Category: Press Statements

Hindraf sent two letters, hand delivered to the Prime Minister Najib Razak and to the Prime Minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim on Aug 28 requesting meetings for the Hindraf chairman P. Waytha Moorthy to individually to discuss approaches to permanently addressing the socio-economic problems of the marginalized Indians.   Hindraf believes all past and current approaches fall way… Continue reading Hindraf seeks meeting with Najib and Anwar

The judicial review of the Lynas temporary operating licence will be heard at the Kuantan High Court this coming Tuesday. Date: 28 Aug 2012 Venue: Bandar Indera Mahkota Kuantan Court complex Time: 9.00am Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) spokesman Tan Bun Teet explains: We are appealing against the approval granted to Lynas of a temporary… Continue reading Judicial review of the Lynas temporary operating licence

Pusat Komas is totally shocked and appalled by the recent comments and statements made by the former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad and present PM Najib Razak saying that the Merdeka theme was chosen based on Islamic demands. This trend of thinking is in fact one of the strong factors that has been reinforcing the… Continue reading Merdeka theme must reflect our multicultural country

Save Malaysia Stop Lynas is both relieved and pleased that the Kuala Lumpur High Court on July 26 rejected the second attempt by Lynas to obtain an injunction to prevent SMSL from publishing allegedly “defamatory statements” against the company. Campaign spokesman Tan Bun Teet said SMSL is “heartened and encouraged” by the court decision upholding… Continue reading Save Malaysia Stop Lynas prepared for next trial

In a recent International Business Times(IBT) article, it was misreported that Save Malaysia Stop Lynas (SMSL) has apologised to the Lynas Corporation and has retracted a statement made about its rare earth refinery plant. The IBT news story is erroneous and factually incorrect because SMSL has made no such apology or retraction. On the contrary,… Continue reading NGOs will persist in opposing Lynas

MOSTI confused Lynas spin with science – MOSTI failed in its duty of care Lynas Defamation Suit will spark more protests Friday June 15, 2012 The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) Datuk Maximus Ongkili imposed two additional conditions on Lynas’ temporary operating licence hoping that they will calm public’s opposition to the Lynas… Continue reading ‘SMSL Supporters to Protest Against Lynas’ Attempt to Gag Free Speech in Malaysia’

Once again it is clear that the Malaysian cabinet lacks a minister to adequately represent the interests of workers, and that the Human Resources Minister Dr S. Subramaniam and his ministry are biased in favour of employers. The minister’s recent statement echoing the claim of employers that a job-hopping young Malaysian workforce was what drove… Continue reading Workers not represented in the government

  The 13th Malaysian general elections will be held sometime between now and April 2013. These elections have the potential to be the most free and fair elections held in the country for several decades. For the coming elections to live up to this potential, we call on the government and other major players and… Continue reading Statement by Concerned Scholars on Coming Elections

Malaysian media civil society organisations condemned the arrest of two journalists and police violence towards others who were covering the sit-down protest for free and fair elections in Kuala Lumpur on 28 April 2012. Their joint media statement quoted media reports, video feeds, Facebook postings and tweets by the said journalists or their colleagues indicating… Continue reading Malaysian media groups condemn arrest, harassment, violence towards journalists during Bersih rally