Thursday, August 20, 2009

IPD DANG WANGI!!

Segerakan bertindak terhadap Al Islam

By Malaysiakini http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/110999

kemaskini 4.37pm Aktivis Katholik, yang masih tidak berpuas hati atas ketiadaan tindakan terhadap Al Islam, hari ini membuat desakan agar polis menyegerakannya berhubung dakwaan menghina agama itu.Sudhagaran Stanley dan rakannya Joachim Francis Xavier menghantar sendiri surat gesaan ke ibu pejabat polis daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi, Kuala Lumpur pada jam 11 pagi ini. Kedua-duanya, yang berasal dari Pulau Pinang, ditemani oleh seorang peguam Annou Xavier. Bercakap kepada media selepas itu, Annou berkata, surat anak guamnya itu turut mempersoalkan kelambatan tindakan terhadap wartawan majalah itu, Muhd Ridwan Abdul Jalil.Annou berkata, Sudhagaran dan Joachim pernah menghantar surat yang sama kepada IPD berkenaan pada ada 5 Ogos lalu tetapi sehingga kini belum mendapat sebarang balasan.Dalam kenyataan bersama Sudhagaran dan Joachim yang diedarkan kepada media, mereka menyarankan wartawan dan majalah itu didakwa bawah Seksyen 295 Kanun Keseksaan berhubung kesalahan “mencemarkan tempat sembahyang dengan niat dengan mengaibkan agama mana-mana golongan”.“Kami hairan kenapa siasatannya mengambil masa yang begitu lama. Dan bila ia dianggap selesai, kenapa tiada tindakan dikenakan kepada wartawan dan majalah itu. “Tambahan, indakan boleh juga diambil bawah Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan terhadap penerbit Al-Islam, Utusan Karya Sdn Bhd, anak syarikat kumpulan Utusan,” kata mereka.Ditanya sama ada anak guamnya memberikan sebarang tarikh akhir kepada polis supaya menjawab surat itu, Annou berkata: “Tiada, kita tidak mahu ganggu tugas polis.”Walaupun laporan polis Sudhagaran dan Joachim itu dibuat IPD Timur Laut di Pulau Pinang, kes tersebut disiasat pegawai IPD Dang Wangi kerana Al-Islam beroperasi di Kuala Lumpur.Kedua-dua aktivis dari Pusat Keuskupan Katholik Pulau Pinang itu juga belum memutuskan masa untuk menghantar memorandum membantah kelewatan itu kepada Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) seperti dirancang sebelumnya.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

MEMO HANDOVER POSTPONED!

Dear friends,

It is with a heavy heart, i write to you to inform you that the Memo handover to the KDN pertaining to the Al-Islam issue has been postponed indefintely due to the unexpected responses the Catholic Lawyer's Association of KL has received from certain disgruntled parties who feel we (the Christians) are on a vendetta against the Muslim people. This disgruntled parties have expressed their unhappiness over the planned Memo handover in a manner that appears to compromise the safety of the people who would be involved in the handover.

The response from Christians to the Memo handover itself has been tremendous with groups of people even from as far as Penang organising themselves to be in Putrajaya. Some churches in KL have even gone as far as printing banners and posters in preparation for the Memo handover. However, the CLA has made it clear that the Memo handover was never meant to turn into a public rally which may attract further unwanted and even unwarranted consequences.

Due to these two reasons and others (of which i cannot yet reveal), the memo handover will be postponed till further notice. However this does not mean that this is the end of the issue. Joachim and I will be meeting with a member of the CLA in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (17th) to discuss in further strategies to pressure the authorities to take complaints made by the Catholic communities more seriously as opposed to the current attitude of blatantly ignoring its concerns pertaining to the violations of its freedom to worship without being interupted or intruded upon by folks armed with false information.

We will certainly keep you posted of any further developments. If you have any questions, please call me at the number below. Till then, do your part in creating awareness by emailing and talking to your friends about this issues. Better still, write to the main stream and alternative press (inlcuding Herald). All this is better than doing nothing.

Regards and God Bless,

K.Sudhagaran Stanley
ANAK BANGSA MALAYSIA
016-4455678
stanley_sudha@yahoo.com

COME JOIN IN TO HAND OVER A PROTEST MEMORANDUM


The Catholic Lawyers Association together with K.Sudhagaran Stanley and Joachim Xavier will be handing over a protest Memorandum to the Home Minister. Till today, no action has been taken even thou a Police report has been lodge by Stanley and Joachim againts Al-Islam. The Catholic Community cannot just sit back and watch this kind of action happening in Malaysia. We need to voice out our concern to the government and not allow this men to escape just like that. The act is an insult to Christ and all the Christians in the World. Let us all come together as 1 body to hand over the memorandum! All are invited! Please pass the news around!

Sudhagaran invited you to “Hand Over a protest Memorandum to the Home Minister on the Al-Islam Issue!” on Monday, August 17 at 2:30pm.

Event: Hand Over a protest Memorandum to the Home Minister on the Al-Islam Issue
What: Protest
Host: Catholic Lawyers Association- K. Sudhagaran Stanley- Joachim Xavier
Start Time: Monday, August 17 at 2:30pm
End Time: Monday, August 17 at 4:00pm
Where: MEET AT PUTRAJAYA HOME MINISTER`s OFFICE