Kenyataan media
25 Januari 2017
Hentikan Tindasan Terhadap Orang Asli
BERSIH 2.0 amat terkejut mendapat tahu bahawa Jabatan
Perhutanan Kelantan (JPK) sekali lagi telah memusnahkan sekatan Orang Asli di
Simpang Petei dan menahan lima orang aktivis semalam.
Tindakan yang tidak bertimbang rasa ini adalah suatu ancaman
terhadap kehidupan masyarakat Orang Asli, dan bersifat ketamakan. Sebagai
peringatan, penduduk Orang Asli di Simpang Petei telah diiktiraf sebagai
pemilik sah kepada tanah tersebut dalam suatu keputusan mahkamah minggu lepas. (http://www.malaysiakini.com/
Tindakan Jabatan Perhutanan jelas sekali telah mencabul hak
asasi manusia dan menjejaskan hak kehidupan Orang Asli kerana kehidupan mereka
berkait rapat dengan tanah adat.
BERSIH 2.0 juga dimaklumkan bahawa aktivis-aktivitis yang ditahan
tidak dibawa ke balai polis, tetapi dibawa ke pejabat Jabatan Perhutanan.
Pegawai-pegawai turut merampas barangan peribadi seperti motosikal dan telefon
bimbit, dan menghalang perhubungan luar dengan komuniti Orang Asli di sana.
Pagi ini, 16 lagi orang aktivis dan dua wartawan juga
telah ditahan. Jabatan Perhutanan juga dilaporkan sedang bersedia memusnahkan
satu lagi sekatan Orang Asli.
Perbuatan Jabatan Perhutanan Kelantan adalah keterlaluan.
Mereka telah melampaui bidang kuasa serta mengabaikan semua prosedur dan proses
undang-undang berkaitan. Kelakuan mereka menyerupai samseng dan melanggar
undang-undang Malaysia. Ini tidak boleh digalakkan atau ditoleransi lagi.
Kerajaan negeri Kelantan mesti memohon maaf dengan
serta-merta dan mengiktiraf secara terbuka hakmilik Orang Asli ke atas tanah
adat mereka.
Segala penindasan dan pemusnahan harta yang dilakukan
terhadap masyarakat Orang Asli juga mesti dihentikan segera. Semua aktiviti
pembalakan haram di hutan simpanan kekal Balah juga perlu dihentikan kerana
bertentangan dengan undang-undang dan hak masyarakat Orang Asli.
Ditandatangani oleh ahli-ahli jawatankuasa pemandu BERSIH
2.0.
Press statement
25 January 2017
Stop
harassing the Orang Asli
BERSIH 2.0 is horrified to learn that the Kelantan
Forestry Department has once again destroyed the Orang Asli blockade at Simpang
Petei and arrested five activists yesterday.
Their heartless action shows once again a complete
disregard for Orang Asli life and livelihood in favour of greed. It bears
reminding that the Orang Asli are the rightful owners of the land, a right that
was supported by the court’s decision last week. (http://www.malaysiakini.com/
What the Forestry Department is doing is a flagrant abuse
of human rights, threatening the Orang Asli’s fundamental right to life as
their way of life is tied to their ancestral land.
BERSIH 2.0 has also learned that the arrested activists
were not taken to the police station, but rather to the Forestry Department
office. The officers confiscated personal effects such as motorcycles and
handphones and were actively trying to isolate the Orang Asli community.
Just this morning, 16 more activists and two
journalists were also arrested. There are also plans to destroy another Orang
Asli blockade.
The Forestry Department has gone too far. They have
overstepped their authority and jurisdiction ignoring all due process and
protocol. Their conduct is that of thugs and gangsters and are simply against
the law. It must not and will not be tolerated.
The Kelantan state government must immediately apologise
and publicly declare its recognition of the Orang Asli's right to their land.
All harassment and destruction of their properties must
stop immediately. All logging activities in the Balah permanent forest reserve
must also cease as such actions are illegal and against the rights of the Orang
Asli.
Signed by the BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee members
Yap Pik Kuan
Media & Comms Officer
Fax No : 03-7931 4111
Email: media@bersih.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bersih2
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