Pahlawan Volunteers felt duty-bound to initiate a campaign with the public. This is a call to make a better Malaysia for all. We unite and shout out loud, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! We want to EVICT BAD GOVERNANCE! We want the authorities to STOP TERRORIZING THE NATION!
Dear Fellow Malaysians,
JULY 16th 2009 – ONE MALAYSIA fell off the 14th Floor too.
The nation felt severe pain as we follow the tragic news of the death of Teoh Beng Hock, reportedly to have fallen to his death in the building that houses the Selangor headquarters of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Office in Shah Alam.
We don’t know the deceased nor do we know the family or his colleagues. But we shed many tears as we watched and read the horrible news and learnt of the circumstances that led to the tragic passing of this young life. These tears were shed because we are ashamed of our government; a government that cannot even deliver its basic duty of assuring safety and security to its citizens.
Beng Hock, a young life; barely 30, could have a promising life ahead, now an abrupt stop has been put to that life. This young person must have had a sense of mission. He did not choose the comfort of some other career paths but dedicated himself to the “thankless” and difficult job of public service in Malaysia.
The job itself is challenging enough; daily we watched these young political secretaries go about their chores of supporting and assisting their elected representatives operating on a 7-11 all week schedules for a very modest compensation. Daily they have to navigate the hassle-filled terrain of the government bureaucracy; often times have to put up with bully and abuse by hostile parties in the course of their daily work; not counting the need to fire fight and to put up with endless eruptions of political emergencies especially if they are working for the opposition.
Their tenacity and patience are being tested, challenged and stretched every minute of the day. Through their work, they serve and strive all for a better Malaysia, for you and me.
However, all of us in Malaysia would not imagine that in a “civilized society” like ours, would think that this job of serving the public comes with such a heavy price — one that may have to be paid for with one’s precious life.
Teoh’s parents in their sorrow expressed regret that they allowed their son to go into public service; a sentiment we can all appreciate because no one would want to expose our children to any risks. But what happened to Beng Hock is most unnecessary, unfair and unjust! THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS SHOULD HAPPEN.
Can we all live up to our “civilized society” label and not let this young man die in vain?
We ask you, all Malaysians:
- Now the hopes of a pair of aging parents and an expectant fiancée are completely shattered by the strange demise of this young person; do we not owe this family their precious son; for our system could not even give him the basic protection?
- Can we let Beng Hock die in vain as he was sacrificed while working to move the nation’s democratic system forward? If no more talented young people would want to go into service for the public in the future, how on earth can we sustain a fair political system for our economic, social and cultural lives to continue?
- If parents were to pull back and not let their off-springs participate in the nation’s governance to ensure a fair system; how can you and I be protected from foul play and injustice?
Time we unite and shout out loud, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
We want to EVICT BAD GOVERNANCE!
We want the authorities to STOP TERRORIZING THE NATION!
If the system is allowed to continue to rot; all of our well-being will be sacrificed. Your property will have no value, your job will not pay well (if you still have one), the streets are not safe and the schools will be in shambles. As a matter of fact, these are happening already.
If we don’t have people with ideals, who desire to work in the public sector to serve the people; we will not have a system that will deliver good governance. Without good governance, nothing will be possible.
Beng Hock was working for you and me. Through his work, a better society can be developed so we can have a better life in our motherland; with a better system at home where our young girls do not have to serve as maids in some far off land; our young men do not need to “jump the plane” and become fugitive/illegal workers; all the talents we have trained do not have to end up serving and building other nation’s economy.
With a better Malaysia right here, our children will be safe and can become what they want to be in a civilized land of fair play, where you and I can build and live in wonderful homes, where we enjoy the warmth of family and the friendship of our neighbors.
Pahlawan Volunteers felt duty-bound to initiate a campaign with the public. This is a call to you to make a better Malaysia for all.
Our dear Malaysians, we better have some good answers to Beng Hock and his family; especially now that a new life will come to the world in six months’ time:
- Why is the law-enforcement office (MACC) so disrespectful and incapable of protecting a young person who was just called in for questioning to assist the investigation?
- What makes up the values of the government of the day? Are they capable of fair play and what do they make of the state of governance. The appearance to all is, we have a government that itself is the problem; one that TERRORIZES us with ISA, MACC, the police and the army.
Our dear Malaysians; you and I were ashamed that the nation was silent when a young pretty Mongolian girl was blown to pieces in our own land. We failed to demonstrate to the international community that we could assure foreigners their safety while on our land.
Today, our dear Malaysian, we fail to protect our very own son, we fail to assure him safety in our very own government-owned premises!
Our dear Malaysians, LET’S TELL THE WORLD IN ONE VOICE — WE VOW TO DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAKE THE SYTEM SAFE for our young people, for Beng Hock has paid dearly for this with his life.
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DO YOUR PART: DAP has up the following account for the welfare of Beng Hock’s unborn child, the ONLY account recognized by the family of Teoh Beng Hock. Go to the nearest ATM or via online banking, and make the donation to:
TEOH BENG HOCK TRUST FUND
Bank Account: Public Bank
Account No.: 3154 127 533
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Siapa Teoh Beng Hock?
Terus terang saya cakap.. saya tak kenal.
Cuma bila berita yang keluar dalam IGP ini dan kemudian Bernama serta media lain barulah kenal sikit siapa dia ini.
1. Dia mempunyai seorang tunang yang sedang mengandung anaknya.
2. Dia adalah PA YB yang sedang di siasat SPRM.
3. YB dia dari pakatan rakyat.
4. Dia ditemui mati di Pejabat SPRM.
Seolah olah dicampak dari tingkap.
Soalannya..
1. Benarkah pihak SPRM campak dia atau
2. Dia korbankan dirinya untuk tujuan partinya?
Fikirkan dulu….
Jika jawapannya 1. Pegawai SPRM memang bodoh.
Jika jawapannya 2. Teoh Beng Hock memang cerdik. Dengan pengorbanannya ini dia mampu menimbulkan keraguan rakyat kepada kerajaan sekarang.
Suntzi
Suntzi,
We welcome your posting, but we like decent humans to visit our site.
Let’s be respectful. A young life is lost. Is the cause so big as it warrant one’s life? Let’s show some human decency.
Another blemish (lost count how many) for BN!
I agree with Wai Fong. Let’s keep our conclusions to ourselves until the investigations come up with some sort of answer. Only then should we formulate our response. Peace, and may his soul rest.
True none of us really know this man or his family. We only know what the media tells us about him and the news they spin on the circumstances of his tragic death… yes tragic and very sad.
There’s many speculations and these speculations are based on mainly the person’s political stand (whether they are for or against the current government). It’s cruel but it is hard to avoid making assumptions on the this tragedy. It is unfortunately, human nature. Even when you say you will respect the dead and not say anything your mind is ticking and thinking about it. Trying to look for clues and think of motives behind his death. Is that being disrespectful to this person and his family? I would say it is disrespectful to certain people if they do not like what you have to say or think you should not have voiced your opinion or your findings.
I say, yes let there be an investigation but please make sure you have all the facts right before you make any comments on the matter.
Am sick and tired of people coming up with all kind of conclusions before we know anything for sure.
Some making this tragedy a laughing stock and some using it to claim political mileage.
All am saying…A LIFE is lost and he is not coming back to us.
Do not forget all the other Custodial Deaths in Malaysia as well which run into thousands. Lets not look at Teoh’s case as an isolated case.
Am a bit taken aback, when they are now launching all kind of fund etc. Is that really necessary? if thats the case, we should have setup fundraising campaign for all the person who had died while in police/MACC etc custody case by case.
So…guys…stop the racialism in any form and lets look at an holistic approach and setup a Fund Raising Campaign for all the fallen ones. And distribute the fund collected evenly.
Looks like it will take a long time before I could see a Undivided Malaysia. Hope I will still be around to see it.
I think the only way to save Malaysia from going to the dog is to throw the BN goverment and lets have a new beginning. We can shout and scream of injustice and discriminition but still keeps this racist goverment, we cones to nothing change.
We deserve this BN govt cos we voted them in. lets do the rational thing by voting them out the next GE. We are the boss.
It is tragic that young man like Mr Teoh’s like snuffed out just like that. We must be careful in commenting that BN is at fault at this and that. We dont know what actually happen and by second guessing is dangerous cause it will have smoke screen effect and actual criminals might slips thru. Lets all demand investigators from oversea instead of local authorities. Lets ask Interpol step in to take the case away from local authorities. We will have peaceful mind if the actual guilty persons are arrested.
Written by razaleighhamzah
July 22, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Mr Teoh Beng Hock’s death marks a watershed in the attitude of the public towards their government. The government has plumbed a new low in loss of credibility. Many people have come up to tell me in anger or despair that they feel their country has gone off the rails. People who previously considered themselves apolitical have been roused into active engagement.
There have been too many deaths under custody. But this death is particularly disturbing because Mr Teoh died after interrogation by a specially commissioned watchdog agency, inaugurated with fanfare last year by the outgoing administration. The very agency set up to combat the abuse of power has become in the public eye a symbol of the abuse of power.
Mr Teoh was a mere witness. He was questioned about the possible misuse of funds by his employer, a state assemblyman, to buy flags for the last Merdeka celebrations. The sum in question was RM2,400. He was questioned for eight hours through the night. He was found dead the following day outside the MACC’s headquarters.
Mr Teoh, 30, would have registered his marriage last weekend. His fiancée is two-months pregnant.
If the Perak debacle reminded us of the importance of the Constitution, the death under suspicious circumstances of Mr Teoh Beng Hock has brought home in a heart-wrenching way how much we need our public institutions to be independent and law-abiding. A shocked public is demanding answers, and rightly so.
Questions about how Mr Teoh died cannot be shut down with the usual warning that it is “liable to confuse the public” because the public is already confused. We are confused about how an idealistic young man with everything to live for can enter the headquarters of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission as a witness one day and be found dead outside the next.
Questions about the death of Mr Teoh cannot be swept aside with the paternalistic instruction to “leave it to the authorities to investigate,” because the death of Mr Teoh appears to be just the result of “leaving it to the authorities investigate.” It is precisely the independence of the investigating authorities that people are questioning.
Questions about the death of Mr Teoh cannot be suppressed with the warning “not to speculate” when the investigating authorities were apparently able to prognosticate, ahead of their own investigations, that foul play was not involved, and some leaders appear to have special knowledge that Mr Teoh jumped to his death of his own accord.
Questions about the death of Mr Teoh cannot be evaded with the low tactic of racializing the issue because the death of Mr Teoh touches us all as citizens, brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers. None of us wants to live under a government apparatus that cannot be trusted to be independent and to tell the truth.
Questions about the death of Mr Teoh cannot be suppressed with authoritarian prohibitions because they are about the integrity and independence of institutions that belong to the people. Those ministers who talk down to the people may have forgotten who put them into government and pays their wages, and whose questions they were put there to ask. And to answer.
To ask such questions is not to “politicize” the issue but to exercise our ownership of an issue that touches each and every one of us as citizens: our basic institutions are rotted out, and we are headed down the path of a failed state.
It is our right and indeed our duty as citizens to keep asking questions when someone dies under circumstances that put the entire government under a shadow. As we ask these questions let us accept our joint responsibility to push uncompromisingly for an overhaul of the key institutions that have rotted through under exactly the kind of authoritarianism that would prohibit discussion of the circumstances of the death of Mr Teoh Beng Hock.
The silent citizens who were “fence sitters” are slowly but surely awakened and are joining the opposition!!!
There is no avenue for complacency now.Exercise your
Rights as a Malaysian Citizen under the Sun.
This is all about DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES and
the Rule of Law.
Let have Justice for MR TEOH BENG HOCK.