The Foreign Ministry’s response to my Parliament question shows us how little the Government cares for the refugees in Malaysia. Not surprising that just three days ago, a report released by Amnesty said that Malaysia is a “dangerous” place for refugees who were often often abused, arrested and “treated like criminals”. Once again, I urge [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Parliament on April 9th, 2010 Comments Off
Di sidang Parlimen, saya telah meminta Perdana Menteri menyatakan sebab SUHAKAM menubuhkan Jawatankuasa Pemilihan (Select Committee) tanpa berunding dengan pihak bukan kerajaan (NGO) memandangkan Akta SUHAKAM menyatakan bahawa 3 orang ahli NGO seharusnya dilantik ke dalam Jawatankuasa Pemilihan tersebut. Nyatakan kenapakah Jawatankuasa Pemilihan ditubuhkan tanpa mengikut kehendak akta dan kriteria yang diambil oleh SUHAKAM yang [...]
Posted in Bersih, DAP (行动党), Elections, Free Teresa!, Human Rights, ISA, In the News, Law n Order, Media, Parliament, Seputeh on February 11th, 2010 1 Comment »
Today, The Nut Graph published my response to the 6 questions which they are asking all 222 MPs in their “MP Watch: Eye on Parliament” project. Read on for my stand on ISA, Islamic or secular state, Freedom of Information Act and others. Teresa Kok (Seputeh) 11 Feb 10 : 8.00AM By Deborah Loh deborahloh@thenutgraph.com [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Police on December 18th, 2009 Comments Off
Yesterday morning, I held a press conference at Parliament to defend the rights of Ma YanHong, a tourist from China, who was arrested by the police, put in police lock-up and treated with a lack of human dignity. All this despite her having the genuine legal visa and passport to be in Malaysia! Here is [...]
Press Statement by Teresa Kok, Selangor State Senior Exco and Member of Parliament for Seputeh on 21st November 2009 at Kuala Lumpur AG Gani Patail’s intention to appeal High Court ruling lacks common sense and common decency It is appalling that Attorney General Gani-Patail wants to appeal the landmark ruling by the High Court that [...]
I was a member of the USM Mandarin debate team 20 years ago. I was among the best during that time. Few years ago, I noticed that there is a great interests in debate among the Chinese speaking university students. Many students like to get involve in organising the debate competition or participate in the [...]
Posted in Human Rights, ISA on August 7th, 2009 Comments Off
