Kit Siang - tenth general election "the greatest violation of the human rights of Malaysians in the 42-year history of the nation" because of massive cheating and frauds


Media Release
by DAP PJ Hqrs

(Petaling Jaya,  Friday): DAP National Chairman, Lim Kit Siang, has described the tenth general election on Nov. 29, 1999 as "the greatest violation of the human rights of Malaysians in the 42-year history of the nation" because of massive cheating and frauds.

He also called for the immediate establishment of the National Commission of Human Rights "comprising members of undisputed credibility and integrity".

He said that the first task of the National Commission of Human Rights is to investigate the "greatest violation of the human rights of Malaysians in the 42-year history of the nation".  The Commission should  invite and investigate complaints about "massive human rights violations, including free speech, the right to vote and the right to development, in the tenth general election resulting in its being universally recognised as the dirtiest election in the nation’s history".

The DAP National Chairman said this in a reply to HAKAM (National Human Rights Society)  President, Ramdas Tikamdas, who wrote to Kit Siang on 6th December 1999 urging him to continue "to be the voice of ‘liberty and justice’ for the ‘welfare and happiness’ of all Malaysians" despite his recent election defeat, ending his 30 years as MP and 25 years as Parliamentary Opposition Leader.

Ramdas said in his letter:
 

In his reply to Ramdas, Kit Siang said he was "deeply moved and honoured" by his  "kind letter of encouragement to continue in the battle for justice, freedom, democracy and good governance for Malaysia in the new millennium".

He said his personal defeat in the recent general election was  a secondary issue to the bigger concern pinpointed by Ramdas that the outcome of the tenth general election  would be "a turning point" for Malaysian  parliamentary democracy and a setback for human rights, justice and the rule of law in Malaysia’s plural society.

He wrote:
 

(10/12/99)


*Lim Kit Siang - DAP National Chairman