Media Statement by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong in Johor on 7th August 2015 Since a piece of flaperon from a plane wing was discovered on the shores of Reunion Island on 29 July, Malaysian authorities were naturally…
Speech by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong while debating the Defense Ministry’s budget at the Committee stage in Parliament Issued on 19th November 2014 It’s time for Malaysia’s Defense Policy to leave the Cold War mould and base…
In the light of the rising crime rate especially the recent spate of high-profile shootings, the Malaysian public looks to the Royal Malaysian Police for answers, but the police themselves are swamped and overworked. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar was reported…
1. I was asked by the press to comment on the latest announcement by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that the government has agreed to allocate RM6bil to build six second generation patrol vessels for the Royal Malaysian Navy. 2. The decision…
It is time for the establishment of an external inquiry, either in the form of a Parliamentary Select Committee or a Royal Commission, into the disappearance of a RM 50 million F-5E fighter engine. Despite Minister of Defence Dato Seri Zahid Hamidi promising to “leave…
Most of the defence information the opposition shadow committee has is based on half-truths and information trawled from the Internet. Defence Minister Dr Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, here for the Langkawi International Maritime and Aero-space Exhibition 2009, said the opposition was “struggling” to get…
The Defense Ministry has just confirmed that KD Seri Inderapura, the Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) biggest landing craft, caught fire while berthed at the RMN base jetty in Lumut this morning. A similar fire happened in December 2002, when the craft berthed in Lumut as…
Many Malaysians still lack knowledge of the country’s ability to defend itself from enemy threats said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said an online survey carried out through the Defence Ministry’s website on Jan 13, showed that the public lacked exposure…
A question posed by DAP parliamentarian Liew Chin Tong on Defence Ministry expenditure has been rejected because it is an “official secret”. “I understand if certain matters related to defence are kept secret, but I do not consider this an excuse if the question refers…
In written reply to Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Bukit Bendera), Abdullah said a comparison could not be made between the ratio of a budget’s operating expenditure and development expenditure by year. “This is because the operating expenditure is to meet the expenditure needs of the annual…