Asia / Asia Pacific

International Solidarity Messages to the 12th Congress of PSM

1 Jun 2010

Messages of solidarity from comrades all over the world - from France to the Phillipines and from Sweden to Singapore.

Protest at Thai Embassy KL - Elections Now!

14 Apr 2010

Malaysians Express Solidarity with Thai People's Movement for Democracy
Kuala Lumpur

Today, a delegation of 30 people led by Socialist Party Malaysia (PSM) staged a protest at the Royal Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Those who present included Dr. Nasir Hashim (Chairperson of PSM and Selangor State Assemblyperson of Kota Damansara ), Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj (Central Committe Member of PSM and Member of Parliament for Sungai Siput), and S. Arutchelvan (Secretary-General of PSM). There were also representatives of Suaram, a leading human rights organisation in Malaysia, as well as a representative from the Student Federation of Thailand.

PSM to handover memorandum to Thai embassy on Wednesday

12 Apr 2010

Stop Bloody Crackdown in Thailand. Restore Democracy! Election Now!

Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) will be submitting a memorandum to the Royal Thai Embassy in protest of the bloody crackdown on the Red-Shirt pro-democracy protesters.

Date: 14 April 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 11 am

Thailand: Resolve the Crisis through Democracy, not Crackdown

10 Apr 2010

Regional Joint Statement
by Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), Working People Association (PRP) of Indonesia, People’s Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia, Turn Left Thailand, Socialist Alliance of Australia

Thailand: Resolve the Crisis through Democracy, not Crackdown

We are deeply concerned over the current situation in Thailand where military-backed Prime Minister Ahbisit Vejjajiva has declared a state of emergency and started a bloody crackdown amidst escalating protests calling for fresh election.

The situation is worrying as the Thai government closes down all opposition media and gives sweeping new powers to the security forces to prepare for a violent crackdown on the Red Shirt protesters. Thai troops are using excessive force including tanks and live ammunition, against pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok.

Solidarity Statement for the Struggle of Burma Working Class

14 Feb 2010

Terjemahan dalam Bahasa Indonesia di bawah

Statement Solidaritas untuk Perjuangan Kelas Buruh BurmaWorking Peoples Association (Indonesia), Singapore Democratic Party, Socialist Party of Malaysia, Socialist Alternative (Australia), Confederation Congress of Indonesia Union Alliance, Socialist Workers (New Zealand), Socialist Alliance (Australia), Young Democrats (Singapore), Partido ng Manggangawa (Philippine), Congress of South African Trade Unions, Partido Lakas ng Masa (Philippine)

Workers at the Taiyi shoe factory and Opal 2 garment factory began a strike on Monday, 8 February 2010. They are demanding an increase in salary of 10.000 Kyat (US$ 10), a reduction of working hours and the provision of a clean space for meal. The strike started in the Mya Fashion garment factory in No. 3 Factory Zone of Rangoon’s Hlaing Thrayar Township.

Now they are being blocked by riot police trucks, at least 50 trucks packed with riot police carrying assault rifles and shields were dispatched. They are prevented from leaving the factory zone and no one has been allowed to enter. Police securing roads surrounding the Hlaingtharyar Industrial Zone, about 11 km outside the biggest city, Yangon.

Stop Collusion with Sri Lankan Govt! Stop Repatriation of Sri Lankan Refugees!

22 Oct 2009

Humane and Ethical Treatment for Sri Lankan Asylum Seekers

The PSM is concerned for the safety and well-being of the 207 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers who are being held at the Immigration Detention Centre at the KL International Airport as well as the 108 Sri Lankan refugees detained at Pekan Nanas Immigration Detention Centre

According to our sources, there are 15 women and 6 children among these 207 Sri Lankans who were picked up at a road-block in Batu Pahat 10 days ago before being transported to the KLIA for detention. Out of the 108 people detained at Pekan Nenas Immigration Detention Centre, there are 10 women and 10 children. One of the women is in her 8th month of pregnancy. It was also reported that the Sri Lankan Embassy, including the Deputy High Commissioner were forcing a group of Sri Lankan refugees to sign agreements for repatriation. The refugees refused to sign the agreements and the embassy personnel assaulted them by beating and kicking them to force them to sign the agreement.

Our Statement On Sri Lanka

27 May 2009

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa declared victory over Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) as the last LTTE strongpoints crumbled. The victory is for no one but only the chauvinistic nationalist Sinhalese government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, which has launched a brutal, merciless and cold-blooded military offensive against Tamil population for several months, inflicted nothing but death, destruction and misery. The victory which proclaimed by Rajapaksa, will not put an end to the conflict that has lasted for several decades, but signals new assault on working people in Sri Lanka - Tamil, Sinhalese and Muslim.

Solidarity Message to the people of Nepal

12 May 2009

1. Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) would like to express our greatest concern over the current political development and intensifying social struggles in the newly born Republic of Nepal.

21 arrested at anti-war vigil

, 10 Jan 2009

Malaysiakini, 10 Jan 2009

The police have arrested 21 people, including Klang MP Charles Santiago and several top leaders of PSM, at an anti-war vigil at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur.

The vigil was organised by Anti-War Coalition to show support to the victims of war and aggression in Palestine and Sri Lanka.

About 200 people had gathered at about 8pm for the vigil, which was declared illegal by the police who were also present at the venue.

Bangkok: Right-wing mob riots outside parliament

9 Oct 2008

Since late evening on the 6th October 2008, the ultra right-wing fascist mob which calls itself the "Peoples Alliance for Democracy" (PAD) laid plans to lay siege to the Thai parliament. They came prepared with iron bars and crash helmets. Their plan, as always, was to create chaos in the hope that the military would stage a coup or that the ruling party would once again be dissolved by the courts. Their claim is that the present government lead, by the Peoples Power Party or PPP (ex-Premier Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai in another name), is "illegitimate". The party and the previous TRT party have consistently won large majorities in elections, proving that they are popular with the poor, who make up the majority of the population. This support from the poor is not surprising, since the party was the first elite party in 30 years to offer a universal health care scheme and public funds to develop the rural economy.

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