Covid-19 is a great equaliser, affecting Presidents and prisoners alike. The marginalised in society are often worst hit by the pandemic, as underscored by the outbreak in the migrant workers’ colonies in Singapore and lately, Malaysia’s overcrowded prisons. Despite the public’s strong desire for law…
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and Member of Dewan Negara Liew Chin Tong on 7th October 2020 As of 6th October, 8.3% of Malaysia’s Covid-19 positive cases are prison inmates and prison officers or staff (1,126 out of 13,504 total cases). Cases…
Dewan Negara Debate Speech – The National Security Council 2020 Bill (Amendment) The suggested amendment to the National Security Council Act of 2016 to return the power of declaring security areas to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is a most welcome one in the spirit of…
Press statement by Senator Liew Chin Tong, on Wednesday 16th September 2020 in Sandakan, Sabah. Hishamuddin should resign for electioneering foreign affairs On 7th September 2020, Senator Adrian Lasimbang (DAP) rose in the Dewan Negara to propose a motion regarding Philippine’s recent claims over Sabah,…
This day 75 years ago on 15th August 1945, Japan surrendered, marking the final end of World War II. World War II was the most destructive war ever in human history. While the First World War was mostly an affair of European nations, nowhere was…
I would like the Senior Minister of Defence Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, to confirm to Parliament the current status of the Defence White Paper (DWP). The “100 Days Report Card” released by the Defence Minister recently is only a show of daily activities in…
We are at war against a virus, the deadly COVID-19 virus. In any war, three things are crucial: people’s solidarity, dynamic deployment of personnel, and mobilisation of material resources and industrial capacity. As a nation, we have a larger part to play, together. While I…
Let’s put it this way, we have never seen this in our lifetime. Not in Malaysia’s nationhood since 1957 and 1963. The last time the world saw such chaos was perhaps during World War II, some 75 years ago. As a nation, we should approach…
To all Malaysians who created the GE14 miracle, keep fighting. We will be back stronger.