MENGAYUH SEMALAM DARI UTARA KE SELATAN

Berbagai peristiwa menarik yang berlaku sepanjang perjalanan sebelum memasuki Permatang Pauh.bermula dari Utara ke Pulau Pinang dan kini di tanah besar Permatang Pauh.dalam perjalanan kelihatan kepada para pengayuh bahawa masih ada lagi kampung-kampung yang tidak mendapat bekalam letrik........di kawasan Kedah

Melalui kawasan ladang getah dan disitu timbul kesedaran bahawa 51 tahun merdeka masih ada yang terlalu banyak kekurangan dalam membentuk sebuah masyarakat yang mempunyai kemudahan di dalam sebuah negara yang merdeka ini.

Terima kasih kepada penngayuh KRIS yang memberi bantuan gambar-gambar dan maklumat dari masa ke semasa

ESKLUSIF:6 BUAH BASIKAL "JERIT"DIBAKAR DI LAMAN YAYASAN AMAN

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PERMTANG PAUH-7DIS pengayuh Basikal "JERIT" yang singah di Yayasan Aman semalam di undang oleh tetamu yang tidak senang dengan kehadiran mereka di situ.walau pun hanya mengayuh basikal "ancaman' diterima olehmereka apabila pihak berkuasa hadir menyoal dan 6 buah basikal di bakar.

Menurut saudara Kris, mereka mendengar teriakan "hidup atau mati tidak kira" dan sebuah motosikal yang berada di luar memecut laju setelah semua mereka keluar apabila terbau benda terbakar.kesan kebakaran juga masih kelihatan .

Buat masa kini pihak polis masih lagi berada di kawasan yayasan Aman untuk "menghalau"pengayuh dari berda lebih lama.....

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Kempen basikal 'raykat pengayuh perubahan' dilancarkan

December 2008 21:56




Menteri Besar Selangor Khalid Ibrahim telah menyatakan sokongan penuh dan melancarkan kempen basikal Jerit "Rakyat pengayuh perubahan' pada 29 November 2008 di perkarangan Stadium Melawati.


Program telah bermula dengan lagu "Power to People" memang tepat dengan program pelancaran. Kebanyakan orang yang hadir, memakai T-shirt Jerit merah memberi identiti tersendiri kepada majlis ini. Pengerusi Majlis memulakan program dengan sedikit pengenalan mengenai Jerit. Ucapan pertama adalah oleh Saudari Kohila, Penyelaras Jerit. Dalam ucapan beliau telah mengatakan bahawa Kempen Basikal ini diadakan untuk membawa mesej kesedaran kepada rakyat bahawa hanya mereka sahaja yang boleh membawa perubahan tulen dalam negara. Beliau juga telah menyeru semua orang untuk memberi sokongan kepada delegasi basikal apabila mereka sampai dikawasan-kawasan mereka dan seterusnya turun pada 18 Disember 2008 untuk hantar memorandum ke Parlimen. Setelah ucapan beliau, satu team delegasi basikal telah mengayuh masuk di hadapan pentas.





Dan wakil-wakil dari rakyat telah memberi enam tuntutan Jerit kepada Menteri Besar yang mangantungnya atas setiap basikal. Setelah itu Menteri Besar Khalid telah memberi ucapan pelancaran beliau. Khalid telah mengatakan bahwa beliau megah dalam melancarkan program Kempen Basikal ini. Beliau juga telah menyatakan bahawa adalah perlu gerakan seperti Jerit untuk mengingatkan tanggungjawab Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat.





Tambah Khalid Ibrahim, tuntutan Jerit adalah selaras dengan inisiatif Kerajaan Negeri Selangor untuk merakyatkan ekonomi negeri Selangor dan memberi sokongan penuh kepada kempen Jerit. Setelah ucapan pelancaran, beliau telah memotong belon yang dan seterusnya melancarkan Kempen Basikal Jerit.Setelah itu slogan "Hidup Rakyat! Hidup Perjuangan!" dilaungkan dan majlis diakhiri dengan pemberian cenderahati kepada Khalid dan Exco Negeri Selangor Dr Xavier yang telah membantu Jerit dalam mengadakan pelancaran ini. Kempen Basikal Jerit Rakyat Pengayuh Perubahan adalah satu inisiatif Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (Jerit) yang akan berbasikal ke seluruh negara melalui pekan-pekan dan bandar-bandar utama dengan membawa mesej kesedaran tentang isu-isu semasa yang memberi tekanan kepada kehidupan rakyat.







Antaranya adalah isu kenaikan harga minyak, penggunaan akta zalim seperti ISA ke atas rakyat, isu global seperti alam sekitar dan krisis makanan yang dihadapi oleh kebanyakan negara di dunia.Kempen Basikal ini akan bermula di dua lokasi utama dari Utara dan Selatan pada 3 Disember 2008 dan akan sampai ke perkarangan Parlimen Kuala Lumpur pada 18 Disember dimana memorandum dijangka dihantar kepada Perdana Menteri dan Ketua Pembangkang Anwar Ibrahim.





Sepanjang jalan para peserta akan mengedarkan risalah kesedaran dan juga menghantar memorandum kepada Menteri Besar atau Ketua Menteri negeri yang disinggahnya. Semua Menteri Besar dan Ketua Menteri telah dimaklumkan. Kempen Basikal "Rakyat Pengayuh Perubahan" akan membawa isu dan masalah rakyat yang sebenar kepada platform nasional. Kami menyeru rakyat biasa untuk menyertai dan menyahut panggilan kami untuk bersama-sama menjayakan kempen ini. Disertakan disini senarai organisasi dan individu yang menyokong Kempen dan Tuntutan "Rakyat Pengayuh Perubahan":







1. YAB Menteri Besar Selangor Tan Sri Dato Abdul Khalid Ibrahim2. YAB Menteri Besar Perak Dato Seri Ir Haji Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin3. YB Timbalan Ketua Menteri Prof Dr P.Ramasamy4. Kerajaan Negeri Selangor5. Kerajaan Negeri Perak6. Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang7. Kerajaan Negeri Kedah8. ADUN Kota Damansara YB Dr Nasir9. ADUN Seri Andalas dan Exco Negeri Selangor YB Dr Xavier 10. ADUN Bukit Lanjan & Exco Negeri Selangor YB Elizabeth Wong11. MP Sungai Siput Dr Jeyakumar12. MP Batu Gajah YB Fong Poh Kuan13. MP Kuala Krai YB Dr Hatta Ramli14. ADUN TEJA, YB Chang Lih Khang15. Ahli Parlimen Klang YB Charles Santiago 16. ADUN Teratai Jenice Lee Ying Ha17. ADUN Pandamaran dan Exco Negeri Selangor YB Ronnie Liu18. ADUN Kinrara , MP Seputeh, Exco Kanan Negeri Selangor YB Teresa Kok19. ADUN Simpang Pulai YB Chan Ming Kai20. ADUN Rawang YB Gan Pei Nei21. ADUN Kota Alam Shah YB Manogaran22. ADUN Sri Muda Yb Suhaimi23. MP Kapar YB Manickavasagam24. MP Bukit Gantang YB Roslan Sharom25. MP PJ Selatan Yb Hee Loy Sian26. Parti Sosialis Malaysia27. Parti Rakyat Malaysia28. Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS)29. Parti Keadilan Rakyat30. Democratic Action Party31. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)32. KOMAS33. PERMAS34. DEMA35. Empower36. Centre for Orang Asli Concern (COAC)37. People's Parliament38. Civil Right Commitee of Kuala Lumpur& Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall. 39. Youth Section of Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall40. Women's Aid organisation (WAO)41. Migrant Care42. LLG Cultural Development Centre43. All Women's Action Society ( AWAM)44. Jawatankuasa Kebajikan Mahasiswa/i (JKMI)45. Persatuan Sahabat Wanita Selangor (PSWS)46. DAP PJU Parliament Liaison47. Aliran Kesedaran Negara (ALIRAN)48. Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ)49. Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC)

Invitation to Launch of SUARAM's 2008 Human Rights Report Overview and Presentation of SUARAM Human Rights Awards 2008

SUARA RAKYAT MALAYSIA

Address: 433A, Jalan 5/46, Gasing Indah, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor , Malaysia .Telephone: +6 03 7784 3525

Fax: +6 03 7784 3526

Email: suaram@suaram.net

Web: http://www.suaram.net/

4 December 2008

To Presidents, Chairpersons, Directors and Coordinators of Non-Governmental Organisations and Supporters of Human Rights,

Launch of SUARAM’s 2008 Human Rights Report Overview and Presentation of SUARAM Human Rights Awards 2008

In conjunction with the International Human Rights Day 2008, SUARAM will launch its 2008 Human Rights Report Overview and present its 10th annual Human Rights Awards 2008. Therefore, SUARAM is pleased to invite you to the event which will be held at the following:

Date: 9 December 2008 (Tuesday)

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Venue: Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, No. 1 Jalan Maharajalela , 50150 Kuala Lumpur.

(For location map of the venue, please click on the following link: http://www.scah/. org

Through this event, SUARAM aims to critically evaluate the human rights situation in Malaysia in 2008 and to give recognition to those who have selflessly struggled for the human rights cause.

This event will also be the perfect platform for us to foster solidarity in defending and advocating human rights in Malaysia . As such, your attendance will speak volumes in our mutual quest for a better Malaysia .

Attached herewith is the programme for the event on 9 December 2008.

For further inquiries, please contact John Liu or Wong Chai Yi at 03-77843525 / 012-7771152 or suaram@suaram.net.

Sincerely yours,

John Liu

Documentation and Monitoring Coordinator

Launch of SUARAM’s 2008 Human Rights Report Overview and Presentation of SUARAM Human Rights Awards 2008

Date: 9 December 2008

Time: 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Venue: KLSCAH Programme Launch of Civil and Political Rights Status Report 2008 Overview and Announcement of Winner of Human Rights Awards 2008 1.00pm – 1.10am

Welcome remarks1.10pm – 1.40pm

Presentation of Malaysia: Civil and Political Rights Status Report 2008 Overview1.40pm – 1.50pm

Introduction and background of SUARAM Human Rights Awards1.50pm – 2.00pm

Video introduction of nominees Year 2008 followed by announcement of winners of SUARAM Human Rights Awards 20082.00pm – 2.05pm

Acceptance speech by winners2.05pm – 2.30pm

Question and answer on 2008 Civil and Political Rights Status Report Overview and Human Rights Awards 2008

2.30pm – 3.00pm Coffee break

16 Jerit cyclists arrested in Malaysia

Dec 6, 2008 The 'Ride for change' campaign has hit another snag. This morning, 16 activists about to take part in the cycling campaign were arrested at Suaram's office in Skudai and released after about an hour of questioning.

According to the campaign's southern region co-ordinator Nyam Kee Han, who was also arrested, some of the cyclists were arrested at 8.30am when around 50 police officers put up a total of eight roadblocks around the office area. "The first 12 people were arrested at 8.30am, when they were trying to negotiate with the police in front of our office gate so we all could proceed with our plan. "But as they were trying to negotiate, the police decided to arrest them instead.

The remaining four, including myself, who were in the office, were arrested at 9.15am," said Nyam, who was at the Skudai police station when contacted. According to Nalini, who is also Suaram co-ordinator, the police arrested the group for illegal assembly. "But I argued that it was not an illegal assembly as we were all just trying to cycle. But the police said that they received specific instructions to arrest us," said Nalini.

The campaign is Jerit's attempt to raise awareness of the current issues plaguing the country like food shortage, environmental problems, draconian laws and the current financial crisis. The group is scheduled to hand over a memorandum to Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim at the end of their campaign.

Jerit co-ordinator Y Kohila explained at the launch of the event last week that the campaign was inspired by estate workers in Bukit Asahan, Melaka, who marched 150km to Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s to meet the then prime minister to resolve their problems. "We were not allowed to go out and the police started disturbing our bicycles, sitting on them and pushing them, and that's when we got angry," said Kohila, adding that the police accused activists of being unco-operative. "But the bicycles are our property and they have no right to do so.

Then they started asking the participants, especially the students, questions just to intimidate us," she added. Prior to that, she claimed that officers threatened to break down the office gate. "But we opened it ourselves when they gave us that warning," said Kohila. She also said the arrests this morning had thwarted their plans. "The police told us not to cycle in Skudai. They said even if one person cycles in Skudai, he or she would be arrested," she said. When asked about Jerit's next step, she replied, "We will decide once we go to Kulai to have our lunch but we'll let you know if we get arrested there." When contacted by Malaysiakini this afternoon, Nalini said the whole team was still in Kulai.

"The police are still following our bus to all the places we are going to. They are intimidating us by taking pictures and preventing us from moving." At around 4.30pm, 13 activists started cycling from Kulai to Simpang Renggam. However, according to Nalini, police stopped the Jerit activists and took them to the Kulai police station, where they were issued traffic summonses for not having reflectors on their bicycles. As of 7pm, cyclist were still on the way to Simpang Renggam.

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Anwar Ibrahim: RI, Malaysia, Thailand able to overcome poverty

December 6, 2008 2:44 pm by pna

DEPOK, Dec. 6 — Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand which are rich in natural resources should be able to overcome poverty if they improve supervision and strengthen cooperation and coordination among themselves, former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said.
If they could recover just 10 percent of the US billion in financial losses they suffered every year by illegal logging, they would have enough to overcome poverty, Anwar said after giving a general lecture at the campus of the University of Indonesia in Depok, West Java, on Friday.
Therefore, the governments should continue building a strong and serious commitment to eradicate poverty, he said.

The global crisis currently gripping the world could be a starting point for the three governments to do something better in the future, he said.

According to Ibrahim, the world was currently facing a worse economic crisis than in 1998 as its impact would affect the world economy over the next two years.

"Therefore, the countries in the Southeast Asian region should deal with this problem by taking into account its long term impact on their economies," he said.

The governments should be able to adopt appropriate policies to face the crisis. "This economic crisis is more severe than the one in 1997-98 as its impact is affecting not only the financial system but also the economic system," he said.

In addition, the governments needed as soon as possible to build up their countries` economic strength on the basis of existing capabilities by withdrawing all the funds they had invested in foreign countries like Saudi Arabia and others.

The governments, he further said, should take into account the factor of competitiveness by focussing on the training of micro credit businesses. There should be balance in meeting the credit needs of conglomerates and of small people.

"Don`t give greater attention to business tycoons. Small businessmen should be equally treated to enable them to become strong. The more so, because the people feel ignored following the emergence of unstable political conditions," he said.

There was also a need to empower the people based on the existing economic, political, scientific and cultural capabilities. (PNA/Antara)

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LAWATAN DSAI KE PERMATANG PAUH 6.12.2008

PERMATANG PAUH-Lawatan DSAI ke Permatang Pauh siang tadi menemui berbagia lapisan masyarakat dan juga memberi sedikit sumbangan.Turut serta TKM1 YB Fairus dan juga EXCO Kerajaan negeri YB Lau.

DSAI mengingatkan masyarakat agar berjimat berbelanja dan menguruskan kewangan dengan baik kerana negera Singapura sekali pun membuang hampir 1/2 juta pekerja asing.

Maklumat lanjut dapatkan Suara keadilan akan datang.

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PERTUKARAN MASA DAN TEMPAT -JERIT

PENYERAHAN MEMORENDUM KEPADA YB LIM GUAN ENG KETUA MENTERI PULAU PINANG PADA JAM 130PM DI HADAPAN HOTEL TRADERS. MAKLUM.

Good news! Bicycles freed… but no “perarakan” allowed

You will be pleased to hear that the Jerit bicycles, yes bicycles, have been released. I guess they were innocent after all, poor bikes - and it’s all systems go for tomorrow.
So with that, the cyclists are expected to hand in a memorandum to Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng tomorrow at around 12.30pm in Komtar.

Sungai Siput MP Jeyakumar Devaraj spent most of this afternoon negotiating with senior police officers in Penang. “I told them, come on-lah, there are so many criminals around for you to deal with; just let our cyclists do their thing and they won’t cause any problem,” he said over the phone.

“If you want, you can send police to help us with the traffic, though even that won’t be necessary as we have our own marshals.”

Top police officers in the state finally relented and gave the green light. Apparently, there’s one caveat though: the cyclists are not allow to go on a perarakan (procession).

PERARAKAN TIDAK DIBENARKAN NAMUN BERBASIKAL DI BENARKAN-KEMPEN JERIT UNTUK ISA KE PARLIMEN.PARA PENGAYUH AKAN MENYERAHKAN MEMORENDUM PADA YB LIM GUAN ENG PADA JAM 1230 TENGAHARI

DSAI AKAN MELAWAT PERMATANG PAUH HARI INI

LAWATAN KERJA DSAI KE KAWASAN PARLIMEN PERMATANG PAUH HARI INI 6.12.08 BERTEMU MASYARAKAT CINA DAN INDIA.

GAMBAR-GAMBAR AKAN MUNCUL KEMUDIAN.

Singapore hopes for smooth leadership transition in Malaysia

SINGAPORE (Dec 5, 2008): Singapore hopes there will be a smooth transition of leadership in Malaysia when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi steps down next March.
"I hope for a smooth transition and for political stability," Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said of Malaysia to foreign journalists during a luncheon dialogue here today.

Lee said Malaysia had gone through a number of major political developments in recent months and he hoped the power transition in Malaysia would go well.

Abdullah is expected to pass the premiership baton to his deputy, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, under an agreement reached within their Umno political party
although the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, of which Umno is a component member, won the general election early this year.

Lee said he also hoped that Singapore and Malaysia would continue to work together and improve their relations under Najib.

The dialogue, organised by the Foreign Correspondents Association of Singapore (FCA), was attended by over 100 foreign journalists based in the city-state.
When asked whether the Iskandar Malaysia development in Johor was a threat or an opportunity to Singapore, Lee said "it is a challenge to us."

Lee said that obviously Iskandar Malaysia would like to rival or outdo Singapore but the island republic would be much comfortable working with it "because we feel that Singapore and Johor, together we can be one big centre of vitality and growth and eventually create one critical mass and gain a wider range of opportunities and position ourselves for investors to come in."
The prime minister said foreign investors could take advantage of what both Singapore and Johor had to offer.

Lee said there would be more growth to go around and he added that the competition between the two neighbours "is not Singapore versus Johor, but Singapore versus Shenzhen or Singapore versus Shanghai or Singapore versus Mumbai".

But he added that there was always more competition and cooperation in the national economy.
Lee also touched on the development of the Asean Summit which was postponed by Thailand, the host for this year's meeting, to March next year due to the political crisis in Bangkok.
The prime minister said the postponement was a setback to Asean because Asean's cooperation was vital to all its members.

He said this cooperation had to press on regardless of the political developments in any member countries and it should not be held back by any member just because it was preoccupied by domestic matters.

However, Lee said, the substance of the Asean Summit would proceed because the Asean foreign ministers would continue to meet and bring the Asean Charter to effect.
He added that the Asean trade ministers were also arranging to meet and their agendas included meeting with their dialogue partners to put the final touches to the free trade agreements which had been concluded and needed to be decided upon and brought to effect quickly.

Lee reiterated that the summit could not be postponed for too long because with the current global financial environment affecting all the Asean countries, its leaders needed to meet their dialogue partners to exchange views and compare notes and send a clear signal to the world that "Asean is still in business".

He said that was why Singapore had suggested that the summit be held in January rather than later in March, and if there was a necessity, the summit could be held in Jakarta, the headquarters of the Asean secretariat, with the Thais still the host.

KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Vote Key Test For Govt And Opposition

A January by-election will provide a key test for Malaysia's incoming prime minister as he seeks to avert a sharp economic slowdown, while a win for the opposition could reignite Anwar Ibrahim's stuttering campaign.

The election commission on Friday set the date of the vote, caused by the death of a government MP, for Jan. 17.

It will be the first vote since the collapse of Anwar's bid to take power on Sept. 16 when he failed to win over the support of 30 government legislators needed to form a new administration.
Anwar, a former deputy prime minister, seemed to be on the verge then of ousting the government that has ruled Malaysia for 51 years after the opposition scored its best result in elections in March and Anwar returned to parliament in August with a landslide win.

The main government party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), accelerated a handover from lacklustre Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to his deputy, Najib Razak.
"If UMNO wins, it will be seen as a victory for Najib personally, but if the opposition wins, it can only be seen as PAS getting stronger since the March general election," said James Chin, professor of political science at Monash University.

Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS), the Islamic party popular with Malay Muslims in Anwar's three party alliance, will contest Kuala Terengganu which is located deep in the Malay heartland.
The constituency is almost 90 percent Malay, the race traditionally represented by UMNO, compared with 60 percent nationally.

The government majority in the constituency in elections held in March this year when there was a massive swing to the opposition was just 628 votes.
"The poll will be seen as a bellwether of the Malay heartland vote," the Singapore-based Straits Times said on Friday.

However, in terms of altering the balance of power in parliament where the government currently has a 55-seat majority of 221 sitting MPs, the vote will not have a massive impact.
TESTING ECONOMIC TIMES

The global economic recession is starting to bite in Malaysia and the government is forecasting economic growth will be 3.5 percent in 2009, the lowest in eight years.

Since UMNO agreed the handover of power, it is Najib who also became finance minister who has made policy and has taken charge of steering Malaysia through the gathering global economic storm.

"This contest will be a bellwether of Najib's ability to galvanise the troops on the ground and convince voters that he is the future of the country," said the influential Malaysian Insider website.

A volunteer has been arrested -SLOONE BLOG

A volunteer has been arrested today at Merbau Pulas, Kedah, for leafleting leaflets containing demands of JERIT’s Bicycle campaign. Details of the arrested individual are as follows:
1. Ruben s/o Loganathan

Ruben is currently held at the Sg. Karangan police station. SUARAM urges you to call the police station to urge for his immediate and unconditional release.

SUARAM strongly condemns the police for their ongoing attacks on freedom of expression, a fundamental right which is guaranteed under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.

We demand for the immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested.

BackgroundJERIT or Oppressed People’s Movement is organizing a cycling campaign throughout the nation to put forward six demands to the Prime Minister of Malaysia. The campaign officially began yesterday at Wisma Darul Aman Kedah. 50 cyclists have been flagged off from Wisma Darul Aman and they would cycle for sixteen days through Kedah, Penang, Perak, and Selangor. On 18th December they will handover a memorandum to the Prime Minister in Parliament.

Urgent action needed:

Please write protest letters to the government and the police to express your strongest condemnation of the arrests and the ongoing denial of rights of expression. Please also demand the Malaysian government for the immediate and unconditional release of Ruben Loganathan.
Your protest letters should be sent to:

1. Sg. Karangan Police station, Sg. Karangan, 09410, Kulim, Kedah, Tel 044855122
2. IPD Kulim, Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah, Polis Diraja Malaysia, Jalanraya Kulim, 09000 KulimKedah, Telefon : 04-4906222, Faks : 04-4916854

3. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Musa Hassan, Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia,50560 Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: +603 2262 6015, Fax: +603 2272 5613
SAMPLE LETTER[Letterhead of your organisation]Inspector-General of PoliceTan Sri Musa HassanIbu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia,50560 Bukit Aman,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Tel: +603 2262 6015Fax: +603 2272 5613

Dear Sir,Re: Volunteer arrested while leafleting at Merbau Pulas for JERIT’s campaign
We are writing to you, once again, to express our outrage and our strongest condemnation over your government’s ongoing crackdown on freedom of expression.

We are appalled by your government and the police’s latest actions and view this as yet another attempt by your government to intimidate Malaysian citizens from participating in any form of public assembly and exercising their freedom to express their views.

We demand that Ruben s/o Loganathan should be released immediately and unconditionally. We further demand that your government stops the assault on freedom of expression.

We strongly urge you, once again, to stop bringing shame to Malaysia, a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. We would like to remind you that freedom of expression is guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the Federal Constitution of Malaysia.

Yours sincerely,[Name]—Nalini.ECoordinatorSuara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)

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Malaysia PM in waiting rules out early polls

The opposition has called for early elections while some government-supporting newspapers have said Deputy PM Razak would want new polls to prove his strength.

Thursday, 04 December 2008 08:12

Malaysia's deputy prime minister appeared on Thursday to rule out early elections when he steps up to the premiership in March after the opposition called on the government to seek a new mandate.

The opposition has called for early elections while some government-supporting newspapers have said Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak would want new polls to prove his strength. "This is no time for politicking or to score points politically," Najib told an economic conference. Malaysia is struggling with an economic downturn that the government says will cut growth in 2009 to 3.5 percent, its lowest level in seven years. Some private sector forecasts say there will be no growth at all next year in this Asian country of 27 million people.

In elections last March, the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition suffered its worst ever result and lost the two-thirds parliamentary majority needed to change the constitution. The coalition has ruled Malaysia for 51 years. That has forced Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to hand over power to Najib earlier than a planned transfer in 2010. Najib said Malaysia needed stability to cope with the economic crisis enveloping the world.

"The (2008) general election is over," he told the conference. A senior aide to Najib declined to comment on the record as to whether Najib had indeed ruled out early polls. However, he said the government had a five-year mandate from 2008 and needed to tackle the slowing economy. Although deprived of its two-thirds majority, the government still has a big majority of 55 MPs in the 222-strong parliament.

It faces a by-election in the next 60 days after the death of one of its MPs, but that will not fundamentally alter the balance of power. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had claimed he would take power by Sept. 16 with the backing of 30 defectors from the governing coalition, but failed to deliver on his pledge.

World Aids Day 2008: Stop Aids, keep the promise

4 December 2008 19:39

1 December 2008 marks the 20th year since the creation of World Aids Day. In the past two decades there has been significant progress in prevention and treatment and the campaign acts as a significant advance in awareness raising. Nevertheless, there remain many areas of concern and people with HIV face stigmatism on a daily basis, with no cure obtainable, observes CARAM Asia.

Despite the fact that the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has reported a decrease in the level of infections, last year still saw some two million deaths due to the epidemic. CARAM Asia urges all governments to remain committed to their promise laid out in the Universal Access 2010 and to eliminate all forms of discrimination against positive people. The dynamics of tackling the HIV virus are changing. Prior to 2004, intravenous drug users (IDUs), gay men and sex workers were deemed as the most at risk population (MARP) and measures often focussed primarily on this demographic. But as developing countries increasingly become dependent on remittances, migrant workers and mobilised populations now find themselves as one of the groups within the MARP demographic.

This development indicates that the spread of HIV is now reaching out to a wider area, requiring greater attention from the international community. In order to combat the spread of HIV, more than 70 governments around the world have implemented various forms of HIV-related travel restrictions as part of their national policy. Such restrictive policies have no evidence for a valid public health policy and only add to undermine already existing HIV preventative measures. The greater involvement of people with HIV or Aids (GIPA) principle is destabilised by such guidelines as people with HIV are unable to attend organised events or participate in regional or global initiatives. The use of travel-related restrictions signifies that governments deem HIV as a foreign concern whereas maintaining education would provide a far more beneficial platform to nationals within their borders. To date there is no evidence to suggest that this exclusionary practice limits the spread of HIV but instead only acts to further stigmatise known sufferers.

Many countries such as Malaysia, China, Japan, Singapore and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) subject migrant workers to mandatory HIV testing and if found to be positive, they are denied stay and immediately deported. In some cases they are not even informed of their own status and this can have catastrophic in the long term. The use of these policies exposes migrant workers and mobile populations, who are already highly vulnerable, to situations of great discrimination and further economic devastation.

Destination governments also routinely deny migrant workers access to medical treatments including anti-retroviral treatment (ART) as they argue that such availability would only burden national health budgets. Counter to this unfounded claim, migrant workers originate from the world's poorest countries and are driven by economic opportunity. People with HIV contribute a great deal both socially and economically, living productive lives that benefit destination countries and policies need to reflect this. Henceforth, any such exclusion of positive people over potential costs of treatment must be based on individual assessments as opposed to generic attitudes.

The current implementation of this policy flies in the face of such agreements as the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001) adopted by 189 countries and the subsequent Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (Political Declaration 2006). Such legislation also ignores the recommendations of the UNAIDS/ International Organisation for Migrations (IOM) recommendations (June 2004) to remove HIV-related travel restrictions because the virus cannot be transmitted through causal contact.

This year's World Aids Day theme is that of leadership, and it is with this sentiment in mind that CARAM Asia calls for all governments to immediately; * Eliminate HIV-related travel restrictions, for both short- and long-term stay. * Remove any mandatory HIV testing that leads to deportation or as an employment requirement. * Provide migrant workers with appropriate health services and treatments by both governments of origin and destination, including access to ART. CARAM Asia is NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is an open network of NGOs and CBOs, consisting of 29 members covering 17 countries in Asia and the Middle East. The CARAM Asia network is involved in action research, advocacy and capacity building with the aim of creating an enabling environment to empower migrants and their communities to reduce HIV vulnerability and to promote and protect the health rights of Asian migrant workers globally.

JERIT...JERIT...JERIT

JERIT will be launching its nationwide cycling campaign that will end with a memorandum submitted to the Parliament on 18 December 2008. In Penang we will be organising a press conference on 1 December 2008 at KOMTAR. The northern region cycling expedition will begin on 3 December 2008 in Alor Star. We will reach Penang on 5 December 2008 and will be flagged off by YB Saudara Lim Guan Eng, the Chief Minister of Penang on 6 December 2008. We have everything planned out. We would like to appeal if Aliran can sponsor some of the items/ or help look for sponsor for the ones stated below
Jadual Perjalanan dari UTARA( Kedah-Pinang-Perak-Selangor)

Tarikh Mula dan Akhir (sehari) Bermalam
3/12/08Alor Setar- Sungai Lalang Kg.sg.Getah
4/12/08Sg.Lalang- Padng Serai Padang Serai
5/12/08Padang Serai- Balik Pulau Balik Pulau
6/12/08Balik Pualau- Bkt Mertajam Bkt. Mertajam
7/12/08Bkt. Mertajam- Bagan Serai Bagai serai
8/12/08Bagan Serai- Taiping Taiping
9/12/08Taiping - Sungai siput Sg. Siput
10/12/08Sg Siput - Ipoh Tasik
11/12/08Ipoh - Buntong Buntong/ tasik
12/12/08Buntong - tapah Jelapang
13/12/08Tapah- Sungai Sungai
14/12/08Sungai - Tanjung Malim Tg. Malim
15/12/08Tg Malim- Rawang Rawang
16/12/08Rawang- Subang Perdana Subang Perdana
17/ 12/08Subang Perdana- Brickfields Brickfields

18/11/08- Brickfields- Parlimen



Jadual Perjalanan: Dari Selatan( Johor-Melaka- N. Sembilan_ Selangor)

Tarikh Mula and Akhir Bermalam
6/12/2008Skudai- Simpang Renggam Simpang Renggam
7/12/2008Simpang Renggam- KluangKluang
8/12/2008Kluang - Labis Labis
9/12/2008Labis - GemasGemas
10/12/2008Gemas - Rembau Rembau
11/12/2008Rembau- Seremban Jaya Seremban Jaya
12/12/2008Seremban ¡V MB office¡V KirbyEstate Kirby
13/12/2008Kirby-Beranang Beranang
14/12/2008Beranang- Kampung Bharu Kg. Bharu
15/12/2008Kg. Bharu- Breamer Estate Breamer Estate
16/12/2008Breamer Estate ¡V MB office ( Shah Alam) - Sg ChuaSg. Chua
17/12/2008Sg. Chua ¡V Seri Serdang ¡V Sri Kembangan Sri kembangan

18/12/08- Serdang- Parlimen