyamar menjadi malaysia untuk memperbetulkan keadaan jikalau benar tidak mahu perpisahan ini berlaku dengan cara "Hormati Perjanjian Malaysia" segera tanpa sebarang syarat. Tetapi nampaknya pihak kerajaan yang menyamar ini sememangnya ingin mempercepatkan perpisahan. Dengan itu, lakukan apa sahaja yang anda fikirkan boleh untuk kepentingan kelangsungan politik anda, bn-umno. Tetapi perjuangan SSKM yang ditubuhkan melalui media sosial Facebook dan kini telah bergerak dibawah naungan Sabah Sarawak Union (SSU)-UK tidak akan berganjak daripada pendirian bahawa Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak Harus dan Mesti menamatkan persekutuan dengan malaya dalam persekutuan malaysia.

Keempat [4], Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak tidak memerlukan akta untuk melindungi mana-mana agama di Borneo. Ini kerana bangsa kami sudah memahami batas kepada perbincangan apabila ia melibatkan soal agama. Ini kerana Agama adalah Hak Individu. Tidakkan goyah iman seseorang biarpun seribu satu cubaan untuk melemahkan imannya jikalau ia berpegang kepada kepercayaannya. Kami saling menghormati antara satu sama lain kerana dalam keluarga kami juga terdiri daripada pelbagai agama yang hidup sebumbung dalam satu keluarga yang terdiri daripada pelbagai etnik hasil daripada perkahwinan campur. Budaya dan Nilai keBornean ini sudah lama wujud dalam masyarakat Bangsa Borneo di Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak. Maka dengan itu, anda tidak berhak untuk mengajar kami untuk menghormati agama kerana anda terlebih dahulu yang perlu belajar bagaimana untuk menghormati agama orang lain termasuk agama sendiri. Saya memberi jaminan bahawa Perpisahan Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak daripada persekutuan malaysia ini PASTI berlaku dan menjadi nyata. Hanya masa sahaja yang menentukan kerana semua perkara yang terjadi adalah indah pada waktunya. Saya tidak menafikan bahawa ia mungkin memakan masa bertahun-tahun tetapi saya melihat itu adalah satu peluang untuk pihak SSKM mengukuhkan lagi perjuangan ini agar rakyat Bangsa Negara Sabah dan rakyat bangsa Negara Sarawak terbuka mata untuk melihat segala kepincangan malaya yang selama ini telah menjajah Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak secara halus melalui tiga cara yang jelas telah dan sedang dilakukan selama ini. Pertama, Kerajaan persekutuan tanah melayu (malaya) yang telah menyamar menjadi kerajaan persekutuan malaysia telah berusaha untuk mengkaburkan sejarah Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak dengan mengurangkan pendedahan mengenai sejarah Borneo tetapi memperbanyakkan pula sejarah malaya yang tidak mempunyai signifikan langsung kepada bangsa Borneo malah boleh diragui kebenaran serta keasliannya. Kedua, malaya berusaha untuk melenyapkan segala bukti bahawanya Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak merupakan rakan-rakan kongsi dalam persekutuan malaysia ini. Dan yang lebih jelas lagi apabila malaya terus-menerus menyebarkan propaganda bahawa kononnya malaysia itu telah merdeka pada 31 Ogos 1957 . Ditambahnya konon Negara Sabah (dahulunya North Borneo @ Borneo Utara) dan Negara Sarawak telah "menyertai" malaysia. Apa?! Anda fikir Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak Bodohkah?! Iya kepada pemimpin tempatan yang menjadi barua malaya melalui parti politik umno dan bn Sabah. Itu barulah golongan orang Bodoh kerana mengiyakan sesuatu perkara yang jelas kesongsangan faktanya itu! Dan Ketiga ialah malaya melalui parti umno berusaha untuk mencuci otak pemikiran Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak dengan berusaha untuk menyerapkan ideologi politik kotor mereka melalui pindahan perlembagaan persekutuan demi meluaskan pengembangan pengaruh umno dengan mengatakan bahawa jikalau seseorang itu bercakap melayu, beragama Islam dan mengamalkan budaya melayu, individu itu secara langsung boleh ditakrifkan sebagai melayu. Dengan cubaan untuk menjadikan Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak yang terdiri daripada puluhan etnik yang mempraktiskan budaya yang unik kepada satu etnik ini dengan mengatakan "rumpun melayu" adalah sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan pengekalan identiti etnik-etnik yang wujud di Borneo. Kajian mengenai rumpun melayu itu adalah satu kajian yang sentiasa boleh dipersoalkan kebenarannya jikalau wujud kajian baru. Setiap etnik yang wujud di Borneo iaitu di Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak perlu dan mesti mengekalkan identiti budaya mereka agar tidak lenyap hasil daripada pengaruh daripada identiti budaya lain. Itu salah satu perjuangan SSKM.

Kelima [5], kepada najib, pemimpin-pemimpin Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak sudah dan telah lama memberikan komitmen dan kepercayaan mereka dalam usaha untuk menjaga dan menyelamatkan identiti persekutuan yang terdiri daripada empat buah negara yang telah Merdeka dan Berdaulat namun siapakah yang tidak mempunyai komitmen dan kerjasama dalam menjaga batas kuasa politik? Adakah dengan mencampuri urusan pentadbiran politik Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak itu merupakan kerjasama yang dimaksudkan? Siapakah yang tidak mempunyai semangat untuk mengembalikan identiti Persekutuan Malaysia yang telah ditandatangani pada 9 Julai 1963 dan dibentuk pada 16 September 1963? Apakah dengan menukarkan nama kerajaan persekutuan tanah melayu (malaya) kepada nama kerajaan persekutuan malaysia itu satu bentuk kerjasama? Adakah dengan menurunkan status "Negara" Sabah dan Sarawak menjadi "negeri" itu telah bermaksud untuk memperkuatkan negara? Persoalannya, siapakah yang perlu memiliki komitment dan kerjasama untuk menyelamatkan negara malaysia? Kini, segala kerjasama dan komitmen adalah lebih menjurus kepada "MENAMATKAN" persekutuan dengan malaya daripada persekutuan malaysia. Ini adalah suara asli Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak. 

SSKM merupakan sebuah kumpulan sosial yang ditubuhkan didalam Facebook dan tidak melalui ROS di malaysia. Maka, pengharaman tersebut adalah tidak sah kepada kumpulan SSKM. SSKM bergerak dibawah naungan Sabah Sarawak Union (UK) yang berdaftar di UK. Dibawah bidang perundangan UK, menuntut Kemerdekaan bukanlah satu jenayah malah dilindungi lagi aktiviti yang dianjurkan oleh mana-mana NGO seperti ini di UK termasuk NGO SSU(UK).

Dengan itu, ingin saya mengambil kata-kata daripada Sultan Brunei, Sultan Hj.Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan & Yang Dipertuan Negara Brunei mengatakan "Sejarah tidak boleh dibisukan. Bangsa yang membisukan sejarahnya adalah pengecut. Oleh itu, wajar bagi kita menjadi bangsa yang berani. Berani menyoal serta menyuluh ke dalam diri-sendiri".

Harap Maklum.

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Najib bold, firm in retaining sedition law, say BN leaders – Bernama

Barisan Nasional (BN) component party leaders today hailed Datuk Seri Najib Razak as a “bold and firm” leader after the latter announced the decision to retain the Sedition Act 1948 at the Umno general assembly.

They said without such firmness, it would be difficult for the nation to maintain its peace and prosperity.

Parti Bersatu Sabah president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the Umno president's firm decision could put to an end issues that should not have cropped up in the first place, including the secession of Sabah and Sarawak from Malaysia.

"We must have commitment concerning this situation, as such, there must be cooperation among us and we must take measures together to strengthen the nation's fighting spirit,” he said after Najib delivered the presidential policy speech at the 2014 Umno general assembly today.

Najib had said that the Sedition Act would be retained with the inclusion of two special provisions aimed at protecting the sanctity of Islam and other religions besides prosecuting those who incited for the separation of Sabah and Sarawak from Malaysia.

People's Progressive Party (PPP) president Tan Sri M. Kayveas said Najib's announcement was meant to issue a warning that the government would not compromise in achieving the objective of making Malaysia a peaceful pluralistic nation.

He said the decision made was in line with the current situation and to protect public interests.

Also concurring with the decision was the president of the Kongres India Muslim Malaysia (Kimma), Datuk Seri Syed Ibrahim Kader, who said the decision was made for the good of the nation. – Bernama, November 27, 2014.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/najib-bold-firm-in-retaining-sedition-law-say-bn-leaders-bernama#sthash.qDStUaMQ.dpuf

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All ‘Sabah, Sarawak Keluar Malaysia’ NGOs banned

The Registrar of Societies (RoS) has gazetted the NGOs concerned as unlawful.

KUALA LUMPUR: Home Minister Zahid Hamid declared on Thursday that all Sabah Sarawak movements involved in getting the two Borneo states out of the Federation with the peninsula would be declared unlawful with immediate effect.

Zahid said the declaration follows Umno President and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak saying that the Sedition Act would be retained and strengthened with two key aspects including one on taking action against anyone instigating Sabah and Sarawak to leave the Federation. The other point is on Islam.

The Home Ministry, stressed Zahid, has taken steps against the NGOs concerned.

“The Registrar of Societies (RoS) has gazetted the NGOs concerned as unlawful,” said Zahid on the sidelines of the Umno General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

If the Sedition Act is strengthened on the two aspects, continued Zahid, the police would take the necessary action against those flouting the law.

Najib, predictably, played to the gallery at the Umno General Assembly when he pledged that the infamous Sedition Act 1948, introduced by the British but abolished in the United Kingdom, will be retained and indeed strengthened.

He had promised, not once but thrice so far, that the Sedition Act will be abolished, the last time being on cable television in London.

In a contradiction in terms, elsewhere, he pledged that all promises made will be kept so that the people will know that the ruling Umno and Barisan Nasional (BN) is a party that keeps its promises.

The meet broke twice into visual images of the reformasi movement and the Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia movement. Activist Hishammudin Rais and Doris Jones of Sabah featured prominently.

However, he did put in a caveat: any action taken must be fair.

The Sedition Act, under its second prong, allows for legitimate criticisms of government mistakes.

The general criticism against the Sedition Act is that it circumvents the Federal Constitution and strips the right to free speech. The Act is being challenged in the Federal Court, sitting as the Constitutional Court.

It’s likely that Putrajaya will wait for the outcome in the Constitutional Court before deciding what to do on the Sedition Act.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/27/all-sabah-sarawak-keluar-malaysia-ngos-banned/

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Sedition Act won’t scare East Malaysian secessionists

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 27, 2014: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s decision to retain the Sedition Act is seen as threatening East Malaysian groups calling for secession.

Former Chief Minister Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee however said Najib and the government’s threat, will not work as the people were no longer afraid to fight for their rights.

The Umno president, Yong said, must first understand why some people were calling for secession.

The Sabah Progressive Party president said Najib’s credibility has been affected by the retention of the Sedition Act.

Previous threats, Yong noted, have also come from Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.

“I believe there is no effect on the sentiments for Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) because the underlying issues and causes of secession are not being addressed,” he told The Rakyat Post.

SSKM is administered by a Sabahan, Doris Jones, who was dubbed as a disgruntled person.

He said so far, Sabah’s leaders tried to sweep the issues under the carpet or simply claim that secessionist feelings were only among very few people.

Personally, Yong however did not rule out the secession call.

“When people feel that there is no solution to their genuine grievances within the Malaysian context, then the sentiments of secession will surge.”

He urged for the Act to be abolished as its biased enforcement has already discredited that law.

Yong argued that even if the Sedition Act is used against other people in future, it would be perceived as political or biased, especially in view of the prevalent complaint that extremists like Datuk Ibrahim Ali was not charged.

Calls were made for the fiery Perkasa chief to be charged under the Act after he called for Bibles containing the word “Allah” to be burned.

Talks of secession from Malaysia have cropped up in East Malaysia over the seemingly unfair treatment by the federal government towards the two states.

It is said that more East Malaysians are signing a petition calling for Sabah and Sarawak to leave Malaysia despite the threat of being charged with sedition.

Source: http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/11/27/sedition-act-wont-scare-east-malaysian-secessionists/#ixzz3KHJ1zjAW

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‘Najib bowed to extremists on Sedition Act’

Progressive forces in Umno were losing their case and risk being marginalized.

KUALA LUMPUR: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has taken the position that Umno President and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has shown his “cowardice” by bowing to the extremists on the Sedition Act and questioned his commitment to the reform agenda.

He also pointed out that Najib had pledged, not once but thrice in the recent past, that he would do away with the Sedition Act.

“I am disappointed that Najib has broken his promise to abolish the Sedition Act,” said Anwar, an ex-Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee at the Parliament lobby. “The failure is not just the Act but also the issues over governance and corruption and justice, this does not augur well for the government.”

“He has bowed to pressure from the right wing and extremist groups that want to use the law to suppress freedom and oppress the opposition and other activists.”

The Opposition Leader described Najib as a failure as a leader, as Prime Minister and as president of Umno. “His weak leadership has resulted in him caving in to demands of the right-wingers in his own party,” he added.

Anwar underlined that progressive forces in Umno were losing their case and risk being marginalized as the country is being taken back to the dark days of the draconian ISA which has since been abolished.

The main criticism against the Sedition Act, introduced by the British but abolished in the United Kingdom, is that it circumvents the Federal Constitution on the right to free speech.

The Sedition Act, in a 2nd Prong to acts considered seditious, allows legitimate criticism of mistakes made by the Government.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/27/najib-bowed-to-extremists-on-sedition-act/

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Sarawak folk slam Najib for Sedition Act use against secession calls

Sarawak leaders and social media users were quick to take to Facebook to condemn Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak for reneging on his promise to repeal the Sedition Act 1948 and more importantly, his proposal to amend the act to criminalise calls for the secession of Sabah and Sarawak.

Lina Soo, president of the non-governmental organisation Sarawak Association for Peoples’ Aspiration (Sapa) that is now declared illegal, slammed the planned use of the act against Sarawak and Sabah nationalists.

She said the use of the act against nationalists violated the United Nations charter on civil liberties.

“It would go against the people's right to decide their own civil liberty,” Soo said.

Sapa was deregistered on November 14 for “carrying out activities detrimental to the interests of the security of Malaysia and public order in the country”.

But Soo reiterated that Sapa did not call for secession when it embarked on a campaign to collect facts and information to prove the Putrajaya had rendered the Malaysia Agreement of 1963 invalid.

The stipulates areas of autonomy for Sabah and Sarawak as the basis for the formation of Malaysia.

If proven legally correct in an international court of law, Soo had said, the facts gathered could lead to the separation of Sarawak and Sabah from THE PENINSULA.

The Home Ministry declared Sapa an illegal organisation, according to Section 5 (1) of the Societies Act 1966.

Najib, who is also Umno president, today said at the party's general assembly in Kuala Lumpur that the Sedition Act would be retained despite having promised in 2012 to repeal it.

Najib also said two major changes would be made to the act. One, a special clause to protect the sanctity of Islam while ensuring other religions were not insulted, and two, for action to be taken against anyone who calls for the secession of Sabah and Sarawak.

Sarawak political leaders from both sides of the divide have reacted negatively, saying the act should be used to silence those who expressed nationalistic sentiments.

The state's Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said calls for secession were made by a small group of people and “we, however, shouldn't ignore their grouses”.

“Engage them and find out what are the causes of their unhappiness. As I had said before, don't kill the messenger or we may miss the message," Masing said when asked to respond to Najib's announcement.

“The Sedition Act was created to fight against those who wished to destabilise and take over power in Malaysia. In those days, it was the communists. Now it's different.

“If these threats still exist then it is only right that the act is retained and fortified to strengthen it if needs be.”

Masing, however, warned that the use of the act “must not be done selectively based on racial or religious prejudices”.

He said the law should be implemented judiciously and with proper input from relevant authorities including the police, “without fear or favour”.

State DAP chief Chong Chien Jen, too, disagreed that the act should be used against people advocating a breakaway.

“I had confronted (Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri) Wan Junaidi (Tuanku Jaafar) in Parliament on this.”

Sharing Masing's view, Chong, who is also Bandar Kuching MP, said he had told Wan Junaidi that the government “should engage and address the concerns of this group of people rather than using suppression”.

“The reason behind this call for secession is mainly because of the general sentiment that Sabah and Sarawak have been unfairly treated and marginalised in the federation.

“This must be addressed by the government,” said Chong.

Najib had said his decision to keep the Sedition Act was made after considering feedback from Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Wanita Umno, Pemuda Umno, Puteri Umno, the grassroots, as well as non-governmental organisations.

On Facebook, some Sarawak social media users reacted by drawing on history to show that secessionists thoughts were nothing new in Malaysia's history.

“If Singapore was free to leave Malaysia for independence, so can we (Sarawak)," the administrator of a blog, Borneo Wiki, posted in Facebook in reacting to Najib's U-turn on the Sedition Act.

The same user also posted a picture of a 1965 news cutting from The StraitsTimes of a report Malaya back then had similar ideas in dealing with secessionists.

The Straits Times had reported that “extremists in the Alliance, particularly Umno”, wanted to have then People's Action Party leader Lee Kuan Yew arrested for advocating that Singapore leave the fledgling federation.

The Alliance is the forerunner of Barisan Nasional and Lee was Singapore's first prime minister.

The post elicited a response from another Facebook user “David Sung”, who said: “Who gave Malaya the right to detain LKY (Lee Kuan Yew) when Singapore was an equal partner to the federation? Something very wrong here.” – November 27, 2014.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sarawak-folk-slam-najib-for-sedition-act-use-against-secession-calls#sthash.2mkROo4y.dpuf

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Biar badan rebah ke bumi sebagai seorang pejuang, tetapi tidak sesekali rebah sebagai seorang pengkhianat bangsa!!! NOKTAH!

Sedarilah semua bahawanya ketiga-tiga perkara ini telah dan masih sedang dilakukan oleh malaya keatas bangsa Negara Sabah dan bangsa Negara Sarawak. SSKM-SSU(UK) menentang usaha mereka dengan membawa Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak untuk tidak lagi bersekutu dengan malaya dalam persekutuan malaysia ini. 

Sememangnya hak untuk menarik diri daripada persekutuan ini adalah HAK MUTLAK KITA! Mengapa malaya mahu menyekat niat kita? Siapakah mereka yang mahu mencampuri hak kita? 

Dalam saat ini, mereka berusaha untuk menimbulkan dan memunculkan raksasa ketakutan agar kebangkitan ini terbantut. Tetapi pihak SSKM-SSU(UK) katakan kepada anda semua... Jikalau anda takut untuk menuntut hak anda sendiri maka anda sudah kehilangannya sebelum berjuang. Namun, jikalau anda berani berjuang walau apapun jua aral melintang dihadapan, nescaya kemenangan sudah mula bersinar dan kita mampu tersenyum kerana kita tahu perjuangan ini bukan untuk diri kita semata-mata tetapi adalah untuk generasi masa depan kita iaitu anak-anak kecil anda sekarang dan bagi mereka yang bakal berkeluarga nanti.

Jikalau anda takut untuk bergerak dalam satu langkah kebangkitan untuk kali ini maka anda sudah terlepas untuk bersama-sama berjuang untuk anak-anak anda, untuk generasi masa depan Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak. Apakah anda semua mahu diperkatakan sebagai "penumpang" kepada kejayaan nanti? Dimanakah maruah anda yang mempunyai kekuatan fizikal yang sihat tetapi penakut untuk berdiri untuk hak anda?

Perjuangan ini sememangnya bukan melalui kekerasan tetapi HANYA melalui saluran demokratik, menurut undang-undang tetapi malaya mahu berusaha melabelkan usaha ini sebagai "berbahaya" dan mesti dibenteras. Mereka telah lupa bagaimana mereka telah bersusah-payah mendapatkan kemerdekaan daripada British. Mereka tidak suka dijajah namun mereka telah melakukan perkara yang dibenci oleh mereka kepada kita, Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak...

Adalah tidak menjadi kesalahan bagi kita yang berdiri di bumi yang nyata ini untuk menuntut Hak dan Kebenaran Bangsa kita bahawanya tiada sesiapa yang dapat menghalang Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak untuk Merdeka. Sememangnya kita hanya mahu mengembalikan kedudukan asal kita sebagai Negara yang Berdaulat tanpa campur tangan orang asing.

Kita bakal mencatatkan sejarah dalam buku sejarah Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak bahawa kerajaan malaya telah melakukan sesuatu perbuatan yang tidak mungkin kita mampu lupakan biarpun sudah berkurun generasi yang akan meneruskan kelangsungan di bumi Borneo ini bahawanya malaya adalah Penjajah yang Tidak berperikemanusian!

Marilah kita bersama-sama bangkit dengan berani dalam satu langkah barisan yang serentak dengan dada yang tegak dan memandang kedepan dengan segak bahawa mereka mungkin boleh mengancam keselamatan dan nyawa para pejuang bangsa Kemerdekaan Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak namun mereka TIDAK MAMPU MENGANCAM SEMANGAT NASIONALISME BANGSA BORNEO UNTUK MEMERDEKAKAN NEGARA SABAH DAN NEGARA SARAWAK DARIPADA CENGKAMAN PENAJAJAHAN MALAYA YANG HINA INI.

Biar nyawa rebah ke bumi sebagai seorang pejuang, tetapi tidak sesekali rebah sebagai seorang pengkhianat bangsa!!! NOKTAH!

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Haram semua kempen bawa keluar Sabah, Sarawak dari Malaysia, kata Zahid

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi hari ini menegaskan semua pertubuhan yang berkempen membawa Sabah dan Sarawak keluar dari Malaysia adalah haram, susulan pengumuman Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengekalkan Akta Hasutan.

Menteri dalam negeri itu berkata, kementerian sudah mengambil langkah membatalkan semua pertubuhan yang terlibat dalam kempen tersebut.

"Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) sudah ambil langkah membatalkan dan mengharamkan semua pertubuhan yang pemimpinnya berkempen di Sabah dan Sarawak mahu (membawanya) keluar dari Malaysia.

"Pendaftar Pertubuhan sudah mengazetkan (sebagai haram) semua nama pertubuhan berkenaan," katanya pada sidang media di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra hari ini semasa Perhimpunan Agung Umno yang berlangsung tiga hari mulai hari ini.

Mengenai pengumuman Najib, yang juga presiden Umno, hendak mengukuhkan akta itu termasuk mendakwa mereka yang terlibat dalam kempen tersebut, Zahid berkata, KDN akan mengambil tindakan sebaik ia berkuatkuasa.

"Jika akta ini dikuatkuasakan dengan mengambil kira dua perkara tadi, maka KDN melalui Polis Diraja Malaysia akan ambil tindakan," kata Zahid yang juga naib presiden Umno.

Najib semasa ucapan dasar hari ini secara terbuka mengumumkan Akta Hasutan 1948 akan terus dikekalkan dengan dua penambahbaikkan.

Ia akan diperkukuh dengan menambah peruntukan khas bagi melindungi kesucian agama Islam dan agama lain serta mengambil tindakan terhadap sesiapa yang menuntut pemisahan Sabah dan Sarawak dari Malaysia. – 27 November, 2014.

Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/haram-semua-kempen-bawa-keluar-sabah-sarawak-dari-malaysia-kata-zahid#sthash.AJEuOo5C.dpuf

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Suruhanjaya Komunikasi Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) telah menyekat blog rasmi SSKM-SSU(UK)

zulkarnian mohd yassin, pegawai Suruhanjaya Komunikasi Multimedia Malaysia (SKMM) telah menghantar surat "RAHSIA" kepada semua Syarikat Internet Service Provider (ISP) untuk menyekat blog rasmi SSKM. Kini, TMnet telah secara rasmi menyekat blog SSKM-SSU(UK) yang menggunakan alamat blog ini “http://sabahsarawakmerdeka.blogspot.com/”. Walau bagaimanapun, pihak SSKM-SSU(UK) telah menerima bantuan teknikal tentang bagaimana untuk membolehkan blog ini terus diakses oleh orang awam. Caranya ialah JANGAN MENGGUNAKAN ".COM". Tukarnnya kepada perkataan hujung yang telah disediakan oleh pihak SSKM-SSU(UK) dibawah ini.

Oleh itu, pihak SSKM-SSU(UK) telah menyediakan 26 senarai links lain yang boleh masuk ke blog SSKM-SSU(UK). Sila pilih saja mana satu yang anda ingin gunakan. Dan mohon anda semua untuks sebarkan...

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Sila merujuk artikel ini untuk memahami keadaan yang sebenar dan cara yang lebih advance untuk mengatasi sekatan oleh SKMM yang dikawal oleh bn-umno di Blog SSKM akan/telah disekat??? dan Proxy Website To Access Blocked Website. Blog ini juga Sabah and Sarawak Rights boleh dijadikan tempat untuk anda memahami keadaan yang sebenar. Mohon sebarkan...

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Kenyataan RASMI SSKM-SSU(UK) terhadap kenyataan Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar tentang usaha untuk mengekstridasi Doris Jones daripada UK

Salam sejahtera kepada semua Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak. Saya, Doris Jones mewakili Kumpulan Sabah Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) yang bergerak dibawah naungan Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) bernama Sabah Sarawak Union (SSU)-UK yang telah berdaftar dibawah bidang perundangan United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) ingin membuat kenyataan rasmi berhubung dengan satu kenyataan daripada Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, seorang menteri kerajaan persekutuan malaysia yang memegang jawatan sebagai Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, juga merupakan seorang ahli parlimen di Santubong, Negara Sarawak telah menyatakan bahawa "Putrajaya Akan Berusaha Untuk Mengektradisikan (membawa pulang atas kesalahan jenayah) Pemisah-pemisah Di United Kingdom".

Antara kenyataannya dalam berita online di The Malaysian Insider adalah "terlalu sedikit laporan yang telah dibuat dibalai polis untuk menentang kumpulan tersebut dan menyarankan semua orang awam untuk membuat laporan polis. Setelah itu, kertas penyiasatan akan dibuka dan tindakan akan diambil berdasarkan kepada undang-undang"[1]. Ditambahnya lagi "Dengan itu, baru proses ekstradisi (proses mengeluarkan daripada UK ke malaysia) dapat dilakukan. Untuk melakukannya juga, kita mesti mengenal pasti apakah kesalahan jenayah yang telah dia lakukan disini adalah mesti sama seperti yang dilakukannya disana (UK)"[2]. Selain itu juga, wan junaidi mengatakan bahawa "hanya segelintir orang sahaja yang menyokong cakap-cakap perpisahan ini dan tidak mustahil untuk berdepan dengan mereka ini yang telah lari ke England"[3]. Akhir sekali dalam kenyataanya mengatakan "dia berasa sangat yakin bahawa rakyat Sabah dan rakyat Sarawak akan melihat pembangunan yang pesat dalam beberapa tahun yang akan datang nanti seperti mana yang telah dialami di malaya"[4].

Pertama [1], tidakkah keadaan tersebut sudah memberi mesej yang sangat terang jelas lagi bersuluh bahawa perjuangan SSKM-SSU(UK) telah mendapat sokongan penuh dalam diam oleh rakyat Negara Sabah dan rakyat Negara Sarawak? Membuat laporan hanyalah apabila sesuatu keadaan itu telah mengugat keselamatan diri, keluarga dan yang berkenaan dengan keamanan. Namun, seperti yang anda sendiri akui, "terlalu sedikit" laporan polis telah dibuat ini kerana perjuangan SSKM-SSU(UK) bukanlah satu ancaman kepada diri, keluarga mahupun keamanan Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak. Ini kerana,  perjuangan ini adalah perjuangan untuk menyelamatkan Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak secara menyeluruh untuk sekali dan selamanya daripada terus ditindas secara halus oleh kerajaan persekutuan tanah melayu (malaya) yang telah menyamar menjadi kerajaan persekutuan malaysia melalui dasar-dasar yang tidak adil dan penuh dengan niat yang sangat jahat, kotor, hina dan menjijikkan. Sebagai seorang pemimpin yang memegang jawatan sebagai timbalan menteri sahaja, tidakkah anda berasa malu untuk memaksa secara lembut kepada orang awam untuk membuat laporan polis kepada perjuangan yang mengangkat Maruah dan Martabat Bangsa Borneo, Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak? Akta hasutan 1948 merupakan akta yang telah digunapakai oleh kerajaan British semasa zaman penjajahanya di malaya. Akta tersebut seharusnya TIDAK BOLEH digunapakai kepada rakyat Bangsa Negara Sabah dan rakyat Bangsa Negara Sarawak kerana Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak hanya bersetuju untuk membentuk Persekutuan Malaysia pada 16 September 1963 dan bukan menyertai persekutuan tanah melayu yang ditubuhlan pada 31 Ogos 1957. Dengan itu, sebarang akta sebelum tahun 1963 seharusnya tidak SAH untuk dikuatkuasakan kepada Bangsa Negara Sabah dan Bangsa Negara Sarawak. Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia yang baru seharusnya dibuat segera walaupun pada awalnya pemimpin-pemimpin negara Sabah dan negera Sarawak bersetuju untuk menggunakan terlebih dahulu perlembagaan persekutuan tanah melayu namun seharusnya satu perlembagaan baru yang asli untuk persekutuan malaysia dibuat berdasarkan kepada Perjanjian Malaysia yang telah ditandatangani di London pada 9 Julai 1963.

Kedua [2], saya tidak melihat sebarang kesalahan yang telah saya lakukan di Negara Sabah, Negara Sarawak mahupun di England. Adakah dengan memberitahu kebenaran sejarah yang berfakta dan berbukti itu satu kesalahan dan jenayah berat yang sehinggakan boleh ditangkap seperti seorang pembunuh kejam? Tidak hairanlah mengapa kerajaan persekutuan tanah melayu (malaya) yang telah menyamar menjadi kerajaan persekutuan malaysia ini telah mengalami keadaan yang amat menyedihkan yang mana semakin hari keadaan bertambah merunsingkan dengan adanya kepimpinan seperti wan junaidi yang tidak mampu menyelesaikan keadaan ini dengan baik. Pihak SSKM-SSU(UK) sudah berulang-kali menerangkan, mengkongsikan keadaan yang sebenar tentang kedudukan Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak yang sebenar bahawanya kita (bangsa Negara Sabah dan bangsa Negara Sarawak) adalah rakan kongsi yang sama status dalam persekutuan malaysia ini telah ditipu oleh pemimpin-pemimpin malaya dengan menurunkan status daripada "Negara" kepada "Negeri". Malah, kini kita sebenarnya telah dijajah secara tidak sedar dalam bentuk penjajahan zaman moden. Adakah dengan kenyataan seperti ini tidak benar? Mungkin tidak, kerana anda berpihak kepada malaya untuk terus bersengkongkol untuk menjahanamkan bangsa sendiri. Setelah mengetahui keadaan ini, tindakan anda ialah mahu menutup mulut saya serta berusaha untuk melabelkan diri saya sebagai seorang yang "sangat berbahaya" agar anda dan kerajaan "malaysia" akan menangkap saya kononnya atas dasar kepentingan negara. Realitinya bukan disebabkan oleh negara tetapi adalah untuk menyelamatkan dan mengelakkan kebenaran tentang salah-laku pemimpin-pemimpin bn-umno selama ini daripada terdedah kepada rakyat umum, khususnya kepada bangsa Negara Sabah dan bangsa Negara Sarawak.

Ketiga [3], sekali lagi saya serahkan perkara ini ditangan bangsa Negara Sabah dan bangsa Negara Sarawak untuk memutuskannya. Sama ada mereka yang menyokong perjuangan SSKM-SSU(UK) ini terdiri daripada sejumlah bilangan kecil ataupun besar, mereka sahaja yang lebih tahu. Dan satu perkara yang menghairankan saya ialah mengapa sejumlah kecil "mereka" yang menyokong perjuangan ini seperti mana yang anda katakan dengan penuh "yakin" boleh mampu mengugat serta mengancam keamanan? Dimanakah logiknya? Atau adakah sebenarnya perjuangan ini telah "mengugat keamanan bn-umno" untuk terus merampas harta kekayaan Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak melalui penjajahan halus ini?

Keempat [4], kenyataan ini tidak jauh beza dengan khairy jamaluddin. Seperti yang saya perkatakan sebelum ini pada kenyataan rasmi kepada khairy bahawa kata-kata ini hanya berupa kenyataan biasa yang tidak pernah disusuli oleh tindakan yang serius. Kini, 51 tahun sudah berlalu namun pembangunan ekonomi khususnya di Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak jauh ketinggalan berbanding dengan di malaya. Ini dapat dibuktikan lagi dengan migrasi anak-anak muda bangsa Negara Sabah dan bangsa Negara Sarawak yang ramai ke malaya hanya mampu bekerja sebagai kelas bawahan sahaja (majoriti) di kilang-kilang perindustrian, pelabuhan, hotel, kelab dan sebagainya. Manakala bangsa malaya yang datang ke Negara Sabah dan Negara Sarawak tidak ada seorang pun yang bekerja sebagai kelas bawahan seperti pertukangan di sektor industri perkilangan yang ada di kedua-dua negara ini di Borneo. Mereka majoritinya bekerja sebagai kelas "kolar putih". Kenyataan seperti ini bukan berniat untuk menimbulkan perbezaan namun inilah sebenarnya realiti yang dilihat secara menyeluruh. Anda boleh menafikannya sekeras-kerasnya dakwaan ini namun ini semua sebenarnya pengakuan daripada rakyat Negara Sabah dan rakyat Negara Sarawak yang tertindas selama 51 tahun.

Akhir kata, saya memohon maaf atas kenyataan ini yang berbunyi kasar untuk dibaca apatah lagi untuk didengari namun ia perlu dan mesti dikatakan dengan jelas. Sudah cukup 51 tahun rakyat Bangsa Negara Sabah dan rakyat Bangsa Negara Sarawak berbudi bahasa, berlembut serta bersopan-santun dengan pemimpin-pemimpin malaya. Namun, keadaan tersebut tidak akan pernah berlaku lagi pada zaman ini. Kerana masanya telah pun tiba untuk berhenti berdiam. Tiada masa untuk berputus asa dalam perjuangan ini kerana ia sebenarnya baru bermula.

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Why the cops are not looking for RPK

They have no way of taking him from Britain to face charges in Malaysia.

Recently, The Ant Daily carried an article in which the writer asked why the cops were looking for Alvin Tan and not for Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK), the blogger who is living in exile in Britain.

Actually, the police know where RPK is but have no way of taking him back to Malaysia to face charges of sedition and criminal defamation.

“Back in 2009, not long after I left Malaysia, the police met with officials of the British High Commission to discuss the possibility of extraditing me,” RPK told FMT in a recent interview.

“The High Commission called my lawyers and asked for a detailed report on the matter, which my lawyers gave and which was sent to the British Home Office in London.

“Also in 2009, in the British Parliament, an MP raised the matter of my presence in the UK and the Malaysian extradition request, and the Home Minister gave a reply.”

Basically, the reply was that RPK was in the UK on his Malaysian passport but since he was born in England he was granted Right of Abode back in the 1980s. Hence he does not require a visa and can stay in the UK indefinitely.

On the matter of his extradition, there is no extradition treaty between Malaysia and the UK. “But that has not stopped the Malaysian government from applying for my extradition,” he said.

The extradition application must be done in a UK court. One of the key ingredients of an extradition application is dual criminality. That is in fact the first test to pass. Dual criminality means the crime or crimes that RPK was alleged to have committed in Malaysia must also be crimes in the UK.

RPK faces four charges of sedition and criminal defamation in Malaysia, but the UK abolished those laws on Jan 1 2010. That means the Malaysian government cannot extradite him.

So the issue is not that the Malaysian police do not know where RPK is. They do. And it is not that they did not attempt to extradite him back to Malaysia. They did.

The issue here is that under the dual criminality clause, UK laws do not allow his extradition if it is to face sedition and criminal defamation charges. And the same would apply if RPK was facing a charge of sodomy because in the UK gay sex between consenting adults is not a crime.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2014/10/07/why-the-cops-are-not-looking-for-rpk/

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Extradition of secessionists no easy task!

What’s an offence in Malaysia may not be an offence abroad.

KUALA LUMPUR: Putrajaya would like to extradite Sabahans and Sarawakians, living abroad, who are instigating secession of their homelands from the 1963 Federation of the two Borneo nations with the peninsula but has run into snags.

Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Jaafar, who is from Sarawak, gave this reply in Parliament in response to a question from Silam MP Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur, and added that “what’s an offence here, may not be an offence there”.

“Extraditions between two countries require the element of double criminality.”

Malaysia has no extradition treaty with the UK, for example, and the latter has also abolished its own Sedition Act, a law which it introduced in Malaya in 1948, he pointed out.

“We have good relations with the authorities in England, so this (extradition) can be done but what is an offence here must also be an offence there and they must reciprocate, and then only ‘extradition’ can happen,” said Wan Junaidi in spelling out the realities on the secession issue.

Nasrun had alleged in his question that the secessionists were becoming more vocal with the support abroad, especially in the United Kingdom.

The Deputy Home Minister said the Attorney-General’s Chambers was currently going through the investigation papers on the secessionists “and will look into the extradition process if there is sufficient evidence for prosecution”.

The UK-based Sabah-Sarawak Keluar Malaysia (SSKM) headed by Doris Jones of Sabah, disclosed Wan Junaidi, is among those being investigated.

Source: http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/24/extradition-of-secessionists-no-easy-task/

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