Media statement by Teresa Kok, MP for Seputeh dated 7 September 2010 at Shah Alam.
The absurd, irrational charge against Ong Boon Piow stinks of political intimidation and must be dropped immediately
The Perak State prosecutor’s charge against Tebing Tinggi assemblyman Ong Boon Piow for possessing 23 DVDs of the Perak “tree assembly” without approval from the Censorship Board again exposes the dirty tactics that the Perak state government will resort to to suppress information and intimidate their political opponents.
This case against Ong is clear-cut selective prosecution intended to intimidate BN’s political opponents. When illegal DVDs are commonly available in every corner, it is ridiculous that Ong Boon Piow be singled out for punishment.
Since MCA Perak has also distributed thousands of similar DVDs during that period and no charges were laid, the rule of natural justice dictates there must not be any prosecution in Ong’s case.
If convicted, Ong could be fined up to RM30,000 or jailed up to 3 years or both, and following that, disqualified as a state assemblyman. I believe that this trumped up charge is yet another underhanded tactic by Barisan Nasional to takeover another seat in the Perak assembly as they did in 2009.
The charge against Ong must be dropped immediately to retain any semblance of credibility for the government of Perak.
郭素沁呼吁总检察长收回对王文标的起诉行动，以免进一步破坏国阵的形象
行动党士布爹区国会议员指政府提控霹雳州德彬丁宜区州议员王文标，是非常离谱的事。
她说，霹雳州检察官，以王文标在未经影视检查委员会的批准，非法拥有23片光碟为由而提控他。《但是众所周知，非法光碟泛滥的程度，遍布全国各地及霹雳州的各角落，但是却不见政府采取对其他人采取行动，反而只选择性的对付来自在野党的议员王文标。》
郭素沁说，《在拥有非法光碟事件上，马华党员曾在同一时期生产和派送上百张光碟，他们也同样没获得影视检查委员会的批准，就到处发放，可是他们却没受到制裁，唯独王文标一人被提控。这再次暴露国阵政府利用旁门左道来攻击在野党的高压手段。》
她说，国阵一直对霹雳州州议席虎视眈眈，他们利用不同的手段来镇压反对党，企图重夺议席，这指是其中一个最新的例子。
王文标一旦罪名成立，将被罚款3万零吉或监禁3年，或两者兼施。根据宪法规定，王文标将因此失去州议员资格。
她也说，《如果王文标真的被起诉，这只再一次证明国阵政府治理下司法制度被操纵。》
她呼吁总检查署收回对王文标的起诉行动，以免弄巧反拙，更进一步的破坏国阵政府的信誉以及形象。
郭素沁
Charge all irrespective of their political affiliation, including those from MCA, and any person/s who have in the past violated the law doing the same act in order to be fair to all.
Cannot be selectively charging the opposition parties. Hey, incidentally, what about anyone who produces his/her own DVD like the Lembu case in Shah Alam? They had also violated the law; irrespective of whether they had produced one DVD or more. Would RTM, TV3, NTV7, Bernama be in this category as well?
I think the Msian authorities should charge about everyone who has anything to do with producing DVDs or CDs produced irrespective of their contents (religious, campaigns or otherwise).
Malaysia Boleh!!!!!!!!!!!
yb teresa, kamu exco. tolong beri penterjemahan kpd bahasa malaysia bagi setiap artikel inggeris/cina di blog ni… terima kasih.
please. i am a supporter.
please lead by example. u r now part of the government. not niche market. u r now mainstream. pls lead by example.
our official language should be given prominence.
sekian.
4RAKYAT
There is completely no integrity of our current bunch of guys running our judiciary. The general rakyat do not trust them.Just look at the verdicts at most cases recently..
I can bet they will try to sideline the case against DAP guy just to help their UMNO masters. That golliwog mamak MB and his cronies from Perak will be vindicate eventually if similar case was charge against them. As usaul, our “great” judiciary will dilly dally the case in the hope that rakyat will forget the whole episode just like TBH and the Mongolian woman brutal murder cases to mention a few.
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