We are happy to announce SUARAM’s Annual Human Rights Report 2019 is now available for purchase at our office. Please contact our office at + (6)03 7954 5724 or email us at suaram(at)suaram.net.
SUARAM Annual Human Rights Report 2019
New Publication: Racism & Racial Discrimination in Malaysia (New Edition)
Missed getting copy of ‘Racism & Racial Discrimination in Malaysia’? A new edition is out in print now. Contact us at suaram(at)suaram.net or call our office at +(603) 7954 5724 for more information on where and how you can buy a copy!
Kerajaan dan Pengurusan Terowong SMART Harus Menjelaskan Mengapa Terowong SMART Gagal Dalam Banjir di Kuala Lumpur Pada 10/9/2020
Banjir pada petang 10 September 2020 menyebabkan beberapa tempat di pusat bandar Kuala Lumpur ditenggelami air sehingga kedalaman 3 meter. Banyak netizen telah berkongsikan gambar dan video berkenaan insiden ini.
Continue reading “Kerajaan dan Pengurusan Terowong SMART Harus Menjelaskan Mengapa Terowong SMART Gagal Dalam Banjir di Kuala Lumpur Pada 10/9/2020”REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH BUT DON’T SPOOK THE RICH!
Press statement by Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Advisor 11 September 2020
Two issues of late – a 20 sen e-commerce tax and putting off the proposed vacancy tax on empty unsold property – have exposed the government’s pusillanimous approach to the oft lamented problem of wealth inequality in Malaysia. As usual, the government does not want to “spook the rich” and invariably falls for across-the-board measures that hit the pockets of the majority rather than the richest 1 per cent.
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Press statement by Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser 9 September 2020
It is refreshing to hear about new political initiatives in Malaysia after the proven sameness of the two coalitions. MAJU has announced they intend to field independent candidates in the next elections while a new youth party is in the process of being formed. The Malaysian parliament was beginning to look like a senior citizens’ club… Can we sense a new spring, or will it all end with the same old two-coalition political circus?
Continue reading “YOUNG, GIFTED AND PROGRESSIVE”THERE SHOULD BE NO FACTORIES IN RIVER BUFFER ZONES
Press statement by Kua Kia Soong, SUARAM Adviser 8 Sept 2020
The Selangor State government still does not get the seriousness of the situation. Judging from today’s newspaper reports their pathetic response to the crisis simply means there will be more water pollution of our rivers in the future. That is certain. Instead of creating an urgent plan to ensure the removal of all factories in river buffer zones and that no factories are built in such sensitive and important zones, their solution seems to be to legalise the unlicensed factories already in place.
Continue reading “THERE SHOULD BE NO FACTORIES IN RIVER BUFFER ZONES”Formalize Policy on Non-refoulement and Recognize Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) welcomes the positive change in direction by Minister Mohd Redzuan Mohd Yusof and the clarification Uighur refugees in Malaysia will not be refouled and extradited to China.
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