PKR is still conducting negotiations with SAPP to work together with, and possibly join, the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.

NONE In confirming this, its vice-president Tian Chua ( right ) said PKR welcomes any party, including the one led by (former Sabah chief minister) Yong Teck Lee, to support the opposition cause.

“I can confirm that negotiations are still under way and the cooperation is there in the matter of goodwill. We are hoping they will work with us,” he said.

“We have held some discussions on several matters. As to seat negotiations in Sabah, nothing has been finalised yet with SAPP,” he said.

Another vice-president, Nurul Izzah Anwar, acknowledged that SAPP had cooperated with the opposition during the recent Sibu by-election and the Sarawak state election for a common cause.

Hence, she said, the understanding was there "and we would like to thank SAPP for their help in those elections".

Tian Chua, who is also Batu MP, said SAPP’s entry into Pakatan Rakyat would have to be decided by SAPP and other Pakatan Rakyat partners.

“They will have to support the opposition cause,” he said.

SAPP has withdrawn from the BN coalition.

As to whether PKR has held talks with the Human Rights Party as well, Tian Chua, who was formerly PKR strategy director, said PKR is willing to discuss with any party that supports the opposition cause.

‘Make public landslide report’

He also called on the government to be transparent in its study on the recent landslide that killed 16 people in Hulu Langat.

“The Pakatan Rakyat Selangor government had previously faced the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide issue and wanted to make the findings public.

azlan “However, this was curbed by the federal government which wants such studies to be classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).

"There is no reason for the government to conduct a study if it is not to be revealed to the public,” he said.

Such reports, Tian Chua said, should be made public in order to ensure that there is no recurrence and also for the government to be more transparent with regard to hillside or steep slope projects.

Certainly, he said, the people did not want another tragedy to take place and as such the report and findings in this recent landslide should be made public.

“There is no use of the Deputy Prime Minister (Muhyiddin Yassin) or Works Minister Shaziman Mansor ordering investigations if they do not want to reveal the results,” he said, urging the government not to use the OSA in matters of public interest.

Tian Chua also maintains that despite the Court of Appeal decision yesterday dismissing his appeal and upholding his conviction, he remained an MP.

“I am still the Batu MP as the High Court judge's decision still stands, that the court does not want to see a by-election and did not want to see me disqualified as an elected representative,” he said.

Yesterday, the appellate court allowed a preliminary objection made by the prosecution over a technicality in Tian Chua’s solicitor’s filing of his appeal against the High Court finding him guilty of obstructing a policeman in discharging his duties at the Parliament complex in 2007.