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DAP's Ong Kian Ming has PhD

Apr 22nd, 2013
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DAP’s Ong Kian Ming has PhD – call him “doctor”

KUALA LUMPUR: A video clip featuring DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming asking a moderator, in a news interview, to address him as “Dr Ong Kian Ming” because he has a PhD has  made him a subject of mockery and derision.

                           

In the interview, the host who was moderating for The Star SwitchUp TV were asking Ong about the people’s perception of the DAP being a racist party, that it contests only in Chinese majority seats and other related election questions.

 

On the 5th minute of 10 minute 46 seconds video clip, there was a commercial break and immediately after the interview resumed, at the 5:30 mark as the moderator was re-introducing the subject and guest, Ong interjected and said:

 

“I am actually Dr Ong Kian Ming. I don’t really like titles but since you referred to me as Ong, doctor will be more appropriate..since I do have a PhD.”

 

The video clip was also posted in the Stop The Lies blog titled ‘Arrogant Politician in the Making’ questioning Ong on whether to refer him as a doctor matters stating that Ong probably does not know that it takes three rules to call oneself a politician.

 

The three rules listed by the blogger are as follows:

* Rule No 1 as a politician is to be humble.

 

* Rule No 2 is to deliver or fulfill your promises.

* Rule No 3 – talk less, be humble.

 

The blog concluded by describing Ong as another ‘tokong’ (deity) in the making, a term associated with DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. 

 

The posting received 42 comments so far, with one commentator Shirley writing: “What a contradictory hypocrite. Kian Ming says he does not like titles and yet he insisted the interviewer Anne Edwards to call him Dr Ong. Is it Dr sort of a title as well.”

 

To watch the full video, click HERE

 

Blogger Syed Akbar Ali of OutSyed The Box also carried the video with the headline re-iterating what Ong said: “Appropriate to call me “Doctor” OK!”

 

“This is “DOCTOR” Ong Kian Meng DAP candidate for Serdang,” Syed Akbar wrote.

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MCA Pandan candidate was warned of sabotage

Apr 20th, 2013
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The MCA Pandan candidate, lawyer Gary Lim, said that he was warned of attempts to sabotage his candidacy for the parliamentary seat.

“My car was broken into the day after I got my watikah (letter of appointment), and the bag which I used to carry the watikah was stolen. Luckily, the watikah was not in there.

NONEThe Special Branch warned me that there may be attempts to sabotage mywatikah,” Lim – who is also the Chinese party’s legal bureau head – toldMalaysiakini today.

He said this when asked to comment on whether allegations that he is being investigated for misconduct by the Malaysian Bar are part of a smear campaign against his candidacy.

On that matter, Lim (above) said that he is unaware of any investigations and is in turn probing the claim being carried by online news portals.

He declined any further comment until he has received official correspondence from the Bar, informing him of any investigation as per procedure or once he has further information on the alleged charge against him.

News portal The Malaysian Insider today reported that Lim faces a hearing before the disciplinary committee of the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board after the Bar received complaints of legal misrepresentation and potential fraud against the 38-year-old involving a major legal firm.

NONEMeanwhile, BN Seputeh candidate Nicole Wong (left) has denied the allegations made by DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming, who claimed that her Masters in Business Administration was obtained from illegal channels and not from a reputable institution.

Stressing that she did not conceal anything about her qualifications or services to the people, Wong said she obtained her Masters after two years by working hard and studying part-time to complete it.

“I question Ong’s motives to spread the rumours about me. I am aware that this was done deliberately to defame me. But in any case, I will reserve the right to pursue legal action against Ong,” she noted in a press release, responding to the latter’s allegations of several BN candidates having dubious tertiary qualifications.

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MCA Pandan candidate was warned of sabotage

Apr 20th, 2013
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The MCA Pandan candidate, lawyer Gary Lim, said that he was warned of attempts to sabotage his candidacy for the parliamentary seat.

“My car was broken into the day after I got my watikah (letter of appointment), and the bag which I used to carry the watikah was stolen. Luckily, the watikah was not in there.

NONEThe Special Branch warned me that there may be attempts to sabotage mywatikah,” Lim – who is also the Chinese party’s legal bureau head – toldMalaysiakini today.

He said this when asked to comment on whether allegations that he is being investigated for misconduct by the Malaysian Bar are part of a smear campaign against his candidacy.

On that matter, Lim (above) said that he is unaware of any investigations and is in turn probing the claim being carried by online news portals.

He declined any further comment until he has received official correspondence from the Bar, informing him of any investigation as per procedure or once he has further information on the alleged charge against him.

News portal The Malaysian Insider today reported that Lim faces a hearing before the disciplinary committee of the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board after the Bar received complaints of legal misrepresentation and potential fraud against the 38-year-old involving a major legal firm.

NONEMeanwhile, BN Seputeh candidate Nicole Wong (left) has denied the allegations made by DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming, who claimed that her Masters in Business Administration was obtained from illegal channels and not from a reputable institution.

Stressing that she did not conceal anything about her qualifications or services to the people, Wong said she obtained her Masters after two years by working hard and studying part-time to complete it.

“I question Ong’s motives to spread the rumours about me. I am aware that this was done deliberately to defame me. But in any case, I will reserve the right to pursue legal action against Ong,” she noted in a press release, responding to the latter’s allegations of several BN candidates having dubious tertiary qualifications.

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ROS holds DAP inquiry two days before nomination

Apr 13th, 2013
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The Registrar of Societies (ROS) has asked the DAP to attend an inquiry over complaints pertaining to a technical glitch during its party’s central executive committee (CEC) elections, which was held during its triennial congress in Penang in December, last year.

DAP national chairperson Karpal Singh said the letter sent by ROS was dated April 9, but was sent ten days after parliament was dissolved.

NONEIn the letter, the ROS stated it required two witnesses from the party to attend the inquiry on April 18.

Karpal said the letter requested the DAP’s former election director Pooi Weng Keong (left) and election strategist Ong Kian Ming to attend the inquiry, which is to be held in the presence of investigating officer Inspector Mohd Nawawi Mat, at 10am at the ROS office in Kuala Lumpur.

He said the party was also asked to provide nine documents related to the CEC elections, including notices sent out to its delegates last year.

“We intend to supply the ROS with all the related documents in compliance with the law.

“We maintain that it was a technical glitch, and that there was no fraud nor misrepresentation as alleged by certain quarters.

“The investigation will take some time and we hope whatever decision the ROS makes will be based on evidence,” said Karpal at a press conference in Penang.

‘No disruptive statements’

On concerns that the DAP may be deregistered before nomination day on Apr 20, Karpal said it was “impossible” as the ROS needed time to consider all the evidence before making a decision.

“If it happens (decision to deregister the DAP), it would be blatantly weird,” he quipped.

dap national congress 151212 new cecHowever, Karpal urged all parties, including caretaker Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and outspoken critic of DAP Tunku Abdul Aziz Ibrahim to refrain from making statements to disrupt the investigation process.

“Najib must not make exercise any undue influence over the ROS, it should be free to make its decision on the matter,” said Karpal.

Tunku Abdul Aziz, a former DAP senator who has left the DAP, has urged his former party to be suspended for the internal poll irregularities.

Several rallies have also been held by disgruntled DAP members to ask for re-election but Karpal has maintained that the party’s decision on the matter is final.

The new results saw DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng’s political secretary Zairil Khir Johari (below) – who earlier failed to make the mark – being propelled into the top 20 CEC place.

Zairil Khir Johari (2)“There was a technical glitch and Tunku Aziz, who is braying for the blood of the DAP, has asked that it be deregistered, this is a very serious  allegation.

“No doubt the ROS has power to do so, but it must decide after considering all evidence it has and what comes out of the inquiry during the investigation process,” he said.

Until then, Karpal stressed, the DAP should be allowed to contest the coming general election, using its party symbol.

Karpal said the party was not asking for a postponement of the inquiry, merely appealing for the decision to be made after the general election on May 5.

It also is also asking that the decision be based on “solid evidence”, and that all parties, including the DAP, be given the opportunity to make its case before the ROS.

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‘Only 3 out of 56 dubious voters can be traced’

Jun 8th, 2012
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Out of the 56 foreign-born new voters registered in Kampung Melayu Majidee, Johor Bahru minus house numbers and street names, only three have been traced by PKR after door-to-door checks.

According to PKR national deputy secretary-general Steven Choong, based in Johor Bahru, the party had dispatched its members to the Malay village to verify the identities of those voters.

They discovered a squatter area in the village with neither house numbers nor a street name.

NONE“They could not find anyone on the list (of 56 dubious voters) but when they showed the list to the residents there, the residents could identify three of them, who had moved to another constituency, Johor Jaya,” Choong (right) said when contacted yesterday.

They could not confirm the other names on the list, as resident there or had lived there before, he claimed.

“Bear in mind that this is a close-knit community, therefore it raises doubt whether they existed or not,” he added.

The verification exercise was done after political researcher Ong Kian Ming recently detected in the electoral roll many new voters registered by government agencies (not the Election Commission) with code 71 in their identity numbers but without house numbers and street names.

Code 71 indicates that they were born outside Malaysia.

One of the areas identified by Ong with such voters is Kampung Melayu Majidee, located in a heavily urbanised area in Johor Bahru.NONE

All the 56 foreign-born new voters in that area registered in the last three quarters, do not have house numbers and street names, but this not so for 75 Malaysia-born new voters, except for one.

NONEOng (right) had raised the question whether these dubious voters were given identity cards by the NRD to vote in the election, as the lack of complete addresses hampers political parties’ ability to trace and verify if they are actually valid voters in their registered areas.

Choong shared the same view but conceded that many squatter areas, even in cities, have no addresses or street names as they have no legitimate land status.

Election Commission (EC) chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof had explained that the commission has no right to reject the registration of voters with incomplete and dubious addresses as long as they are in the record of the National Registration Department (NRD).

In another related development, Choong told Malaysiakini that he had received complaints from two voters yesterday morning that their addresses in the EC online database had been changed without their knowledge although the new addresses are still within the same constituency.

“He asked me why. I suspect it was purposely done so people cannot find them, causing difficulties for party campaigners during election time,” he said.

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KJ: 42,000 voters in roll ‘anomalies’, not ‘fraud’

Apr 26th, 2012
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Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin views the 42,000-odd questionable cases on the electoral roll as “anomalies”, rather than “fraud”.

NONESpeaking at a debate with Bersih chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan in Petaling Jaya last night, Khairy said the Election Commission has “acceptable explanations” for the irregularities.

As such, by telling the people that the questionable names were a fraudulent move, Bersih was “misrepresenting” the issue and “pre-empting reform efforts” in order to get people on the streets, he said.

“Ambiga says it is fraudulent and the EC must use its power to strike these people out (of the electoral roll) and this is the reason for going out on Saturday…

“In the three months (of public display) 1,248 cases came forward, 55 percent are still alive and they say, hang on, I’m still here,” he said, giving three examples of voters aged 97 and 98.

NONEHe claimed that their “only crime” was not to update their identity cards to the MyKad and if the EC did what Bersih wanted it to, it would deny these 700-plus people their constitutional right to vote.

Another 55 percent of the 1,248 cases were found to be dead and their next-of-kin did not register their deaths with the EC.

Saying later that he “is not an EC mouthpiece”, Khairy added that he was confident the EC’s excuses for the “anomalies” were “legitimate”.

“It is a perfectly legitimate reason for an anomaly. Out of the 40,000-plus left, can you tell me with absolutely certainty that it’s all fraud?” he asked the audience of at least 600 people at the event organised by The Malay Mail.

‘Lame excuses given by EC’

In response, Ambiga said election regulations allow the EC to strike suspect voters off the roll “without violating the constitution”.

“The fraud lies with the lame excuses of the EC, saying it can’t do anything. It uses (the regulations) to register phantom voters and foreigners and as for removing others (off the list), the EC is coy and hesitant about it.

“I disagree that the EC can’t do it. Have you read about people who have voted and now cannot as they’re no longer on the roll, or people overseas who never registered and are listed as voters?” Ambiga asked.

NONEShe also contended that the very fact that the parliamentary select committee for electoral reform recommended a royal commission of inquiry on the Sabah electoral roll suggested that fraud had taken place.

“Look at the Likas case…which was due to phantom voters. And after that an amendment was passed to disallow anyone to query the electoral roll.

“There is now no independent arbiter. We are at the mercy of the EC. It’s like make Nero the fire chief,” she said referring to the re-election in Likas which was called after the court annulled the result due to rigging.

A lawyer by profession, Ambiga also reminded Khairy that even in legal practice, “if you can’t serve (a legal notice) you go for substantiated service”.

“You can’t go on for 30 years. You give notice and if they fail to respond after a period you exercise (the right to strike them off)… (The EC) is giving excuses when these regulations were made by them to make their lives easier,” Ambiga said.

However, Khairy, who refused to put a time-frame as to when a suspicious voter can be fairly accepted as being either deceased or registered fraudulently, said the right to vote is not the same as a bankruptcy matter.

“A certain discretion needs to be applied,” he said.

‘Double registration’

Responding to Ambiga’s assertion that not 42,000 but 3.1 million cases in the electoral roll were suspicious, Khairy again defended the EC by giving the commission’s side of the story.

Among these were political scientist Ong Kian Ming’s finding of new armed forces postal voters above the recruitment age.

Explaining this, Khairy said these people were in fact registered twice, as they did not inform the EC that they were registered as voters before joining the armed forces.

“The burden of proof is (on the voter), who must inform the EC, and this is to protect the voters’ constitutional right.” he said.

While both sides received strong backing from different parts of the floor, Khairy’s supporters heckled the Bersih chairperson a number of times.

They also chanted “We love KJ!” after the debate, obviously taken in by the Rembau MP’s posturing.

However, most of the questions from the floor came from the side of the room that seemed to support Bersih.

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‘LGBT claim’ will not disrupt Bersih rally

Apr 24th, 2012
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Bersih co-chairperson Ambiga Sreenevasan says her support for sexual minorities such as the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transexuals (LGBT) will not affect Saturday’s rally for clean and fair elections.

The Bersih rally is a public forum for the benefit of all Malaysians who want to seek a clean electoral roll and a transparent voting system, Ambiga said.

The woes of the LGBT, she said, are another public cause and her involvement in that does not hamper her support for a bigger cause for electoral reform as it is a different issue.

NONEAmbiga has been under fire for backing the LGBT cause and former PAS deputy president Nasharuddin Md Isa said she was not fit to lead the Bersih rally.

Over the weekend, about 1,000 anti-LGBT protesters gathered at Universiti Putra Malaysia in Serdang to ridicule and condemn the LGBT, Ambiga and her Bersih co-chairperson and national laureate A Samad Said.

Ambiga has been under attack ever since she was scheduled to officiate the Seksualiti Merdeka event last November, which the police and other authorities banned, calling it a “threat to public order”.

On the highly questioned electoral roll, Bersih steering committee member Maria Chin Abdullah clarified today that only 45 out of 24,105 voters from Sabah and Sarawak have double registration in Selangor.

She said political scientist Ong Kian Ming discovered that there were two identity cards of a person with the same name but different numbers.

“These people are voters in Sabah and Sarawak and also in Selangor. This is an example of the discrepancies that are happening. Hence, this should be rectified before the election is called,” Maria said.

Of the 24,105 voters, 15,520 are from Sabah and another 8,585 are from Sarawak.

On April 12, Bersih had wrongly claimed that more than 24,000 voters in Selangor have double registration as voters.

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3.3 million problematic voters in electoral roll

Apr 23rd, 2012
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There are 3.3 million cases of dubious voters in the electoral roll, claimed researcher Ong Kian Ming, a large chunk of which is made up of those voting in constituencies different from the addresses shown on their identification cards (MyKad).

NONEBased on a-decade-old data, Ong (left) said that there are 3.1 million voters who vote in constituencies that do not tally with the address stated on their MyKads.

“(This) is particularly troubling because this information was given to the Election Commission (EC) by the National Registration Department (NRD) in 2002,” said Ong at a press conference organised by the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0).

Ong, who is the director of the Malaysia Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap), said that he came into possession of the data almost 10 years ago as well. However, he managed to compile the additional information needed in one week.

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Bersih 2.0 detects 24,000 double registrations in S’gor

Apr 12th, 2012
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Electoral reform coalition Bersih 2.0 has unearthed more instances of fraud in the latest electoral roll ahead of its April 28 rally, including 24,105 voters in Sabah and Sarawak allegedly re-registered in Selangor.

During a press conference today in Kuala Lumpur, the Bersih 2.0 steering committee claimed that 15,520 Sabah voters and 8,585 Sarawak voters had been registered twice in Selangor in the latest electoral roll updated until first quarter of 2012.

However, they did not expose NONEany specific case when asked by the media, saying that details will be revealed at a press conference in the near future.

The committee jointly led by former Bar Council president S Ambiga and national laureate A Samad Said (right), also claimed that in the same electoral roll, 7,841 voters in Selangor alone  had been registered under MyKad location code 71, which refers to citizens born outside Malaysia.

Another shocking finding was that no death was reported in Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Hulu Selangor and Tanjung Karang, all parliamentary constituencies in Selangor, in the last quarter of 2011 although death certificates were issued in those places.

There were also houses registered with more than 15 voters in the electoral roll for the first quarter of 2012, claimed Bersih 2.0.

Those findings were discovered by the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap), of which political researcher Ong Kian Ming is a member.

Ong had earlier compiled 10 major flaws of the electoral roll in two articles published by Malaysiakini.

The committee repeated its call for the election commissioners to resign immediately and be replaced with others who will act to ensure a clean, free and fair election.

It also urged that the electoral roll be cleaned up before the 13th general election is held.

‘Nowhere else besides Dataran Merdeka’

NONEAsked on the progress of securing Dataran Merdeka as the rally venue, the committee said they have yet to contact the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, which owns and manages the field.

“We will maintain our venue at Dataran Merdeka no matter what. We insist to (hold the rally) there.

“We hope the authorities will approve the will of the rakyat,” said Samad.

The election watchdog also announced that its international campaign on the rally dubbed ‘Duduk Bantah’ (sit-in protest) has gained momentum.

A total of nine cities in the country and 33 cities abroad will hold parallel rallies on that day.

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Bersih 2.0 detects 24,000 double registrations in S’gor

Apr 12th, 2012
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Electoral reform coalition Bersih 2.0 has unearthed more instances of fraud in the latest electoral roll ahead of its April 28 rally, including 24,105 voters in Sabah and Sarawak allegedly re-registered in Selangor.

During a press conference today in Kuala Lumpur, the Bersih 2.0 steering committee claimed that 15,520 Sabah voters and 8,585 Sarawak voters had been registered twice in Selangor in the latest electoral roll updated until first quarter of 2012.

However, they did not expose NONEany specific case when asked by the media, saying that details will be revealed at a press conference in the near future.

The committee jointly led by former Bar Council president S Ambiga and national laureate A Samad Said (right), also claimed that in the same electoral roll, 7,841 voters in Selangor alone  had been registered under MyKad location code 71, which refers to citizens born outside Malaysia.

Another shocking finding was that no death was reported in Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Hulu Selangor and Tanjung Karang, all parliamentary constituencies in Selangor, in the last quarter of 2011 although death certificates were issued in those places.

There were also houses registered with more than 15 voters in the electoral roll for the first quarter of 2012, claimed Bersih 2.0.

Those findings were discovered by the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis Project (Merap), of which political researcher Ong Kian Ming is a member.

Ong had earlier compiled 10 major flaws of the electoral roll in two articles published by Malaysiakini.

The committee repeated its call for the election commissioners to resign immediately and be replaced with others who will act to ensure a clean, free and fair election.

It also urged that the electoral roll be cleaned up before the 13th general election is held.

‘Nowhere else besides Dataran Merdeka’

NONEAsked on the progress of securing Dataran Merdeka as the rally venue, the committee said they have yet to contact the Kuala Lumpur City Hall, which owns and manages the field.

“We will maintain our venue at Dataran Merdeka no matter what. We insist to (hold the rally) there.

“We hope the authorities will approve the will of the rakyat,” said Samad.

The election watchdog also announced that its international campaign on the rally dubbed ‘Duduk Bantah’ (sit-in protest) has gained momentum.

A total of nine cities in the country and 33 cities abroad will hold parallel rallies on that day.

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