Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Syabas, Selangor Bela Adun Seri Muda, Biarkan GAPS Dengan Sakit Hatinya
Posted on Monday, February 07 @ 07:28:41 PST
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Oleh: wfauzdin_ns

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Betapa bengangnya GAPS (Gabungan Anti Penyelewengan Selangor) apabila Kerajaan Negeri Selangor akan membiayai kos perundangan Adun Seri Muda, YB Shuhaimi Shafie yang bakal didakwa atas tuduhan menghina Sultan Selangor. Sememangnya puak-puak ini suka melihat Adun tersebut tersungkur di mahkamah dan kemungkinan akan ada lagi PRK di Selangor untuyk mereka merampas kerusi Dun Seri Muda.

GAPS berkata tindakan kerajaan Selangor membiayai kos perundangan ADUN Seri Muda Muda Shuhaimi Shafiei - yang akan dihadapkan ke mahkamah ekoran tulisan berkaitan Sultan Selangor - disifatkan sebagai "pembaziran dan penyelewengan wang rakyat". Pembaziran wang rakyat apanya jika Adun tersebut menulis demi untuk kesejahjteraan rakyat dan kedaulatan raja-raja? Bukankah rakyat dan raja tidak boleh dipisahkan? Raja boleh menitah kepada rakyat, manakala rakyat juga boleh menegur raja untuk membuktikan kasih sayang kita kepada raja.

Membela seorang Wakil Rakyat yang dianggap menderhaka kepada Sultan, sedangkan tiada satu bukti pun kita lihat bentuk penderhakaan itu bahkan Adun berkenaan secara terbuka menyebut sekiranya ada ayat atau frasa di dalam tulisannya yang menyinggung Sultan, beliau rela memohon maaf dan bersedia untuk berjumpa Duli Tuanku. Itu membuktikan betapa ikhlasnya Adun tersebut. Butakah mata GAPS dengan berbagai bentuk penderhakaan kepada raja yang lebih dahsyat sebelum ini?

Cuba tanya Tun Mahathir, tanya Ibrahim Ali dan tanya juga geng-geng Idris Jusoh di Terengganu tentang sejarah Sultan di hina. Mereka semua boleh ceritakan kisah-kisah `keberanian' mereka kepada raja. Ada pernah mereka didakwa seperti Adun Seri Muda ini? Justeru itu, GAPS jangan hipokrit kerana rakyat tidak lagi sebodoh kamu./wfauzdin.blogspot.com"

Monday, February 7, 2011

Adun Sri Muda, Shuhaimi SHAFIEI expected in court.

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Fazry Ismail

Member of Legislative Assembly (ADUN) Sri Muda, Shuhaimi SHAFIEI expected in court in relation to writing in his blog, which is said to insult the Sultan was greeted by his supporters arriving at the court of Shah Alam this morning, 7 February 2011.

Shuhaimi pleads not guilty

Sri Muda PKR assemblyman claims trial to sedition charge

NADIRAH H. RODZI

Monday, February 7th, 2011 13:08:00

IN CONFIDENT MOOD: Shuhaimi arriving at court this morning — Pic: Hussein Shaharuddin

SHAH ALAM: Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafiei pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here this morning to posting an allegedly seditious article in his blog (srimuda.blogspot.com) on the appointment of Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi as the new Selangor State Secretary on Dec 30 last year.

He was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 which carries a fine not exceeding RM5,000 or imprisonment up to three years, or both, on conviction.

If convicted, Shuhaimi also risks losing his seat.

Justice Latifah Mohd Tahar fixed March 28 for the mention date and bail was set at RM8,000.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Hanafiah Zakaria had initially proposed for bail to be set at RM20,000, due the severity of the offence.

Shuhaimi posted bail.

Among those who attended the proceedings were Kapar MP S. Manikavasagam, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar, Pandamaran assemblyman Ronnie Liu and hundreds of Pakatan Rakyat supporters.

Suhaimi was represented by counsel Edmund Bon and Amer Hamzah Arshad.

Speaking to reporters after the proceedings, Amer said: "The charge against Shuhaimi is merely based on politics. Before this, we have seen many Barisan Nasional politicians issuing seditious remarks but they were never charged."

Shuhaimi allegedly committed the offence on Dec 30 last year at Pusat Khidmat Rakyat, 6/2, Jalan Anggerik Vanilla, R 31/R, Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam, by posting a blog post titled "Pandangan saya berasaskan undang-undang tubuh kerajaan negeri Selangor 1959".

His blog allegedly questioned the consent given by the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to the appointment of Mohd Khusrin.

On Jan 4, seven police reports were lodged against the blog. Three were made by Umno Youth, MCA and the MIC Kota Raja division while the other four were made by non-governmental organisations, namely, Selangor Bugis Association, the Klang Branch of Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia, Gabungan Anti-Penyelewengan Selangor and Pusat Komuniti Andalas.

On Feb 3, Shuhaimi surrendered himself at the Shah Alam police headquarters to help facilitate investigations. He was later released on police bail.

The following day, the Menteri Besar's Office Press Secretariat issued a statement declaring that the State government would not abandon Shuhaimi to face the charge and would support his stand to uphold justice.

The State government had said that it would give its full support to Shuhaimi and believes he has no intention of insulting the royal institution, it said.

Notable cases

• Shah Alam cow head protesters

THE infamous “cow-head” protest by angry residents of Shah Alam over the proposed relocation of a Hindu temple to their neighbourhood saw 12 protestors hauled into court. Evyza Ezhar Ramly, 32, and Mohd Azmir Mohd Zain, 36, were found guilty and fined RM3,000 each with the former sentenced to a week in jail. Four others were discharged not amounting to acquittal.

• Raja Petra Kamaruddin

Blogger and editor of online portal Malaysia Today Raja Petra Kamaruddin, known by his initials “RPK”, was charged under the act on May 6, 2008, for a posting on his website entitled: “Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell”, which implied Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's were involved in the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Sharibuu.

• Karpal Singh

Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh of DAP was charged of sedition against the Sultan of Perak, after he allegedly said at a press conference on Feb 6, 2009, that legal action can be taken against the Sultan over the ruler’s role in the state constitutional crisis in 2008. The Kuala Lumpur High Court acquitted him last June 11.

• The Hindraf Trio

Lawyers P. Uthayakumar, 49, younger brother P. Waytha Moorthy, 44, and V. Ganabatirau, 37, leaders of Indian NGO Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf), were charged under the Sedition Act for allegedly inciting a crowd through their speeches in Tamil on Nov 16, 2007 at a restaurant in Batang Berjuntai.

READ: Selangor government to bear Shuhaimi's legal cost

Sri Muda rep pleads not guilty to sedition charge

UPDATED @ 12:57:37 PM 07-02-2011

By Boo Su-Lyn

February 07, 2011

SHAH ALAM, Feb 7 — Selangor's Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafiei pleaded not guilty when he was charged with sedition in the Sessions Court here this morning.

He was charged over his statements on the state secretary impasse that were posted in his blog, www.srimuda.blogspot.com, on December 30 last year.

If convicted, Shuhaimi (picture), 42, faces a maximum jail term of three years, a fine of not more than RM5,000, or both under section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948.

The PKR central leadership council member was accused of committing the offence under section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act at his service centre in Kota Kemuning here.

He had opposed Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi’s contentious appointment on January 1 as the state secretary.

Last month, the Selangor Anti-Fraud Coalition (GAPS) and Malay rights group Perkasa lodged a police report against Shuhaimi for allegedly insulting the Selangor Sultan on his blog.

Shuhaimi, dressed in a white shirt and black suit, was calm as the charge was read out to him in the packed courtroom.

PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar and Selangor executive councillors Dr Xavier Jayakumar and Yaakob Sapari were among those present in the courtroom.

Judge Latifah Mohd Tahar set bail at RM8,000 with one surety.

DPP Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria had earlier urged the court to set bail at RM20,000, calling the offence “serious” as it allegedly involved sedition against the Selangor Sultan.

Shuhaimi’s lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, however, slammed the DPP’s suggestion as “oppressive”.

“If a RM20,000 bail is set for an offence that has a RM5,000 fine, it is beyond absurdity. It is injustice,” Amer told the court.

Shuhaimi’s other lawyer, Edmund Bon, had asked the court to set a personal bond instead of bail.

“If today, a bond is given, he doesn’t have to pay RM20,000,” said Bon.

“It is just his word that is security. As an assemblyperson, my client will not abscond,” he added.

Shuhaimi’s third lawyer, N. Surendran, said the lawmaker would file an application to strike out his sedition charge on grounds that the Sedition Act is unconstitutional.

“We will be filing it in the High Court here soon,” said Surendran.

Outside the courtroom, Surendran accused Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail of using the Sedition Act to attack the federal opposition.

“There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that the Sedition Act is abused by the A-G... to oppress those who speak out against the government,” Surendran told reporters.

“The office of the A-G must be reformed now. One man cannot have so much power,” said the human rights lawyer.

Surendran also demanded for the abolition of the Sedition Act.

“If the government says we are a free country, abolish the Sedition Act. Drop the charges against Shuhaimi,” said the PKR vice-president.

Amer said the Sedition Act was unnecessary as the federal constitution guaranteed freedom of expression.

“This charge is a political charge,” Amer told reporters outside the courtroom.

Besides Amer, Surendran and Bon, Shuhaimi’s other lawyers are Latheefa Koya, Yusmadi Yusoff, Fahri Azzat, and Nizam Bashir.

The court set March 28 for mention of the case.

Comments (24)

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jemey · 7 hours ago

berani cakap berani tanggung...

5 replies · active less than 1 minute ago

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Rocketeer · 7 hours ago

A good ADUN is one who constructively writes with sincerity on assessment on the state's political developments. Are we not into intelligent reps to be wakil rakyat. What happened to freedom of speech written in noble and educative thoughts for discussive purposes??

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1 money · 6 hours ago

They say you are guilty that's means you are guilty. Malaysia boleh!

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Johan · 5 hours ago

How do you know he is not guilty? Let the court decide after hearing from both the Prosecution and the defence lah. Why come to a conclusion when the case has not started yet. Orang yang bersalah saja yang takut-kalau takbersalah tak takut bawalah kemanapun.

Lanauputra · 4 hours ago

Orang yang tak salah tak takut Tetapi takut tak adil. You know what human being will do to bodek their boss.

Kenny · 3 hours ago

I read in The Sun, Teresa Kok says that the state govt will bear his legal cost with the rakyat's money because he defended the State govt. I wonder if she is going to use rakyat's money again to defend any tom, dick & harry bloggers who could be charged or sued for making libelous statement while defending her state govt.....

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Utusanlayu · 7 hours ago

I know that you are not guilty and the whole world knows that it was Parti Songlap 1 Malaysia and PERKOSA who makes you look guilty.

1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago

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Baba · 7 hours ago

Yes. Malaysians are watching. It is a plot to topple Selangor Government, like the Perak plot.

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Jsn · 7 hours ago

He is rakyat's voice.a good YB...not guilty

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mike · 3 hours ago

Kings, dictators and corrupt leaders are afraid to have their dirty laundry being washed in public. All institutions must be able to stand up to public scrutiny and debate ie good governance.

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Malaysia Bersatu · 6 hours ago

No 1Malaysia, what we need is MALAYSIAN BERSATU.

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Dr. Ng Khor Wee · 6 hours ago

To the Malaysian Insider:

Please exercise editorial accuracy and provide the direct weblink to the blog post concerned.

This is journalistic ethics, so that readers can judge for themselves whether as in this case the ADUN has committed any wrongs or not.

Otherwise, we are simply tainting his name.

Dear readers, the blog article concerned can be found here:
http://srimuda.blogspot.com/2010/12/pandangan-saya-berasaskan-undang-undang.html

Please read and judge whether what is said there is sedition.

From what I read, there is absolutely nothing impolite or seditious in it.

Thank you.

1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago

Roger · 4 hours ago

Yeah, I don't even detect a hint of seditious remarks.

How can the cops charge him for sedition? Did they even do their side of the investigation before charging him?

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aruna · 6 hours ago

IPERKASA and UMNO will be very happy with this persecution of a hard working, dedicated and committed State Assemblyman. Shuhaimi need not worry for the people are with you. They will kick your opponents out come next election. Carry on with the good work and the people will be with you YB.

homo sapien · 6 hours ago

I am not quite sure how and who decides it's seditious? Did his action cause the government it's creditability?

Parameswara · 6 hours ago

Next Deputy MB in the making!
Thank you BN.

Kim · 5 hours ago

We, the Rakyat of Malaysia, in this Court of Public Opinion, find the Defendant, YB Shuhaimi Shafiei, NOT GUILTY as charged.

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Frenchman · 5 hours ago

Apa kesnya? Mana ada kes? Tak ada kes!

But I think for Surendran to argue the Sedition Act should be abolished is too much to talk together with this non-case.

MM-thir · 5 hours ago

In the arguments presented before court, counsel should highlight actions / speeches made by Mahathir on the monarchy - if those are not seditious then how could Shuhaimi's be by any stretch of the imagination???? That would put the judge in a real spot

1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago

Steven Lau · 5 hours ago

Agree

BetterThanEver · 5 hours ago

With PERKASA ever willing to lodge police reports and AG ready to prosecute, all MPs might as well be ' yes' men to the ruling government ! And once the government gags on internet, we too will be yes men or else what we write will be deemed `seditious'. All this and yet the government says we are a democratic country. Come on, we malaysians are ain't that stupid!

newmalay · 4 hours ago

Don't they learn from the Egyptian experience? The kleptocracy could use repressive laws to cow the rakyat but there will be a point when the rakyat will overcome the fear...then no laws, no special branch, no pekida can contain the explosion

My Oh My · 4 hours ago

His statement has agitated a lot of people especially the Malays. A matter concerning the Sultanate Institution is a sensitive issue for the Malays, but yet PKR leaders still choose not to respect this.

Strict action should be taken on ADUN Sri Muda for his statement. It’s clear that he has no respect or what so ever for the Sultanate Institution.

jcliu 113p · 3 hours ago

After reading the article, I feel Shuhaimi's analysis of the matter is upmost rational and nothing wrong and seditious. To the public this is simply persecution and oppression by the State. If the polis is fair and enthusiastic in carrying out justics, the former PM(spiritual leader of PERKASA) would be the one in jail because what he had uttered and done during the constitution crisis was far too much for ordinary people to comprehend.

Source: Malaysian Insider.

"Rakyat Hakim Negara" - Editor

Shuhaimi mengaku tidak bersalah berhubung dakwaan menghasut

TERKINI @ 01:26:45 PM 07-02-2011

Oleh Boo Su-Lyn

February 07, 2011

Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Sri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafiei bercakap kepada media selepas memberi keterangan berhubung satu entri dalam blognya pada 12 Januari. — Foto Bernama

Shuhaimi ketika tiba di pekarangan Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam sambil disambut beberapa pemimpin Pakatan

SHAH ALAM, 7 Feb - Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Taman Sri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafie mengaku tidak bersalah atas tuduhan menghasut di Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini.

Shuhaimi didakwa di bawah Akta Hasutan 1948 berikutan tulisan dalam laman blognya yang kononnya menghina Sultan Selangor berhubung kontroversi pelantikan setiausaha kerajaan negeri Selangor 30 Disember lalu.

Shuhaimi didakwa menerusi artikel berjudul ‘Pandangan saya berasaskan Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Selangor 1959′.

Shuhaimi tiba di mahkamah kira-kira jam 9.30 pagi dan mengaku tidak bersalah sejurus selepas pertuduhan dibacakan kepadanya oleh jurubahasa mahkamah.

Jika sabit kesalahan ia membawa hukuman denda tidak melebihi RM5,000, atu penjara sehingga tiga tahun bagi kesalahan pertama.

Hakim Latifah Mohd Tahar membenarkan beliau diikat jamin sebanyak RM8,000 dengan seorang penjamin.

Shuhaimi diwakili tujuh peguam, diketuai peguam Hak asasi manusia terkenal Edmund Bon.

Peguam lain, termasuk Lateefa Koya, Yusmaidi Yusoff, N Surendran, Amer Hamzah, Fahri Azzat dan Nizam Bashir.

Manakala pihak pendakwaan pula dikendalikan Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria dan Ishak Mohd Yusof.

Mahkamah menetapkan kes itu akan disebut pada 28 Mac ini.

Turut hadir pada prosiding di hadapan Hakim Latifah Mohd Tahar ialah wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat (Pakatan), termasuk Azmin Ali, Nurul Izzah Anwar dan Yaakob Sapari.

Wakil rakyat penggal pertama itu dikenakan tuduhan di bawah Akta Hasutan 1948 berhubung kenyataannya menyentuh kemelut pelantikan setiausaha kerajaan negeri Selangor menerusi blognya pada 30 Disember lalu.

Jika sabit kesalahan, Shuhaimi, 42, berhadapan dengan hukuman penjara maksimum tiga tahun, denda tidak melebihi RM5,000 atau kedua-duanya sekali.

Kes itu akan disebut semula pada 28 Mac.

Beliau yang juga anggota Majlis Pimpinan Pusat PKR didakwa melakukan kesalahan tersebut di pusat khidmatnya di Kota Kemuning di sini dan kelihatan tenang ketika tuduhan dibacakan.

Turut hadir di bilik mahkamah yang sesak pagi tadi ialah Timbalan Presiden PKR Azmin Ali, Naib Presiden Nurul Izzah Anwar dan Exco Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Dr Xavier Jayakumar dan Yaakob Sapari.

Hakim Latifah Mohd Tahar menetapkan ikat jamin RM8,000 dengan seorang penjamin.

Terdahulu, timbalan pendakwa raya Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria meminta mahkamah menetapkan RM20,000 sebagai wang ikat jamin atas alasan kesalahan didakwa dilakukan adalah serius membabitkan hasutan terhadap Sultan Selangor.

Bagaimanapun peguam Shuhaimi, Amer Hamzah Arshad membantahnya atas alasan permintaan itu bersifat menekan anak guamannya sedangkan hukuman denda yang diperuntukkan hanyalah RM5,000 di bawah Akta Hasutan.

Seorang lagi peguam Shuhaimi, Edmund Bon pula meminta mahkamah hanya mengenakan bon peribadi berbanding wang ikat jamin.

“Jika hari ini bon diberikan, beliau tidak perlu menyediakan RM20,000,” kata Bon lagi.

“Hanya kata-kata jaminannya dijadikan sekuriti. Sebagai seorang ADUN, anak guaman saya tidak akan melarikan diri,” katanya.

Peguam ketiga Shuhaimi, N. Surendran berkata wakil rakyat itu akan memfailkan petisyen untuk meminta tuduhan ke atasnya digugurkan atas alasan Akta Hasutan bercanggah dengan perlembagaan.

“Kami akan membuat permohonan di Mahkamah Tinggi dalam waktu terdekat,” kata Surendran.

Selain Amer, Surendran dan Bon, Shuhaimi juga diwakili oleh Latheefa Koya, Yusmadi Yusoff, Fahri Azzat dan Nizam Bashir.

Shuhaimi ditahan polis Khamis lalu untuk mendakwanya di Mahkamah Sesyen hari ini berhubung satu entri di dalam blognya yang didakwa telah menghina Sultan Selangor.

Shuhaimi yang juga Timbalan Ketua Cabang Parti Keadilan Rakyat Kota Raja mencetuskan kontroversi berikutan kenyataan di dalam blognya pada 30 Disember lalu yang didakwa telah mempertikai keputusan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah memperkenan pelantikan Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi sebagai Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri yang baru.

Beliau menafikan kenyataannya itu bertujuan untuk menghasut rakyat dan menghina Sultan.

Adun Sri Muda, Suhaimi Shafei (kiri) diiringi penyokongnya hadir di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam hari ini untuk menghadapi tuduhan di bawah Akta Hasutan. — Foto Bernama

Sumber: Selangorkini dan Malaysian Insider

Tuduhan terhadap Shuhaimi berunsur politik – peguam

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SHAH ALAM, 7 Feb - Peguam Amer Hamzah Arshad, menyifatkan pertuduhan yang dikenakan ke atas anak guamannya Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (Adun) Sri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafie hanya berunsurkan politik semata-mata.

Dakwanya pendakwaan ini mendapat tekanan daripada pihak berkepentingan yang mahukan kes ini dibicarakan di mahkamah sedangkan jika dilihat ahli politik yang lain seperti Barisan Nasional(BN) juga pernah mengeluarkan kata-kata yang mempunyai elemen hasutan.

Amer Hamzah Arshad

“Pertuduhan ini tidak perlu dibawa langsung kerana pertuduhan terhadap Shuhaimi, tidak lain tidak bukan adalah satu pertuduhan yang berunsurkan politik kerana banyak tekanan-tekanan daripada pihak tertentu yang telah menyebabkan pertuduhan dan pendakwaan di mahkamah hari ini,” katanya.

Amer juga turut membantah denda yang dikenakan ke atas Shuhaimi bersifat menekan anak guamannya sedangkan hukuman denda yang diperuntukkan hanyalah RM5,000 di bawah Akta Hasutan.
“Jadi kalau ikut dari segi logik kita bandingkan denda maksimum yang boleh dikenakan mahkamah hanyalah 5,000 ringgit tetapi jumlah jaminan yang ditawarkan 20,000 ringgit, bukan ke itu satu bentuk penindasan (oppressy) jadi ini menunjukkan ada unsur pendakwaan yang berunsurkan politik,” katanya lagi.

Terdahulu, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya, Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria meminta mahkamah menetapkan RM20,000 sebagai wang ikat jamin atas alasan kesalahan didakwa dilakukan adalah serius membabitkan hasutan terhadap Sultan Selangor.

N Surendran

Dalam pada itu, seorang lagi peguam yang mewakili Shuhaimi, N Surendran, menggesa kerajaan menghapuskan Akta Hasutan, yang kini tidak lagi relevan dalam sebuah negara yang mengamalkan prinsip demokrasi.

“Akta Hasutan tidak mempunyai tempat di dalam negara yang demokrasi dan bebas jika kerajaan setiap kali menyatakan bahawa ini negara bebas dan kerajaan menghormati proses demokrasi dan sebagainya, jika benar mansuhkan akta hasutan dengan segera, buktikan kepada rakyat bahawa kerajaan negara ini benar-benar menghormati demokrasi, kerana sekarang jelas menunjukkan kerajaan bersama peguam negara tidak menghormati demokrasi,” kata N Surendran ketika pemberita.

Surendran juga menganggap dengan adanya Akta Hasutan ini telah menyekat kebebasan seseorang untuk bersuara, lebih-lebih lagi kenyataan yang berbaur menentang kerajaan.

Pagi tadi, Shuhaimi didakwa di bawah Akta Hasutan 1948 berhubung kenyataannya menyentuh kemelut pelantikan setiausaha kerajaan negeri Selangor menerusi blognya pada 30 Disember lalu.

Beliau juga didakwa mempersoalkan kuasa Sultan Selangor dalam blog pada 30 Disember tahun lalu melalui artikel berjudul, ‘Pandangan saya berasaskan Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Selangor 1959′.

Bagaimanapun beliau mengaku tidak bersalah atas tuduhan hasutan yang didakwa ke atasnya dan mahkamah menetapkan kes itu akan disebut pada 28 Mac ini

Sumber: Selangorkini.

Hasutan: Shuhaimi tidak mengaku salah

Harakahdaily

SHAH ALAM, 7 Feb: Adun Sri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafiei pagi ini tidak mengaku bersalah atas dakwaan menghasut di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam ekoran tulisan dalam blog peribadinya.

Beliau didakwa ekoran tulisannya pada 30 Disember tahun lalu melalui artikel berjudul "Pandangan saya berasaskan Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Selangor 1959".

Shuhaimi yang tiba di mahkamah kira-kira jam 9.30 pagi diiringi para pengikutnya serta tujuh peguam yang membela beliau.

(Gambar: Shuhaimi dikerumuni wartawan selepas mengaku tidak bersalah atas dakwaan menghasut di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam pagi tadii)

Beliau membuat pengakuan tidak bersalah selepas pertuduhan dibacakan kepadanya oleh jurubahasa mahkamah.

Shuhaimi dituduh mengikut Seksyen 4 (1) Akta Hasutan kerana didakwa menulis pendapatnya mengenai Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) Selangor yang baru pada 31 Disember lalu.

Shuhaimi menulis tentang pelantikan Setiausaha Kerajaan (SUK) Negeri Selangor, Datuk Khusrin Munawi yang disifatkan oleh musuh politiknya sebagai menghasut membenci Sultan Selangor.

Jika sabit kesalahan ia membawa hukuman denda tidak melebihi RM5,000, atu penjara sehingga tiga tahun bagi kesalahan pertama.

Hakim Latifah Mohd Tahar membenarkan beliau diikatjamin sebanyak RM8,000 dengan seorang penjamin.

Shuhaimi diwakili tujuh peguam, diketuai peguam hak asasi yang juga Exco Majlis Peguam, Edmund Bon.

Peguam lain, termasuk Lateefa Koya, Yusmaidi Yusoff, N Surendran, Amer Hamzah, Fahri Azzat dan Nizam Bashir.

Manakala pihak pendakwaan pula dikendalikan oleh timbalan pendakwa raya Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria dan Ishak Mohd Yusof.

Mahkamah menetapkan kes itu akan disebut pada 28 Mac ini.

(Gambar: N Surendran meminta kerajaan membuat pembaharuan terhadap Akta Hasutan)

Turut hadir pada prosiding di hadapan Hakim Latifah Mohd Tahar ialah Ahli Parlimen Kota Raja, Dr Mariah Mahmud, Timbalan Presiden Keadilan, Azmin Ali, Exco Dr Haji Yaakob Sapari, Dr Xavier Jayakumar, Ahli Parlimen Kapar, Manickavsagam dan Exco, Teresa Kok serta Adun Subang Jaya, Hannah Yeoh.

Hapus Akta Hasutan

Kerajaan Malaysia didesak memperbaharui sistem perundangan negara dengan menghapuskan Akta Hasutan peninggalan penjajah kerana ternyata tidak memberikan keadilan kepada rakyat negara ini.

Salah seorang peguam yang dilantik mewakili Adun Seri Muda, Shuhaimi Shafiei, peguam N Surendran berkata, sudah sampai masanya undang-undang negara ini digubal semula untuk menjamin hak setiap rakyat untuk bersuara.

Surendran berkata demikian sebaik sahaja keluar dari ruang bicara di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam, dekat sini pagi tadi selepas Shuhaimi didakwa di bawah Akta Hasutan mengikut Seksyen 4 (1) berikutan siaran pandangan peribadinya di blog beliau pada 31 Disember lepas.

Dalam pada itu, Shuhaimi dalam kenyataan kepada Harakahdaily ketika menanti wang jaminan disiapkan menyatakan, rupanya akta ciptaan penjajah British masih 'mulia' walaupun negara merdeka sudah 53 tahun.

07 February 2011

Seri Muda Adun, YB.Shuhaimi charged with sedition....

Sri Muda state assemblyperson Shuhaimi Shafiei was today charged in the Shah Alam Sessions Court for allegedly posting a seditious article on his blog.

The blog post on Dec 30 last year allegedly questioned the powers of the Selangor sultan, in an article entitled 'Pandangan saya berasaskan Undang-Undang Tubuh Kerajaan Selangor 1959'.

The charge is framed under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act, which covers the publishing an article that is deemed seditious. If found guilty,Shuhaimi faces a maximum fine of RM5,000 or jail not exceeding three years for a first offence. Judge Latifah Mohd Tahar set bail at RM8,000 in one surety and fixed the case for mention on March 28.

A defence team of seven, led by prominent human rights lawyer Edmund Bon, is representing Shuhaimi. The others are Lateefa Koya, Yusmadi Yusoff, N Surendran, Amer Hamzah, Fahri Azzat and Nizam Bashir. DPPS Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria and Ishak Mohd Yusof appeared for the prosecution.

Case 'politically motivated'

Speaking to journalists outside the courtroom, Amer said the charge against Shuhaimi is clearly politically motivated. He said the defence will file an application at the High Court to strike out this case within a month. Amer also questioned the quantum of bail, saying that it was unfair to impose a bail amount that is higher than the penalty for the offence. "The bail amount has to be logical. The penalty is RM5,000 but bail is set at RM8,000... Isn't that oppression?" he asked.

Surendran added that the case against Shuhaimi is a clear example of the BN government's abuse of power through the Attorney-General's (AG) Chambers to weed out dissent. "Everytime the AG files a charge under the Sedition Act, it is always against the opposition, activists and anyone who questions the government. "The democratic process is being undermined by a single man who wields so much power.

"One thing that we learn from this is that the office of the AG must be reformed because one man cannot have so much power to bring charges against anyone." Surendran suggested that a new system, such as a grand jury indictment system, should be used to counter the AG's far-reaching powers and further, that the government should repeal the Sedition Act.

At least 20 police reports were lodged against Shuhaimi in the aftermath of his blog post, with conservative Malay rights group Perkasa and anti-Pakatan Selangor government movement Gaps demanding that he be hanged for inciting "war on the Malay rulers".

Shuhaimi went under the radar for several weeks following the furore, before finally emerging on Jan 12 to give his statement to the police. He also put it on record in the Selangor state assembly last week that he was not referring to the sultan in his blog post - rather, he was training his guns on Putrajaya's 'lackeys', who he claimed are ever ready to please their political masters at the expense of the people.

source:malaysiakini.

'ADUN Sri Muda didakwa menghasut' baca di sini.

cheers.

2 comments:

Anna said...: just prove it in the rule of law ... so if he is wrong face the drum lor; Monday, February 07, 2011 10:12:00 PM
Anonymous said...: In our KANGAROO court????; Monday, February 07, 2011 11:30:00 PM

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Kit Siang tells Najib to heed Egypt, free Shuhaimi

By Yow Hong Chieh

February 05, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Lim Kit Siang has told Datuk Seri Najib Razak to heed the Egyptian crisis and withdraw the sedition charge against Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafie.

Lim urged the prime minister to take this “tiny step” in order to prove his administration had the political will to “wind down” and eventually end political repression.

“If the Najib administration is to learn from the lesson of the Egyptian crisis, there are many things it would have to do — but let it start with the tiny step of withdrawing the sedition charge against Shuhaimi on Monday,” Lim (picture) said in a statement today.

He said Shuhaimi’s sedition charge was the latest reminder that the Attorney-General’s Chambers served Barisan Nasional (BN) and not the people.

The Ipoh Timur MP accused the A-G’s Chambers of being “very quick on the draw” to respond to police reports of sedition lodged against Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders while ignoring similar reports against BN politicians.

“For too long, the administration of justice, whether the judiciary or the Attorney-General’s Chambers, has suffered under a cloud that they are not independent or professional but have to do the political bidding of the powers-that-be,” he said.

Lim added that Najib should give top priority to restoring public confidence in key national institutions like Parliament, the judiciary, Attorney-General’s Chambers, police, Election Commission (EC) and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).

Shuhaimi was arrested on Thursday and informed that he will be charged on Monday under section 4(1)C of the Sedition Act 1948 over statements regarding the state secretary impasse posted in his blog recently.

The Selangor assemblyman had openly opposed the appointment of Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi as Selangor state secretary.

He, along with 33 other PR assemblymen, recently voted in favour of the amendment to Article 52(1) of the state constitution while the 20 Barisan Nasional (BN) representatives opposed it to allow the Sultan — under the mentri besar’s counsel — to appoint the state secretary, legal adviser and financial officer instead of the federally-controlled Public Service Commission.

The coalition failed to amend the state constitution as it needed 38 votes to pass the amendment.

The issue first came to light when the state opposed Khusrin’s appointment as state secretary, arguing that the mentri besar was not informed of the appointment and it was thus invalid.

Shuhaimi has been subjected to intense attacks by Umno and its mouthpiece Utusan Malaysia, which has accused him of insulting the royal institution after he blogged his comments on December 30 about the state secretary crisis.

Utusan Malaysia published a front-page story with the headline “Shuhaimi derhaka (Shuhaimi committed treason)” on January 3.

The Malay-language paper quoted Selangor Umno as saying that Shuhaimi should be detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for allegedly inciting hatred against the royal institution.

Last month, the Selangor Anti-Fraud Coalition (GAPS) and Malay rights group Perkasa lodged a police report against Shuhaimi for allegedly insulting the Selangor Sultan on his website.

Perkasa also called for Shuhaimi to be charged under the Sedition Act.

PKR has however maintained that Shuhaimi was being “harassed” by the police over the matter.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Krisis Mesir: Najib digesa tunjuk bukti, tidak dakwa ADUN Sri Muda

February 05, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Feb — Datuk Seri Najib Razak sewajarnya tidak mengenakan tuduhan hasutan ke atas ADUN Sri Muda Shuhaimi Shafie Isnin ini jika pentadbirannya benar-benar mengutamakan kepentingan rakyat dan belajar daripada krisis Mesir, kata pemimpin veteran DAP Lim Kit Siang.

“Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib memberikan rakyat Malaysia jaminan bahawa pentadbirannya akan sentiasa meletakkan kepentingan rakyat terlebih dahulu, dengan merujuk kepada perkembangan di Mesir sebagai pengajaran.

“Beliau berkata dalam sistem demokrasi kita harus memberi keutamaan kepada rakyat, yang diperkayakan menerusi proses globalisasi dan ICT,” kata penasihat DAP ini dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan hari ini.

Katanya, Najib yang juga presiden Umno dan Menteri Kewangan seharusnya membuktikan pentadbirannya cukup berupaya untuk belajar daripada krisis Mesir dengan mengetepikan penindasan politik di negara ini.

“... ini boleh dilakukan dengan menarik balik tuduhan hasutan ke atas Shuhaimi, yang akan dikenakan dakwaan Isnin ini,” kata beliau lagi.

Lim (gambar) berkata satu pengajaran penting Najib harus belajar daripada krisis Mesir ialah memberi keutamaaan ke atas usaha memulihkan keyakinan rakyat terhadap keberkesanan, bebas, berkecuali dan profesionalisme institusi-institusi utama negara ini.

Katanya, tindakan ke atas Shuhaimi adalah gambaran terbaru Jabatan Peguam Negara terus bertindak sebagai alat politik Putrajaya, bukannya demi kepentingan jangka panjang rakyat Malaysia.

“Peguam Negara terbukti bertindak cepat dalam aduan polis yang dibuat terhadap pemimpin-pemimpin Pakatan Rakyat seperti dalam kes Karpal Singh yang dibebaskan Jun lalu tetapi masih berhadapan dengan rayuan Jabatan Peguam Negara tetapi tidak mempedulikan laporan ke atas personaliti-personaliti BN,” kata Lim.

Oleh itu kata beliau, jika pentadbiran Najib mahu belajar daripada krisis Mesir ada banyak perkara yang perlu dilakukan oleh pihaknya.

“Tetapi biar ia bermula dengan menarik balik tuduhan hasutan ke atas Shuhaimi bagi membuktikan pentadbirannya mahu belajar daripada krisis Mesir,” kata ahli Parlimen ini.

Semalam, kerajaan negeri Selangor berkata pihaknya kesal dengan tindakan pihak berkuasa yang memutuskan untuk mengenakan tuduhan di bawah Akta Hasutan ke atas Shuhaimi.

Shuhaimi akan menghadapi pertuduhan di Mahkamah Sesyen Shah Alam berhubung satu entri dalam blognya yang didakwa telah menghina Sultan Selangor.

Shuhaimi yang juga Timbalan Ketua PKR cabang Kota Raja mencetuskan kontroversi berikutan kenyataan dalam blognya pada 30 Disember lalu yang didakwa telah mempertikai keputusan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah memperkenan pelantikan Datuk Mohd Khusrin Munawi sebagai Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri yang baru.

Beliau menafikan kenyataannya itu bertujuan untuk menghasut rakyat dan menghina Sultan.

Kenyataan Pejabat Menteri Besar itu berkata, kerajaan negeri akan memberi sokongan penuh kepada Suhaimi dalam menghadapi kes tersebut.

Comments (5)

+buruhkasar+ · 27 weeks ago

Masa geng UMNO ganu kite panggil sultan "naxxxx" kenapa tak tangkap sebab menghina sultan? https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjnaUr9BbWklTsBrAeRuPnKicHal_12m5r82He8OlZ-UWOAoBR6xM2DLg7GjpnE7rQuRauL71vzyjCw2NUcpYk-wUR4ATRpx6nKRuktUzwbzPBWyTZLgS4SnNoNduga5npXRe55q4UqIp/s400/natang.jpg

Kalau tak pilih bulu tu panggil pilih apa?

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TAQBIR3X · 27 weeks ago

Kalau camni la cara LKS nak jadi perintah Malaysia, Hancuk la negara. Mereka lagi teruk jaga kroni dia je walau pun sudah jelas bersalah masih kata tak salah. Agak nya kalau yang bukan kroni dia orang tak salah pun dia humban masuk lokap reka cerita supaya bersalah. Mahkamah ditutup. Hakim diberhentikan kerja, Dia sendiri jadi hakim... Hermmmm

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Man In Black · 27 weeks ago

...oii apek, Mesir lain, Malaysia lain, yang dok karang ceghita baru tu buat apa, Lu ni gagap tak boleh pakailah....

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manora · 27 weeks ago

Agreed...I think government actions against the opposition members were always too fast and too efficient....but not against their own members. Rakyat are getting fed up. Rakyat are not stupit anymore. This is not the 70's era.Let them do it...as rakyat should also be efficient ... come the GE 13..

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Kenyataan · 27 weeks ago

This is a typical opposition person just like you manora, let the authority does his work. I believe when the authority does his work, you say the authority 'pilih bulu' but when they don't do their job as what recommended by you, the authority is to be blame....not at par...so on and so forth...come on, be pro-active manora. You do your job (what ever that is) and let other do theirs. After all we've got the court to decide on this Sri Muda's case...What you say..the judge can also be bought....Come on Manora, live on..don't simply blame others just because you hear rumuors in the street!

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Withdraw sedition charge against Shuhaimi – first step to demonstrate Najib can learn from the lesson of Egyptian crisis

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has assured Malaysians that his administration will always put the interests of the people first, saying that the events of Egypt are a lesson for all.

He said in a democratic system “we must give priority to the people” who are empowered through globalization and ICT (information and communication technology).

Najib should show that his administration is capable of learning from the lesson of the Egyptian crisis by winding down and ending political repression in the country, starting with the withdrawal of the sedition charge against Selangor PKR Assemblyman for Sri Muda Shuhaimi Shafie, who is slated to be charged in the Shah Alam Sessions Court on Monday.

One important lesson for Najib from the Egyptian crisis is the top priority he must give to restore public confidence in the efficiency, independence, impartiality and professionalism of the key national institutions in the country, in particular Parliament, the judiciary, the public service in particular the Attorney-General’s Chambers, Police, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Election Commission etc.

For too long, the administration of justice whether judiciary or the the Attorney-General’s Chambers have suffered under a cloud that they are not independent or professional but have to do the political bidding of the powers-that-be, and the sedition charge against Shuhaimi is the latest reminder that the Attorney-General’s office has continued to serve the political interests of masters in Putrajaya rather than the larger and longer-term interests of Malaysians at large.

The Attorney-General had proven to be very quick on-the-draw to respond to police reports of sedition lodged against Pakatan Rakyat leaders – like the case of DAP National Chairman and MP for Bukit Glugor Karpal Singh who had been acquitted last June on the charge of allegedly uttering seditious words against the Sultan of Perak but still facing an appeal to the Court of Appeal by the AG’s Chambers – while ignoring heaps of police reports of sedition against Barisan Nasional personalities.

If the Najib administration is to learn from the lesson of the Egyptian crisis, there are many things it would have to do – but let it start with the tiny step of withdrawing the sedition charge against Shuhaimi on Monday to demonstrate that the Najib administration has the political will to walk the talk of learning the lesson from the Egyptian crisis!

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