Yesterday, on January 18, 2025, I was invited to attend a lunch meeting at EWest Restaurant to discuss the issues I had previously raised with the Registrar of Societies (ROS).
This was the first time I had met PDG (Past District Governor) Lawrence Ting since our last encounter in 2015 or 2016, when he was the District Governor (DG). The meeting was also attended by Datuk Margareth Lim, Horace Ho Toh Chee, and Past President Chin Chee Thau.
I wrote emails and several Facebook messages to several Lion Dignitaries. Only one Past District Governor (PDG) replied. The following is what she said:
I am not obliged to answer you. As PDG we are not duty-bound to answer or give opinions on questions raised by you. You have your platform to question.
If this is the attitude of PDGs, what can we expect from ordinary members of the Lion fraternity?
This is my email to ROS Headoffice.
From:luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk
To:kpjppm@ros.gov.my,wzainul@ros.gov.my
Wed 15 Jan at 04:50
Dear Sir,
This is a follow-up to my email dated 9.1.25 attached below.
In December I requested the investigation’s results and was informed that the matter had been resolved and a Notice 14 (2) had been issued to the Club.
Upon checking with the members complaining, I was informed that no election meeting was held to rectify the situation.
On Thursday, 9 January 2025 at 03:59:03 GMT+8, luqman michel <luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Dear Puan Yuniezah,
The dispute among the members has yet to be resolved.
The president of the Centennial Lions Club believes that the office bearers have been duly elected but not by many of the members.
I have included here the amendment to the Societies Act 1966.
16. (1) If the Registrar is of the opinion that a dispute has occurred among the members or office-bearers of a registered society as a result of which the Registrar is not satisfied of the identity of the persons who have been properly constituted as office-bearers of the society, the Registrar may serve notice on the society requiring the society, within one month of the service of such notice, to produce to him evidence of the settlement of any such dispute and of the proper appointment of the lawful office-bearers of the society or of the institution of proceedings for the settlement of such dispute.
(2) If any such notice as is provided in subsection (1) is not complied with to the satisfaction of the Registrar within the period of one month or any extension thereof allowed by the Registrar, the Registrar may take steps to cancel the registration of the society under section 13.
Thank you and kind regards,
Luqman Michel
On Wednesday, 8 January 2025 at 14:08:49 GMT+8, luqman michel <luqmanm2002@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Dear Puan Yuniezah,
Many Lions Clubs in Kota Kinabalu are not following the constitution as the talk is that ROS does not take serious action.
I received a letter from ROS stating that a Notice 14 (2) has been issued to the Centennial Lions club in September following an investigation conducted on 13.9.2024.
