{"id":6483,"date":"2013-05-29T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T08:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/?p=6483"},"modified":"2020-11-25T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T10:31:14","slug":"malaysia-civil-society-hand-over-protest-letter-to-high-commission-of-singapore-in-kl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/2013\/05\/6483.html","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Civil Society hand over protest letter to High Commission of Singapore in KL"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130529_113552\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr. Lee Hsien Loong<\/strong>
\nPrime Minister of Singapore<\/strong>
\nPrime Minister\u2019s Office,
\nOrchard Road
\nIstana
\nSingapore 233823
\nTel: 623 58577
\nFax: 683 56621
\nEmail: pmo_hq@pmo.gov.sg<\/p>\n

through<\/em><\/p>\n

H.E. Ong Keng Yong, High Commissioner <\/strong>
\nHigh Commission of The Republic of Singapore<\/strong>
\nLevel 15, West Wing
\nThe Icon, No.1, Jalan 1\/68F
\nJalan Tun Razak
\n50400 Kuala Lumpur
\nMalaysia
\nTel:\u00a0 +6(03) 2161-6277
\nFax:\u00a0 +6(03) 2161-6343
\n+6(03) 2163-4875\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 29th May 2013
\nEmail: singhc_kul@sgmfa.gov.sg<\/p>\n

Dear Sir,<\/p>\n

OUR CONCERN REGARDING THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST 21 MALAYSIAN CITIZEN FOR ALLEGEDLY ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY IN PROTESTING MALAYSIA ELECTORAL FRAUD AT MERLION PARK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are writing to protest against the arrest of 21 Malaysian citizen for allegedly illegal assembly in protesting Malaysia electoral fraud at Merlion Park on 11 May 2013, and withdraw two of their work and visit passes in Singapore.<\/p>\n

We are disappointed that Singapore as a developed country, but still retain outdated Act which violate to the human rights. The Merlion Park Assembly were peaceful, the participants were express their dissatisfaction and anger against the electoral fraud in Malaysia peacefully. They are not committing crimes, the Singapore government should not impose heavy penalties to them.<\/p>\n

Although the circumstances of each country and the laws are different, however, the fundamental of human rights are universally applicable. Freedom of assembly is recognized as a fundamental human right, while many Malaysian citizens in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, United Kingdom, United States, and even China have similar rallies, are fine.<\/p>\n

Arrest of participants in assembly by Singapore government also was a clear violation of its signed \u201cASEAN Human Rights Declaration\u201d1 which<\/p>\n

Principles No.2 every person is entitled to the rights and freedoms set forth herein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, gender, age, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, economic status, birth, disability or other status.<\/em><\/p>\n

No 23. Every person has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, including freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information, whether orally, in writing or through any other medium of that person\u2019s choice. And <\/em><\/p>\n

No 24. Every person has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Declaration was adopted unanimously by ASEAN members at its November 2012 meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.<\/p>\n

On 1st September 2000, Singapore government launched Hong Lim Park as a “free speech area” where speaking events could be held without the need to apply for a license, however it is restrict to the migrant workers.2<\/p>\n

The effort of Singapore Government to exercise the freedom of speech and expression and freedom of assembly should not bound to citizen but also include migrant workers as well. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations 1948), everyone is entitled to the rights and freedoms of expression, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, without distinction of national or social origin.<\/p>\n

We call for all the charges and investigation against the 21 Malaysian to be dropped, as well as restoring one of the Malaysian citizen’s work permit. We also call upon the government of Singapore to recognise the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to respect to the freedom of assembly regardless citizen or migrant workers.<\/p>\n

Your Sincerely,
\nCivil Rights Committee of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall<\/strong>
\nMalaysians for Beng Hock<\/strong>
\nYouth Section of KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall<\/strong>
\nSunflower Electoral Reform Movement (SEED)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr. Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister of Singapore Prime Minister\u2019s Office, Orchard Road Istana Singapore 233823 Tel: 623 58577 Fax: 683 56621 Email: pmo_hq@pmo.gov.sg through H.E. Ong Keng Yong, High Commissioner High Commission of The Republic of Singapore Level 15, West Wing The Icon, No.1, Jalan 1\/68F Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel:\u00a0 +6(03) 2161-6277 Fax:\u00a0 +6(03) 2161-6343 +6(03) 2163-4875\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 29th May 2013 Email: singhc_kul@sgmfa.gov.sg Dear Sir, OUR CONCERN REGARDING THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST 21 MALAYSIAN CITIZEN FOR ALLEGEDLY ILLEGAL ASSEMBLY IN PROTESTING MALAYSIA ELECTORAL FRAUD AT MERLION PARK. We are writing to protest against the arrest of 21 Malaysian citizen for allegedly illegal assembly in protesting Malaysia electoral fraud at Merlion Park on 11 May 2013, and withdraw two of their work and visit passes in Singapore. We are disappointed that […]\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,180,164,240,261],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civil-rights-committee","category-committee","category-statements-announcements","category-statements-of-committess","category-statement-of-civil-rights-committee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/coffee-cup-desk-pen-large.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6483"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16440,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6483\/revisions\/16440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}