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Friday, March 18, 2011

Pua mulls suit against Zahid over ‘Singapore arrest’ claims


March 18, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, March 18 — DAP leader Tony Pua has demanded that Defence Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi retract his allegation that the Petaling Jaya MP was once arrested in Singapore or risk a defamation suit.

Calling the claims “baseless and slanderous lies”, Pua(picture) said he could not believe Zahid would “stoop so low” to divert public attention away from deals worth RM13.6 billion signed last month by his ministry.

“Let me make it clear in no uncertain terms that I’ve never ever been arrested in Singapore, not even for jay walking,” the DAP national publicity secretary said in a statement today. “I’ve never ever been charged in Singapore, for civil or criminal cases.”

Zahid told reporters yesterday that Pua had been arrested in Singapore and taken to court before being released, which barred him from public office there.

The minister also suggested that the DAP man was freed on account of his “good relationship” with “a certain office” there, an apparent reference to Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin’s earlier claim that Pua was a Singaporean agent.

The controversial Kinabatangan MP had levelled the accusation at Pua in Parliament on Wednesday.

Pua strongly denied he had any relationship with the Singapore government or that he was interested in taking part in the republic’s politics.

“The insinuation by the minister that I am now a ‘Singapore agent’ due to a deal with Singapore authorities is downright evil,” he said.

“The story painted by the defence minister is so outrageous and incredible that perhaps he will make a better spy fiction writer like John Le Carre than he is as the country’s defence minister.”

He also rubbished claims that he had studied in Singapore from primary to tertiary levels, pointing out that he only pursued secondary education at Raffles Institution there as an Asean scholar.

Pua said Zahid’s attempt to shift public attention using “frivolous” accusations suggested that the minister had something to hide from the public.

He pointed out that Zahid had yet to provide a detailed explanation for his ministry’s RM6 billion purchase of six offshore patrol vessels and the RM7.6 billion bill for 257 8x8 armoured wheeled vehicles.

Pua said he would instruct his lawyers to file suit against Zahid next week if the minister did not make an unreserved public apology within 24 hours. - Malaysian Insider

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