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Berjuta Hasil Titik Peluh dan Darah Ahli Koperasi Direnggut oleh Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia yang Dianggap Haram.

            Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM), ditubuh dan diluluskan oleh Parlimen Malaysia pada tahun 2007, serta telah bermula operasi semenjak 1 Januari 2008.

Menurut Akta Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia dibawah sub-tajuk Peruntukan Peletakhakan (5), menyatakan bahawa ;

Melalui perintah yang disiarkan dalam Warta, menetapkan suatu tarikh peletakhakan dan pada tarikh itu, segala harta, hak dan liabiliti—

a.    Kerajaan Malaysia.

b.    Ketua Pendaftar Koperasi.

c.    Pendaftar Persatuan Nelayan.

d.    Pendaftar Pertubuhan Peladang.

Telah dipindahkan serta diletak hak pada Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia.

Malangnya,Jabatan Pembangunan Koperasi merampas dan mengambil alih tugas SKM, yang boleh dianggap HARAM.

2. Hal ini bertentangan dengan Perkenaan DiRaja dan penerbitan Warta.

3. Setelah RM300 Juta diisytiharkan sebagai Modal Suruhanjaya,  jumlah berkenaan malangnya tidak dimasuki ke dalam Akaun Suruhanjaya Koperasi serta pekara yang dibentangkan oleh Ahli Parlimen adalah lakonan semata-mata.

Tambahan pula, jutaan wang ringgit koperasi telah dirampas oleh SKM pada 31 Disember 2014 yang berjumlah RM400 Juta.

RM140 Juta telah digunakan oleh Pihak Koperasi secara haram untuk kegunaan jual beli bangunan dan tanah.

RM100, 000 telah dipindahkan ke Kumpulan Wang Pinjaman Pekerja. Malangnya, kakitangan kerajaan turut mengambil pinjaman dari koperasi dan bank.

RM3,480,408 telah diagihkan untuk program Transformasi SKM serta program Pindahan Menara SKM dari kumpulan wang dana subangan koperasi.

Sandiwara Perintis Rantaian Nilai Fidlot.

Ada juga sandiwara Projek Perintis Rantaian Nilai Fidlot di kalangan Suruhanjaya Koperasi.
RM 2 Juta telah diagihkan sebagai pinjaman kepada sebuah Syarikat Pembinaan sebuah koperasi. Dana yang berjumlah RM2 Juta pun turut hangus bersama.

Penyata Akaun pada tahun 2013, menunjukkan RM 1,208,629 dikenakan sebagai pengurusan dana olih SKM.

Penyata Akaun pada tahun 2014, yang menunjukkan RM1,197,207 turut dikenakan sebagai pengurusan dana olh SKM.

Warta Letakan Harta

Warta kerajaan yang telah dikeluarkan selepas tubuhan Suruhanjaya tidak diambil kira jumlah berbilion ringgit seperti  yang disenaraikan dibawah:

·         Bank Rakyat – RM150 Bilion

·         Moccis – Rm78 Juta

·         7 Tubuh Koperasi – RM130 Juta

*Lain-lain butir ada di dalam Buku Laporan Audit Negara*

Warta Kerajaan juga tidak memberi maklumat tentang Koperasi Nelayan serta Hal-Ehwal Koperasi Peladang. Warta kerajaan TIDAK LENGKAP.

Butiran berkenaan dengan berberapa Tubuh Koperasi APEKS telah dibubarkan : -

·         Koperasi Nasional Sekolah

·         Koperasi Pembangunan Negara

·         Koperasi Perumahan Negara

·         Koperasi Pembangunan Industri Daerah

·         Koperasi Bela Rakyat (KOBERA)

Maklumat bagi badan-badan berkenaan telah dimaklumkan kepada Perdana Menteri, Timbalan Perdana Menteri serta 3 (tiga) Menteri-menteri yang berkenaan. Tetapi, sehingga kini tiada sebarang tindakan diambil.

Warta Kerajaan Persekutuan yang Lupus.

Peraturan-peraturan Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (Akaun Deposit Koperasi tahun 2014), bertentang Seksyen 42(3), Akta Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia 2007. Peraturan tersebut telah dilupuskan semasa pengisytiharan Akta Suruhanjaya 2008. Oleh itu, Warta Kerajaan 2014 tidak boleh digunakan untuk Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia.Tindakan Suruhanjaya membuat kutipan wang untuk Akaun Deposit boleh dianggap keganasan kewangan.
Kedua-dua pekara diatas dikategorikan haram di sisi undang-undang.

Penyata Kewangan Tahunan.Semenjak penubuhan Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia dari tahun 2008 sehingga 2014, laporan palsu dikemukakan kepada Parlimen Negara.

Dana Suruhanjaya (Letakan)

Didapati bahawa dana yang berkenaan yang berjumlah RM30,470,005 pada tahun 2014, tidak diisytiharkan di dalam Warta Kerajaan mengikut Seksyen (5) Akta Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia.

Laporan kepada Ketua Audit Negara

Semua perkara teaalh pun di rujuk kepada Ketua Audit Negara, Tan Sri Ambrin pada 1hbOktober2010,tetapi runtuhan ini telah tidak ambil kira hampir sekarang.

Koperasi Menengah

Kesatuan koperasi Malaysia,,Kesatuan Koperasi Midlands dan Angkatan koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia(ANGKASA) telah di daftarkan sebagai koperasi menegah meng ikut Akta koperasi 1993. 3 Koperasi Menengah ini tidak sumbangkan ke Kumpulan Wang yang telah di tetapkan dalam Akta koperasi 1993. Tindakan tertentu mesti di ambil atas 3 koperasi ini.

Sekian Terima Kasih.              

Thuraisingham Shan

Cooperative and Management Consultant                                        

    Thuraisingham Shan was the first Malaysian to be awarded the Bonow Fellowship Award by the International Co-operative Alliance.  He possesses about 45  years of experience in the cooperative movement, having held positions in various capacities and as Director of the Jaffnese Co-operative Housing Society, Secretary of the Finance Bureau Co-operative Union of Malaysia.  He was amongst the nine nominees worldwide who vied for the Rochdale Pioneer award in the International General Assembly of the International Co-operative Alliance in Cartegena.  He has held the position of Head, Finance and  Administration of the Federation of Family Planning Associations, Malaysia and as Executive of the Malaysian  Totalisator Board.

Co-op Society ACT

Amendments to Co-op Societies Act contrary to constitution

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Thuraisingham Shan     Published Today 6:56 am     Updated Today 6:59 am     0 comments

A legal action had been filed at the High Court in Kuala Lumpur to challenge several of the provisions in the Malaysian Co-operative Commission Act 2007 and the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act 2007) which came into force on Jan 1, 2008.

It is vehemently considered that it is unreasonable for its capital, which has been built over the years for the benefit of its members as a result of good management, to now be taken away and used by the government without adequate compensation. The requirement for an outside authority approving the members of the board is also an unreasonable restriction on the rights of the members to manage the co-operatives democratically.

The movement had perforce to look for justice in the Halls of Justice because leading co-operators feel aggrieved by several of the provisions which unreasonably restrict the fundamental liberty of members of co-operatives to associate under Article 10 of the federal constitution.

• The fundamental liberty of co-operatives to be deprived of its property for the use of the government without adequate compensation in accordance with Article 13 of the federal constitution.
• The fundamental liberty of the officers of co-operatives to be subjected to arbitrary arrest under Article 5 of the federal constitution.

The legal action filed for and behalf of the co-operative movement as a whole seeks declarations that:

• Section 43 (1) of the Malaysian Cooperative Societies Commission Act 2007 requiring all cooperative societies to deposit their funds not immediately needed for operations or investments into the Cooperative Deposit Account and Section 42(2) of the Act requiring cooperative societies to pay a percentage of its share capital, subscription capital and assets to the Central Liquidity Fund without providing for adequate compensation for the compulsory acquisition for use of the funds is inconsistent with Article 13 (2) of the federal constitution and is therefore invalid pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the federal constitution.
• Section 42 (1) of the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission Act 2007 enables the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission to compel any cooperative society by order in writing to contribute to the Central Liquidity Fund established under Section 42 of the Act and money howsoever raised or received by the federation and ought to be paid pursuant to Article 97 of the federal constitution to the Federal Consolidated Fund from which withdrawals are permitted in the manner stated in Article 104 of the federal constitution and Section 42 (1) of the Act is therefore invalid under Article 4 (1) of the federal constitution for being inconsistent with the federal constitution.
• Section 54 of the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission Act 2007 which stipulates that every offence punishable under the Act, the Co-operative Societies Act 1993 or any other written law enforced by the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission shall be a seizable offence and that a police officer not below the rank of inspector or an Investigating Officer may arrest on reasonable suspicion without being required to state the reasons for the arrest is inconsistent with Article 5 (1) and (3) of the federal constitution which provides that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with the law and further requires that the person arrested shall be informed as soon as may be of the grounds of his arrest and be allowed to consult and be defended by a legal practitioner of his choice and the said Section 54 of the Act is therefore invalid under Article 4 (1) of the federal constitution.
• Section 43 (2) of the Co-operative Societies Act 1993 (as amended by the Co-operative Societies Amendment Act 2007) requires that a co-operative society shall, prior to the appointment or re-appointment as a member of the board of a co-operative society, seek verification from the Malaysian Co-operative Societies Commission on whether such person satisfies the fit and person criteria as , seek verification from the Malaysian Co-operative Society be specified by the Malaysian Co-operatives Societies Commission is inconsistent with the citizens' fundamental right of freedom of association guaranteed by Article 10 (1) of the federal constitution and not excepted by Article 10 (2), 10 (3) or 10 (4) of the federal constitution.

Safeguarding interests of members

This legal action has been initiated to safeguard the interests of its members and their savings.

On Friday, March 19, 2010, Justice Lau Bee Lian dismissed the originating summons filed on Jan 2, 2008. the solicitors for the co-operatives filed an appeal in the Court of Appeal on March 25, 2010 on the matter and also wrote to the learned judge’s secretary for the notes of proceedings and the judge’s grounds of judgment.

The President of the Court of Appeal gave leave of appeal to file the appeal records within three weeks of receiving the notes of proceedings from the High Court.

The society’s solicitors had appealed to the High Court for the notes of proceedings and the grounds of judgment and had been advised by the secretary to the learned judge that the notes and grounds of judgment would be given “when they are finalised”.

The co-operatives were distressed over this gross delay denying justice and millions of members of co-operative societies in Malaysia were awaiting a review “by all and any means” of the Co-operative Act based on the points raised in the Courts.

Meantime, the Co-operative Societies Commission of Malaysia is continuing issuing guidelines which are said to be mandatory at this stage based on the provisions of the Revised Act which the co-operatives are completely against. The co-operatives consider these guidelines to be ultra vires and a contempt of court.

Members of co-operative societies wishing to stand for election as directors must now obtain the written permission of the commission after going through a gamut of procedures.

Reserves which had in past years been created for future shortfall in dividends on share capital cannot now be used to pay the current year’s dividends without the prior written approval of the commission.

The very principles of the co-operative movement, as enshrined in the principles promulgated by the Rochdale Pioneers nearly a hundred and fifty years ago in Manchester, United Kingdom and the principles which have been adopted universally by the International Co-operative Alliance which is composed of more than 100,000,000 individual members from all over the world is now being sullied and brutalised in Malaysia with currents bordering on ‘political’ bureaucracy.

Finally, the High Court released a fair copy of the judgment and the solicitors had filed their documentation to the Court of Appeal. The matter had come up on four (4) different occasions and is still in limbo, with continued adjournment.

The delay in the courts denying justice to more than 9,000,000 members of co-operatives in Malaysia strikes at the very heart of democracy and human rights and there is a foreboding that the cooperative movement will be fully politicised and the funds of the co-operatives put to abuse by vested political masters and their cronies. Many members of co-operatives have resigned from their societies out of disgust.

The people’s movement of 90 years is in limbo.

The movement is now working out strategies to use its power through the membership to stake this matter up through the ‘ballot box’ at the forthcoming general election because no other language seems persuasive to the politicians or the Courts of Judicature.

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THURAISINGHAM SHAN is a co-operative and management consultant.

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