An independent commission should look into these cases

Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan ke-29 Aliran

Sdr P Ramakrishnan telah dipilih sekali lagi sebagai presiden Aliran dalam mesyuarat agung tahunan (MAT) ke-29nya yang diadakan hari ini.

Mesyuarat pertubuhan hak asasi manusia ini juga memilih:

• Dr Francis Loh sebagai setiausaha kehormat
• Dr Mustafa K Anuar sebagai penolong setiausaha kehormat dan
• Anil Netto sebagai bendahari kehormat.

Turut dipilih sebagai ahli jawatankuasa eksekutif ialah:

• Gan Kong Hwee
• Dr Prema Devaraj
• Andrew Wong
• Dr Maznah Mohamad
• Dr Yeoh Seng Guan
• Dr Andrew Aeria
• Sarajun Hoda bin Abdul Hassan
• Dr Khoo Boo Teik
• Dr Subramaniam Pillay
• Angeline Loh dan
• Ong Eu Soon

MAT ini juga meluluskan dua usul: memohon Perdanan Menteri agar mengarahkan Peguam Negara bertindak terhadap 18 kes rasuah penting dalam perangnya melawan rasuah. Mengikut Ketua Pengarah Agensi Anti-Rasuah, sepertimana yang dilaporkan oleh media tempatan pada 28 Mei 2004, penyiasatan terhadap kes ini telah selesai dilakukan dan telahpun dihantarkan kepada Peguam Negara.

Sekali lagi, MAT mengalu-alukan hasil penyiasatan yang dikeluarkan oleh Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis serta 125 saranan yang dibuat oleh Suruhanjaya itu. Berdasarkan laporan terbaru mengenai dakwaan bahawa tahanan dalam tahanan polis (police custody) menerima layanan buruk, MAT menggesa penubuhan segara Suruhanjaya Bebas Aduan dan Salahlaku Polis sepertimana yang disarankan oleh Suruhanjaya Diraja Polis itu.

Satu aktiviti utama tahun ini ialah perayaan �Ulangtahun Ke25 Aliran Monthly: Mewujudkan Idea Alternatif dan Ruang Bebas�. Lebih kurang 500 orang menghadiri majlis ini di Petaling Jaya pada 25 Sept. 2005.

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Aliran�s 29th Annual General Meeting

P Ramakrishnan was re-elected president of Aliran at the 29th annual general meeting of the human rights group today.

The AGM also elected:

• Dr Francis Loh as honorary secretary
• Dr Mustafa K Anuar as honorary assistant secretary and
• Anil Netto as honorary treasurer.

Also elected to the executive committee were:

• Gan Kong Hwee
• Dr Prema Devaraj
• Andrew Wong
• Dr Maznah Mohamad
• Dr Yeoh Seng Guan
• Dr Andrew Aeria
• Sarajun Hoda bin Abdul Hassan
• Dr Khoo Boo Teik
• Dr Subramaniam Pillay
• Angeline Loh and
• Ong Eu Soon

The AGM passed two resolutions. Reiterating its support for the Prime Minister�s battle to eradicate corruption in Malaysia, it called upon the PM to direct the Attorney-General to act on the 18 high-profile corruption cases, the investigation for which, according to the Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Agency, as reported in the local media on 28 May 2004, had been completed and handed over to the Attorney-General.

The meeting once again welcomed the findings of the Police Royal Commission released in May 2005 and the Commission�s 125 recommendations. In view of recent reports of the alleged abuses of detainees while in police custody in Banting police station on 28 October and in Air Itam police station in Penang on 9 November; the detention of three female Chinese nationals, one of whom was stripped naked and slapped, in Sg Buloh police station on 3 November; and yet another case of a female Chinese national who was stripped naked in the Petaling Jaya police station; the AGM called for the immediate establishment of the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission as recommended by the Royal Commission. This Commission, not any Police investigative committee, should look into these alleged cases of police abuse.

A highlight of the year was the celebration of �25 Years of Aliran Monthly: Creating Free Spaces and Alternative Ideas�. About 500 people attended the special celebration held in Petaling Jaya on Sept 25.


P. Ramakrishnan
President
27 November 2005

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