Kit Siang next target of gov't crackdown?
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang may be the next target of the police's dragnet due to his statement made during his campaign which predicted that Pakatan Rakyat would win the 13th general election.
DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang may be the next target of the police's dragnet due to his statement made during his campaign which predicted that Pakatan Rakyat would win the 13th general election.
According to DAP's Taiping MP Nga Kor Ming, who gave his statement to the police this morning, the investigating officer revealed that Lim will be questioned next.
The officer from the police district headquarters of Pontian, Johor travelled to Ipoh this morning to record Nga's statement under Section 500 of the Penal Code for committing criminal defamation.
"The police report against me was lodged by Johor police and the investigation was ordered by the state criminal investigation department head," he told
Malaysiakini
when contacted today after the one-hour interrogation.
The police had been investigating Nga's ( left ) speech during ceramah in both the Pontian and Gelang Patah constituencies, which quoted Lim's statement that Pakatan would win the general election with 145 parliamentary seats.
In a statement issued on April 17, Lim claimed that he has received information that the intelligence in the police federal headquarters of Bukit Aman and the Defence Ministry did not rule out the defeat of BN in the general election.
"According to a Bukit Aman intelligence estimate - which I cannot verify whether it is from the police or not - the possible outcome of the 13th general election for parliamentary elections is as follows...
"According to this estimate, Pakatan will win 145 parliamentary seats compared to 77 for BN, or a majority of 68 seats," he said.
'Ridiculous investigation'
The police have later denied this claim.
On another note, Nga has commented that the investigation on the matter is ridiculous.
"If we cannot predict our chances of victory, what should we say on stage? I call on the new home minister and inspector-general of police (IGP) not to play politics, but (instead) focus the police's resources in fighting crime, which should be their mission.
"This is an attempt to create white terror," he added.
Since the 13th general election concluded on May 5, the police - led by the newly-appointed IGP Khalid Abu Bakar ( left ) - have been hauling up opposition leaders and activists for various offences.
They include Seri Setia assemblyperson Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad , student activist Adam Adli Abdul Halim , Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli , Batu MP Tian Chua , human rights activist Haris Ibrahim, PAS member Tamrin Ghaffar, DAP founding chairperson Dr Chen Man Hin and Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming .
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