Ahad, Mac 04, 2012

OKU PUNISHED FOR SUPPORTING OPPOSITION

Farmer claims punished for supporting opposition

DISHEARTENING: Frusis (centre), accompanied by the DAP members, after lodging a police report in Sri Aman yesterday.

KUCHING Mac 3, 2012: The life of farmer Frusis Lebi, who has deformed hands and feet, has recently turned into a living hell.

However, the hardship his family is presently experiencing has nothing to do with his deformity.

Things have fallen through the floor for this 51-year-old villager from Kampung Entulang Entawa in Sri Aman because he did not keep his political affiliations discreet.

During the run-up to the 10th state election in April last year, Frusis openly supported the opposition and even flew an opposition flag near his house, and because of that his RM300 monthly assistance from the Welfare Department, which he had been receiving for years, suddenly stopped last October.

Also halted were fertilizer and fruit seedling subsidies from the Agriculture Department.

Compounding  his family’s woes is that his eldest son is also physically handicapped, and as such they depend on the welfare assistance and government subsidies to make ends meet.

Relating his ordeal to The Borneo Post yesterday, Frusis claimed that instructions to cancel all government assistance and subsidies came from the Assistant Minister of Agriculture’s Office. He said he had proof of this because a sympathiser had given him a photocopy of the letter addressed to the assistant director of the Sri Aman Agriculture Department.

image That letter, written in Bahasa Malaysia, is dated Dec 8, 2011.

Among others, it reads as follows: “I request that any form of government assistance provided by your department to Encik Frusis Lebi, an underprivileged person (OKU) from Entulang Entawa, Sri Aman, all this while be stopped with immediate effect.

“This is because he is against government policies and openly supported the opposition candidate during the 2011 state election. Apart from that, he had also provided an operation room for the opposition candidate.”

Describing the action as ‘‘unfair and unjust’’, Frusis, accompanied by Sri Aman DAP chairman Leon Jemat Donald and a few members, lodged a report at the Sri Aman police station yesterday.

15 ulasan:

  1. Hope that the Welfare department will continue aiding Frusis no matter if he supported the current government or the Opposition.

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    1. Hope that the welfare department will continue to help those in need.

      Padam
    2. harap jabatan kebajikan akan menyiasat hal ini dan tidak pilih kasih.

      Padam
  2. The government must be fair in treating all Malaysian citizens, it is their rights to be treated equally without discrimination.

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  3. Haiya.... dah tau masih mengharap bantuan kerajaan BN, dan masih mengharap dibayar setiap bulan, KENAPA la ko talampau bodoh dan lurus bendul terang-terangan membangkang...

    It is a simple common sense, kalau you tak suka I, then I tak bagi you la... basic common sense... pakai otak bah kawan... haiya!

    Diam-diam bah klu nda suka, time mengundi barulah undi pembangkang! Haiya...

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    1. Jika betul2 tidak suka dengan kerajaan, buat apa minta bantuan BN, mintalah bantuan pembangkang, tengok apa yang mereka boleh buat.

      Padam
    2. Nevertheless, the welfare department must not discriminate the applicants in any ways.

      Padam
  4. surat tersebut belum tentu lagi benar? nak edit senang ja tu. bgs hal ini disiasat.

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  5. Does the letter really mentioned that his aids are stopped just because he voted the opposition?

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    1. Tiada la ba sampai macam tu. Undi pembangkang terus kena kasi behenti segalanya. Kalau la betul, lebih baik jangan ada kempen.

      Padam
    2. rasanya perkara ini hanya mainan politik sahaja, kerajaan tidaklah sekejam itu.

      Padam
  6. Mungkin ada sebab lain kenapa bantuan beliau di berentikan.bukan pasal beliau undi pembangkang.

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  7. Ini nama dia mainan politik, yang tiada di adakan..

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  8. jika kerajaan pembangkang yang menghulurkan bantuan itu dan penerima menunjukkan tentangan secara terbuka terhadap pihak kerajaan pembangkang, adakah pembangkang akan terus menghulurkan bantuan itu??

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  9. samalah seperti kita menjemput orang lain masuk ke dalam rumah kita, setelah menikmati segala apa yang ada dalam rumah itu, si tetamu cuba pula untuk membakar rumah tersebut..

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