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Press Statement By DAP Secretary-General And Penang Chief Minister Lim

Guan Eng In Komtar, George Town on 18.8.2010.

DAP Leaders Must Be Careful Not To Fall Into BNs Trap Of Using

The UMNO-MCA Sandiwara Quarrel As An Excuse To Apply The

ISA Powers Of Detention Without Trial As Happened During Operasi

Lallang In 1987.

DAP leaders must be careful not to fall into BNs trap of using the UMNO-

MCA sandiwara quarrel as an excuse to exercise the Internal Security

Act(ISA) powers of detention without trial. This sandiwara quarrel is a

chilling reprise of the events during 1987 when then Deputy President Datuk

Lee Kim Sai had a media war with then UMNO Youth President Datuk

Najib Tun Razak.

This verbal media war between MCA and UMNO was then used a pretext

by BN to initiate Operasi Lallang. However instead of detaining both

UMNO and MCA leaders involved, DAP, PAS and PSM leaders were

detained. Only Datuk Lee was asked to go on holiday to Australia.

Amongst those detained were Karpal Singh, Lim Kit Siang and myself. Pasleaders detained were Mohd Sabu, MPs Datuk Mahfuz Omar and YB

Khalid Samad as well as PSM Selangor ADUN Dr Mohd Nasir. A total of

117 people were detained including 16 DAP MPs and State Assemblymen.

DAP leaders should not fall into the same trap that BN had set 23 years ago

to use the sandiwara quarrel between MCA and UMNO as an excuse to

use the ISA to distract attention from the real problems facing the country.

Otherwise DAP leaders will again be victimized and detained as happened

under the 1987 Operasi Lallang, whilst the MCA and UMNO leaders escape

unpunished. As BN faced challenges of rule of law, corruption, abuse of

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powers and a declining economy, playing up racial sentiments is an easy

way of not being accountable for their failures.

SET UP ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE LOSS OF

RM 52 BILLION IN BUMI SHARES!

MCA, UMNO or even Perkasa would have no need to quarrel over the 30%

bumi corporate equity requirement if a Royal Commission of Inquiry is set

up to determine how RM 52 billion of shares meant for Malay/Bumis were

hijacked by the few BN leaders. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

had admitted that of the RM 54 billion in bumi shares given out since the

New Economic Policy(NEP) was launched in 1970, only RM 2 billion

remained in bumi hands.

Clearly the RM 52 billion worth of shares given to the few Malay/bumi

leaders were cashed out and sold off. Stern action and the full force of the

law should be unleashed at this open sabotage of the NEP. If the RM 52

billion worth of bumi shares still remained in bumi hands, then the 30%

bumi/Malay equity target under the NEP would have long been achieved.

What is surprising is the reluctance by MCA, UMNO or even Perkasa toaddress this important issue of a monstrous hijack of RM 52 billion worth of

bumi shares. All of them have failed to call for action against these saboteurs

of the NEP. In Parliament all BN MPs have refused to support DAPs call

for a Royal Commission Enquiry to act against these saboteurs and compel

them to cough up and return RM 52 billion back to the government to be

redistributed to poor Malays/bumis.

Of the RM 54 billion bumi/Malay shares given, how many ordinary Malaysgot them? Every time this question is posed to ordinary Malays in the

streets, the answer is always no. All Malaysians know the the RM 54 billion

bumi shares are given to the cronies of UMNO or BN component parties.

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BNs refusal to take action against these NEP saboteurs and that they return

the RM 52 billion is an immoral act designed to protect their own cronies

who have profited shamelessly from a policy that is supposed to assist the

poor Malays/bumis.

LIM GUAN ENG