Thursday, July 31, 2008

Abuse of Power and Victimization


The so-called fair and just Pakatan Rakyat government double standard can be reflected in a Letter of Authority(surat kuasa) letter issued out by its state assemblyman. A snapshot of the first page of this letter can be seen above.

The letter targeted specific JKKK (Village Development and Security Committees) & KRT (Neighbourhood Watch Area) village/area chairpersons and its committee members. This letter authorized the bearer of the letter to go to 5 specific villages/areas in the mainland and execute the following:-
  • to change the leadership of all the JKKK & KRT leadership in the specified 5 areas
  • to takeover all government owned halls
  • to takeover power, monies and equipment
  • to take over the collection of revenue at night market and public market.
The JKKK and KRT leadership, monies, properties and equipment are not under the purview of the state assemblyman.

A press conference was held to highlight this blatant abuse of power and victimization of local community leaders. We demand the Chief Minister, the leader of Pakatan Rakyat in Penang to clarify and to investigate.

2 comments:

Small Little Penang said...

this is clearly "abusing the power which was given to them by the rakyat".

They manage to won the heart of the people, and gain the trust of the penangkia™, but now it seems that they showed their true face and start making use of the power given to them.

H'ng Khoon Leng said...

Based on The Sun newspaper report, LGE declined to comment until he had more information on the matter.

Hopefully, he do not inconveniently forget to answer.