Attacks on Suaram an admission of guilt?



Suaram stands for Suara Rakyat Malaysia (The Voice of the Malaysian People). No the single organization can represent the voice of an entire nation, though no the single organization has likely done some-more for the speechless of Malaysia than Suaram.

Who is Suaram?

operasi lalang ops lalangBorn in the aftermath ofOps Lalang, Suaram has been during the forefront of defending tellurian rights in Malaysia given 1989 (when this writer was usually 9 years old).

Suaram was shaped by ex-ISA detainees as good as their family await groups to debate for the abolition of the ISA. Over the years, the issues of regard grew to ring the many wider scope.

In new times, Suaram has been among the many assertive advocates for fundamental tellurian rights in Malaysia, such as the right to assemble freely, the right to giveaway as good as fair elections, the rights of inland peoples, the rights of refugees, the right not to be detained without trial, the right not to be knocked about to genocide in the military lock-up as good as so on.

As an organization likeMalaysiakiniis thegrande dameof online news in Malaysia, so is Suaram - along with organisations like Aliran - thegrande dameof Malaysian polite society, hexed of the solid lane jot down in the best traditions of tellurian rights advocacy.

Ever during the front lines, any the single who has ever been to the tellurian rights forum, candlelight vigil or street rally over the! years will recognize the informed faces of Suaram staff.

Suaram also publishes the Human Rights Reports, which for many year! s has be en the authoritative document of Malaysia's tellurian rights record, as good as maybe the usually locally constructed systematic, consistent research of tellurian rights abuses in Malaysia.

Witchhunt

Ever given it was formed, Suaram has been fearlessly critical of any as good as all supervision movement which ran counter to the principles of tellurian rights. Time as good as time again, they have named as good as shamed abuses of energy from the lowliest constable or polite servant to the budding apportion himself.

Yet, it is usually now, in what seems to be the initial time ever, which the "council" has convened consisting of no less than six supervision agencies - the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM), the Malaysian Communication as good as Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Bank Negara, the Registrar of Societies (ROS), the military as good as the Home Ministry - with the solitary purpose of prosecuting Suaram.

Why is Suaram being attacked now?

"Altantuya" as good as "Scorpene" appear to the dual difference which initial come to mind.

azlanOver the final year or two, Suaram began operative upon the Scorpene commission scandal. They led the effort to initiate proceedings in French investigative courts which have been right away examining t! he box i! n good detail.

The scandals surrounding the association which sole us these Scorpene submarines, DCNS, is no stranger to the French public.

In dual separate cases, the sale of identical naval craft by DCNS as good as the commissions which surrounded these sales were during large suspected to be linked to the deaths of 8 as good as eleven people in Taiwan (1993-1994) as good as Pakistan (2002) respectively.

mongolian woman bombed altantuya 081106Could Altantuya, Malaysia (2006) be the ultimate genocide upon which list?

The Scorpene box as good as the hundreds of millions of questionable commissions is the matter of grave open interest. There have been issues surrounding the practice of massive corruption as good as what Malaysian courts decided was the attempted murder by dual low-ranking law enforcemetn officer (with no apparent motive).

Unable to find either truth or justice in the Malaysian courts, Suaram took the box to France, where it has brought rare international shame upon Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who was both emissary budding apportion as good as counterclaim apportion during the time the Scorpenes were purchased.

The unfortunate viciousness of the guilty?

A guilty conscience can expostulate the chairman to do increasingly unfortunate things.

The Malaysian supervision assumingly fails to see how it! s unprece! dented, undue as good as clumsy movement against Suaram following their new work upon the Scorpene liaison will likely be seen as an acknowledgment of shame to the Malaysian public.

If indeed the budding apportion as good as his supervision have nothing to hide, what can presumably insist their unfortunate use of every accessible means during their disposal in try to discredit Suaram?

Why not simply refute all their allegations with transparent facts, as good as answer French subpoenas to infer their ignorance in courts with the smattering some-more credibility than say, the courts of Malaysia?

Malaysians have been ill as good as sleepy of political leaders which purloin the nation's coffers as good as abuse their energy to heighten themselves as good as their cronies.

The government's try to intimidate as good as bully Suaram in to overpower merely because they cannot bea! r to see their actions being unprotected to the cold light of day will no doubt catch even some-more open wrath as good as electoral repercussions.

Standing together with Suaram


Malaysian polite multitude rallied quickly to the counterclaim of Suaram. In the uncover of strength as good as solidarity, it soon became transparent which the message to the supervision was: if you mess with the single of us, you mess with all of us.

NONEThis oneness is genuine as good as deeply felt within this community, as good as the word commu! nity here! is not used lightly.

By way of brief personal reminiscing, you recollect attending annual Suaram fundraising dinners over the past couple of years. At these dinners, the organisers would infrequently do the small slideshow display activists who had upheld upon during the previous year. It was an emotional experience, as good as you recollect thinking which no the single who done it to which slideshow during the end of their journey could presumably cruise their life as the single led in vain.

isa people hearing 271007 toni kassim(I cannot help though recollect here Toni Kassim (left), who the single year charmed us all during the single such cooking with the touching rendition of Corinne Bailey Rae's 'Like A Star', accompanied by Elizabeth Wong upon the guitar. Not prolonged thereafter you think she herself was the single some-more design upon which slideshow.)

As Suaram faces this onslaught, you can take heart which the members of polite multitude in Malaysia have been baptised in glow as go! od as no t ones to quiver under the posturings of the morally broke government.

As politicians as good as governments come as good as go, you have good reason to goal which institutions like Suaram will continue to regularly mount for what is right, without fear or favour. Our duty is to ensure which they do not mount alone.
NATHANIEL TAN remembers when Suaram as good as others were there for him.
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