A blatant lie about Nurul Izzah

ARCHIVES 2013

By admin-s On Apr 10, 2013

Raja Nong Chik and his leaders only reacted after Nurul came into action. If she did not make any inroads, I can guarantee you that we would have been suffering until today.

Rebecca Jane Thomas, letter to FMT

I was reading the April 8 Malay Mail article, ‘Lembah Pantai back to BN?’ by Nadya Ngui and my blood rose. I was so furious with the following opening paragraph:

“The Barisan Nasional’s (BN) chances of recapturing the Lembah Pantai parliamentary seat look promising as voters in the constituency say Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) representative Nurul Izzah Anwar was a “no show” after 2008.”

I am here to say that this is a blatant lie. I have personally witnessed the dedication, the sensitiveness towards the people’s concern, the humility and hard work of this MP in my area, Taman Bukit Angkasa especially Block 14 in Lembah Pantai.

When I approached the MIC and Umno leaders in 2010 to do something about the burst pipes in our block, I was told that since this place is now under MP Nurul Izzah, I should go to her and that they cannot do anything to help me.

I remember very clearly the MIC and Umno leaders mentioned that the government has no money to help replace the pipes which was causing a nightmare and a burden to its residents. They just did not bother about our problems and wanted us to continue suffering.

But I kept on with my fight. Even the PR Officer of Syabas at that point of time questioned our support for BN if they were to come in and help us.

So I took MIC’s and Umno’s advice and communicated with Nurul and she came to hear us out. She said she will raise our issue in Parliament and this was confirmed by her former assistant. This former assistant is now serving Raja Nong Chik.
I found out the following touching characteristics in Nurul throughout 2010 and 2013:

Punctuality: Despite heavy rains, she never missed her appointment time with the residents.

Humility: She always respected the elderly with praying hands and with a bow. She spoke very politely and even when the odds were against her, she kept her calm spirit under control. She will never let an elderly and sick person come to her. She goes directly to their door step and if she has to climb the steps, which is what she exactly did in terms of giving away household provisions.

No campaigning: She never campaigned during her visits and asked any one of us to vote for her each time she met up with us

Quantity was not her concern: Even though there were a few of us, she took time of her busy schedule and came to meet up with us and hear our concerns.

When the Umno leaders saw that Nurul was making inroads, they sprung into action. They decided to take matters into their hands including Raja Nong Chik. They felt threatened by her presence.

If I did not go to Nurul Izzah, all our pipe woes would not have been solved. I had to find my own sponsors to pay the 20% deposit for the funds under the TP1M scheme and Block 14 was the first block in Taman Bukit Angkasa which had its pipes upgraded in 2011.

Raja Nong Chik grabbed the golden opportunity to gain name and favour by providing funds for the remaining 18 blocks to upgrade their pipe systems. This was only announced last Saturday (April 7, 2013). Why could he have not done this earlier?