Press Statement by the DAP Secretary-General and MP for Bagan Lim Guan Eng, in Kuala Lumpur on 26 May 2012.<\/p>\n
The Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012, which was passed in the last sitting of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara, will make it easier for the Government to launch selective prosecutions of members of the opposition and civil society. BN and the AG has no track record of fairness and justice and may use this new law to facilitate selective prosecution of members of the opposition and civil society. <\/p>\n
The Act, which inserted a new section 114A into the Evidence Act 1950, is part of a package of laws that includes the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012, which replaces the hated ISA, together with the Penal Code (Amendment) Act 2012 and the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012. <\/p>\n
The new section 114A creates presumptions of fact, inter alia, that a person who is the subscriber of a network service is the publisher of anything that originates from his network, and that a person who owns or controls a computer is the publisher of anything that originates from his computer, in either case unless he proves otherwise. This means that a person can be found guilty for publishing anything that is posted by a hacker who breaks into his computer or his wifi network, unless he can prove his innocence. <\/p>\n
This reverses the presumption of innocence, whereby a person is presumed innocent until proven by the prosecution to be guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. In other words, I am responsible for anything posted on my website and the burden is on me to prove my innocence, not on the prosecution to prove my guilt<\/p>\n
The DAP has no problem with giving police and prosecutors the tools they need to prosecute cyber-criminals and terrorists. However, the Government and the Public Prosecutor have shown by their past actions that they are more interested in pursuing selective prosecutions against members of the opposition and civil society for political ends than in pursuing real criminals. <\/p>\n
Opposition and civil society members are routinely investigated and prosecuted under the Sedition Act 1948 for innocuous statements of fact or opinion. Internet users have been prosecuted under the Communications and Multmedia Act 1998 simply on the basis of statements deemed “offensive” by the Government. <\/p>\n
Yet no action is taken, despite the lodging of police reports, against UMNO Online and other BN-linked blogs that criminally defamed me and my 16-year-old son for political reasons in October last year, or against the false news and incitement to racial and religious hatred that is regularly published in the UMNO-linked media, such as Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian. <\/p>\n
Malaysians may rightly question whether the amendments to the Evidence Act 1950 now open the door for convictions against members of the opposition and members of civil society to be more easily obtained on the basis of posts that have been “planted” without the knowledge of the accused. Before public confidence in the public prosecution service can be restored, the unfettered discretion of the Public Prosecutor to pursue selective prosecutions must be abolished, and the role of Public Prosecutor given to someone who is separate from and independent of the politically-appointed Attorney-General. <\/p>\n
The recent charges against Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Deputy President Azmin Ali under the Peaceful Assembly Act as well as court action for compensation againt 10 organizers of Bersih 3.0 including its co-Chair Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan highlights the double-standards of the BN government. This is because no similar action is taken against those supporters of BN who organised weekly demonstrations against the Penang PR state government in Komtar in Penang as well as those who masquerade as petty traders demonstrating outside Datuk Ambiga private residence.<\/p>\n
Lim Guan Eng<\/p>\n
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\nKenyataan Akhbar oleh Setiausaha Agung DAP dan Ahli Parlimen Bagan Lim Guan Eng di Kuala Lumpur pada 26 Mei 2012. <\/p>\n
BN dan Peguam Negara Tidak Mempunyai Rekod Yang Adil Dan Boleh Menggunakan Akta Keterangan (Pindaan) (No. 2) 2012 Untuk Pendakwaan Secara Selektif Terhadap Ahli-Ahli Pembangkang Dan Masyarakat Sivil.<\/strong> <\/p>\n Akta Keterangan (Pindaan) (No. 2) 2012, yang telah diluluskan dalam sidang Dewan Rakyat dan Dewan Negara baru-baru ini, akan memudahkan Kerajaan untuk membuat pendakwaan secara selektif terhadap ahli-ahli pembangkang dan masyarakat sivil. BN dan Peguam Negara tidak mempunyai rekod yang adil dan boleh menggunakan akta baru ini untuk mendakwa ahli-ahli pembangkang dan masyarakat sivil. <\/p>\n Akta tersebut, yang menyisipkan seksyen baru 114A ke dalam Akta Keterangan 1950, adalah sebahagian daripada pakej undang-undang termasuk Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-langkah Khas) 2012, yang menggantikan ISA yang dibenci, bersama dengan Akta Kanun Keseksaan (Pindaan) 2012 dan Akta Kanun Tatacara Jenayah (Pindaan) (No. 2) 2012. <\/p>\n Seksyen baru 114A akan menganggap sebagai fakta bahawa, antara lainnya, seseorang yang melanggan perkhidmatan rangkaian akan dianggap sebagai penerbit apa-apa yang berasal daripada rangkaian tersebut, dan seseorang yang memiliki atau mengawal sebuah komputer akan dianggap sebagai penerbit apa-apa yang berasal daripada komputer itu, kecuali beliau dibuktikan tidak bersalah. Ini bermaksud bahawa seseorang itu boleh didapati bersalah kerana menerbitkan sesuatu yang dilakukan oleh penggodam yang memecah masuk ke dalam komputer atau rangkaian wifinya, melainkan beliau boleh mengemukakan bukti tidak melakukan kesalahan berkenaan. <\/p>\n Ini menterbalikkan anggapan ketakbersalahan, di mana seseorang itu dianggap tidak bersalah sehingga dibuktikan bersalah tanpa sebarang keraguan oleh pihak pendakwa. Dalam erti kata lain, saya bertanggungjawab terhadap apa-apa yang diterbitkan dalam laman sesawang saya dan beban pembuktian adalah terletak atas bahu saya untuk membuktikan tidak bersalah dan bukan atas pihak pendakwa untuk membuktikan saya bersalah. <\/p>\n DAP tidak mempunyai masalah untuk memberi pihak polis dan pendakwa alat-alat yang diperlukan untuk mendakwa penjenayah siber dan pengganas. Namun begitu, Kerajaan dan Pendakwa Raya telah menunjukkan dengan tindakan-tindakan mereka yang lepas bahawa mereka lebih berminat untuk membuat pendakwaan secara selektif terhadap ahli-ahli pembangkang dan masyarakat sivil untuk matlamat politik daripada mengejar penjenayah-penjenayah yang tulen. <\/p>\n Ahli-ahli pembangkang dan masyarakat sivil sering disiasat dan didakwa di bawah Akta Hasutan 1948 untuk kenyataan-kenyataan fakta atau pendapat yang tidak berbahaya. Para pengguna Internet pula telah didakwa di bawah Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998 atas sebab kenyataan mereka disifatkan oleh Kerajaan sebagai \u201cmenyinggung perasaan\u201d. <\/p>\n Namun, tiada tindakan yang diambil, walaupun laporan polis telah dibuat, terhadap Umno-Online dan blog-blog kaitan BN lain yang telah memfitnahkan saya dan anak saya yang berumur 16 tahun untuk tujuan politik pada bulan Oktober tahun lepas, atau terhadap berita-berita palsu dan hasutan agama dan perkauman yang sering diterbitkan dalam media kaitan Umno seperti Utusan Malaysia dan Berita Harian. <\/p>\n Rakyat Malaysia ingin bertanya sama ada pindaan kepada Akta Keterangan 1950 kini memudahkan sabitan terhadap ahli-ahli pembangkang dan masyarakat sivil atas sebab penerbitan yang telah \u201cditanam\u201d tanpa pengetahuan mereka? Sebelum keyakinan awam terhadap perkhidmatan pendakwa raya boleh dipulihkan, kuasa tidak terbatas Pendakwa Raya untuk mendakwa secara selektif mestilah dimansuhkan, dan peranan Pendakwa Raya harus diberi kepada seseorang yang berasingan daripada jawatan Peguam Negara yang merupakan lantikan politik. <\/p>\n Dakwaan-dakwaan terbaru terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dan Timbalan Presiden Azmin Ali di bawah Akta Perhimpunan Aman serta tindakan mahkamah untuk menuntut pampasan daripada 10 orang penganjur Bersih 3.0 termasuk Pengerusi Bersama Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan menegaskan lagi sikap dwi-standard kerajaan BN. 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The Evidence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2012, which was passed in the last sitting of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara, will make it easier for the Government to launch selective prosecutions of members …<\/p>\n