The Parliament today agreed to set up a special committee to investigate a PKR MP's allegation that he was ‘obstructed' by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's political secretary in the august House yesterday.

vk lingam hearing wee choo keong pc thirunama 180108 stern This move was made following PKR Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong's urgent motion, petitioning the House to take action against Shafie Abdullah for trying to intimidate him.

Speaking to reporters after the motion was approved, Wee explained that he was approached by the political secretary at the Parliament lobby soon after certain issues about Shafie were raised during the debate.

Wee had yesterday remarked that Shafie has interfered in various Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) decisions and labelled him as the "de-facto federal territory minister".

He claimed that after the debate, Shafie had approached him.

"He seemed angry and was very rude to me.

"He asked, ‘Why did you bring up my name in Parliament?'" Wee said, adding that he didn't know who the angry man was until after he read his nametag.

Wee then told him off, saying that as a parliamentarian, "I have the right to talk about this as my privileges are guaranteed in Parliament. No one has the right to stop me from raising any issues."

Today, he said Shafie should have asked the prime minister himself to address the allegations made against him, if he was unhappy.

"Even the prime minister has no right to stop me from saying anything in Parliament. If he (Shafie) is not happy with this, just ask the prime minister to answer my allegations instead," said Wee.

Nazri: this is a serious matter

In an immediate reaction, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz considered it a ‘serious matter' if a political secretary obstructs an MP from carrying out his duty.

sapp chua soon bui nazri abdul aziz parliament 070708 03 According to him, MPs are those elected by the people and that they are free to speak their mind in the House.

"As a minister in charge of Parliament, I cannot obstruct an MP to debate an issue although it may involve certain individuals."

He stressed that within the House, the MPs have immunity.

"If Wangsa Maju (Wee)'s allegation that he was obstructed by the political secretary is true, then for me this is a serious matter," he said.

"Even I as a minister in charge of Parliament, a lot of things have been said about me but I cannot tell them, ‘Hey, you stop saying things about me. I've never done that but if I (retaliate), don't get angry in Parliament," he added.