Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has taken the government to task for investigating NGO Tenaganita executive director Irene Fernandez under the Sedition Act following her persistent questioning of the country’s policies on migrant workers.
"(It) exposes the government’s Political Transformation Programme as a cruel trick to deceive the people of the false dawn of greater freedom in the coming general elections," he lamented.
Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, called for a repeal of the Sedition Act and an end to the harassment of Irene.
"Why should there be a Sedition Act in the first place to prohibit voices of dissent and opposition to BN?"
"Are there not more inflammatory speeches made by Umno leaders that threaten Malaysians with violence and even stripping of their citizenship that go unpunished?" he said.
"(It) exposes the government’s Political Transformation Programme as a cruel trick to deceive the people of the false dawn of greater freedom in the coming general elections," he lamented.Lim, who is also DAP secretary-general, called for a repeal of the Sedition Act and an end to the harassment of Irene.
"Why should there be a Sedition Act in the first place to prohibit voices of dissent and opposition to BN?"
"Are there not more inflammatory speeches made by Umno leaders that threaten Malaysians with violence and even stripping of their citizenship that go unpunished?" he said.
Yesterday, Kuala Lumpur CID chief Ku Chin Wah said that Fernandezmay be probed under the Sedition Act over her statements on migrant workers in the international media.
Citizen journalists movement
On another note, he commended the CJMY (Citizen Journalists Malaysia) movement which has given birth to 400 citizen journalists, who produced 1,900 videos and 2,000 articles on wide-ranging concerns involving the grassroots.
"While Malaysia is at a crossroads, we now recognise an increasing need and desire for alternative viewpoints to be presented, and for the voices of the grassroots, the voices of the voiceless and voices of dissent to be heard," he said.
The CJMY, which is holding its third annual conference this weekend in Georgetown, was opened by Lim today.
Citizen journalists movement
On another note, he commended the CJMY (Citizen Journalists Malaysia) movement which has given birth to 400 citizen journalists, who produced 1,900 videos and 2,000 articles on wide-ranging concerns involving the grassroots.
"While Malaysia is at a crossroads, we now recognise an increasing need and desire for alternative viewpoints to be presented, and for the voices of the grassroots, the voices of the voiceless and voices of dissent to be heard," he said.
The CJMY, which is holding its third annual conference this weekend in Georgetown, was opened by Lim today.
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