Lim Kit Siang

Cat is out of the bag – to allege that Muhyiddin had an emergency declared because he has lost majority in Parliament is now a criminal offence under Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 and can be fined up to RM100,000, a jail term of up to three years or both

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The cat is out of the bag – to allege that the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had an emergency declared because he has lost majority in Parliament is now a criminal offence under Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 and can be fined up to RM100,000, a jail term of up to three years or both.

This was admitted no less by the de facto Law Minister, Takiyuddin Hassan, who said at a joint press conference that claiming that the government sought an emergency declaration because it lost its majority in the Dewan Rakyat violates the fake news ordinance.

“It is an offence. To me, it is an offence,” Takiyuddin said.

I had posed seven questions this morning on the fake news Emergency (Essential Powers) (No.2) Ordinance which comes into effect today and Takiyuddin partly answered my fourth question, whether “nephrologist Dr.Rafifah Abdullah’s tweet about the problem of ‘Dua Darjat 2.0’ in the national vaccination roll-out and joint statement by the three Pakatan Harapan leaders, Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Guan Eng and Mohd Sabu, on January 12 on the Emergency Proclamation (were )the cause and inspiration for the Ordinance”.

It is not a “fake news” criminal offence to allege that Muslims would be condemned to a life of injustice and oppression if the International Covenant on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) is ratified although 48 of 50 countries where Muslims make up a majority of the population, representing 99% of the Muslims in the world, including countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Qatar, Oman, UAB, Algeria, Pakistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Morroco, Indonesia and Bangladesh, had ratified ICERD, but it would be a “fake news” criminal offence to allege that the Muhyiddin government had an emergency declared because it had lost its majority in Parliament.

Malaysia is facing the darkest period in its history where Part II of the Constitution on fundamental liberties of liberty of the person, freedom of speech, assembly and association cease to have any meaning whatsoever.

(Media Comment (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, 12th March 2021)

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Persoalan telah terjawab — tuduhan mengatakan yang Muhyiddin mendapatkan pengisytiharan darurat kerana beliau telah hilang majoriti di Parlimen kini menjadi satu kesalahan jenayah di bawah peruntukan Ordinan Darurat (Kuasa-kuasa Perlu) (No. 2) 2021 yang boleh membawa denda sehingga RM100,000, denda sehingga tiga tahun, atau kedua-duanya sekali

Pertuduhan mengatakan yang Muhyiddin mendapatkan pengisytiharan darurat kerana beliau telah hilang majoriti di Parlimen kini menjadi satu kesalahan jenayah di bawah peruntukan Ordinan Darurat (Kuasa-kuasa Perlu) (No. 2) 2021 yang boleh membawa denda sehingga RM100,000, denda sehingga tiga tahun, atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Perkara ini diperakui oleh Menteri Undang-undang, Takiyuddin Hassan, yang telah mengatakan dalam satu sidang media bersama bahawa sebarang tuduhan yang mengatakan kerajaan cuba mendapatkan pengisytiharan darurat kerana kerajaan telah hilang majoriti di Dewan Rakyat adalah pelanggaran peruntukan ordinan berita palsu.

“Ia satu kesalahan, bagi saya ia satu kesalahan,” kata Takiyuddin.

Saya telah menimbulkan tujuh persoalan pagi ini berkenaan dengan Ordinan Darurat (Kuasa-kuasa Perlu) (No. 2) 2021 yang mula berkuatkuasa hari ini dan Takiyuddin telah menjawab sebahagian daripada soalan keempat saya, sama ada “ciapan Dr Rafidah Abdullah mengenai masalah “Dua Darjat 2.0” dan kenyataan bersama tiga orang pemimpin Pakatan Harapan, Anwar Ibrahim, Lim Guan Eng, dan Mohd Sabu pada 12 Januari mengenai Proklamasi Darurat menjadi punca pewartaan Ordinan ini”.

Untuk mengatakan kononnya orang Islam akan terpaksa hidup dalam ketidakadilan dan penindasan sekiranya Konvensyen Antarabangsa mengenai Penghapusan Diskriminasi Perkauman (ICERD) diratifikasikan tidak dikira sebagai kesalahan jenayah “berita palsu”, sedangkan 48 daripada 50 buah negara majoriti Muslim di seluruh dunia yang mewakili 99% peratus populasi orang Islam di seluruh dunia, termasuklah di negara seperti Arab Saudi, Iran, Iraq, Mesir, Jordan, Yaman, Qatar, Oman, UAE, Algeria, Pakistan, Turki, Tunisia, Morocco, Indonesia, dan Bangladesh telah pun meratifikasi ICERD. Tetapi, untuk mengatakan yang kerajaan Muhyiddin mendapatkan pengisytiharan darurat kerana kehilangan majoriti di Parlimen adalah satu kesalahan jenayah “berita palsu”.

Malaysia sedang berhadapan dengan zaman yang paling gelap dalam sejarahnya, di mana Bahagian II Perlembagaan Persekutuan mengenai Hak-hak Kebebasan Asasi seseorang, kebebasan bersuara, berhimpun, dan berpersatuan telah hilang maknanya.

(Komen media (2) Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Jumaat, 12 Mac 2021)

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