MANSUHKAN AKTA TAHAN TANPA BICARA, AKTA PENCEGAHAN JENAYAH 1959 (POCA) - Kes Sanjeevan Harus Dibawah Disiasat Di Bawah Perundangan Jenayah Biasa -

 21/7/2016

PRM : MANSUHKAN AKTA TAHAN TANPA BICARA,  AKTA PENCEGAHAN JENAYAH 1959 (POCA)

-          Kes Sanjeevan Harus Dibawah Disiasat Di Bawah Perundangan Jenayah Biasa - 

Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) menuntut agar semua perundangan yang membenarkan penahananan tanpa bicara seperti  Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 (POCA) dimansuhkan.

Penggunaan POCA dalam kes tahan Pengerusi NGO anti-jenayah (MyWatch), Datuk Seri Sanjeevan Ramakrishnan ini sangat dikesali.

POCA membenarkan seseorang disyaki direman secara mandatori selama 21 hari – di mana Majistret tidak lagi ada kuasa menilai alasan dan menentukan secara wajar berapa hari reman yang wajar diberikan. Selepas ini, jika permohonan reman Sanjeevan diminta dilanjutkan di bawah POCA, terpaksa Majistret memberikan reman untuk tempuh 38 hari.

Bila POCA digunakan, orang yang disyaki tidak perlu lagi dibawa ke Mahkamah untuk dituduh dan dibicarakan, Beliau boleh seterusnya dikenakan perintah tahanan, perintah pengawasan polis (atau perintah halangan/restriction) yang boleh berlarutan untuk jangka masa tidak tertentu bergantung kepada budibicara pihak Lembaga Pencegahan Jenayah.

Bagi perintah penahanan, Lembaga tersebut ada kuasa mengarahkan seseorang itu ditahan tanpa bicara bagi tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun, di mana tempoh ini boleh dilanjutkan berkali-kali, tetapi setiap masa lanjutan untuk tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun.

Pada Hari Malaysia 2011, Dato Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Razak 2011 telah mengumumkan pemansuhan Akta ISA 1960  dan juga penamatan tiga proklamasi darurat, di mana ini telah kemudiannya  dilaksanakan.

Kerajaan BN menyatakan bahawa pemansuhan akta membenarkan tahanan tanpa bicara ini adalah untuk ‘…membolehkan Malaysia mengamalkan sistem demokrasi yang lebih dinamik…’ dan ‘..adalah satu pembaharuan bagi menjamin keselamatan rakyat dan hak bersuara rakyat…’.

Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom (yang pada masa itu adalah   Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri) juga  menyatakan bahawa ‘…rakyat kini mendapat hak sepenuhnya untuk di bicara..’  [Portal Pusat Maklumat Rakyat (Portal PMR) 1KLIK. - http://pmr.penerangan.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article/445-kolumnis/11030-pemansuhan-isa.html]

Jelas pernyataan atau jaminan kerajaan Barisan Nasional(BN) ini adalah palsu, dan PRM berpendirian bahawa  hak suara rakyat Malaysia kini adalah lebih dihalang dengan penggunaan, antara lain, Akta Hasutan 1948, Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 dan Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2011. Hak rakyat bersuara termasuk juga melalui media sosial semakin lama semakin dinafikan oleh kerajaan Barisan Nasional.

Jaminan kerajaan Barisan Nasional yang diberikan bahawa ‘rakyat kini mendapat hak sepenuhnya untuk di bicara..’ juga nyata dinafikan dengan, antara lain, pemindaan kepada Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 (POCA) dan penggubalan Akta Pencegahan Keganasan 2015 (POTA), yang kini memberikan kerajaan kuasa menahan seseorang tanpa bicara, dan juga kuasa mengenakan perintah halangan tanpa bicara untuk jangkamasa tidak terhad, di mana mangsa perintah tanpa bicara sedemikian juga dinafikan hak pergi ke Mahkamah mencabar alasan yang digunakan untuk pengeluaran perintah tanpa bicara sedemikian.

Kes Sanjeevan adalah kes yang mendapatkan liputan media massa, dan PRM kini mahu kerajaan Malaysia segera mendedahkan berapa ramai lagi warga Malaysia yang kini ditahan tanpa diberikan hak dibicarakan di Mahkamah terbuka di bawah POCA dan undang-undang lain yang membenarkan tahanan tanpa bicara.

Harus diingati bahawa Sanjeevan telah ditangkap kerana disyaki melakukan jenayah biasa, di mana ini adalah alasan mengapa PRM percaya bahawa POCA ini kemungkinan telah secara salah digunakan terhadap ramai orang yang disyaki melakukan jenayah, termasuk yang berkemungkinan besar  tidak bersalah. Jika seseorang bersalah melakukan jenayah, pihak polis dan pendakwaan harus membuat pertuduhan di Mahkamah, membuktikan kesalahan tersebut dan biarkan Mahkamah yang memutuskan sama ada seseorang itu bersalah atau tidak.

PRM khuathir bahawa kes Sanjeevan ini mungkin juga titik permulaan Akta POCA ini digunakan terhadap aktivis hak asasi, kesatuan sekerja, NGO, pejuang hak komuniti dan warga biasa.  

PRM dengan ini menuntut agar semua yang kini ditahan tanpa bicara di bawa Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 (POCA) atau Akta sedemikian segera dibebaskan tanpa syarat;

PRM juga menuntut bahawa  Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959 (POCA) dan semua Akta yang membenarkan tahanan tanpa bicara dimansuhkan.

Koh Swe Yong
Setiausaha Agung
Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)
Tel: + 6 012-2766551

人民党：废除未审扣留法令，1959年防范罪案法令（POCA, Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959）

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人民党：废除未审扣留法令，1959年防范罪案法令（POCA, Akta Pencegahan Jenayah 1959）

马来西亚人民党总秘书辜瑞荣今天啊发表文告，呼吁国阵政府废除所有未审扣留的防范性法令，例如1959年防范罪案法令。

马来西亚人民党非常遗憾，警方援引1959年防范罪案法令扣留监督马来西亚罪案非政府组织（MyWatch）主席山吉旺。山吉旺的个案，根据新闻报道是普通犯罪，应该在一般的刑事法典调查和监控。看来防范罪案法令已经被错误引用，也如社会担忧的会用来对付社会活跃份子。

在1959防范罪案法令(POCA)下，任何人如果被嫌疑犯罪，警方可以扣留长达21天，而地方法庭无权审理该扣留人士可被警方扣留的天数。

21天后，如果警方认为有需要延长扣留以协助调查案例，可向法庭申请，而地庭在这条法令下，法庭必须给与38天的扣留期。

在未审扣留法令如POCA下，被扣留人士无需经过公开法庭审讯，就被该法令下设立的防范罪案局(Lembaga Pencegahan  Jenayah)无限期监禁或限制居留。扣留期两年。两年后，如果防范罪案局经检讨认为需要，可以延长两年，又两年，所以一次又一次延长到无限期扣留。

在2011年的马来西亚日，首相纳吉宣布废除臭名照章的未审扣留1960年内部安全法令(ISA)以及三个紧急法令。

在废除未审扣留的内安法令和紧急法令，国阵政府申明，废除未审扣留法令，是“让马来西亚的民主制度更有活力”，是“一项革新，保障人民的安全和人民的言论自由权利”。

另一方面，当时位首相署部长加米尔声称，“现在，人民拥有在公开法庭审理的权利.”

马来西亚人民党感到非常遗憾，纳吉首相和国阵政府的言行应证了人民党的评论，即国阵政府的保证是虚假的，是为捞取选票的。

马来西亚人民党认为，事实是人民的言论自由比以往任何时候受到更严厉的限制。国阵政府援引1948年煽动法令，1998年通讯和多媒体法令和2011年和平集会法令剥夺了人民的言论自由权利。

当国阵政府修改1959年防范罪案法令，并通过2015年防范恐怖主义法令（POTA）,也剥夺了人民获得公正的公开法庭审讯权利。

国阵政府虽然废除了内安法令，但是现在转了个圈子，又实行未审扣留的防范性法律。

马来西亚人民党要当局公布，有多少人在POCA和POTA的法令下被扣留？

马来西亚人民党呼吁国阵政府废除未审扣留的防范性法律，立刻释放所有在类似法令下被扣留人士，否则在公开法庭进行公正的公开审讯。

马来西亚人民党总秘书

辜瑞荣

012-2766551

PRM bersama 46 kumpulan lain membantah 'Union Busting' di Kilang Elektronik di Filipina milik kumpulan C & F?

Media Statement – 18/7/2016

C & F Group company Must Stop Union Busting and Respect Workers and Trade Union Rights; 63 Union Members and workers laid off after just days Union Registered -

We,  47 undersigned civil society organisations, trade unions,  and groups are appalled by the union busting action/s by C &F Manufacturing Philipines Corporation, which is now terminating  the workers, just after their union, Tinig ng mga Manggagawa sa C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corporation or the Voice of the Workers in C&F Mfg. Phils. Corp., was officially registered. 

On May 26, 2016, the workers registered their union with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The very next day, on May 27, the company abruptly offered a Voluntary Separation Program (VSP). The union obtained its Certificate of Registration on May 30, 2016.

On June 6, 2016, the Union filed with DOLE a Petition for Certification Election (PCE) in order to determine the representation of the workers in the collective bargaining.  Thereafter, on the very same day, the company management informed DOLE-Cavite Provincial Office that they are subjecting to "retrenchment" or lay-off some 98 regular workers of the company, wherein more than 63 of these workers are union officers and/or union members.

In the evening of June 6, the night-shift workers learned about their mass lay-off through the posted "announcement" of the management in the bulletin board. On the next day, June 7, 2016 the day-shift workers were blocked at the guard house and were no longer allowed to enter the premises of the company.

On June 9, 2016, 3 days later, the company hired 55 new workers, who were agency-supplied contractual workers from Terumi, AED, and E Pipol. Before this, the company used 50 agency-supplied contractual workers already working in the company and supplied by Terumi.

Justly, if the company no longer needed so many workers, they should have kept their 98 regular workers, who had been working for 3 to 12 years, and simply reduced the number of agency-supplied contractual workers. But, this company got rid of its 98 regular employees and are replacing them with new agency-supplied contractual workers.

Based on the facts provided by the Union, this is a clear union busting, and also an attempt to remove regular employees and replace them with workers on precarious work arrangements.

C & F Manufacturing Phils. Corporation is a supplier to IT/electronics companies such as APC Schneider Electric, IBM, and EMC Corporation. Its CEO and President is Mr. John Flaherty of C& F Group, is based at C & F Tooling Ltd., Cashla, Athenry, Co Galway, Ireland. Website: www.cftooling.ie. C & F Tooling Ltd. have companies in Ireland, Germany, Czech Republic, UK, USA, and the Philippines.

The C&F Group, in a document signed by John Flaherty in his capacity as Group Managing Director and CEO dated 5/1/2016 states that they ‘…have adopted the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) as the operating Code of Conduct within the C&F Group…’.

Further in a letter published in the United Nations Global Compact website, it is stated: - “..C&F Group reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of The United Nations Global Compact in areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption. In addition, The C&F Group has adopted The EICC-SER code as the Groups Code of Practise.’ (https://www.unglobalcompact.org/participation/report/cop/create-and-submit/active/15521)

There have also been other complaints from the workers, which include ‘forced’ work on Sunday and public holidays and excessively long working hours.

As such, it is verily believed that C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group are in breach of the EICC Code, and also the UN Global Compact.

The actions of the company, possibly with the intention of union busting, and avoidance of employer obligations, is a violation of worker and trade union rights.

Therefore, we:

1)     Call on C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group to immediately reinstate the said  98 regular worekrs and  union members and/or employees;

2)     Call on C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group to recognize and respect the rights  of workers to  organize, form union,  and to collectively bargain; 

3)     Call on C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group to abort precarious employment and labour policy and practices, and ensure that all its employees are regular employees;

4)     Call on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), a coalition of electronics companies committed to supporting the rights and wellbeing of workers and communities worldwide affected by the global electronics supply chain to ensure that C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group comply with the EICC Code, and respect workers and trade union rights;

5)     Call on UN Global Compact, being a corporate sustainability initiative that ensures companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights and labour, to ensure that C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group respect workers and trade union rights; and 

6)     Call on the government of Philippines to speedily act on the violation of workers and trade union rights by C&F Manufacturing Phils. Corp. and/or the C&F Group, and ensure justice be served.

Cecilia Tuico

Charles Hector

Alejandro Gonzalez

For and on behalf of the 47 groups





1. National Union of Flight Attendants Malaysia (NUFAM), Malaysia

2. Labour Studies and Action Centre / Centro de Reflexión y Acción Laboral (CEREAL), Mexico

3. WEED - World Economy, Ecology & Development, Germany

4. North South Initiative

5. All Arakan Students' and Youths' Congress(AASYC), Thai-Burma Border

6. HAK Association of Timor-Leste

7. Maquila Solidarity Network (Canada)

8. Citizen of the Earth, Taiwan

9. International Campaign for Responsible Technology, San Jose, California

10. Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters-HRDP, Burma

11. Sawit Watch (Indonesia)

12. National Union of Transport Equipment & Allied Industries Workers (NUTEAIW), Malaysia

13. Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma (ALTSEAN-Burma)

14. MAP Foundation, Thailand

15. Safety and Rights Society, Bangladesh

16. Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment, Philippines

17. Metalworkers Alliance in the Philippines (MWAP)

18. Collectif Ethique sur l’étiquette, France

19. Basel Action Network

20. Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), Cambodia

21. Fair | Campagna Abiti Puliti, Italy

22. Clean Clothes Campaign, The Netherlands

23. Radanar Ayar Rural Development Association, Myanmar

24. Coalición de Ex trabajadoras (es) y trabajadoras (es) de la Industria Electrónica Nacional (CETIEN), Mexico

25. Cooperation Committee of Trade Unions (CCTU) Myanmar

26. GoodElectronics Thailand (GET)

27. Paper Union of Malaysia

28. Committee for Asian Women

29. International Labor Rights Forum, Washington, D.C.

30. WH4C (Workers Hub For Change), Malaysia

31. MADPET(Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)

32. Solidarity of Cavite Workers, Cavite, Philippines

33. Hye Sung Workers Union, Cavite, Philippines

34. Daeduck Employees Union –Independent (DEU-Ind.), Cavite. Philippines

35. Nagkakaisang Manggagawa ng Keyrin Electronics (NMKE), Cavite, Philippines

36. Eagle Ridge Employees Union (EREU), Cavite, Philippines

37. Samahan ng mga Manggagawa sa Eagle Ridge (SMER), Cavite, Philippines

38. Batangas Port Workers and Stevedores Labor Union (BPSLU), Batangas City, Philippines

39. Electronic Industry Employees Union (EIEU) Southern Region, Peninsular Malaysia

40. Electronic Industry Employees Union(EIEU) Northern Region, Peninsular Malaysia

41. PROHAM - Society for the Promotion of Human Rights, Malaysia

42. Parti Rakyat Malaysia

43. GoodElectronics Network, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

44. CWI (Committe For Workers International) Malaysia

45. Association of domestic workers, homeworkers and maquila (ATRAHDOM)., Guatemala

46. Workers Assistance Center, Inc. , Philippines

47. Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Nakashima Philippines Corporation (PAMANA-Ind.), Cavite, Philippines

The Mockingjays of Malaysia

The Mockingjays of Malaysia 

Dr Afif Bahardin 

Published 9 Jul 2016, 4:21 pm 

COMMENT | This new breed represents the symbol of hope, survival and anti-oppression."

COMMENT I have always been intrigued by the story of Katniss Everdeen, a protagonist of ‘The Hunger Games’ trilogy written by Suzanne Collins; not because of the complicated ‘love triangle’; but for what she represents politically to her people in their struggle to break free from a corrupt and unjust regime.

The symbol of Mockingjay

Mockingjay, a hybrid bird, a progeny from the fusion of Jabberbay and nature’s species, Mockingbird. Jabberbay, an apparatus of Capitol, is a genetically modified breed that spied on the people and picks up any dissenting voices to be charged under the sedition law. Sounds familiar?

Over the years, Mockingjay was born. It has the ability to memorise and sing beautiful melodies. Mockingjay soon became a reminder to the people that through unity, perseverance and courage beautiful things may arise. This new breed represents the symbol of hope, survival and anti-oppression to the poor and tyrannised.

Katniss Everdeen embodies such virtues that represents the Mockingjay symbol - when others would take a backseat or were afraid, she stood up against the oppressive regime and fought against them with courage and conviction. She inspires the people to embark on this struggle with courage, righteousness and unity.

Reformasi as symbol of unity and political maturity

I believe ‘Reformasi’ is our Mockingjay. A symbol of hope to all Malaysians and a stern reminder of the importance of staying united and strong in the fight against an oppressive regime of Umno and Barisan Nasional.

Reformasi was the turning point in Malaysian politics especially post-independence. A political epiphany to millions of Malaysians - that they can choose to no longer be shackled and tied up to the oppressive and corrupt systems; that Malaysians have a strong alternative to displace Barisan Nasional (BN) from its more than half a century-old throne.

Reformasi was also a catalyst that saw a more organised and strategic alliance of different political parties in Malaysia known as the Barisan Alternatif (BA) comprising of Parti Keadilan Nasional, Parti Rakyat Malaysia, Pan-Malaysia Islamic Party (PAS) and Democratic Action Party (DAP) - formulating a straight, one on one fight between the opposition and the ruling regime of Umno and Barisan Nasional.

That year in 1999, under the Barisan Alternatif coalition, PAS won the most seats amongst the opposition parties and this remains as their record until the present day as the highest number of seats PAS has ever won in any election.

In 2008, reaping the fruits of the Reformasi movement and a political tsunami by the opposition electoral pact (capturing five state governments and denying BN’s two-thirds majority), Pakatan Rakyat was formed as a common platform, a feat that was never thought possible.

And in the subsequent general election in 2013, Pakatan Rakyat remained victorious with the overwhelming support of almost 52 percent of Malaysians, albeit it failed to win more parliamentary seats than their political counterpart mainly due to the practice of gerrymandering.

But any marriage of convenience was never meant to last forever. The opposition electoral pact or coalition since the past two years, especially after the betrayal of PAS (contesting in seats meant for PKR), the messy ‘Kajang Move'’and hudud fiasco, the opposition are in constant decline, with diminishing trust and lack of ingenious strategies.

The upsetting defeat in the Sarawak state elections and the stunt in the recent twin by-elections in Kuala Kangsar and Sungai Besar that saw four-cornered and three-way fights respectively between giant political parties namely BN, PAS and Pakatan Harapan prove that the opposition block will only be on the losing end due to the split in votes among the opposition supporters.

It should be noted that this happened amid the serious political crisis that has been hovering over the BN president and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak with the 1MDB and RM4.2 billion donation scandals. These scandals should have given great opportunity for the opposition to capitalize on the mass disapproval towards Najib’s administration and the rampant corruption that would soon become Najib’s only legacy, into winning votes.

If we could learn anything from the Reformasi movement, is that it would be wise for the opposition to stand as one entity, the very least to have an electoral pact into the 14th general election, facing the Barisan Nasional coalition in a straight fight. Only then, the opposition would be a serious challenger and sensible alternative for the people to choose and rest their hopes to bring real reform in Malaysia.

Who is Malaysia’s Katniss Everdeen?

In the novel, Katniss never became the leader that everyone said she was predestined to be. She remained until the end the source of inspiration and courage that others draw from to continue the fight. She became part of the political propaganda by becoming the face and spokesperson of the movement to draw support from the common people.

Katniss Everdeen could be anyone of us. Those who believe in the struggle and the fight against the corrupted and oppressive BN regime and are not afraid to stand up for what is right and able to inspire people to follow her or his lead are worthy to become Malaysia’s own Katniss Everdeen.

And we have seen far too many times of individuals emerging from the crowd to become the icon of Reformasi, whom are never afraid to uphold the spirit of democracy and to stand against the injustice and oppression and to inspire others. I am talking about honourable Malaysian citizens like Anne Ooi (better known as Mak Cik Bersih), Adam Adli, Ambiga Sreenevasan, Azmi Sharom and many more.

We should also seriously consider for new leadership to lead the struggle for reform. We shall not narrow our minds to believing that there could only be one individual to save us all and refrain others to bring new ideas and strength to the cause or even provide a new leadership to the cause. Everyone has a part to contribute.

The strength of Pakatan Harapan should lie on the understanding that unity against Barisan Nasioanl is the key to enable a change of regime and for a systemic change to start. We as the opposition have to provide leadership to the people. A leadership that is able to unite us all and upholds the principles of Reformasi - the Mockingjay - and inspire the people especially the youth to answer to the call for reform and systemic change in this country in order to save Malaysia.

If we (opposition parties) are serious to be an alternative to Umno-led Barisan Nasional, let us answer these couple of questions before starting our campaign asking for the people’s support; will it be a straight fight between the opposition and Barisan Nasional come the 14th general election? and, Who is the one prime minister candidate from the opposition?

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DR AFIF BAHARDIN is Penang state government exco member for Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries, Health and Rural Development and PKR Youth deputy chief.

- Malaysiakini, 8/7/2016