10 Tahun sebelum Merdeka电影分享会

2008年6月10日，学运之家举行了一个电影分享会。那个短片是”Sepuluh Tahun Sebelum Merdeka” ,导演是Fahmi Reza，同时他也是一位Graphic Designer。学运邀请了这位导演为我们讲解及另一位来自AI的朋友，Yohen一起观赏此短片.此短片讲述了我国一些鲜为人知的历史，它也赢得了由Komas所举办的Freedom Film Festive 2007的奖项。这次的电影分享会出席者总共有15人。

电影结束后，Fahmi为出席者讲解了这短片所要带出的讯息。他说，在1945年后，日军已投降及退出马来亚，英殖民政府重返马来亚，并在1946年时，提出了Malayan Union。Malayan Union被当时候的分裂出来的左翼（由人民组成）和右翼（由贵族组成）分子强烈反对。他们所反对的理由各自不同：右翼分子认为他们的实权已没了，他们希望能回到日军侵略前的情况；而左翼分子则认为这是变相的操控我国的另一种方式，并不是真正的独立。

在1948年，Federation of Malaya取代了Malayan Union，可是，在1946至1948年之间，历史课本上并不怎么提到有关这时间里所发生的事情。事实上，这段时间可谓是我国人民为独立 而踏出的一大步。当时，也是左翼分子的PUTERA-AMCJA提出了HARTAL（罢业），以对当权者抗议。当时候，HARTAL得到了大众人民的响应和支持，也让当时的当权者损失了大约4百万英镑。可惜的是，当权者无动于衷，还是按照计划推行了Federation of Malaya。

自1948年颁布的紧急法令以来，不少的左翼分子都被冠于共产党分子的名义而被逮捕了。这导致到许多的社会团体和组织都被逼瓦解，这理所当然地对当权者的威胁也渐渐地减少了。Fahmi透露说他现在已经在拍摄第二部短片中，大约在十月就会完成。第二部影片将讲述紧急法令时的时期和为什么当时候的左翼分子会武装自己。

其实，在许多的国家来说，所谓课本上的历史，并非真正的历史，而是当权者的历史而已。他们会选择有利于他们的历史而已，而非全民的历史。了解真正的历史，就如了解自己般那么重要。我们身为这个国家的人民，是有责任去了解到底我们的国家是怎么来的，正如古人说的，前人种树，后人乘凉，没有前人，我们哪有今天呢？就让我们大家一起来发掘这国家真正的历史吧！

Sexy school uniforms?

HI, PKPIM suggesting the revamp on high school female student uniform saying that it is too sexy and leads to premarital sex and rape.

How you look at it? Is important for student movement to be look at things from equality perspective, not only on civil and political rights perspective.

Few question to think about:

1. Does sexy uniform cause sexual assault?

2. Is it the fault of the victim or the perpetrator when sexual assaults happen?

3. What is the solution/measure can be taken for rape and pre-marital sex among high school students? But of course in the fist place, we need to ask do we accept pre-marital sex?

4. What is your stand for school uniforms? Need to revamp?

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True democracy cannot mature with ISA around

From Ashvin Raj (Malaysiakini)

I read with much scepticism of Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Zaid Ibrahim’s recent statement that he finds the Internal Security Act (ISA) and Official Secrets Act (OSA) unacceptable. He was quoted as saying that he is against any unjust and harsh laws which and this includes the ISA and OSA.

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However, this was contradicted by the Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar who said that such laws will not be abolished, as they are needed for the purpose of maintaining public order. In such a scenario between two conflicting statements, what would be the public stand of the prime minister?

Would he seek to abolish such oppressive laws in the newly-convened Parliament in agreement with his own minister in his department? Or would he seek not to, in the interest of the home minister’s recent remarks?

I would certainly not be surprised if Pak Lah remains defiant in not wanting to abolish the ISA and OSA, as it has served to protect BN’s interests for the past 51 years after Merdeka. After all, he was the one who authorised the detention of the Hindraf activists and accused them on baseless grounds of being a threat to national security.

The opposition and the vast majority of the general public have long seen the ISA to be a notoriously oppressive law. In the name of national security, the ISA has been used as a convenient political tool that allows for indefinite detention without trial. The ISA is an obnoxious piece of legislation that has no place in a democracy.

Former detainees have published horrifying accounts of their detention under the ISA when they have been subjected to solitary confinement without access to family members, lawyers and friends. Police interrogators have routinely subjected ISA detainees to physical and mental torture in order to ‘turn them over’.

All this amounts to human rights abuse and a barbaric treatment of individuals who have never been tried, let alone convicted, in an open court. These acts of injustices are an obscene affront to human dignity and a mockery of democracy. They violate the teachings of all religions in our nation, because it has demeaned human life.

The ISA is an unjust law, where its so-called legal practices represent a crime against humanity. As always, the ‘threat to national security’ has been a flimsy catch-all excuse for not charging and trying so-called suspects in open courts.

How do you expect the continued existence of the ISA to foster a reformed democratic society when this oppressive law looms as an ever-present threat over the lives and liberty of ordinary Malaysian citizens? True democracy cannot mature when people are being threatened with detention without trial.

The basic principle of natural justice is that the accused must be given the right to be heard must be unconditionally upheld. I therefore sincerely hope that Zaid Ibrahim and Pakatan Rakyat will pressure the federal government in Parliament to immediately charge and try all ISA detainees in an open court or release all ISA detainees still incarcerated.

Otherwise, there will not be any true judicial reform as pledged by the prime minister - through the appointment of Zaid Ibrahim to be in charge of legal affairs - and it will only remain a mere rhetoric.

Don’t rely on defections, Pakatan

Here i suggest our friends and members to discuss the following topic, what is your opinion if Pakatan Rakyat get defectors from BN to form new federel government? Write your comment to us!

Here i attach with a piece of article from Malaysiakini, it is a very good article, worth to read. It is good reading article to learn English cause the English is simple. Take 5 minutes to read!

Don’t rely on defections, Pakatan - Malaysiakini

Lim Mah Hui

There has been a great deal of rumour and buzz about defections from Barisan Nasional (BN) politicians to the opposition camp.

All it takes are 30-plus defectors and the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) will form the new federal government, ostensibly led by PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim.

Is this a welcome sign and move?

What Is Our Demand To New State Government

Dear members and friends,

In the 12th general election, Malaysian voiced out their dissatisfaction to Barisan National. Opposition party successfully denied 2/3 of BN in Parliament, and became the State government in Selangor, Perak, Kedah and Pulau Pinang. The biggest success achieved is the mind-changing of Malaysian that not only BN can become government in Malaysia.

However, now what is our demand to new state government? DEMA as a student and youth organisation, we must also voice out our request to new state government in order to move forward our agenda such as abolish of UUCA that suppress student awareness, PTPTN issue and maybe graduate fail to get job. Besides that, there are many things that we can do.

What is your suggestion to WHAT SHOULD DEMA DO and OUR REQUEST TO STATE GOVERNMENT ? Hope that you can share you opinion here.

TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE A BETTER TOMORROW

Best regards,
Ng Yong Jin
Secretary of National Affair
Malaysia Youth and Students Democratic Movement (DEMA)

Silence is a statement

Just sharing an article written by a young person on the current political crisis in the Philippines…

By the way, there is a multisectoral demonstration today in Makati. The theme is anti-corruption and the call for truth, accountability and reforms.

 

Below is an article written by a 21 year old mass communications student

Youngblood
Silence is a statement
By Yya E. Aragon
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:37:00 02/25/2008

MANILA, Philippines — By some weird twist of fate, I met Mr. Jun Lozada and his prayer warriors. And I never felt more ashamed about being a youth in this country. Our meeting was accidental. My thesis partner and I had gone to the Senate on the first day of the hearing for a purpose that had nothing to do with the ZTE national broadband network deal. We wanted to interview a reporter for our thesis who was covering the hearing. When we got there, we learned that the media had been divided into three groups to meet with Lozada after his testimony. Before our interview with the reporter began, his group’s turn came.

谁给女生救赎–祭理大强奸案疑云

转载自 苏淑桦部落格 随感录

谁给女生救赎？

当你夜半走在宁静的巷子，咀嚼着心里的不安，旁人的出现给你增添的不是安慰，而是不期然的紧张。忐忑在眉宇间浮动。你最厉害壮胆子，很多时候是硬蹦蹦地加快脚步，溜回房里。表面总是一派镇静，心里嘀咕着，回应从心口抨出的害怕。

你可以期许自己战胜心魔，但良久酝酿的社会败坏风气可抵过种种阿Q的安抚。侥幸逃出坏分子的眷顾，另一头，有受害者低泣。

有人叫你自求多福，好像受害的是注定被抹煞幸福。那些信口开河要你保重的，背叛了许大家一个安全校园的职责。他或许还会戚戚然地怪你没照顾好自己，批评你衣着暴露。

谁给女生救赎？

PMN positif atau negatif?

Below is an opinion about Parti Mahasiswa Negara(PMN) from Azrul Azreef bin Baharun (DEMA member at Kolej Tuanku Jaafar). Hope you all also can express your opinion about PMN here.

Parti Mahasiswa Negara

Bagi saya, penubuhan Parti Mahasiswa Negara oleh beberapa pihak baru-baru ini membawa banyak impak sama ada secara positif atau negatif sama ada kepada gerakan mahsiswa, kerajaan, demokrasi dan rakyat.

Secara positif, penubuhan Parti Mahasiswa Negara memberi suatu reaksi yang baik dalam perjuangan gerakan pelajar di Malaysia.Setelah cuba dilumpuhkan secara paksa oleh kerajaan setelah didapati mengancam status kerajaan pada sekitar tahun 60-an dan 70-an,undang- undang bersifat draconian terutamanya AUKU telah diperkenalkan, dipinda dan dilaksanakan oleh kerajaan selain pelbagai lagi strategi yang membawa pelbagai impak kepada gerakan pelajar di Malaysia

Kejayaan akta-akta draconian dan strategi-strategi lain telah menyaksikan gerkan pelajar telah mengalami zaman kemuraman tetapi belum lagi mati.Sekelompok pelajar tetap gigih menentang keboborokan kerajaan dan mempertahankan gerakan mahasiswa daripada dihancurkan dan dilumpuhkan oleh kerajaan.

Perjuangan kelompok ini sama ada kecil atau besar membolehkan gerakan pelajar meneruskan survivalnya dan mengggagalkan usaha kerajaan untuk melumpuhkan gerakan mahasiswa. Penubuhan PMN dapat dilihat sebagai petanda kejayaan perjuangan kelompok mahasiswa yang terus berpegan teguh kepada idealisme gerakan mahasiswa.

Police new strategy - preemptive arrest

Below is a sharing from Kuang Keng (Malaysiakini journalist and DEMA senior) about police arrest in PROTES assembly.

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Dear frens, I’m very much disturbed about what the police did yesterday (26 Jan, Sat). I witnessed police arrest ppl 1 hour b4 they organised peaceful demonstration.

Closer to election, police have become more oppressive.

I was there, of course many of those arrested are opp leaders, but there are also ordinary ppl that were arrested. I saw one guy who took photo of SB (Special branch, secret police) was arrested after he was discovered by police officers.

I overheard police officers talking to themselves, “tangkap sahaja”.

I saw police beating ppl when arresting. Quoted from my colleague story :

Orders by Zulkarnain for the activists to sit down where they were standing were ignored. Instead, the latter crossed the road towards Avenue K, at which point Zulkarnain barked orders for their arrests.

“Drag them back (to this side) into the trucks! They were rough against us, be rough against them!” he was heard telling the police officers.

>From the scores of PSM supporters and leaders who were arrested included Selvam. Several of the other activists were seen being kicked and struck as they were taken by force by police officers.

When we asked the OCPD why police beat ppl, u know what he said to us?

“You saw how I told them to sit down and not to proceed. They acted rough, so we were (only) equally rough,” he said.

This is words from gangsters, not police!

Meanwhile my colleague was also arrested, my god! a journalist arrested! He’s now still in Pudu jail detention center. All he did is asking the police why they arrest other ppl.

This is too much.

These are some of the stories in Englisha and Chinese. Further update will be available as the event goes. Pls visit www.malaysiakini. com for latest news.