One year has passed and Raymond Koh is still missing

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 13 FEBRUARY 2018 | BUKIT MERTAJAM Pastor Raymond Koh was abducted in broad daylight on 13 February 2017. The world watched in horror the CCTV footage of the well-executed kidnapping. Former Inspector-General of Police, Khalid Abu Bakar said that the police had formed a special task…

FIVE tasks for the new IGP to restore professionalism and dignity of the Royal Malaysian Police

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP for Bukit Mertajam 4 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUKIT MERTAJAM, PENANG Today is the last day for Khalid Abu Bakar as Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Former Special Branch Chief Commissioner, Mohamad Fuzi Harun will replace him as the new IGP. There are FIVE tasks which the new IGP needs to…

Zahid Hamidi should stop abusing government agencies to play politics and start focusing on dealing with crisis within the Home Ministry

Media statement by Steven Sim, MP of Bukit Mertajam 1 AUGUST 2017 | PARLIAMENT, KUALA LUMPUR On 16 May 2017, NST reported that NOT FEWER than 30 would-be Daesh fighters who were arrested in other countries for attempting to join the terrorist group in Syria had “secretly” entered Malaysia. (Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/05/239653/exclusive-threat-unwanted-tourists) These Daesh fighters were…

PRESS: Campurtangan politik UMNO-Barisan Nasional cemar PDRM

1211012 | Bukit Mertajam Belum seminggu selepas Pemuda Sosialis Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAPSY) Pulau Pinang mengeluarkan kenyataan mengecam tindakan polis yang tidak profesional dan melanggar undang-undang serta hak asasi manusia dalam mengendalikan kes Ahmad Abdul Jalil, kita dikejutkan lagi dengan dakwaan bahawa seorang wanita warga Indonesia telah dirogol semasa berada dalam tahanan polis. Semua ini…

PRESS: Home Minister, IGP, Act Now: Stop Police Humiliation of Detainees

Originally published here Press statement by the Good Governance and Gender Equality Society, Penang (3Gs) and the Women’s Rights Awareness Association (WRAA) 040611 | Penang We refer to the news in Malaysiakini on a recent vice raid in Penang by Bukit Aman police officers (http://malaysiakini.com/news/165943). The news portal and other dailies reported that the police…

NEWS: 空置警局長草生蚊蟲‧市議員允派員清除

Sdr Oon and I went to Berapit New Village to highlight an abandoned police station. Back in 2008, I have already brought this up with the former OCPD (head of district police) Dr. Md. Shah, and although he promised to look into it, nothing was done. The police station was infested with bushes and undergrowth…