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Comprehensive Security
Strengthen our preparation to protect national sovereignty through a holistic approach. The ever-expanding defence and security landscape exposes Malaysia to increasing threats – cyber, health, nutrition and so on. Therefore, a cross-government approach needs to be established.
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Malaysia as a Maritime Nation
Adapted from a speech by Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong at the Royal Malaysian Navy’s “Human Capital Transformation” Seminar on 27 November 2018 I am honoured to deliver the…
Countering terrorism with democracy
The following is the transcript for the closing speech made by Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong at the ASEAN Security Symposium held in the Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur on…
Pakatan Harapan’s first 100 Days
The following is a speech by Liew Chin Tong at the International Malaysia Law Conference (IMLC) 2018 in Royal Chulan Kuala Lumpur on 14 August (released on 17 August 2018).…
The Mahathir Doctrine and Malaysia-China Relations
The following is an edited transcript from a speech by DAP Political Education Director Liew Chin Tong at the South-South Cooperation in the New Asian Era Forum held in University…
Solidarity with the people of Palestine
Remarks at the rally outside the embassy of United States of America by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong in Kuala Lumpur on 15th…
How did Malaysia lose its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council?
Media statement by DAP National Political Education Director and MP for Kluang Liew Chin Tong on 19th October 2017 I will be submitting a Parliamentary Question for Minister’s Question Time…
Reforming the Special Branch
The statement by the Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, after his meeting with the Tunku Mahkota of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim yesterday, did not clarify anything.…
Ministry of Defence should not be a “black hole” of information to avoid parliamentary scrutiny using the Official Secrets Act (OSA)
Yesterday, my parliamentary question on the expenditures of AV-8 (8×8 armored vehicle) and Second Generation Patrol Vessel (SGPV) projects was turned down because it was classified under the Official Secrets…
China coast guard vessels: Hishamuddin’s responses most bizarre and puzzling
Over the past few days in Kuching and in Kluang, Defense Minister Hishammudin Hussein was asked by the press to comment on the presence of China’s coast guard vessels in…
Najib and MINDEF must come clean on commercialisation of military land as exemplified by the 1MDB purchase of Sungai Besi military base
Is our Prime Minister and Defence Minister playing a cat and mouse game about the plan by the Ministry of Defence to commercialise military land by relocating selected military bases…
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai must explain the haste and hurry to declare and claim that the suspected wreckage found on Reunion Island is from MH370
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…
Post-Cold War defense policy still overly concentrated on Army, Peninsular Malaysia
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…