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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Lim says he has evident AG abuses power

Courtesy of PAS Kemaman

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Royal commission motion dismissed

The Star (8/7/08): The Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday dismissed an emergency motion filed to request for a royal commission to be set up to probe allegations made against politicians, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General.

The emergency motion filed by Salahuddin Ayub (PAS - Kubang Kerian) was dismissed in chambers but Salahuddin raised it in the Dewan Rakyat.

In the motion, Salahuddin asked for a Royal Commission to be set up to investigate allegations made against Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Tan Sri Musa Hassan and Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail.

Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, who was presiding then, said the motion was rejected in chambers as the case of Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin filing his statutory declaration (which implicates Rosmah in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case) was being investigated by the police at the moment.

Dr Wan Junaidi added that the police were also investigating the report lodged by Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan who alleged he was sodomised by PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

On the third case, Dr Wan Junaidi said the Anti-Corruption Agency is investigating the report lodged by Anwar against the IGP and Abdul Gani.

"We do not want to turn this into a media trial," said Dr Wan Junaidi.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

MPs see nothing positive about ICJ ruling

Malaysian Insider (26/5/08): There was no support in Parliament today for the official position that the decision by the International Court of Justice on Pulau Batu Puteh was a win-win for Singapore and Malaysia. Instead, it was a day of regret, recrimination and some republic-bashing.

As expected, the MPs from Johor had much to say about the loss of the outcrop of rocks to Singapore. Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi cut through all the fluff and said that sovereignty fell to the republic as a result of Malaysia failing to keep a proper record of its historical documents.

He noted that the government could not locate a letter from the British seeking permission from the Johor government to build a lighthouse on the island. The letter was a piece of "valuable evidence" which could have swung the case in Malaysia's favour.

"As a Johorean I am disappointed. We lost simple as that. I don't believe in the win-win situation as claimed by the government. This is the end result of not placing a premium on historical documents," he declared.

To remedy this situation, Puad called on the government to create a centre to cater specifically for the storage and documentation of important national documents.

Hamim Samuri (BN-Ledang) said that the loss of Batu Puteh should make Malaysia more vigilant. "We must watch Singapore's activities on our territory. We have to monitor Pulau Merambung which is near Tuas in Singapore," he said, adding that the government had to ensure that Pulau Pisang remains in Malaysian hands.

"The Singaporeans fly their flag on the lighthouse there. It gives the impression that they have sovereignty over the island. We must ensure the island does not go the way of Batu Puteh," he said.

Parti Islam SeMalaysia are going to table a motion tomorrow to debate the ICJ decision and party firebrand Mahfuz Omar gave an indication of its plan of attack.

He blamed Attorney-General Tan Sri Gani Patail for the loss of Batu Puteh to Singapore. "The way I see it, the attorney-general has failed in giving sound advice to the government," he said.

Since Friday, the Opposition including Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim have tapped into the rich vein of dissatisfaction against Gani and blamed him for the poor handling of the case. The AG has also come under attack for the dismal track record of his prosecutors in major criminal cases.

Independent MP Datuk Ibrahim Ali (Ind) said that the government had to be wary of Singapore, and expanded the scope of concern beyond the ICJ decision.

Singaporeans had a water treatment plant in Gunung Pulai which was run by the republic. "No one can go near Gunung Pulai. I have been made to understand that the the plant is big and if it was to burst half of Johor will be submerged in a flood," he said.

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