I am writing the following to help members involved to
prepare for answers when the case goes to court. I want to give a fair chance
for all those concerned to make a wise decision. The club members expelled me
with trumped up charges.
They had said that Kim Goldsworthy, a Parliamentarian from
the US, had said that I am not fit to be a member but Kim Goldsworthy confirmed
that he said no such thing. When this was brought up at a subsequent meeting
our Justice of Peace Pung Chen Choon (CC Pung) had said that what is past is
past and there was no need to discuss matters that has already passed.
An injustice has been done to me and we need to correct the
wrong. Can CC Pung, Joseph Chai and Muthusamy Palanisamy, all being Justices of
Peace and long serving members of the Lions Club, continue life with this
injustice done to me?
Can the Lions Movement in general and the Lions Club of Kota
Kinabalu Host in particular move on with this injustice on their conscience?
I believe they should expel John Ho and Francis Liew for
misusing the name of the members of the club in filing affidavits in court. In
the affidavits filed in court in November 2018 both John Ho and Francis Liew
had said that they were authorised by members of the club to affirm the
affidavits.
The club was de-registered on 28.6.2018. The affidavits were
filed on 2.11.2018. How could there have been members to have authorised the
deponents to file the affidavits?
Let us not forget that any meeting held by members of a
deregistered club will be an illegal meeting.
I have a signed statement from three of the ex-members, the
club having been deregistered, that they did not authorise John Ho or Francis
Liew to affirm the affidavits.
More importantly, at the recent hearing in the Disciplinary
Board I asked Francis Liew who was under oath to name a few of the members who
had authorised him to affirm the affidavit. Of course, he couldn’t. On a second
questioning, he said that it was John Ho who asked him to affirm the affidavit.
It would appear that the whole club is run by PDG John Ho
and not the Board of Directors.
I don’t think I have to delve into other untrue statements
made in the affidavits.
Soon, I shall start posting on ‘collateral damages’
starting with Dr. Arabi Wazani who is one of the main players.
Note: The Lions clubs International ought to look into this
matter which I had reported to them while I was still a member. Otherwise this
will set a precedent to other clubs not only in Sabah but around the world to
encourage clubs to set up secret bank accounts and also to purchase office lots
from excess project funds.
3 comments:
I was informed that at least one long standing club member has resigned recently because the club had asked him to pay for the one year the club was de-registered.
This too sounds a little absurd to me. If a club has been de-registered for a whole year why would a member have to pay subscription for that year?
It is fixed as per guidelines of International. Dist. Administration must interfere in the matter. Both the club & all members must be careful in paying their contribution on time.
Thank you for your comment. Finally someone in the Lions has a comment to make.This is a good sign.
The contention of this member is that why he should pay club dues when the club was de-registered for one whole year.There were no meetings or functions for the year.
Anyway, I am not sure of the rules on this. I am stating what I heard.
Meanwhile, you may be able to tell me as to whether bank accounts may be opened in the clubs names and not made known to members.
May excess funds from projects be used for administrative account?
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