Note: A special memorial tribute service for Sdr Fan Yew Teng will be held at the YMCA Hall in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday 5th January 2011 from 8pm to 11pm. Another memorial service will also be held in Ipoh at the Excelsior Hotel (14th floor) Conference Room on Thursday, 6th January 2011. All are welcomed to attend.
Menurut Terese Kok, antara sebab mendiang kembali aktif dalam DAP ialah ketidak adilan yang berlaku ke atas Lim Guan Eng dengan mendiang turut menyertai banyak aktiviti mendesak pembebasan Guan Eng di seluruh negara.
Portrait of My Father, Fan Yew Teng by Pauline Fan
As I grew older, I began to understand that Papa’s work, his continuous engagement in politics and social issues, was inseparable from his life. He did not simply have a ‘job’; he lived out his uncompromising principles through his writings and actions, and was driven by his deep-seated ideals to fight for social justice and human dignity. For Papa, politics was the natural arena where citizens could exercise their rights and obligations in modern society.
Funeral Fit For a King by Dr. Chen Man Hin
You could say that Sdr Fan Yew Teng had a funeral fit for a king. At both services, there were crowds of people. Among those present were Thais and members of the diplomatic corps representing countries of the world. And rightly so, as Fan was a champion of the poor and oppressed not only of Malaysia but also the countries of the world through his participation and links with international socialist organisations.
Fan Yew Teng The Legend by M. Kulasegaran
I shall forever remember the advice he gave me in 2004 when I was invited to speak in the New Zealand Parliament on the issue of Malaysia becoming a member of International Criminal Court of the Rome statute and had asked him to vet my paper. He threw it to me and said “Kula, when you speak in a foreign land you speak as a Malaysian MP and not like a narrow opposition MP”.
A Fighter for the Weak and Oppressed by Teresa Kok
Whenever the Muslim circles needed speakers for their Free Palestine events, they would also look for him because it was clear that Fan Yew Teng was an activist that stood for human rights and social justice. His concerns cut across all circles. He didn’t care about different religions or race. He was truly colour-blind in his conviction.
Fan Yew Teng – A Patriot and Humanist by Lim Kit Siang
As I alluded when Parliament observed one-minute’s silence as respect to Fan and condolence to the bereaved family, his wife Dr Noeleen Heyzer and his twin daughters, Malaysia has lost a patriot as Fan had fought many important battles for justice, freedom, democracy, human rights and good governance for the country and people in his life.
Farewell, Fan Yew Teng by Liew Chin Tong
I, along with the rest of Parliament, rose to our feet to observe a moment of silence for him. I asked myself what would have happened had his idealistic political dreams not been cut short prematurely by the sedition conviction. Would his political journey have changed? Would the DAP have been different had we not lost him? Could Malaysian history have been rewritten by a DAP emboldened with Fan among its ranks?
火箭一代強人殞落●永遠懷念范俊登
在70年代活跃于我国政坛的民主行动党前代秘书长兼万里望区国会议员范俊登,于2010年12月7日因不敌癌症病魔,在泰国曼谷一家医院逝世,终年68岁。
范俊登逝世的噩耗传来,让许多认识他的好朋友们皆感到悲痛不已,惋惜他的离世是我国的损失,让人怀念。
扮演左翼社會民主黨人●推動“文化革命”淨化行動黨
林吉祥重获自由后,范俊登调任副秘书长,范氏在行动党10年期间(1968-1978),其纪录充分显示他比同时期的任何一位领袖,更积极和称职地扮演左翼社会民主党人和国际主义者。
范俊登鼎力支持林吉祥整顿行动党,他强调它是“一项从事长期斗争的严肃政治运动,所以必须推行’文化革命’去净化我党”。
煽動型演說家
从范俊登早期的国会演讲、文告、政论,书信及多本文集(涉及工运、学运、经济、国际关系、国民团结、和平、裁军、反核和人权等议题),皆可以判断出,他确是1970年代行动党的杰出的青年理论家。
在意识形态坐标上,他无疑是党内“左派”,但范俊登绝对不是书呆子,其深厚的理论修养,并未减低其群众魅力。
一生為民主人權奮鬥●林吉祥:范俊登是愛國者
民主行动党国会领袖兼怡保东区国会议员林吉祥形容范俊登一生,都为国家及人民的公正、自由、民主、人权及良政不断地奋斗。
“当我首次在内安法令下被逮捕及被扣留在麻坡扣留营时,范俊登从1969年10月起担任行动党代秘书长,他曾担任多个重要党职,包括全国组织秘书及《火箭报》主编。”
范俊登曾于1978年宣布退黨
范俊登在1975年12月决定远赴伦敦深造,并在1978年5月18日修函退党。
他1982年从外国回来,着手接管叶锦源的社民党,成为秘书长。范俊登率领社民党于1986年东山再起,虽然他有个人名气,但最终还是无法带动社民党。