By : G VINOD
PETALING JAYA: It is highly
probable that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim may be arrested soon for
supposedly being involved in the Lahad Datu intrusion, said PKR deputy
president Azmin Ali.
He said this was the
government’s way of trying to divert public attention from its mistakes in
handling the Lahad Datu issue.
“For the past 15 years, they
[government] have tried blaming Anwar for everything wrong in the country.
“But to link him to the
Lahad Datu incident is highly preposterous,” said the Gombak MP.
Lately, pro-Umno dailies
have played up a report by Filipino media, the Philippines Daily Inquirer,
which claimed that a politician linked to Anwar had invited the Sulu intruders
to Sabah.
Despite denials by Anwar and
Sulu leader, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, many have lodged police reports against
the former deputy prime minister.
Yesterday, online media,
Malaysia Chronicles, quoted PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli as saying that there were speculations that Anwar would
be arrested soon over the alleged “invitation”.
Azmin said that the
government was already targeting several other opposition leaders to blame,
including himself.
“I was served a notice by
the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission [MCMC], telling me to
give a statement at 2pm today.
“When my lawyers asked them
on what issue, they just said it is something related to Lahad Datu,” he said.
When contacted on
speculation of Anwar’s impending arrest, Bukit Aman CID chief Bakri Zinin
said,” You have to ask the Inspector-General of Police [Ismail Omar] or Sabah
police commissioner [Hamza Taib].”
Azmin expressed condolences
to the families of the security personnel that lost their lives in Sabah.
He urged their families to
be patient during these testing times and heaped laurels on their sacrifice.
“Pakatan is always committed
to supporting our police and military to defend the sovereignty of our
country,” said Azmin. (FMT)
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