JASAs booklet dishonest propaganda, Bersih says


Police face off with protestors at final year's Bersih 3.0 rally. record pic
KUALA LUMPUR, February 3 Bersih 2.0 has slammed a Department of Special Affairs (JASA)'s criticism of a electoral remodel group's sit-in protest final year as "propaganda" which is "dishonest as well as reckless".
Chinese-language every day Sin Chew reported yesterday which JASA's pamphlet titled "Panduan Penjelasan Isu Semasa (Guide Explaining Current Affairs)" had accused a Bersih 3.0 convene of being an antithesis plot.
Bersih 2.0 steering cabinet member Maria Chin Abdullah(picture, right)bluntly called a pamphlet rebuilt by JASA's Panel Pemikir as "propaganda".
"The inform was released final year just after Bersih 3.0. It is viewable which such promotion has not any effect upon Malaysians as 112 happened," she said, referring to a Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat (People's Uprising Rally), or 112 rally, which went upon peacefully here upon January 12.
"As a supervision agency, it has unsuccessful to assimilate a inactive role though became a spokesman spewing out lies," she added.
An group underneath a Information, Communications as well as Culture Ministry, JASA is headed by Datuk Fuad Hassan, who was a two-term Umno state assembyman for Ulu Klang.
Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan(picture, bottom left)said a 322-page booklet, which was reportedly distributed giveaway to a public, is an abuse of taxpayers' money.
"Not usually is a pamphlet a blatant abuse of taxpayers' money, a contents have been dishonest as well as reckless," she wrote in a text summary toThe Malaysian Insider.
The former Ba! r Counci l boss pronounced Bersih 2.0's claims of electoral fraud have been proven right by testimonies since at a hearings of a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) upon Sabah's bootleg immigrants problem.
"This appears to be a 2012 announcement as well as a public can see for itself from a Sabah RCI as well as a every day reports of people being purebred but their believe which what Bersih has been claiming is positively true. The proof, as they say, is in a pudding," a lawyer said.
She additionally weighed in upon a "wild" explain in a pamphlet where it was reportedly stated which a little convene participants had purportedly admitted which they were paid RM100 each to show up as well as supposing with three days' food as well as accommodation.
"As to a wild explain of payment of 100 Ringgit to participants, they should stop judging others by their own control as well as standards. In fact, many supporters had to compensate out income to buy a T shirt as well as compensate for transport as well as food!" Ambiga said.
Maria additionally contrasted a 112 convene which was peaceful to a finish as well as a aftermath of a Bersih 3.0 convene final year.
As a supervision agency, it has unsuccessful to assimilate a inactive role though became a spokesman spewing out lies. Maria Chin Abdullah
"At 112, people go upon to demonstrate themselves in a streets & this time round a military behaved & conducted their role & responsibilities.
"This showed which military could have tranquil a violence at Bersih 3.0 though not usually unsuccessful to do so though contributed to violence by having officers but tags to beat up a participants," she alleged.
Last April, a peaceful sit-in protest in a nation's collateral ended in chaos, with a military using rip gas as well as H2O cannons to sunder a crowd, after convene participants allegedly breached a barricades around Dataran M! erdeka.< /div>
Maria further pronounced which it was "mischievous" for Sin Chew to inform upon a pamphlet which was listed upon JASA's official website as being published final year.
"It is really mischievous of Sin Chew to bring up this pamphlet again when it's final years news. What is a goal of such a well well known media?" she asked in a text summary toThe Malaysian Insider.
Maria shielded polls watchdog Bersih 2.0, after JASA had claimed in a pamphlet which a former's 8 final were politically motivated as well as had nothing to do with electoral reform.
"Jasa has additionally unsuccessful to assimilate a bulletin of Bersih 2.0 as you have been asking for electoral remodel & purify & fair elections. This is partial of democracy which not usually Bersih 2.0 is asking for though additionally Malaysians who have been no longer fearful to demand for their right & votes to be protected. At this entrance choosing it's important which people come out to vote wisely," Maria wrote.
In a pamphlet rebuilt by JASA's Panel Pemikir, a question-and-answer section upon a Bersih 3.0 convene final Apr appeared to conflict a entertainment for electoral reform.
"Bersih 3.0 rally's loyal role is a opposition's plot, [an] attempt to conflict a picture of a Election Commission as well as a supervision led by Prime Minister Najib; a 8 final have a political role as well as have no connection with a remodel of Malaysia's election," Sin Chew yesterday quoted a booklet, which was published in a Malay language.
Bersih had pushed for a 8 final to be over in sequence to have giveaway as well as fair elections, together with a call for a purify electoral roll.
According to Sin Chew, a single of a 17 answers upon Bersih stated which a convene in Kuala Lumpur usually captivated 25,00! 0 partic ipants, which contrasts with Bersih co-chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan's purported statement prior to a convene which 300,000 were approaching to turn up.
Sin Chew reported which a booklet, which additionally promotes a ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government's concepts such as 1 Malaysia, covers twenty-two current affairs issues, together with hot topics such as a National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal, a Lynas rare earth plant, Sabah's bootleg immigrants as well as a purchase of Scorpene submarines.
In a booklet's preface, JASA's conduct reportedly pronounced a announcement was dictated to assistance a public assimilate a loyal situation, observant which a little issues have been disfigured by irresponsible groups.
Also included in a pamphlet is a disclaimer stating which a views published do not indispensably reflect a agency's stand.
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