Najib: How can you break down the prison?

If we do not respect the law, there will be chaos in the country, says the prime minister.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak today reminded the people, including opposition party leaders, not to wantonly break the law as it will lead to chaos in the country.

“We have laws. We must respect the law. If we do not respect the law, there will be chaos in the country. How can you break down the prison?” he told a news conference after opening an international forum at the Putra World Trade Centre, here.

Najib was responding when asked to comment on the remark by PKR deputy president Azmin Ali last Friday that PKR would break down the prison walls to free PKR adviser Anwar Ibrahim if he is jailed.

Asked whether Azmin’s remark was a threat, the prime minister said it was only a political statement.

Azmin, who is also Selangor PKR chief, said last Friday when opening the PKR Youth and Wanita congress in Johor Baru that PKR would even break down the prison walls to free Anwar.

The High Court has set Dec 8 to hear the submissions at the end of the defence case in Anwar’s sodomy trial.

- Bernama