Lim Kit Siang

It is time for Muhyiddin to fulfil his Sabah election pledge and channel all resources to fight Sabah as the hotspot state in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia

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I am disappointed that the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyddin Yassin has not summoned an emergency zoom meeting of his Cabinet on the grave situation of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia although he is in home quarantine until Oct. 16,

Yesterday, a specialist with the Health Ministry wrote an anonymous letter to Malaysiakini lamenting that “the many months of hard work since the first movement control order (MCO) has been taken for granted and thrown away”.

This has sparked a response from the Health Director-General Dr. Hisham Noor Abdullah, which does not detract in any way from the central message of the “specialist” to the Prime Minister, i.e. Wake up, enough talk, take action!

The Prime Minister must be red-faced and must act as he cannot hide behind the coat-tails of the Health Director-General.

He must lead from the front and deliver election pledges which he made in the Sabah state general election campaign only last month.

During the Sabah general elections, Muhyiddin made three visits to Sabah in 14 days, and pledged that Sabah will get more help if the state is aligned with the Federal Government and as Sabah needs a state government that is capable of helping to ease the people’s burden in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Muhyiddin has in fact reneged on his Sabah election pledge when he allowed Sabah to plunge into the horrendous third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Sept. 1 to October 11, Sabah has 3,921 Covid-19 cases – which is a shocking 25 per cent of the 15,657 cases Malaysia has had from the beginning. There have been 33 deaths which is 21 per cent of the total of 157 deaths so far.

From the poorest state in Malaysia, Sabah has become the worst-affected Covid-19 state.

Is this what Muyhiddin promised the people of Sabah?

The severity of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah is crystal clear when it is noted that when the MCO was first imposed in Malaysia on March 18, Malaysia had 790 cases and two deaths, after registring 117 new cases in the previous 24 hours.

The Covid-19 situation in Sabah is many times more serious, registering three-digit figures in since Oct. 1 ranging from the lowest of daily increase of 113 cases on Oct. 2 to 488 cases yesterday.

Some 788 Covid-19 cases in Sabah were recorded in the 12-day period of the Sabah state general election from Sept. 12 to Sept 26, which went on to increase by leaps and bounds to total 2,783 Covid-19 cases in Sabah in the last 15 days since Polling Day.

Although Muhyiddin’s home quarantine expires on Oct. 16, I want to reiterate my call on him to summon an emergency zoom meeting of his Cabinet to channel all resource to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in Sabah.

I endorse the specialist’s call to Muhyiddin to “wake up” and to stop ignoring the advice from the Health Ministry and to ensure that Ministers and many top officials follow the SOP and to haul up the VIPs who do not comply with the SOP including removing them from office.

Will Muhyiddin start with the Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Khairruddin Aman Razali?

(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Monday, 12th October 2020)

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Masanya telah tiba untuk Muhyiddin memenuhi janji pilihan raya negeri Sabah beliau dan menggerakkan semua sumber untuk membantu Sabah yang merupakan pusat penularan utama gelombang ketiga wabak Covid-19 di Malaysia

Saya kecewa dengan Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yang masih belum lagi memanggil satu mesyuarat tergempar Kabinet beliau melalui Zoom untuk berbincang mengenai situasi semasa gelombang ketiga Covid-19 yang sedang melanda negara walaupun beliau sedang menjalani kuarantin di rumah sehingga 16 Oktober.

Semalam, seorang doktor pakar Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia telah menulis sepucuk surat ke Malaysiakini, meratapi “usaha kerja keras selama berbulan sejak perintah kawalan pergerakan pertama telah dipandang enteng dan disia-siakan”.

Surat ini mendapat respons daripada Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, yang tidak lari daripada mesej utama surat kepada Perdana Menteri itu, iaitu; Bangun, cukup dengan kata-kata, masa untuk bertindak!

Perdana Menteri mestinya sedang malu, dan beliau perlu bertindak segera dan tidak boleh terus menyorok di belakang Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan.

Beliau perlu memimpin di hadapan, dan menyampaikan janji-janji pilihan raya yang dibuatnya dalam pilihan raya negeri Sabah yang baru sahaja berlangsung pada bulan lepas.

Semasa tempoh kempen PRN Sabah, Muhyiddin telah melawat Sabah sebanyak tiga kali dalam tempoh 14 hari dan berjanji yang Sabah akan menerima lebih banyak bantuan kerajaan persekutuan jika negeri tersebut memilih untuk berada sejajar dengan kerajaan persekutuan dan Sabah perlukan sebuah kerajaan negeri yang boleh membantu meringankan beban rakyat, terutamanya dalam berhadapan dengan wabak Covid-19.

Muhyiddin telah memungkiri janji ini apabila beliau membiarkan Sabah untuk terjunam kepada gelombang ketiga wabak Covid-19 ini.

Daripada 1 September sehingga 11 Oktober, Sabah telah mencatatkan 3,921 kes Covid-19 — yang merupakan 25 peratus daripada 15,657 kes Covid-19 di seluruh negara. Terdapat juga 33 kematian daripada Sabah, 21 peratus daripada sejumlah 157 kematian di seluruh negara setakat ini.

Daripada negeri termiskin di Malaysia, Sabah kini menjadi negeri yang paling terjejas dengan Covid-19.

Adakah ini yang dijanjikan oleh Muhyiddin kepada rakyat Sabah?

Keseriusan gelombang ketiga wabak ini dapat dilihat dengan jelas apabila dibandingkan dengan sejumlah 790 kes di seluruh negara, dengan 117 kes dicatatkan dalam tempoh 24 jam semasa PKP mula dilaksanakan.

Keadaan di Sabah berkali ganda lebih teruk kini, mencatatkan peningkatan tiga angka sejak 1 Oktober, daripada peningkatan harian terendah 113 kes sehari, sehingga ke 488 kes sehari yang dicatatkan semalam.

788 kes Covid-19 telah dicatatkan di Sabah dalam tempoh 12 hari berkempen PRN Sabah yang berlangsung di antara 12 sehingga 26 September, yang kemudiannya terus berlipat ganda, mengumpulkan sehingga 2,783 kes dalam tempoh 15 hari selepas hari pengundian.

Walaupun perintah kuarantin dari rumah Muhyiddin bakal tamat pada 16 Oktober ini, saya ingin mengulangi seruan saya supaya beliau memanggil satu mesyuarat khas Kabinet beliau melalui Zoom untuk menggerakkan semua sumber untuk membantu Sabah melawan wabak Covid-19.

Saya menyokong seruan doktor pakar KKM yang menyeru Muhyiddin untuk “bangun” dan berhenti mengabaikan nasihat daripada Kementerian Kesihatan dan memastikan semua menteri dan pegawai kanan terus mematuhi SOP Covid-19, serta memastikan mana-mana VIP yang mengingkari SOP ini dibuang daripada jawatan mereka.

Adakah Muhyiddin akan mula dengan membuang Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi, Khairudin Aman Razali?

(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada hari Isnin, 12 Oktober 2020)

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