2 Issues here, one being freedom of expression not forgetting that MPs are mere representatives of the people - it is absurd that 'Bosses' are being treated this way..
Second, the issue of WHAT the government will do when cemeteries with a certain number of graves are discovered. Sometimes, graves are not just of one religion but a mixture of religion. In Temerloh, just recently some people came across a 'cemetery' with about 6 - 8 graves - (mulch-religious). Will the attitude be 'pretend it is not there' and allow the Developer to do as they please??
I believe that the the government must first have a meeting with all religious community leaders in the particular district, efforts must be made to identify family and relatives (or even the name of the person buried there because some time by reason of time names and dates cannot no longer be read)
BEST SOLUTION
Cordon of the area, be it a cemetery of many graves or just one grave, and leave it as a cemetery/grave site. Remeber, it could always be made to look good.
If movement of the graves are REALLY required, it must be done with the knowledge and approval of the respective religious communities - because different religions have different ways, ceremonies, prayers, etc ...that need to be done when a grave is re-located. - If any grave is relocated, there must be a marker/sign where the grave was - a notice to loved ones/friends/etc that may one day come looking for the graves of their loved ones of where the graves had been re-located to...
Pengerang residents pulled out of Parliament PC area
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Pengerang
residents were pulled out of the designated press conference (PC) area
at the Parliament lobby when they tried to address the media about a
signature campaign to stop the forced removal of burial sites of their
ancestors.
Parliament guards pulled out NGO leader Sim Seng San, who refused to budge at first, and later tried to do the same to his colleague Yap Lay Yen.
“This are is only for parliamentarians. Get up,” the guard said, while tugging at Sim’s (sitting, left in photo) arm.
However, DAP’s Bakri MP Er Teck Hwa (centre in photo) stopped the guard from doing the same to Yap.
“She is a woman, you cannot touch her,” he told the guard who was trying to implement the new ruling by the Dewan Rakyat speaker to disallow non-Parliamentarians from holding press conferences in the designated area.
Sim
and Yap later took questions from reporters outside the designated
press conference area, but were again stopped by the guard.
“This area is still in Parliament jurisdiction,” another Parliament guard said, but the guard left when reporters pointed out that the speaker’s ruling only applies to the designated area.
Sixty tombstones more than 120 years old
According to Sim, the nationwide signature campaign to protest the forced removal will be launched next month.
“We hope the people of Malaysia can help us,” he said.
According
to Yap, the Pengerang NGO coalition had done a survey of the area and
found that in the five cemeteries, 1,566 graves were to undergo forced
removal to make way for the petrochemical project.
She said that all the graves belong to individuals with living relatives whom the NGOs have traced, and that 60 tombstones are more than 120 years old.
She said that while the government has informed them of the move, it is uncertain when the move will be done or the relocation site. Compensation has also been offered but the quantum has yet to be determined.
“We want to know why only a few graves had to be relocated for the Ulu Tiram-Desaru Highway but none are to be spared in Pengerang...
“If they move the Pengerang graves now, then other graves around the country can also be forcefully moved,” she said. - Malaysiakini, 21/11/2012, Pengerang residents pulled out of Parliament PC area
Parliament guards pulled out NGO leader Sim Seng San, who refused to budge at first, and later tried to do the same to his colleague Yap Lay Yen.
“This are is only for parliamentarians. Get up,” the guard said, while tugging at Sim’s (sitting, left in photo) arm. However, DAP’s Bakri MP Er Teck Hwa (centre in photo) stopped the guard from doing the same to Yap.
“She is a woman, you cannot touch her,” he told the guard who was trying to implement the new ruling by the Dewan Rakyat speaker to disallow non-Parliamentarians from holding press conferences in the designated area.
Sim
and Yap later took questions from reporters outside the designated
press conference area, but were again stopped by the guard. “This area is still in Parliament jurisdiction,” another Parliament guard said, but the guard left when reporters pointed out that the speaker’s ruling only applies to the designated area.
Sixty tombstones more than 120 years old
According to Sim, the nationwide signature campaign to protest the forced removal will be launched next month.
“We hope the people of Malaysia can help us,” he said.
According
to Yap, the Pengerang NGO coalition had done a survey of the area and
found that in the five cemeteries, 1,566 graves were to undergo forced
removal to make way for the petrochemical project. She said that all the graves belong to individuals with living relatives whom the NGOs have traced, and that 60 tombstones are more than 120 years old.
She said that while the government has informed them of the move, it is uncertain when the move will be done or the relocation site. Compensation has also been offered but the quantum has yet to be determined.
“We want to know why only a few graves had to be relocated for the Ulu Tiram-Desaru Highway but none are to be spared in Pengerang...
“If they move the Pengerang graves now, then other graves around the country can also be forcefully moved,” she said. - Malaysiakini, 21/11/2012, Pengerang residents pulled out of Parliament PC area
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