Media Statement BY DATO NGEH KOO HAM AT DAP PERAK HEADQUARTERS IN IPOH ON SATURDAY, 9 MAY 2009:

Dato’ Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir and BN elected representatives break the oath of office by colluding with the police and outsiders to forcibly take over the State Assembly and therefore must resign

All elected representatives of the Perak State Assembly took the oath of office to defend the independence of the State Assembly and the Perak State Constitution when they were first sworn in as State Assemblymen and women of the Perak State Assembly.

The need to have the separation of powers between the legislature and the executive is fundamental to our democratic system.

No police or army can be allowed to enter the sacred house of the legislature. Zambry and BN elected representatives had allowed the police to take over the Perak State Assembly for the sake of retaining their power instead of going back to the people for a fresh mandate.

The people must be vigilant and demand for the resignation of Dato’ Seri Zambry Bin Abdul Kadir and the BN elected representatives less we become a police state very soon. The people must also demand that the State Assembly be dissolved so that the rights to chose the State Government be reverted back to the people to solve the present impasse.

The State Secretary Dato’ Dr Abdul Rahman Bin Hashim is also involved in the scheme to take over the State Assembly by force by allowing the police to enter the State Secretariat Building which house the State Assembly.

The take over of the State Assembly by force was clearly preplanned as the police personnel came from Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Kuantan.

The independence of the Perak State Assembly is totally lost when we allow the police, a Federal department to take control of the Assembly by force.

Dated 9^th May 2009.

DATO’ NGEH KOO HAM

Senior Exco Member, Pakatan Rakyat Perak State Government, and

DAP Perak Chairman

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民主行动党霹雳州主席兼民联高级行政议员拿督倪可汉于2009年5月9日，假怡保霹雳州总部发表声明：

拿督斯里赞比里及所有国阵议员串通警察及外人以强烈地手段接管州议会，已经破坏了捍卫州议会尊严的誓约，因此必须辞职。

当所有霹雳州民选议员在霹雳州议会宣誓就职时，就已经宣誓要捍卫霹雳州议会及霹雳州宪法的独立性及尊严。

立法权及行政权的分立，是健全民主制度的基础。警察及军队都不被允许进入神圣的立法机构。赞比里及国阵议员为了保住他们的政权，不惜让警察介入接管州议会，也不要还政予民重新选举。

人民必须时刻警惕并要求拿督斯里赞比里及国阵议员辞职，因为他们已经把霹雳州变成了警察州。人民也要要求解散州议会，以便让人民重新选出他们心目中的政府，解决目前的僵局。

霹雳州秘书拿督阿都拉曼也是策划让警察进入议会厅接管州议会的共犯，并且清楚显示早有预谋，这些警察来自武吉安曼、吉隆坡、槟城、吉打、吉兰丹及关丹。

当我们允许中央管辖的警察以强烈的手段接管州议会，就已经标示着霹雳州议会的独立性已经完全崩解。