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| Akta PTPTN 1997 Digubal Ketika Dato’ Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak Menerajui Kementerian Pendidikan Posted: 16 Apr 2012 01:32 AM PDT Angkatan Muda KEADILAN (AMK) merujuk kepada kenyataan YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, bekas Perdana Menteri yang dilaporkan oleh agensi berita BERNAMA semalam yang mendakwa bahawa Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN) diwujudkan ketika YB Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim memegang jawatan Timbalan Perdana Menteri. Berdasarkan fakta, kenyataan YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir itu adalah tepat namun demikian adalah mustahil bagi beliau untuk menafikan kenyataan bahawa ketika PTPTN ditubuhkan, beliau sendiri memegang jawatan Perdana Menteri dan YAB Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak (kini Perdana Menteri) pula merupakan Menteri Pendidikan yang bertanggungjawab membentangkan Rang Undang-Undang Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional 1997 di Dewan Rakyat pada ketika itu. Jika merujuk kepada handsard Parlimen Kesembilan, Penggal Ketiga, Mesyuarat Pertama (Jilid III, Bil. 26) bertarikh 13 Mei 1997 [dilampirkan], Rang Undang-Undang Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional 1997 telah dibentangkan untuk bacaan kali kedua dan ketiga oleh YAB Dato' Seri Mohd Najib (ketika itu Menteri Pendidikan) pada jam 9.06 malam. Rang undang-undang ini kemudiannya telah diluluskan dan dimaktubkan menjadi Akta Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional 1997 dan seterusnya PTPTN telah ditubuhkan di bawah akta ini yang mula berkuatkuasa pada 1 Julai 1997. Justeru, kenyataan YABhg. Tun Dr. Mahathir yang dilaporkan oleh media semalam tidak akan sekali-kali menafikan fakta bahawa inisiatif penubuhan PTPTN adalah dilaksanakan di bawah pentadbiran beliau yang ketika itu merupakan Perdana Menteri dan juga YAB Dato' Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak yang ketika itu menjawat Menteri Pendidikan dan merupakan menteri yang bertanggungjawab membentangkan Rang Undang-Undang Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional pada 1997.
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| Anwar Insists New Security Law Against Human Rights, Wants PSC Review Posted: 15 Apr 2012 10:11 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim insisted today that the newly-proposed security law to replace the Internal Security Act (ISA) still contravenes human rights, and demanded it be referred to a Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for review. The opposition leader, when debating the Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill in Parliament this morning, argued that the law now transfers the power to make arbitrary arrests to the judiciary instead of the executive arm of government. He pointed out that while the controversial 52-year-old ISA grants absolute powers to the home minister to order a person's detention, the new security law offers the same power to the courts. "Now, all that is needed to be done is for the public prosecutor to merely suggest to the court that the individual be rearrested… what is the difference from the ISA? "It is just that now we are using the court process to detain a person," Anwar (picture) said. The Bill, tabled for first reading last week as a replacement to the ISA, stipulates that those under trial for a security offence, once acquitted, upon application by the public prosecutor, can be remanded in prison pending a notice of appeal against the court's decision. In effect, this means the accused will be kept imprisoned until all appeal avenues are exhausted. Anwar, who is also Pakatan Rakyat (PR) de facto leader, however commended the repeal of the ISA, saying that it has been a long-time struggle of the opposition. But he said that while Malaysia still needs laws to combat terrorism, the government should look into total reforms to the country's security framework instead of merely enacting fresh laws. "We do not want Malaysia to be a base for terrorist activities… we do want to have tough measures against terrorism. "Why not set up a counter-insurgency unit for the police force? Why is 30 per cent of the police force made up of the Special Branch unit that is more of a counter-Pakatan insurgency unit? "The institutional framework must be there… therefore, we have to oppose to the specific provisions in this Bill that is contrary to human rights provisions," he told a press conference later. |
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