Bid to stop political parties from abusing religion
From the Chinese PressTHE Government has banned new political parties from registering under the name of religion to prevent confusion among the public, Sin Chew Daily reported.
Home Minister Datuk Azmi Khalid told the daily that the Government was concerned that certain parties were “disguising” their organisations in the name of religion while their activities were political in nature.
Azmi said the Government disapproved of such organisations and would beef up enforcement against those abusing religion for political gains.
However, he said the ruling would not affect non-governmental organisations that had been registered under the name of a religion.
“If NGOs (operating) under the guise of religion are found to be involved in politics, their permit will be revoked,” he said.
Sin Chew also highlighted that Gerakan became the second Barisan Nasional component party, after MCA, to advise its elected representatives to “stay away” from nightclubs and discotheques in order to maintain a healthy public image.
Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said representatives should avoid functions considered “incompatible” to their status and other “time-wasting” activities.
He said that unlike the MCA, Gerakan would not issue a guidebook of dos and don'ts on how the representatives should behave. The advice would be channelled during a brainstorming session for the party's elected representatives at the end of the month.
Nanyang Siang Pau reported that failure to gain entry into a public university was believed to be the reason behind a suicide case in Petaling Jaya.
Quoting the sister of the deceased, the daily reported that Yap Jia Jun was very depressed when she learnt that her application to enter a public university had been unsuccessful.
She said Jia Jun had opted for Education and Chinese studies as her choices of study.
Jia Jun was later accepted into Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar).
China Press featured a special report on the trend of Malaysians heading to England to work illegally because of the good exchange rate.
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