交律师团研究起诉人联党

针对砂人联党古晋支部青年团与妇女组“诽谤性”的指责，我不排除采取法律行动。
砂人联党古晋支部青年团与妇女组于1月22日在报章上联合发表一篇文告，对我本人己与行动党巴都林当州议员温利山作出种种不负责任的指责。

关文告指责我在水灾发生时没有做事，只懂得放“马后炮”，文告同时也含有对我个人具攻击性的用词，如“政治乞丐”、“颠三倒四”、“歪曲事实”等。

对于有关指责我感到非常不满，并在隔日要求人联青总团长薛华东与妇女组主席李素霞，就有关文告表明本身立场，同时也给予2天的期限。然而，他们2人却由始至终没有表明立场。

因此，行动党律师团将研究此事，并不排除起诉砂人联党；一经采取法律行动，该党中央主席与秘书长也将牵涉在内。

作出诽谤性的指责属于人联党一贯的作风，人联党近期曾因涉嫌诽谤行动党砂州联委会主席黄和联，结果最后道歉了事。但现在又再对我做出这样不负责任的指责，显然是没有吸取教训。

分发水灾援助金应更有诚意

未获得水灾援助金的德莎威拉居民向我作出投诉

国阵政府在分发水灾援助金上应更有诚意，公平全面对待砂拉越水灾灾民，而非选择性的分派。
刚开年，水患便陆续来袭，许多百姓都受影响，然而获得水灾援助金的均为前往疏散中心的灾户，而那些前往亲戚家暂住以及住家底楼淹水但仍选择在二楼留守家园的灾户均无法获得援助金。

我已致函州务秘书要求关注此问题，希望后者可以尽快给予回复，并在最短的时间内，同意民主行动党的建议，给予灾民援助。

古晋石角德莎威拉第3巷木屋区的23户受灾户我她投诉，指他们曾经登记为水灾灾民，但却没有在副首相拿督斯里纳吉分派的水灾援助金中受惠。在她前往了解后，也已经向3单位，即当地办事处、议会与福利局询问，不过至目前仍未获得回复。

除了这23户灾黎外，许多住家受水灾严重影响的灾黎也向行动党领袖表示为未获得援助金。

这显示政府在分发水灾援助金方面不够透明化，未清楚列明如何才符合获取援助金的资格。

副首相拿督斯里纳吉也曾经表示，国家设有2亿令吉的救灾基金，如果所分发予砂州人民的290万令吉仍然不够的话，联邦将会检讨，另外再予拨款。

因此，我们希望国阵政府能认真看待这项问题，公平的对待所以砂州的水灾灾黎。

Aid Fund Must be Given to All Flood Victims

The Year of Golden Ox 2009 has so far brings plenty of rainfall to the State of Hornbill, whereby many low lying areas throughout the state were badly hit at least twice by serious flood. Though in Fengshui, water signifies fortune, this round it brings more sufferings than fortune to people of Sarawak.

Many flood victims suffered severe hardship and property losses as a result of the flood. The massive flood situation had caught the attention of our Deputy Prime Minsiter, Najib where he has to make special trip to Sarawak just to hand over RM2.9 million out from the Federal Compassionate Aid Fund to Sarawak state government for the flood victims. From the surface of the provision of such aid, it shows the caring side of Barisan Nasional Government. Public generally are happy about it. The flood victims are made to believe that each family is entitled to get the RM500.00 aid fund.

But hang on, do not be mislead by the BN Government. You got to understand the style of the BN Government. All these years, the BN Government has never be truthful in telling the public about their policy. By the time you really find time, sit down and pick up the phone to dial the relevant department, 9 out of 10 times, you will be deeply disappointed, there are either many qualifications to be fulfilled or disqualified because of certain conditions.

As for the case here, the policy for the flood victims to apply for the compassionate aid fund is one stark example. Whilst helping the flood victims at Kampung Desa Ria, squatters at Desa Wira Lorong 3, Batu Kawa, Kuching, to check with the relevant ministry respecting their application for the aid fund, I only learnt that only those flood victims putting up at evacuation centres are eligible to get RM500.00 from the government. For those flood victims who putting up at relatives or friends and those who were living in double-storey houses with the ground floor affected by flood water, sorry to say, no share of the aid fund.

I think is is really unfair that those flood victims other than putting up at evacuation centres are not eligfible for the aid. Why does the BN government want to "pick and choose"? Whether putting up at evacuation centres, staying at relatives' or friends' house or shifted to the 1st floor of their own houses as ground floor of their houses are affected by flood water, they are all flood victims, they all encountered common hardship which was the loss of properties and the hassle to clean up the mess after the floods. I believe, all flood victims deserves the aid. Further, the aid fund is only RM500.00, that alone is not sufficient to compensate the loss that the victims suferred. What more to say, BN government can afford to offer "hundreds even thousands million of money" to buy "Frog/Katak" to join them in Perak for power, but when it comes to giving money to the people, thousands of reasons/excuses are given to reject the people's call.

I am sympethetic towards the flood victims. I had written an appeal letter to the State Secretary Datuk Amar Wilson Baya Dandot requesting him to bring the matter up so that the aid would be distributed faily regardless of categories. I hope that our BN government could seriously look into this issue as it is their responsibility for doing so.

Kampung Desa Ria, squatters at Desa Wira Lorong 3, Batu Kawa, Kuching.

The lady told me that her house had been hit by severe flood at least 4 times.


During my visit to the flood victims of Kampung Desa Ria, squatters at Desa Wira Lorong 3, Batu Kawa, Kuching, they complaint to me that they had not been given a single sen of the aid fund