5 PSM members detained over trying to stop eviction - fz.com

First Published: 6:39pm, Jun 12, 2013
Last Updated: 6:39pm, Jun 12, 2013

  

Nation

by Meena Lakshana

PETALING JAYA (June 12): Five members of Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) were detained yesterday for attempting to stop several Pahang state departments from evicting roadside vendors and demolishing their stalls Kea farm in Cameron Highlands.

When contacted, PSM Cameron Highlands secretary Suresh Kumar told fz.com that the PSM members were arrested under Section 186 of the Penal Code for obstructing civil servants from carrying out their duties.

They were arrested at 3pm yesterday and released at 1.30am this morning.

Suresh said PSM members had gathered at the area since yesterday morning to stop officers from several Pahang state departments, including the Cameron Highlands district office and the Pahang Land and Mines Department, from evicting traders in the area.

Some of the PSM members were also injured in the fracas that ensued with the state enforcement officers, he added.

PSM immediately lodged several police reports on the harassment by the enforcement officers.

The eviction due to upcoming development in the area. 

Suresh alleged the authorities were acting on behalf of developer Signature Landmark Property Sdn Bhd.

He said the eviction was due to the slated development of a commercial area Aranda Nova on the nearby land.

"The traders have licences to operate in the area and some of the vendors have been conducting their business there for the past 20 years,” he said.

Aranda Nova is a mixed development project consisting of a hotel, serviced apartments and commercial units on a 5.54-acre leasehold piece of land. Its developer is Signature Landmark Property Sdn Bhd. 

When contacted, an officer from the Cameron Highlands district and land office who declined to be revealed said the issue was a longstanding one.

“We had served the vendors many notices to evict the area and we also had discussions with them,” he said, adding the notices were served since 2010.

He said the authorities had already provided them a new place to be relocated, which is located nearer to Brinchang town.

According to previous media reports, the traders were not satisfied with the new area as there is a lack of parking spots and is located by a road bend.

Suresh said some traders are willing to be relocated, provided the facilities at the new area are better than the present location.

“But there is another group who do not want to move, because they say they will not affect the development project,” he added.

He said about seven traders will meet Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob this Friday to seek a resolution.

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Benarkah kekalahan Manogaran DAP di Parlimen P078 Cameron disebabkan oleh saya & PSM Cameron?

Baru-baru ini, saya terkejut apabila mendengar tuduhan bahawa Calon DAP utk Parlimen Cameron, Manogaran, kalah sebanyak 462 undi terhadap Palanivel kerana saya & PSM Cameron. Saya sedih apabila dengar tuduhan begini dibuat oleh beberapa penyokong & ahli PSM sendiri tanpa sebarang bukti.

Di antara tuduhan tersebut ialah:

1. Saya telah minta ahli & penyokong PSM Cameron undi Palanivel (BN).

2. Saya telah minta ahli & penyokong PSM Cameron buat undi rosak.

3. Saya tidak ikhlas tolong Manogaran DAP dlm kempen PRU13.

4. PSM Cameron telah sokong Calon BEBAS di DUN Tanah Rata (Dr Cheam May Choo) menyebabkan kekalahan Manogaran DAP di Parlimen Cameron.

4. Saya dgn sengaja telah minta ahli PSM Cameron utk menjadi PACA utk Dr.Jeyakumar (PSM) di Sg Siput. Ini menyebabkan Manogaran DAP kekurangan sukarelawan.

5. Saya telah pergi ke Sg Siput pada hari undi 5/5/2013 kerana tidak mahu tolong Manogaran DAP.

6. Saya hanya menolong Manogaran DAP dalam 1 minggu terakhir.

7. Semua keputusan berkenaan kempen Manogaran DAP dibuat oleh saya sendiri di dlm PSM Cameron. Tiada demokrasi.

8. Saya sangat ‘greedy’ utk bertanding & menjadi MP.

Bukan itu sahaja... Malah kredibiliti saya juga telah difitnah. Saya dikatakan terlalu miskin sehingga tidak dpt membayar bil-bil saya dan ada pihak membantu saya membayar bil. Maka itu, saya dikatakan tidak layak bertanding dlm PRU13. Saya memang miskin; tetapi saya tidak pernah minta sesiapa pun membayar bil-bil saya.

Berikut ialah beberapa kebenaran yang ingin saya tegaskan.

1. Saya tidak PERNAH minta sesiapa pun utk undi Palanivel (BN) atau jadikan undi rosak. Sebenarnya, undi rosak dlm PRU13 telah berkurang kpd 3.9% dari 7.2% pd PRU12.

2. PSM Cameron telah mula kempen utk Manogaran DAP sejak 28/4/13 kerana permintaan rakyat Cameron & juga dr luar. Sebelum 28/4/13, PSM Cameron dlm dilemma kerana tidak setuju dgn DAP yg tidak mahu beri laluan kpd PSM Cameron 1 lawan 1 dgn Palanivel. Tetapi PSM Cameron telah berubah pendiriannya kerana hormat kpd pendapat rakyat yg mahu kami tolong Manogaran DAP utk tumbang BN.

3. PSM Cameron telah edar lebih 4000 risalah Manogaran DAP di DUN Tanah Rata & Jelai.

4. Sepanjang kempen PRU13, saya telah berucap dlm 3 ceramah DAP di Cameron; Sg Koyan, Kg OA Lembah Bertam & Kg Raja.

5. Saya telah bersama penyokong DAP pada hari undi 5/5/13 di 3 tempat di Cameron; SMK Ringlet, SMK Sultan Ahmad Shah & SJKC Kuala Terla. Saya hanya berlepas ke Sg Siput pukul 1pm bersama komrad Siva.

6. Saya tidak faham bagaimana sokongan PSM Cameron kpd calon BEBAS Dr.Cheam boleh menyebabkan kekalahan Manogaran DAP. PSM Cameron sokong Dr.Cheam kerana beliau adalah calon tempatan & telah tandatangan 22 Point Aku Janji oleh PSM Cameron. Untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut mengenai Dr.Cheam, kunjungi www.cheammaychoo.com.

7. Dr.Kumar adalah calon PSM yg telah kalahkan Samy Vellu pd PRU12 di Sg Siput. Kali ini beliau berdepan dgn Devamany (BN). Devamany ialah bekas MP Cameron. Pertolongan saya & PSM Cameron kpd Dr.Kumar ialah di atas dasar solidariti sesama ahli PSM. Di samping itu, kami telah mendedahkan Devamany yg gagal selesai banyak isu di Cameron.

8. PSM Cameron mengamalkan sistem demokrasi dlm semua mesyuaratnya. Semua ahli dibenarkan bersuara & keputusan diambil berdasarkan pendapat majoriti.

9. PSM Cameron cadang utk jadikan saya sbg calon pd PRU13 di atas keputusan kumpulan. Saya bukan membuat keputusan tersebut bersendirian dan PSM Cameron bertanding & menang utk menolong & bersama rakyat.

Saya berpendapat semua tuduhan ini dibuat utk memberikan gambaran yg buruk terhadap saya & PSM Cameron. PSM Cameron telah bersama rakyat Cameron selama 10 tahun yg lepas. Kami banyak mengenali rakyat melalui perjuangan & kes2 di Pusat Khidmat PSM Cameron.

Sesiapa yg mempunyai bukti bahawa saya telah buat kerja sabotaj terhadap Manogaran DAP diminta tampil ke hadapan. Berikan bukti tersebut kpd saya & rakyat Cameron.

Kepada kawan2 yg tidak boleh menerima fakta kekalahan Manogaran DAP di Cameron:

1. analisa keputusan PRU13 kenapa Manogaran DAP kalah di Cameron

2. kumpulkan bukti penipuan jika ada

3. fail petisyen pilihanraya di mahkahmah jika ada cukup bukti

Sekian.

Suresh Kumar

PSM Cameron

019-569 6964

PSM confident of beating Palanivel in Cameron Highlands - The Malay Mail

The Malay Mail
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 14:37
by Amirul Ruslan
Location:
PETALING JAYA


AN UNDERDOG battle of David vs Goliath proportions is on the cards.

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) wants to take on MIC president Datuk Seri G. Palanivel in the parliamentary seat of Cameron Highlands.

PSM Cameron Highlands secretary Suresh Kumar has been tipped as the party's candidate for the seat.

He feels his service in the constituency will make an impact.

“Palanivel’s tactics in Cameron Highlands are not attracting the voters’ attention. We have held events where people would flock to even without the advantages of free transportation, free food or cash handouts,” said Suresh.

Other PSM officials were equally confident in Suresh’s service record.

“Suresh is no stranger in Cameron Highlands. He was born there and has been serving and assisting the people there for 10 years now. He runs the PSM Cameron Highlands service centre which has solved over 300 cases for the people,” said PSM Cameron Highlands election committee chairman Simon Rajendran.

“With a record like that, we feel Suresh is the best candidate to stand against Palanivel."

However, a stumbling block could come from DAP, which has stated its intention to run for the same seat.

Rajendran said PSM and Pakatan Rakyat shared a common enemy.

“Whatever the outcome, PSM Cameron Highlands has the same objective as Pakatan Rakyat, that is to defeat Barisan Nasional here. We hope DAP will give us the chance to contest this seat,” he said.

In 2008, MIC vice-president S. K. Devamany defeated DAP's J. Apalasamy with a 3,117-vote majority.

PSM has promised to work with Pakatan Rakyat to avoid three-cornered fights but meetings to smooth out the process are in progress, with PSM secretary-general S. Arutchelvan meeting with Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Saturday for negotiations.

PSM Cameron boleh tewaskan Dato G.Palanivel jika diberi laluan oleh DAP Cameron

PSM Cameron percaya bahawa Sdr Suresh Kumar boleh menewaskan Dato G.Palanivel jika beliau diberI laluan untuk bertanding kerusi Parlimen Cameron Highlands oleh DAP Cameron. Suresh ialah Setiausaha PSM Cameron.

Sdr Suresh bukan seorang yang asing di Cameron. Beliau dilahirkan di Cameron & telah bersama membimbing rakyat Cameron sejak 10 tahun dahulu. Beliau juga menjalankan Pusat Khidmat PSM Cameron bersama ahli lain yang sehingga kini telah menyelesaikan lebih 300 kes rakyat Cameron.

Di samping itu, Suresh juga telah sentiasa bersama rakyat seperti di dalam perjuangan: 

1. pekebun Bertam Valley terhadap pembinaan jalan Ringlet-Sg Koyan yang menyebabkan banyak kebun diambil oleh kerajaan BN
2. penduduk flats Evergreen yang menentang pemindahan tong sampah
3. penduduk Green Cow yang menentang projek pemaju swasta yang mengancam nyawa mereka
4. pekerja Ladang Teh Blue Valley yang berjuang akibat penutupan ladang
5. penduduk Brinchang menentang penukaran jalan kepada se-hala
6. 13 masalah penduduk melibatkan tanah, rumah & gerai yang enggan diselesaikan oleh Kerajaan Pahang BN
7. peniaga kecil di Kea Farm yang terpaksa berpindah memberi laluan kepada pemaju swasta
8. menyokong perjuangan Orang Asal Cameron melalui Jaringan Tanah & Wilayah Adat Cameron Highlands (JARICH)
9. membaikpulih sistem pengangkutan bas awam di Cameron 
10. menyelesaikan masalah kesesakan trafik di Cameron
11. pemusnahan hutan tidak terkawal di Cameron
12. pencemaran sungai di Cameron
13. pembinaan skim rumah murah untuk rakyat berpendapatan rendah
14. menentang pembinaan & operasi Insinerator di Blue Valley

Sdr Suresh juga telah ditahan polis beberapa kali akibat membela nasib rakyat. Beliau dan penduduk Green Cow kini menghadapi 3 tuduhan polis & pemaju di Mahkahmah akibat perjuangan bersama rakyat.

Dengan rekod sebegini, adalah harapan kami dari PSM Cameron bahawa Sdr Suresh merupakan calon terbaik untuk bertanding kerusi Parlimen Cameron menentang bakal calon, Dato G.Palanivel, Presiden MIC.

Walau apapun, tujuan PSM Cameron adalah sama seperti Pakatan Rakyat; iaitu menewaskan Barisan Nasional di Cameron Highlands. Kami berharap DAP Cameron dapat memberikan laluan kepada PSM supaya dapat bertanding di kerusi Parlimen Cameron Highlands.

Perjuangan Sdr Suresh boleh diikuti melalui laman web www.psmcameron.blogspot.com atau di Facebook di bawah nama Suresh PSM.

Untuk sebarang pertanyaan, hubungi:

Sdr Simon Rajendran

Pengerusi J/kuasa PRU13

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Cameron Highlands

Tel: 016-5172 760

Pengundi Cameron akan menolak BN di PRU13 - Bukti lebih 500 penduduk Cameron hadir di "Malam Salam Perjuangan" Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Cameron

5 April 2013

Sambutan yang diperoleh untuk "Malam Salam Perjuangan" PSM Cameron pada malam 5 April 2013 adalah sangat menggalakkan. Dewan Hotel Equatorial sesak dengan lebih 500 penduduk Cameron yang telah menghadiri majlis tersebut untuk memberi sokongan kepada PSM Cameron dan mendengar ucapan tetamu khas seperti Dato Ambiga (Pengerusi BERSIH), Wong Tack (Pengerusi Himpunan Hijau), Dr.Jeyakumar (Ahli Parlimen PSM Sg Siput), Bawani (Aktivis Pelajar Menuntut Pendidikan Percuma) dan Zulkefly Omar (Pengerusi Lajnah Alam Sekitar PAS Pusat).

Turut dalam majlis tersebut, klip video perjuangan PSM di Cameron Highlands telah ditayangkan. Turut hadir dan berucap ialah wakil JARICH (Jaringan Tanah & Wilayah Adat Orang Asal Cameron Highlands), Seman Bah Tow dan Narbi Mat. Mereka telah menerangkan masalah yang dihadapi oleh Orang Asal di Cameron dan kerja-kerja yang sedang dilakukan oleh JARICH. Satu klip video JARICH juga telah ditayangkan.

Dalam majlis ini juga, kutipan wang telah dibuat untuk membolehkan JARICH membeli peralatan GPS yang akan digunakan untuk di dalam "Community Mapping" wilayah adat mereka. "Community Mapping" ini kemudian akan digunakan untuk  menuntut semula hak tanah adat OA di mahkahmah. Kutipan sebanyak RM3500 telah disumbangkan oleh hadirin. 

Majlis diakhiri dengan ucapan penutup oleh Setiausaha PSM Cameron, Suresh Kumar dan pemberian peralatan menulis kepada kanak-kanak oleh Dato Ambiga. Walaupun para hadirin terpaksa membeli tiket dengan harga RM70 untuk majlis ini, namun semangat penduduk Cameron untuk membawa perubahan di dalam PRU 13 amat jelas. Malah sumbangan RM3500 oleh tetamu kepada JARICH juga merupakan bukti bahawa penduduk Cameron simpati dengan masalah OA di bawah pentadbiran BN.

Hadiran ke majlis ini membuktikan bahawa walaupun mereka tidak diberi pengangkutan percuma, makanan percuma dan duit, mereka akan tetap menyokong PSM Cameron dan bersemangat untuk  perubahan di dalam PRU13 yang akan datang. Nampaknya taktik Dato G.Palanivel (calon BN Parlimen Cameron Highlands) tidak begitu berjaya menarik perhatian penduduk Cameron kepada BN.  

Disediakan oleh:

Suresh Kumar

Setiausaha

PSM Cameron Highlands

019-569 6964

Kebangkitan Rakyat Cameron - Melangkah Tuntut Hak

Kebangkitan Rakyat Cameron - Melangkah Tuntut Hak
2, 3 & 4 Feb 2012

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) Cameron Highlands dan JERIT (Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas) ingin menjemput kumpulan saudara/i mengambil bahagian di dalam perjalanan di Cameron selama 3 hari bermula 2 Feb 2013 di Cameron untuk meminta Kerajaan Pahang menyelesaikan isu-isu berikut:

1. SELESAI 13 MASALAH TANAH, RUMAH & GERAI RAKYAT
2. HENTI PEMUSNAHAN HUTAN
3. HENTI PENCEMARAN SUNGAI
4. SELESAI MASALAH TRAFIK
5. RUNDING DENGAN RAKYAT SEBELUM BUAT PROJEK
6. BINA SKIM RUMAH MURAH
7. HENTI INSINERATOR

2 kumpulan akan berjalan dari Blue Valley dan Ulu Jelai menuju ke Tanah Rata mengikut jadual perjalanan di bawah. Pada 4/2/2013, kedua-dua kumpulan ini akan menyerahkan memorandum kepada Pegawai Daerah Cameron untuk disampaikan kepada MB Pahang.

Satu sidang akhbar akan diadakan pada 29/1/2013 mengumumkan program ini di Pejabat PSM, 22A, Jalan Vivekananda, Brickfields, 50470, Kuala Lumpur. Masa 10.30 pagi.

Kami sangat berharap pihak saudara/i dapat hadir memberikan sokongan semasa Sidang Akhbar dan juga sepanjang program ini.

Sila hubungi Suresh (PSM Cameron) 019-5696964 atau Parames (JERIT) 019-2612269 untuk keterangan lanjut.

Kami juga mengalu-alukan sebarang sumbangan untuk menjayakan program ini.

TARIKH	KUMPULAN	MULA	TAMAT	BANDAR YANG AKAN DILALUI	JARAK DILALUI
2/2/2013	CAMERON A	ULU JELAI	RINGLET	1.ULU JELAI 2.LEMBAH BERTAM 3.RINGLET	22.5 KM
	CAMERON B	BLUE VALLEY	TRINGKAP	1.BLUE VALLEY 2.KG RAJA 3.KUALA TERLA 4.TRINGKAP	12.8 KM
3/2/2013	CAMERON A	RINGLET	TANAH RATA	1.RINGLET 2.HABU 3.TANAH RATA	12.7 KM
	CAMERON B	TRINGKAP	TANAH RATA	1.TRINGKAP 2.KEA FARM 3.BRINCHANG 4.TANAH RATA	10.5 KM
4/3/2013	CAMERON A & B	HANTAR MEMO DAN POSKAD KPD PEGAWAI DAERAH		1.TANAH RATA

PSM: Why charge hillslope residents? - FZ.com

First Published: 4:07pm, Dec 20, 2012
Last Updated: 4:07pm, Dec 20, 2012
Nation
by Stephanie Sta Maria
fz.com/Stephanie Sta Maria

 

PSM S. Arutchelvan (R) is baffled why the AG interferes in a private case against land development.

KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) and residents of the Green Cow area in Cameron Highlands are baffled over the contradictory stands taken by the authorities on land development works on the hillslope.

PSM Cameron Highlands branch secretary B Suresh Kumar said that although the residents had obtained a court injunction to stop the developer from carrying out soil movement works in the area, the attorney-general (AG) remains intent on pursuing criminal charges against three of them.

 

"The Kuantan High Court has delivered us justice," he told a press conference at the PSM headquarters today. "But the AG, district land office and police have continued to stand against us."

 

The Green Cow residents lodged a police report against LTT Development in September 2011 over fears that their homes and lives were in danger following bulldozing works by the developer to carry out a commercial shop lot project.

 

In May this year, the residents set up camp in the developer's area, prompting the developer to obtain an ex parte injunction to stop them from trespassing.

 

Three months ago, two Green Cow residents were charged by the authorities at the Cameron Highlands Magistrate's Court for obstructing the developer's lorries. Their case will be heard on Jan 29 next year.

 

On Dec 11, the Kuantan High Court set aside LTT Development's ex parte and inter parte injunctions to stop the residents from trespassing on the land.

 

The court also awarded an injunction to Green Cow residents to stop LTT Development from carrying out soil movement works near their homes.

 

This is the second court victory for the residents with the first being on July 30, when the Cameron Highlands Magistrate's Court cleared Suresh and two other residents from charges of wrongful restraint.

 

The AG however appealed the case in the Termerloh High Court in August. The appeal will be heard on Feb 22 next year.

 

PSM secretary-general S. Arutchelvan, who was also present at today's press conference, questioned why the AG is interfering in a case that could easily be pursued by a private company.

 

"These people are fighting to save their lives and their homes," he said. "This isn't a blind fight for the environment but started when a rock fall occurred in the area."

 

According to Arutchelvan, even the district land office is uncooperative in its insistence that all documents related to the development are confidential.

 

"The developers have even sent gangsters who pointed guns at the resident but the police will only conduct investigations if we have the make and model of the guns," he said.

 

PSM and the Green Cow residents are also wondering if MIC President Datuk G Palanivel has any intention of honouring his promise to provide them alternate land for relocation.

 

"Palanivel visited the area in July and promised to give the Green Cow residents another piece of land," Suresh claimed.

 

"His aide even took some of the residents to the allocated land which is a forest area. That was the last we heard from him."

 

Suresh said that they have sent two letters to Palanivel but received no response.

 

Arutchelvan meanwhile claimed that Palanivel had made that promise because he knew that the land area was unsafe.

 

When asked if Cameron Highlands MP Datuk K Devamany was playing a role in the issue, Arutchelvan replied that Devamany had written a letter to Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaacob, seeking a resolution but there had been no feedback.

 

In July, Palanivel issued a statement saying that the woes of the Green Cow residents had been resolved as Adnan had agreed to allocate a piece of land for each of the affected families to rebuild their homes.