THE REPEAL of ISA-EO - Implications and Justifications

There are many unanswered questions playing in the mind of the Malaysian people . Thus PSM , SUARAM, Gerakan Mansuhkan ISA (GMI) and SCAH; Civil Rights Committee are jointly organizing a forum to try to look at the issues that will crop up after the repeal and also give analysis whether this is for real .

Date : 28/9/2011( Thursday)

Time : 8.30pm

Place : Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

SPEAKERS :

Dr. Jeyakumar ( MP Sungai Siput )

Mr. Tommy Thomas ( Constitutional Lawyer)
Dr. Kua Kia Soong ( SUARAM )

Syed Ibrahim (GMI Chairperson)

Launch of BERSIH 2.0 campaign: “Tunaikan 8 Tuntutan, Barulah PRU-13”

BERSIH 2.0 is pleased to announce that we are having a new campaign called “Tunaikan 8 Tuntutan, Barulah PRU-13” (Implement the 8 Demands Before GE-13). This campaign is held as a follow up to the 8 demands of the 9 July Perhimpunan BERSIH 2.0.

The campaign aims to continue spreading awareness of the 8 demands of electoral reform and to remind the government that the 13^th General Election (GE-13) should not be held before the 8 immediate demands of BERSIH 2.0 are implemented. GE-13 must not be held until the bare minimum of free and fair election is met.

BERSIH 2.0, therefore, invites all interested and supporting Malaysians to attend the launch of the campaign “Tunaikan 8 Tuntutan, Barulah PRU-13” during which we will explain further on the campaign.

Details of the Launch of “Tunaikan 8 Tuntutan, Barulah PRU-13” Campaign:

Date : Friday, 30 September 2011
Time : 8.30pm
Venue: KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall, No. 1, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur

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What A Life!

Sent by: Chin Kong Chong

HINDRAF Against The Colonial Government

Socialism and Democracy

Invitation to Memorial Service for Comrade Tan Jing Quee

Date: 27th August 2011

Time: 2:00pm

Venue: 1st Floor, KL Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

Organiser: Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD)

Tan Jing Quee, a prominent lawyer in Singapore, was actively involved in progressive politics throughout the 1960s. In 1961/62, Jing Quee was President of the University of Malaya Socialist Club. In 1963, at age 24, he stood for elections representing the Barisan Sosialis (Socialist Front) and narrowly lost to S. Rajaratnam (PAP) by only 220 votes in Kg. Clam. In October of that year, he was arrested under the ISA in Singapore for leading a 48 hour general strike called by the Singapore Association of Trade Unions. His detention lasted for 3 years. Upon his release in 1966, he went to England to study law. In February 1977, he was detained again without trial for 3 months for alleged involvement in the campaign to expel Singapore’s PAP from the Socialist International.

Despite the white terror in Singapore, Jing Quee fearlessly visited ex-ISA detainees on both sides of the causeway to help them reconnect to one another and to society. He broke the culture of silence in Feb 26, 2006 during the public forum on Detention-Writing-Healing where, for the first time in Singapore, ex-political detainees publicly identified themselves and presented their alternative historical discourses.

Hence, Jing Quee is outstanding in his contribution to documenting Singapore and Malaya’s political history from the perspective of the people. Despite battling blindness and cancer in the last years of his life, he co-authored and co-edited works such as Comet in Our Sky (2001), The Fajar Generation (2009), The May 13 Generation (2011), as well as The Mighty Wave (translation) (2011).

On 14 June 2011, Jing Quee passed on at the age of 72, leaving behind a catalogue of unfinished works that he had been so determined to produce. His passing is a great loss to us all.

Come this 27th of August 2011, let’s gather in memory of Jing Quee. Among the speakers on that day are: Poh Soo Kai, Syed Husin Ali, Tan Kai Hee, S. Arutchelvan and Chow Sing Yau.