AUKU Public Lecture Series

Baru-baru ini Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) 1971 sekali lagi menjadi perhatian umum apabila empat mahasiswa jurusan Sains Politik UKM bakal dikenakan tindakan disiplin di bawah akta tersebut kerana didakwa melibatkan diri dalam kempen pilihanraya kecil Hulu Selangor. Mereka telah dituduh melanggar Seksyen 15(5)(a) AUKU yang melarang mahasiswa dari menyatakan sokongan atau simpati terhadap mana-mana parti politik.

Walaupun semakin banyak perhatian diberikan terhadap kes tersebut, pemahaman tentang latar belakang, fungsi, keberkesanan dan impak sebenar AUKU masih menjadi persoalan serta tanda tanya dikalangan mahasiswa dan juga masyarakat umum.

Siri Ceramah Umum AUKU ini bertujuan untuk membincangkan akta ini secara menyeluruh dari sudut perspektif sejarah, perlembagaan, hak asasi, dan juga penguatkuasaan. Program ini dianjurkan oleh KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section.

Ceramah Umum AUKU (1):

AUKU & SEJARAH KEBANGKITAN MAHASISWA 1960AN

Tarikh: Khamis, 1 Julai 2010

Masa: 8:30 malam

Penceramah: Fahmi Reza, Penyelidik sejarah gerakan mahasiswa

Ceramah Umum AUKU (2):

AUKU & PERLEMBAGAAN PERSEKUTUAN

Tarikh: Khamis, 8 Julai 2010

Masa: 8:30 malam

Penceramah: Azmi Sharom, Prof. Madya Fakulti Undang-Undang, UM dan Soh Sook Hwa, Bekas mahasiswa USM yang didakwa di bawah AUKU

Ceramah Umum AUKU (3):

AUKU & HAK MAHASISWA

Tarikh: Khamis, 15 Julai 2010

Masa: 8:30 malam

Penceramah: Shazni Munir, Presiden Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia (SMM) dan Yap Heng Lung, Sekretariat Malaysian Youth and Students Democratic Movement (DEMA)

Ceramah Umum AUKU (4):

AUKU & MASA DEPAN

Tarikh: Khamis, 22 Julai 2010

Masa: 8:30 malam

Penceramah: Teh Yee Keong, Mantan Penyelaras Gerakan Mahasiswa Mansuhkan AUKU

Tempat: Auditorium KLSCAH, Jalan Maharajalela, KL (berdekatan Stesen Monorel Maharajalela)

Untuk maklumat lanjut sila hubungi: 03-22746645 (Miss Loo)

日前，四名国民大学（国大）政治系学生因为在乌雪补选期间，前往选区考察，而遭到校方援引大专法令提控他们支持反对党。为此，大专法令再度引起人们的高度关注。

虽然这起事件引起越来越多的社会大众的关注，然而，还是有许多的社会大众及大专生对大专法令的缘起、功能、效用与影响不了解及存有很多的疑问。

为此，隆雪华青特别开办《青年讲堂》邀请了 各界专才成为主讲人。这些主讲人将会从历史、宪法、学生及替代方案的角度出发，以期能更深入及全面的探讨大专法令。

这场由隆雪华青筹办的青年讲堂，一共有四堂课，分别是：

讲堂（一）：历史角度

大专法令与其产生：回顾1969年学运风潮

日期：1/7/2010 （星期四）

时间：8:30pm

主讲人：法米里扎（ 60年代学运研究员）

讲堂 （二）：宪法角度

大专法令与宪法：检思大专法令如何违宪

日期：8/7 /2010 (星期四）

时间：8:30pm

主讲人：阿兹米沙隆姆（马大法律系副教授）、苏淑桦 （挑战大专法令违宪的前学运领袖）

讲堂 （三）：学生角度

大专法令与学生：探讨大专法令与学生的影响

日期：15/7 /2010 （星期四)

时间：8:30pm

主讲人：沙兹穆尼（全国大专生团结阵线主席）、叶兴隆（马来西亚青年与学生民

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讲堂 （四）：替代角度

大专法令与其替代方案：大专宪章与大学管理法案

日期：22/7/2010

时间：8:30pm

主讲人：郑屹强（前废除大专法令联盟协调员）

这一系列有关大专法令的公开讲堂，将会在隆雪华堂楼上讲堂进行，媒介语为国语，入场是免费 的，欢迎在籍的大专生及对大专法令这课题有兴趣的公众踊跃出席。如有任何疑问，可以联络隆雪华堂秘书处03-22746645或游览隆雪青的部落格

MyConstitution Campaign Launch of Phase 5: Executive/Government

After our the launch of our last phase in April, the next phase is now upon us! Phase 5, which covers the Executive / Government will be launched by a Cabinet Minister, Senator Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon.

Details are as follows:

Date: 23 July 2010
Time: 10.30 am
Venue: Dewan 10, Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Dataran Gemilang, Presint 5, Putrajaya

As usual, the Rakyat Guides and Rakyat Service Advertisements for the phase will be made available. Also available are our brand new tee shirts!

Program:

10.30 Speech by Edmund Bon, Chairperson of Constitutional Law Committee

10.40 Presentation by Syahredzan Johan, Co-Deputy Chaiperson of Constitutional Law Committee.

10.55 Speech by YB Senator Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in PM’s Department

11.15 Official launch of Phase 5 of the MyConstitution campaign

11.30 Tea-break and press conference

11.50 Conversations with YB Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon

Spaces are limited, so please contact our Ms. Lim Ka Ea at kaea@malaysianbar.org.my to book your place.

Mari merakyatkan Perlembagaan!

MyConstitution goes to Kedah!

The eagerly anticipated MyConstitution Workshop and State-level Launch!

The MyConstitution Campaign will be travelling north to Alor Setar, Kedah on 17 July 2010.

There will be a workshop to empower youth on their constitutional rights and what the Federal Constitution actually means. The workshop will be held in University Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Kedah at 2pm on 17 July. Limited space only! For registration, please call the Kedah Legal Aid Centre at 04-733 3467 or Ms. Hasni Salina at 012 4898302.

There will also be a state-level launch at Kolej Universiti Insaniah, Alor Setar Kedah on 18 July, 2:00pm. The Menteri Besar of Kedah will be officiating the launch. This will be followed by a “Conversations on the Constitution” forum on Federal-State Relations, featuring power speakers such as Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, Haji Sulaiman, Professor Dr. Aziz Bari and others. This event is opened to public.

This event is proudly funded by the Kedah State Government and brought to you by the Kedah Legal Aid Centre and the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee.

Don't Go To China For Organ Transplants

Published by Free Malaysia Today, 12 July 2010. By Teoh El Sen.

SUBANG JAYA: Malaysians who go to China for organ transplant risk contracting serious diseases, says a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert.

Dr Francis Delmonico, a WHO adviser, said some Malaysians who had gone abroad for organ transplants had returned home with diseases like TB, hepatitis and HIV.

According to a report by the Malaysian Dialysis and Transplant Registry, some 60% of Malaysians have gone overseas for transplants in the past nine years (2000-2009), with 856 seeking treatment in China alone.

Speaking at a forum on "Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism -- the need for regulatory and legislative control" held here last Friday, Delmonico advised Malaysians not go to China.

"We do not know where they get the organs. But in most cases, the organs are taken from executed prisoners. And we know that when patients go there and ask for a donor, the authorities would just say, 'we need a B-blood type execution' and it's done and some middlemen get the money," said Delmonico, who is also the director of medical afffairs and president-elect of the Transplantation Society.

"People need to know that those who went abroad for organ transplants have become ill on returning home. Besides, nobody is keeping tabs on how these transplants are done after the money has been paid. This is a fact. They (medical authorities) don't care and there are no guarantees," he added.

He said the commercialisation of organs – buying and selling of organs – is known to occur in countries such as China, Pakistan, India, the Philippines and Egypt.

“This is unethical and should not be sanctioned,” he added.

Delmonico also urged the Malaysian government to draw up new laws to combat organ trafficking and at the same time boost the efficiency of the local transplant agency.

Condemning reports of kidnappings and other forms of coercion to harvest human organs, he said that it was often the rich who would travel abroad to purchase organs from the poor.

“This is also a form of exploitation,” he said.

Be tough on middlemen

Malaysian Society of Transplantation president Dr Harjit Singh agreed, saying: "We must be aware that this (kidnappings) is happening."

"We need laws in place to safeguard the interest of our citizens and to prevent organ trafficking from reaching our shores,” Harjit said.

He added that organ transplants in Malaysia are governed by the Human Tissues Act 1974, which needs to be amended or replaced with a new Act.

Former Bar Council president Ambiga Sreenevasan, who was also present, said Malaysia needs to be "tough on the middlemen" by enacting news laws or amending existing ones such as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act 2007.

She said the country should have comprehensive programmes to address poverty so that Malaysia would not become a target for the organ black market.

Ministry of Health official Dr Azmie Shapie said the ministry is trying to strengthen its capacity to provide transplants but the main challenge is getting more organs.

"If we do not address this, then other issues will crop up. Our people who go to other countries for tranplants could contract hepatitis B, HIV, and so one. We cannot condone it," said Azmie.

National Transplant Resource Centre chief national transplant coordinator Dr Lela Yasmin Mansor told FMT that organ trafficking is now decreasing as countries are becoming more aware of the problem.

"In line with the Declaration of Istanbul on Organ Trafficking and Transplant Tourism we adopted last year, we must have laws to prosecute those who traffick.

“Right now, the Ministry of Health has a set of policies against the buying and selling of organs but there is no provision to penalise those who do it."

Lela added that in addition to more public willingness to donate, the transplant agency also needs funding for more doctors, nurses and logistics.

About 60,000 transplants are taking place worldwide each year, and one in 10 are done illegally. In Malaysia, some 10,000 patients are waiting in line for organs such as kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs.

Watch World Cup Finals with MyConstitution

You know the rules of the game, but are you concern about the Constitution of our nation?

Join us to watch the World Cup 2010 final match!
-watch with a fun crowd
-meet new people
-casual (and candid) chat on both Football and our Nation

Date: 11 July 2010 Sunday
Time: 1 a.m. until game ends
Venue: PappaRich Bangsar, Jalan Telawi 4

Myanmar Celebration Day (18 June 2010)

Friday, 09 July 2010 01:58PM

Contributed by Joethi Sahadevan, Officer, Human Rights Committee, with photos courtesy of Amnesty International Malaysia.

Amnesty International Malaysia with the Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the Bar Council jointly organised the Myanmar Celebration Day on 18 June 2010, from 6:30 to 10:00 pm at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium. The event was held to commemorate World Refugee Day and the 65th birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Women's Day of Burma.

SUHAKAM’s newly-elected Commissioner James Nayagam, the guest of honour, spoke passionately about how every person must be accorded respect and there should no longer be any exploitation. He also took the opportunity to wish Daw Aung well on her birthday. HRC Chairperson Andrew Khoo expressed his hope that the relevant government agencies would take more steps to alleviate the problems faced by refugees in this country. He said the situation faced by refugees in Malaysia is appalling and their condition and difficulties should not be reduced to mere statistics.

There was a colourful dance and song performed by children of refugees during the celebration. Aung San Suu Kyi’s biography and the political history of Myanmar were also highlighted. During the evening’s festivities, the participants had the opportunity to enjoy Burmese delicacies prepared by the refugees.

A Glimpse into the Indian Community of Labis

4 July 2010 morning was cold. My alarm went off at quarter to 6. I’ve voluntereed to go to SJK (Tamil) Labis for the Law Awareness Campaign organised by the Johore Legal Aid Centre and Johore Elegant Women’s League (JEWEL). At that moment, my bed was the cosiest place on earth. Every cell in my body surrendered to the pull of gravity and refused to budge from the comfort zone. Then the images of the underprivileged community flashed across my mind. When the stabbing pain of my conscience became unbearable, I forced myself out of the bed and headed to the bathroom.

3 other lady-lawyers who were as dedicated as me *cough* went together in a car from Johor Bahru to Labis. Labis is a small town surrounded by oil palm plantations. The school has a block of three storey classrooms and a canteen. 3 lawyers and 1 chambering student from nearby Segamat joined us. JEWEL has invited the representatives from Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) of JB to participate too. I was impressed. They came in 2 cars and wasted no time in setting up the place. Within minutes, we’ve separate sections for the registration of adoptions, birth certificates and even renewal of I/Cs.

As the crowd trickled into the hall seeking for assistance, I realised the problems faced by the local Indian community. All the applicants were low-income workers of the plantations and illiterate. A woman came with a birth certificate in tatters. Another woman who couldn’t remember her birthplace or her mother’s name wished to apply for I/C. A man in his forties applied for his I/C for the first time. They spoke in Tamil and hardly any Malay or English language. As a Chinese, I became redundant. When asked whether they need any legal advice, the replies were negative. They did not understand what were their rights. How to explain the rights under the Federal Constitution to the illiterate community?

To make myself useful, I took a few pictures and fetched things for my colleagues. All of us tried to assist as much as we could. We may come up against a wall many times, however, if we hit the wall without giving up, one day the wall will surely falls apart. We can also dig under the wall or climb over it.

On our way back to JB, we decided to reward ourselves. There was a durians stall by the road-side near the Yong Peng exit. The owner was the most honest durian seller I’ve ever met. We had a feast fit for 4 queens. Aahh... who says that there is no such thing as “heaven on earth”? Just have to look at the right place and you’ll find it.

The Enlightened Rakyat Workshop

Who are you? What is your role in Malaysia? What would you like see of Malaysia? How can you influence people in Malaysia? What would you do if you led Malaysia? Do you have ideas? Do you have opinions? Would you like to express who you are? Would you like Malaysia to know, who you are?

These are questions every Malaysian has pondered about. As a Malaysian, you naturally feel a deep sense of belonging to your land, to your culture, your heritage and most certainly to the people around you. There is quite simply, no place else like Malaysia. 52 years since our independence, Malaysians now want to step forward in this diverse landscape; to lead the people, promote prosperity and bring about change.

Leadership builders Leaderonomics and the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee will be directing The Enlightened Rakyat Workshop as a means of enabling Malaysians to learn about themselves - the choices you are able to make, the impact you can have over Malaysia and the skills you have as a leader.

Participants will be guided on their rights as citizens of Malaysia while also learning about their personality, their strengths and ways to become more proactive and perceptive leaders. Participants will be given guidance on public speaking, eloquence and persuasiveness as well as assistance in developing presentation skills, communication and expression.

The Enlightened Rakyat Workshop will also be an excellent opportunity to meet like minded people; to network and to synergize with the potential leaders of Malaysia. It would be an avenue for people to promote awareness among one another and to maturely deal with the issues facing this country.

The Enlightened Rakyat Workshop will be held on 10/07/2010 at theCybertorium, Level 2, Menara Star from 8:30 a.m. (Registration) to 6:00 p.m. Leaderonomics and the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee look forward towards hearing from the future leaders of the Rakyat; your aspirations, your vision and your hopes.

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