Bersatu Melawan Penganiayaan: Alumni Pengajian Gender Menentang Gangguan Seksual Di Universiti Malaya

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Surat Terbuka kepada Universiti Malaya dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia

Kami, alumni program MA Pengajian Gender, Fakulti Sastera dan Sains Sosial, dengan rasa sangat kesal ingin mendesak perhatian segera berhubung kes-kes gangguan seksual yang masih berulang di universiti. Terkini, satu laporan gangguan seksual melibatkan seorang pensyarah dari Institut Sains Matematik, Fakulti Sains yang dilaporkan menghantar gambar-gambar bogel dan melakukan gangguan seksual kepada beberapa orang pelajarnya. Pada 17 Disember 2024, Kelab Feminisme UM telah mengangkat isu ini, dan turut menekankan kebimbangan wujudnya pesalah laku gangguan seksual lain di beberapa fakulti lain. Kes-kes gangguan seksual yang terus berulang di sebuah institusi berprestij ini tidak boleh menjadi kebiasaan dan tidak sepatutnya diberi muka lagi.

Kes baru-baru ini bukanlah kes terpencil di kampus-kampus Institut Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) di Malaysia, terutamanya di UM. Statistik dari Kelab Feminisme UM menunjukkan bahawa 1 daripada 5 orang pelajar pernah mengalami gangguan secara seksual di kampus dan hanya 11.1 peratus daripada jumlah ini yang tampil membuat tindakan lanjut. Bahkan, sejak beberapa tahun lepas, telah terdapat beberapa kenyataan berhubung kes gangguan seksual, salah laku dan eksploitasi yang telah tular melibatkan pelajar dan staf universiti.

Contoh-contoh kes di atas hanyalah sebahagian daripada banyak lagi kes-kes gangguan seksual yang tidak dilaporkan oleh mangsa. Situasi ini disebabkan ketakutan memandangkan status mereka sebagai pelajar dan ketidakyakinan pada komitmen UM dalam menangani isu ini sebaiknya. Kes gangguan dan eksploitasi seksual ini menunjukkan betapa normalnya budaya rogol dan eksploitasi seksual ke atas pelajar dan betapa tidak selamatnya kampus universiti ini. Berulangnya kes sebegini juga membuktikan adanya masalah sistemik yang lebih mendasar sehingga kampus menjadi ruang yang berbahaya kepada wanita dan pelajar. Hal ini menjadi lebih parah rentetan kegagalan UM dalam menguatkuasakan kod tatakelakuan dan polisi berkaitan gangguan seksual secara berkesan.

Universiti Malaya dan Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi wajib mengambil langkah-langkah pantas dan drastik bagi menjamin keselamatan pelajar-pelajar supaya tidak terus berada dalam risiko gangguan dan penganiayaan.

Sepuluh tuntutan kami adalah seperti berikut:

  1. Kami mendesak penggantungan tugas segera terhadap mana-mana anggota fakulti yang dituduh dengan bukti yang kukuh sejurus selepas laporan dikemukakan. Tindakan ini penting untuk melindungi keamanan dan keselamatan pelajar lain sepanjang penyiasatan dilaksanakan.
  2. Meneliti semula dan menambah baik Kod Bebas Eksploitasi Penganiayaan dan Gangguan Seksual (KOD) supaya berfokus untuk melindungi dan memberdaya pemandiri (survivor-centric) dan bukannya melindungi reputasi universiti atau orang kena tuduh tersebut.  Antara penambahbaikan utama yang perlu dilakukan adalah mempercepat jangka masa proses aduan serta siasatan. Proses penelitian dan penambahbaikan Kod ini wajib melibatkan wakil dan badan pelajar berkaitan
  3. Kami mendesak supaya identiti pesalah laku seksual dikenal pasti dan dihebahkan secara umum sebagai mekanisme perlindungan kepada komuniti pelajar. Tindakan ini adalah langkah pencegahan dan tanda keseriusan universiti dalam menangani jenayah seksual di IPT.
  4. Kami menuntut ketelusan penuh berhubung hasil siasatan semua aduan kes gangguan seksual. Seluruh laporan penuh siasatan perlu dihebahkan secara umum memandangkan status UM ialah universiti awam. Siasatan juga wajib melibatkan pihak Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi. Penglibatan polis juga penting jika dipersetujui oleh pemandiri.
  5. Satu pejabat hal ehwal gangguan seksual atau ombudsman yang bebas ditubuhkan di universiti. Pejabat ini perlu berfungsi dengan autonomi sendiri tanpa terikat dengan pentadbiran universiti bagi memastikan kesaksamaan dalam menguruskan aduan berkaitan.
  6. Memberikan khidmat dan akses ujian kesihatan fizikal dan mental yang diperlukan pemandiri (survivor) kes salah laku seksual dengan kadar segera. Sokongan sebegini penting untuk proses pemulihan dan kesejahteraan pemandiri.
  7. Mewajibkan latihan tahunan tentang pencegahan gangguan seksual yang berkesan kepada semua staf dan pelajar universiti di setiap fakulti, jabatan dan kolej kediaman. Latihan tersebut haruslah merangkumi panduan yang praktikal berkaitan mengenal pasti gangguan, mekanisme aduan, cara membantu secara selamat dan sokongan kepada pemandiri serta menekankan maklumat penting yang terkandung dalam KOD.
  8. Menubuhkan satu jawatankuasa pemantau luar melibatkan alumni, pakar pengajian gender dan pakar perundangan untuk menyelia pengurusan universiti berkaitan kes gangguan seksual serta memastikan pematuhan amalan terbaik.
  9. Melakukan audit bebas secara berkala berkaitan bagaimana aduan gangguan seksual diuruskan. Laporan audit diterbitkan secara umum untuk menjamin akauntabiliti yang berterusan.
  10. Universiti menerbitkan satu laporan tahunan yang memperincikan situasi menyeluruh berkaitan bilangan aduan gangguan seksual yang diterima, proses lanjutan dan setiap hasil siasatan. Laporan ini adalah penting untuk membuktikan ketelusan dan akauntabiliti universiti dalam menangani masalah gangguan seksual.

Kami menyatakan solidariti dengan semua pemandiri gangguan seksual di Universiti Malaya dan menggesa universiti membuat tindakan segera yang tegas. Amatlah mustahak untuk setiap aduan yang dilaporkan disiasat dengan terperinci dan pesalah laku dipertanggungjawabkan sewajarnya. UM merupakan salah sebuah institusi akademik terbaik di Malaysia dengan majoriti pelajar dan staf merupakan perempuan. Oleh itu, adalah menjadi tanggungjawab dan tugas UM untuk memastikan keselamatan dan kesejahteraan komunitinya, terutamanya para pelajar.

Kami juga menggesa Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi untuk melaksanakan langkah tegas bagi mengekang gangguan seksual dan salah guna kuasa, terutamanya kes yang melibatkan pensyarah. Persekitaran akademik yang selamat dan saksama wajib diwujudkan. Terdapat kekangan yang menghalang para pemandiri daripada bersuara. Hal ini menuntut kepada wujudnya sistem sokongan yang lebih mendukung. Sistem sokongan ini perlu merangkumi akses kepada bantuan komprehensif seperti bantuan guaman, kaunseling dan perubatan. Hal ini bagi memastikan pemandiri menerima semua sokongan yang diperlukan untuk pulih dan mendapat keadilan. Tanpa sistem sebegini, kitaran penganiayaan dan pembungkaman akan terus berlaku, sekali gus menjatuhkan integriti institusi pendidikan kita.

 

Ditandatangani Oleh:

  1. Ayesha Sofia
  2. Davina Kho Siew Ping
  3. Fathul Jannah
  4. Jayamalar Samuel
  5. Harjinder Kler
  6. Nadirah Babji
  7. Nazreen Nizam
  8. Nur Adilla
  9. S. Indramalar

Disokong Oleh (Setakat 5pm, 20 Disember 2024):

  1. All Women’s Action Society (AWAM)
  2. AIDA (Autism Inclusiveness Direct Action Group)
  3. Amirah Mardhiah Abu Bakar (Individual)
  4. Amanda Shweeta Louis (Individual)
  5. Ana Jonessy (Individu)
  6. Animah Kosai, the Speaking Up Network
  7. Ahmad Mustaqim (Individu)
  8. Association of Women Lawyers
  9. Asma Mohammed Noor (Individu)
  10. Azman bin Baharudin (Individu)
  11. Bichara Malaya
  12. CBIB
  13. Choo Chon Kai (Individual)
  14. Centre for Independent Journalism
  15. Dari Dapur Cik Tipah
  16. Dayang Nurhazieqa Hamzani (individual)
  17. Department of Anthropology and Sociology
  18. Family Frontiers
  19. Gibbon Conservation Society
  20. Individual – Students
  21. Individual(s) in FASS, UM
  22. Individual(s) in Ministry of Health
  23. Individuals in Universiti Teknologi Sarawak
  24. Individual(s) in Astro Awani
  25. Initiative for Malaysian Humanitarian (INSAN)
  26. Ismail bin Mohammed Noor (Individu)
  27. Haslinah binti Yacob
  28. Hazman Baharom, penyelidik, Universiti Waseda; pensyarah, Universiti JF Oberlin
  29. HAYAT
  30. Ho Yock Lin (President, AWAM)
  31. HUSH Collective
  32. Jamie Yap (Parti Sosialis Malaysia)
  33. Jurnal Sang Pemula
  34. Kamariah Rahmah, Lawyer, UM Alumna
  35. Klima Action Malaysia (KAMY)
  36. Kau Ok Tak
  37. Kaiser Ho, Monsters Among Us
  38. Kemban Kolektif
  39. Kinana Media Sdn Bhd
  40. Knowledge and Rights for Young People through Safer Spaces (KRYSS) Network
  41. Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall’s (KLSCAH) Civil Rights Committee
  42. Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Youth (KLSCAH Youth)
  43. Legal Dignity
  44. Malaysian Doctors for Women & Children
  45. Malaysia First
  46. Malaysian Student and Community of Leeds
  47. Mariani ‘Bam’ Ramli (Individu)
  48. Matahari Books
  49. Monsters Among Us (MAU)
  50. Muhammad Ariff bin Isa (Individu)
  51. MY FAT SQUAD
  52. Najibah Abu Bakar (penterjemah dan penulis buku, Alumni MLIS UM)
  53. Nur Effa Qamariani (Individu)
  54. Nursyukrina Md Khalil (Individu)
  55. Othman bin Mohammed Noor (Individu)
  56. Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM)
  57. Persatuan Aktivis Sahabat Alam (KUASA)
  58. Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER)
  59. Pertubuhan Generasi Aspirasi Pemimpin Wanita Malaysia (GAP.MY)
  60. Pertubuhan Advokasi dan Kesejahteraan Pekak Malaysia
  61. Persatuan Martabat Untuk Semua Petaling Jaya
  62. Persatuan Staff Akademik Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA)
  63. Pusat Pelajar Marhaen (PPM)
  64. Rachel Tan Mei Chien – Industrial Relations Consultant (Individu)
  65. Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM)
  66. Reproductive Health Association of Kelantan
  67. Rubin Khoo (Individu)
  68. Rodziah binti Mansor (Individu)
  69. Rozita binti Lazim (Individu)
  70. Saiff bin Sunardi (Individu)
  71. Sofea bin Sunardi (Individu)
  72. Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia [SABM]
  73. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM)
  74. Sabah Women’s Action Resource Group (SAWO)
  75. Shakila Zen (Individu)
  76. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
  77. Society for Equality, Respect, and Trust for All.
  78. SIUMAN Collective
  79. Sisters in Islam (SIS)
  80. StandUp Malaysia
  81. Siti Amah Ahmad (Individu)
  82. Safiyyah bin Sunardi (Individu)
  83. Shamin Ballazi (endorsing as an individual, Educator, UM Alumnus)
  84. Sya A. (endorsing as an individual, Autistic and Disability Rights Advocate)
  85. Salman bin Sunardi (Individu)
  86. Sunardi Janin (Individu)
  87. Suri Intelek (Individu)
  88. Wan Afifi Zawawie bin Wan Zakaria
  89. WN Khuzairey (Individu)
  90. Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO)
  91. Women’s March Malaysisa 2024
  92. University Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY)
  93. Universiti Terbuka Anak Muda
  94. Zakiah Mohd Noor (Individu)
  95. Zikri Rahman, Koordinator Program Pusat Sejarah Rakyat

 

Layari:  Kenyataan Bersama berkaitan Kes Gangguan Seksual di Universiti Malaya

Sharing Session | Progress and Challenges: The State of Human Rights in Malaysia

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Where are we now, and where are we headed?
Join us as we unpack the current state of Human Rights in Malaysia with SUARAM.

For over three decades, SUARAM has been at the forefront of human rights advocacy. They monitor, document, and publish annual reports that highlight the status of human rights in Malaysia.

Discover the realities, reflect on the struggles, and explore the steps we need to take to move toward a better nation.

Event Details :

Date : 21 December 2024 (Saturday)

Time : 5:00pm – 6:30pm

Venue : Tangga @ COEX
(Address: 123, Jalan Timah, 10150 George Town, Pulau Pinang.)

Speaker : Jernell Tan (Documentation & Monitoring Coordinator, SUARAM)

*Free Admission

《革命前的宁静：激进想法的起源，往往在意料之外》- 说书会

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思想变革是如何萌芽、形成的？
它是轰轰烈烈的，还是缓慢孕育的？
社交媒体是变革的利器或阻力？
它和以前的书信、地下刊物有何不同？

Gal Beckerman是美国资深编辑，以一部《革命前的宁静：激进想法的起源，往往在意料之外》，邀请读者重回11个思想革命现场，考察人如何用不同的媒介（书信、地下刊物、报章、社群媒体等）交流、醖酿革命，当中包括：科学革命、投票权、反抗殖民、女性权益、阿拉伯之春、占领华尔街、黑命攸关等等。

作者试图比较不同媒介之于革命的影响，指出在过去，激进想法在安静私密的空间醖酿而成，而现今时代，社媒主导一切，珍贵的空间迅速消失。

配合 《追求人权百年路 ，星火不息争自由》巡回人权展，隆雪华堂民权委员会秘书，也是说书人黄康伟选择与读者分享本书，同时与本地读者一起思考，马来西亚进入混乱的民主转型期后，「社运怎么办」这一命题。

活动详情：

日期：2024年12月21日
时间：下午3点 – 4点30分
地点：共思社 Ruang Kongsi

说书人：黄康伟（隆雪华堂民权委员会秘书、红树思想实验室成员）

书名：《革命前的宁静：激进想法的起源，往往在意料之外》
作者：盖尔．贝克曼 Gal Beckerman

报名：https://forms.gle/eYZNWWZgkqqwCw2r7

*入场免费
*位置有限，报名者优先入场

《追求人权百年路，星火不息争自由》巡回人权展 —— 槟城场

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隆雪华青人权展首次在槟城登场！

展览为期10天，并与共思社 Ruang Kongsi 配合，举办与人权议题相关的活动。活动详情将陆续公布，敬请期待！

人权展将于12月18日至29日，在COEX @ Kilang Besi展出，展出时间为12pm-8pm，12月23日和24日（星期一和二）休息。

自古至今，人们一直在追求尊严、平等和自由的精神道路上不断前行。尽管时代变迁，“自由”依然被社会视为共同坚守的目标，并在贯穿人权自由历史进程的实践中取得渐进式发展。

本次展览将展示多个主题的自由区块，旨在让参与者深入思考何为“自由”，以及探讨现实对自由的反思。

展览入场免费！让我们一同珍视与捍卫得之不易的“自由”！

如有任何疑问，请联系隆雪华堂秘书处 03- 2274 6645（黄小姐）。

详情如下：

日期：2024年12月18日至29日
（12月23日和24日，星期一和二休息）
时间：12pm-8pm
地点：COEX @ Kilang Besi
（地址：123, Jalan Timah, 10150 George Town, Pulau Pinang.)

联办单位：隆雪华青、共思社 Ruang Kongsi
场地伙伴：COEX @ Kilang Besi

Fight for Freedom, Journey to Liberation! Human Rights Exhibition —— Roving Exhibition to Penang by KLSCAH Youth

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The KLSCAH Youth Human Rights Exhibition is launching for the first time in Penang!

The 10-day exhibition is organized in collaboration with Ruang Kongsi, featuring activity focused on human rights issues. Stay tuned for more details about the events!

The human rights exhibition opens from December 18th to 29th at COEX @ Kilang Besi, from 12pm to 8pm, and will be closed on December 23rd and 24th, Monday and Tuesday.

Throughout the history of mankind, people have been on a constant path of pursuing equality, freedom, and human dignity.

Freedom, and the respect of basic human rights are widely regarded as a universal value worth upholding by many. Lest we forget, the freedom that we enjoy today are owed to those who came before us.

We are now proud to present to you an exhibition dedicated to “FREEDOM”.

This exhibition will be divided into various sections, allowing visitors to visualise and understand the concept of freedom, to revisit the path that leads to where we are at today, and to reflect on what is freedom, and what it means to us.

Freedom is not free, however this exhibition is!

For more information, please contact KLSCAH Secretariat at 03-2274 6645 (Miss Wong).

Event details are as follows:

Date: December 18th-29th, 2024
(*Closed on December 23rd & 24th, Mon-Tue)
Time: 12pm-8pm
Venue: COEX @ Kilang Besi
(Address: 123, Jalan Timah, 10150 George Town, Pulau Pinang.)

Co-organizer: KLSCAH Youth, Ruang Kongsi
Venue Partner: COEX @ Kilang Besi

Criminalize Extrajudicial Killing, And Charge Law Enforcement Officers Involved In The Killing In Court, For It Is Court That Decides Guilt And Whether Any Defence Including Self Defence Will Succeed

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We, the 17 undersigned groups and organizations is appalled at yet another extrajudicial killing by Malaysian police that happened on 13/8/2024(The Sun), whereby immediately after that the public is fed with the police version of what happened in an attempt to absolve the police from guilt, and with allegations that the deceased was a ‘bad person’. Was there even sufficient time for the police to conduct a proper investigation into the killing? Were the police officers in uniform or in a easily identifiable police vehicle?

In cases of extrajudicial killing, it is the police that caused the killing who should be investigated for the crime of murder and culpable homicide, not the deceased.

However, it must be noted that there have been several cases in Malaysia, where the police version of what happened was found to be LIES.

Police Version Of What Happened Found To Be False

The High Court in Ipoh on 1/2/2024  set aside an open verdict delivered in an inquest involving a police shooting in Sitiawan, Perak nearly eight years ago, and ruled it to be a homicide. “This court, under the Chief Justice’s Direction No 2 of 2019, makes a finding of homicide against the police,” he[Judicial commissioner Moses Susayan] said..’ The police and prosecution version were that Mohan got out of the vehicle and fired at the policemen, forcing them to shoot back. However, there were ‘…no bullet casing from the purported revolver used by Mohan was found. Neither were fingerprints, DNA or gunshot residue found on the alleged gun or the deceased. The Inspector-General’s Standing Orders that requires police to fire warning shots and to shoot at the leg was probably not followed. (FMT)

On 31/5/2023 that the coroner’s court, presided by Coroner Rasyihah Ghazali, for ‘police shooting that resulted in death of 3, ‘…. concluded that there was abuse of power and elements of a criminal nature in the death of three men who were shot at close range by police three years ago. “The shots were not fired in self-defense. There was abuse of power and (actions in the nature of) criminal elements by police in the death of the men,”… She said police witnesses gave evidence that shots were fired at the men from an upright position but post-mortem reports stated that the bullets pierced their bodies at a downward angle. … “The weapons described by the ballistic expert (Izzuwan Marzuki) and the investigating officer (P Visvanathan) were also in conflict,” (FMT, 31/5/2023)

We sadly note that there has been no news about the said police personnel found criminally liable for the killing being investigated and/or charged in the courts, despite the findings of the Coroner and/or the Court.

End Perception that Malaysia Protects Law Enforcement Who Broke the Law

The perception that Malaysia protects police and law enforcement officers from criminal prosecution must end. This is not a matter to be dealt with through internal disciplinary actions – but requires the suspected police officers to be charged and tried in Court.

Sadly, in most of these extrajudicial killings, we do not hear about the findings of the Independent Coroner, who is legally the person who will enquire and determine the cause of death, including whether any person, including the police, was criminally liable for the death. Hence, we only have the police version of what happened issued hours after the killing.

The Home Minister must disclose the findings of the Coroner’s Inquiry of all cases of extrajudicial killing by law enforcement. He must explain why the police have not been charged in court for the crime of killing. Whether, the police’s defence of ‘self defence’ will succeed is something for the Court to decide – not the police, the prosecution, the Minister or the government of the day.

Coroner must investigate immediately, and decide fast

In cases of police killing that we hear about the Coroner’s findings, it is simply too long after the said killing occurred. In cases of extrajudicial killings and deaths in custody of law enforcement, Coroners must speedily inquire into the death and render a decision as fast as possible, preferably within a month, not after years. Coroners must not only rely on the police for evidence, but also do their own independent investigations as the police do ‘lie’ at times to maybe protect their own officers.

Police are the suspects – not the deceased

In extrajudicial killings, the suspects of the crime is the POLICE, not the deceased. It is the police suspects that need to be investigated, and not the deceased. It was odd, that a media report stated that the police had commenced an investigation ‘…under the Penal Code for attempted murder’. Are they investigating the deceased, for if they are investigating the police, it should be an investigation for murder, not attempted murder since the victim died. (NST, 13/8/2024)

Extrajudicial Killings Must Be Criminalized – An offence and a deterrent penalty

Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions – is the deliberate killing of individuals outside of any legal framework – are a violation of this most fundamental right. In Malaysia, the Federal Constitution acknowledges the right to life, and in Article 5(1) states that ‘No person shall be deprived of his life …. save in accordance with law’ and this means that the State or its officers can generally only kill someone after he has been tried, convicted and sentenced to death. When it comes to the police, their duty is merely to arrest and investigate suspects – not kill them.

Malaysian law, on arrest is very clear and right to kill is limited to persons who have already been charged in court, being the time, a suspect becomes an accused, for an offence that carries the death penalty or sentence of imprisonment of 30 years or more.

Section 15 of the Criminal Procedure Code, amongst others, state that  ‘…(2) If such person forcibly resist the endeavour to arrest him or attempt to evade the arrest such officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest.(3) Nothing in this section gives a right to cause the death of a person who is not accused of an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment for a term of not less than thirty years but not exceeding forty years or with imprisonment for life.’

In all the known cases, those that end up being shot dead are certainly not accused persons facing trial for such serious offences.

Malaysia must enact a law making extra-judicial killing by law enforcement a crime with a deterrent penalty, as the killers in these cases are public officers responsible for law enforcement, who should never ignore the law and kill suspects, witnesses or others during the performance of their duties. The fact that we have murder and other killing offences in the law is insufficient, and the criminalizing of extrajudicial killings also will indicate Malaysia’s strong position against such killings.

First response by Home Minister is to APOLOGIZE and ensure proper investigation

After anyone is killed whilst making arrest or in police custody, the Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail first response should be to apologize for the death of any suspect. No one during arrest, custody and investigations by law enforcement should die.

He should also commit to an immediate independent investigation and for a speedy Coroner’s inquiry to determine the truth of what really happened. Was there any acceptable legal defence for the killing of persons by the police? In any case, the police personnel involved should be investigated and charged, and it is up to the Court to determine whether any defence, including self-defence will succeed in avoiding conviction.

The Minister is responsible for the police, but that does not translate that he should always come out in defence of police actions and/or ‘justifying’ possible criminal wrongdoings, trusting the police version of the facts.

On the face of it, the police broke the law when they failed to arrest a suspect alive.

Hence, as Minister responsible, he must come out expressing his remorse for what happened, and commit to a thorough investigation to determine the truth. He must also make sure that the police do not try to prematurely justify killings on the basis that the deceased was a ‘bad person’. He must  leave the determination of guilt to the Courts.

It is not for the police to decide whether one is a criminal or not, or whether they deceive the death sentence. They are not ‘judge, jury and executioner’ – the police is NOT ‘a person or group who has unchecked power to make decisions, impose punishments, and carry out those punishments without due process or oversight.’

Therefore, we call

Call for the criminalization of extrajudicial killing, making it a crime with a deterrent penalty;

Call on Malaysia to adopt the Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions, as rrecommended by the United Nation’s Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65 of 24 May 1989, which, amongst others, state that ‘Governments shall prohibit by law all extra-legal, arbitrary and summary executions and shall ensure that any such executions are recognized as offences under their criminal laws, and are punishable by appropriate penalties which take into account the seriousness of such offences…’

Call on the Home Minister to disclose findings of the Coroner in all cases of extra-judicial killings in Malaysia, and explain why the said police officers or law enforcement personnel have NOT been charged and tried in Court for the said killings.

Call on Malaysia to end the ‘defamation’ of the dead, as an attempt to ‘justify’ the killings by law enforcement.

Call for the police officers responsible for the death of suspects and others be charged and tried in Court, for it is Court only that determines guilt, and whether any defence for the said crime including self-defence is accepted.

Charles Hector
Ng Yap Hwa

For and on behalf of the 16 groups listed below

  • ALIRAN
  • MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture)
  • Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement
  • WH4C (Workers Hub For Change)
  • Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
  • Association Of Home And Maquila Workers (ATRAHDOM), Guatemala
  • Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), India
  • Citizens Against Enforced Disappearances (CAGED)
  • Democratic Commission for Human Development, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Global Women’s Strike, United Kingdom
  • KLSCAH Youth
  • Legal Action for Women, United Kingdom
  • Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI), India
  • Redemption, Pakistan
  • Sabah Timber Industry Employees Union (STIEU)
  • Union of Domestic, Maquila, Nexas and Related Workers (SITRADOM), Guatemala
  • Yaung Chi Oo Workers’ Association (YCOWA)

Memorandum Bersama: Menuntut Siasatan Di Dawah Seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan Bagi Kematian Soosaimanicckam a/l Joseph

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Soosaimanicckam a/l Joseph, telah meninggal dunia pada 19.5.2018 Hospital Angkatan Tentera Lumut sewaktu menjalani Latihan Pegawai Kadet Graduan Angkatan Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (“Latihan PKG TLDM”) di Kd Sultan Idris 1, Pangkalan Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia, Lumut Perak.

Mendiang, yang hanya berumur 27 tahun sewaktu kematiannya, telah meninggal dunia hanya selepas seminggu menjalani Latihan PKG TLDM tersebut. Pemeriksaan kesihatan yang diambil oleh mendiang sebagai pra-syarat kepada Latihan PKG TLDM tersebut telah melaporkan bahawa mendiang tidak mempunyai apa-apa penyakit dan disahkan sihat.

Pada 29.7.2024 Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh di dalam Rayuan Jenayah No.: AA-42(ORS)-5-07/2023 telah memutuskan bahawa kematian mendiang adalah disebabkan homisid (homicide) iaitu beliau telah dibunuh. Mahkamah juga memutuskan bahawa pembunuhan ini adalah akibat tindakan langsung pegawai-pegawai Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia.

Lanjutan itu, pihak keluarga mendiang Soosaimanicckam telah pun membuat laporan polis di IPD Petaling Jaya pada 1.8.2024 (No. Repot: Pusat/005687/23) menuntut suatu siasatan pembunuhan di bawah seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan dijalankan susulan dari keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh tersebut.

Sehingga kini, pihak keluarga mendiang tidak dihubungi oleh pihak polis dan tidak dimaklumkan sama ada siasatan sedang dijalankan atas kematian mendiang Soosamanicckam selaras dengan laporan tersebut dan keputusan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh tersebut.

Oleh yang demikian, kami dari badan-badan yang disenaraikan di bawah menuntut seperti berikut:

  1. Suatu siasatan di bawah seksyen 302 Kanun Keseksaan dibuka dan dikendalikan oleh pasukan dari Ibu Pejabat Polis Diraja Malaysia di Bukit Aman.
  2. Suatu pasukan siasatan yang bebas dilantik untuk menjalankan siasatan tersebut.
  3. Bahawa siasatan yang dijalankan harus memberi pertimbangan sewajarnya kepada keputusan homisid yang diberikan oleh Mahkamah Tinggi Ipoh.
  4. Perkembangan siasatan dikomunikasikan kepada pihak keluarga untuk memastikan ketelusan siasatan.
  5. IPD Manjung memberi penjelasan berkenaan kegagalan untuk membuat siasatan yang telus dan menyeluruh bagi kematian Soosamainicckam pada tahun 2018.

Fight for Freedom, Journey to Liberation! Human Rights Exhibition —— Roving Exhibition to JB by KLSCAH Youth

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KLSCAH Youth Human Rights Exhibition will be heading to JB for the first time. This time, KLSCAH Youth has collaborated with local community organizations, including Classroom 47, Johor Yellow Flame (JYF) and P320 Community Space to organize a series of activities during the 10-day exhibition, of which the event details will be announced later.

The human rights exhibition opens from August 16th to 25th at Classroom 47, from Sunday to Thursday, from 10am to 5pm, and Friday to Saturday, from 10am to 9pm.

The opening ceremony of the human rights exhibition will be held on August 17th, 2pm at the exhibition venue, with Bakri MP Tan Hong Bin as the guest of honour.

Throughout the history of mankind, people have been on a constant path of pursuing equality, freedom, and human dignity.

Freedom, and the respect of basic human rights are widely regarded as a universal value worth upholding by many. Lest we forget, the freedom that we enjoy today are owed to those who came before us.

We are now proud to present to you an exhibition dedicated to “FREEDOM”.

This exhibition will be divided into various sections, allowing visitors to visualise and understand the concept of freedom, to revisit the path that leads to where we are at today, and to reflect on what is freedom, and what it means to us.

Freedom is not free, however this exhibition is!

For more information, please contact Catherine at 019-755 9042.

Event details are as follows:

Date: 16th-25th August 2024
Time: Sun-Thurs 10am-5pm, Fri- Sat 10am-9pm

Venue: Classroom 47
(Address: 47, Jalan Impian Emas 5/1, Taman Impian Emas, 81300 Skudai, Johor.)

Organizer: KLSCAH Youth, Classroom 47, Johor Yellow Flame (JYF), P320 Community Space

《追求人权百年路，星火不息争自由》巡回人权展 —— 新山场

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隆雪华青人权展首度移师南马柔佛举办，并与当地社区组织包括47号课室、柔南黄色行动小组以及P320社区空间配合。

在一连10天的展览期间，我们也将会举办一系列的活动，并在稍后陆续公布详情。

人权展将于8月16日至25日，在47号课室展出，展出时间为星期日至四 10am-5pm；星期五至六 10am-9pm。

此外，我们将在8月17日下午2点，在47号课室举办人权展开幕礼，由峇吉里国会议员陈泓宾担任开幕嘉宾。

自古至今，人们一直在追求尊严、平等和自由的精神道路上不断前行。尽管时代变迁，“自由”依然被社会视为共同坚守的目标，并在贯穿人权自由历史进程的实践中取得渐进式发展。

本次展览将展示多个主题的自由区块，旨在让参与者深入思考何为“自由”，以及探讨现实对自由的反思。

展览入场免费！让我们一同珍视与捍卫得之不易的“自由”！

如有任何疑问，请联系Catherine 019-755 9042。

详情如下：

日期：2024年8月16日至25日
时间：星期日至四 10am-5pm；星期五至六 10am-9pm
地点：47号课室
(地址：47, Jalan Impian Emas 5/1, Taman Impian Emas, 81300 Skudai, Johor.)

联办单位：隆雪华青、47号课室、柔南黄色行动小组、P320社区空间

KENYATAAN BERSAMA: SAIFUDDIN NASUTION HARUS DIPECAT SEGERA, BUKA SIASATAN TERHADAP KEMATIAN TEOH BENG HOCK DIBAWAH KANUN KESEKSAAN S.302

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Pertubuhan masyarakat sivil (Civil Society Organisation – CSO) yang disenarai di bawah mengecam sekeras-kerasnya kenyataan Menteri Dalam Negeri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail bahawa kekerasan polis sewaktu perarakan sempena Ulang Tahun ke-15 Teoh Beng Hock adalah untuk menjaga ketenteraman awam. Kami menuntut agar Saifuddin Nasution dipecat sebagai Menteri Dalam Negeri memandangkan beliau tidak layak menyandang jawatan tersebut atas tiga kegagalan utama.

Pertama, Menteri Dalam Negeri Saifuddin Nasution gagal mengarahkan Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) untuk membuka semula siasatan terhadap pegawai-pegawai Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) yang terlibat dalam kes kematian Teoh Beng Hock dibawah Kanun Keseksaan seksyen 302.

Mahkamah Rayuan pada tahun 2014 telah memutuskan bahawa kematian Teoh Beng Hock adalah diakibatkan oleh ‘seorang atau beberapa orang yang tidak dikenali termasuk pegawai SPRM’, dan telah mengesyorkan pihak polis untuk membuka semula siasatan.

Selama 15 tahun sejak kematian Teoh Beng Hock, Pakatan Rakyat atau Pakatan Harapan berkali-kali berjanji kepada ahli keluarga Teoh Beng Hock bahawa mereka tidak akan teragak-agak untuk menyiasat dan menuduh pihak bertanggungjawab di mahkamah sekiranya mereka diberikan mandat oleh rakyat untuk menjadi kerajaan.

Namun, Menteri Dalam Negeri bersikap sambil lewa dalam perkara ini dan tidak pernah membalas kepada tuntutan keluarga Teoh. Persatuan Teoh Beng Hock Demi Kemajuan Demokrasi (TBH-ADA) terpaksa berjalan melebihi 45km dari Plaza Masalam (tempat kejadian kematian Teoh Beng Hock) ke Parlimen Malaysia untuk menyerahkan memorandum supaya suara keluarga Teoh dapat didengari oleh mereka yang kini berkuasa.

Keluarga Teoh tidak memerlukan belas kasihan daripada Menteri tetapi satu tindakan tegas dan cekap dalam siasatan PDRM dalam kes kematian Teoh Beng Hock. Perbualan atau permohonan maaf secara persendirian sememangnya tidak bermakna kepada keluarga Teoh selepas 15 tahun dan terutamanya PH kini telah memegang kuasa eksekutif.

Kedua, Saifuddin Nasution gagal menyemak semula Prosedur Operasi Standard (SOP) PDRM untuk menangani perarakan dan himpunan aman sehingga menyebabkan kekerasan polis berlaku dan mencederakan peserta-peserta. Antara kekerasan polis adalah menolak peserta ke tepi, mengheret baju peserta, menarik rantai leher peserta sehingga dia susah bernafas dan rantai terputus, dan menjatuhkan peserta ke atas lantai secara sengaja.

Kami mengingatkan penyerahan memorandum di luar pagar Parlimen bukan satu perkara baharu padahal keluarga Teoh pernah menyerahkan memorandum kepada Ahli-ahli Parlimen di luar pagar Bangunan Parlimen sewaktu pemerintahan kerajaan Najib Razak.

Kami juga mengingatkan pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Harapan pernah menjadi mangsa kepada sekatan polis ke Parlimen dan kekerasan polis. Jangan kita lupa, polis pernah menyekat pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Harapan memasuki Dewan Rakyat pada 2 Ogos 2021.[1]  Pada masa itu, pemimpin Pakatan Harapan turut mengkritik tindakan polis yang menyekat suara Rakyat ke Parlimen. Jangan kita lupa, pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan termasuk Anwar Ibrahim pernah menjadi mangsa kekerasan polis waktu Himpunan Bersih 2.0 dan tindakan polis juga dikecam sekeras-kerasnya dan bukan dipertahankan sebagai langkah menjaga ketenteraman awam.

Tidak kira penyerahan memorandum di luar pagar Parlimen atau Himpunan BERSIH 2.0 adalah suatu amalan demokratik yang patut diraikan malah hak berhimpun secara aman di bawah Perlembagaan Persekutuan patut dihormati dan bukan dizalimi. Kerajaan Madani terutamanya yang diketuai reformis-reformis patut lebih progresif untuk memudahkan perarakan atau himpunan aman dan bukan sebaliknya.

Ketiga, Menteri Dalam Negeri gagal mempertahankan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia. Saifuddin Nasution telah berkali-kali menunjukan ketidakcekapan beliau dalam banyak perkara berkaitan dengan hak asasi manusia, termasuk isu salah laku dan kekerasan polis, isu kematian dalam tahanan, isu penindasan masyarakat Bajau Laut, isu tahanan tanpa bicara, isu kewarganegaraan, isu penggunaan Akta Hasutan dan intimidasi terhadap aktivis-aktivis, dan lain-lain lagi.

Pendirian dan respon Saifuddin Nasution terhadap isu-isu ini hanya mengekalkan status quo dan tidak mengambil peduli saranan-saranan daripada pihak masyarakat sivil mahupun masyarakat yang terkesan. Beliau hanya menunjukkan keangkuhan seseorang pemerintah, dan melaksanakan sesuatu mengikut kehendak hati dan kepentingan politik diri sendiri sahaja. Ia bercanggah kepada nilai Malaysia Madani yang sepatutnya bersikap keterbukaan dan mengutamakan kepentingan rakyat jelata.

Menteri Dalam Negeri mempunyai kuasa yang sangat besar dan mengetuai badan-badan penguatkuasaan. Kami tegaskan bahawa Rakyat Malaysia memerlukan seorang Menteri Dalam Negeri yang dapat menghormati hak asasi manusia dan menegakkan keadilan, dan bukannya seorang penindas yang mengancam keselamatan rakyat jelata. Atas sebab-sebab ini, Saifuddin Nasution harus dipecat segera sebagai Menteri Dalam Negeri.

Kenyataan disokong oleh:

  1. KLSCAH Youth
  2. University of Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY)
  3. Liga Demokratik Rakyat
  4. EMPOWER
  5. Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia (SABM)
  6. Gerakan Belia Se-Punjabi Malaysia – GBSM
  7. Student Progressive Front UUM 北大前进阵线
  8. Suara Siswa UUM 北大学声阵线
  9. Gerakan Mahasiswa Maju UPM
  10. KLSCAH Civil Rights Committee
  11. Borneo Komrad
  12. Hayat
  13. Eliminating Deaths and Abuse in Custody Together (EDICT)
  14. Aliran 
  15. MANDIRI – Pusat Pembangunan Rakyat
  16. Congress IIUM
  17. Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET)
  18. Pergerakan Tenaga Akademik Malaysia (GERAK)
  19. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
  20. Himpunan Advokasi Rakyat Malaysia (HARAM)
  21. Suara Mahasiswa UMS
  22. Mahasiswa Demokratik Malaysia (MDM)
  23. Demokrat UKM
  24. Rahman Student League
  25. Rahman Solidarity League
  26. Stateless.MY

 

[1] Pembangkang yang diketuai oleh Pakatan Harapan menuntut Muhyiddin meletak jawatan sebagai Perdana Menteri yang didakwa melanggar Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan menghina instusi raja Perlembagaan termasuk menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri mengelirukan Dewan.

 

19hb Julai 2024

Kenyataan Bersama: Saifuddin Nasution Harus Dipecat Segera