Look at the man in the mirror, Hanipa tells Shafee
Deputy de facto law minister Hanipa Maidin today told off lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah for criticising the government as being political in the issue of alleged 1MDB audit report tampering.
He said Shafee should reflect on his own actions as the latter himself had made many political remarks previously.
"Shafee himself has made political remarks, even in court...
Deputy de facto law minister Hanipa Maidin today told off lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah for criticising the government as being political in the issue of alleged 1MDB audit report tampering.
He said Shafee should reflect on his own actions as the latter himself had made many political remarks previously.
"Shafee himself has made political remarks, even in court.
“If he wants to criticise others for being political, he should look at himself in the mirror - is he clean from making political statements?
"The fact that he had a roadshow after Anwar's case is still being discussed by others. So, I suggest, it is better for him to just keep quiet," he told reporters when met at the Parliament lobby today.
Hanipa was commenting on a statement released by Shafee's law firm yesterday, in which the government was accused of being political when it ordered auditor-general Madinah Mohammad to issue a statement over the alleged tampering of National Audit Department's report on 1MDB.
Shafee is the lawyer for former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak, who was accused of giving the order to tamper with the report when he was still in power.
On the government's decision to reject the ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd), Hanipa said that from a legal perspective, it is possible for any country to ratify any international convention even after having rejected them previously.
However, he stressed that he was only speaking from a legal perspective and this is not to be misinterpreted as something that the Pakatan Harapan government intends to do.
"There is nothing stopping any government from ratifying a convention, except in the case that they decide to totally reject it.
"I am speaking from legal perspective here, do take my word as if this is what the government would do.
"I'm in charge of law, so I'm telling you that this is the nature. Not only Malaysia, but for any country, there is nothing to stop them (from ratifying).
"Maybe the situation would change in the future... maybe PAS and Umno would be the one asking for Icerd to be ratified," he said.
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