Sivarasa to file urgent motion in Parliament on AG

PKR MP for Subang R Sivarasa said he will file an urgent motion in Parliament to discuss alleged crimes committed by attorney-general Gani Patail as revealed in a Malaysiakini report yesterday.

The fifth session of the 12th Parliament opens today amid speculation that it would be the last one before Prime Minister Najib Razak dissolves it to pave the way for the country's 13th general election, expected to be the most keenly contested in the nation's history.

Lawyer Sivarasa said the motion would be filed on Wednesday under Standing Order 18 (1) which allows for Parliament to discuss matters of public importance that are of an urgent and specific nature.

"The shocking revelations in theMalaysiakini report satisfy all the requirements of the relevant standing order under which the motion would be filed," said Sivarasa, who is the go-to man in PKR's constant predicament of needing legal representation as a result of the spate of police reports and legal suits filed against or by them.

A Rhodes scholar who read law at Oxford, Sivarasa said Parliament only allows for one urgent motion to be filed in a day.

Another PKR MP, Zuraidah Kamaruddin, has reserved Friday for the filing for an urgent motion to discuss the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) scandal that has dogged the Najib government since October last year.

New evidence

Sivarasa said he was particularly interested in the news that the former director of the Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) Ramli Yusuff that he had new evidence in connection with the ‘black eye' incident that involved former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and former inspector-general of police Rahim Noor.

The incident which became an international cause célèbre arose from Anwar being beaten while under custody.

The episode forced the resignation of Rahim as IGP and his eventual jailing for assault.

In the Malaysiakini report yesterday, Ramli (right) also disclosed that he had new evidence about corporate figure Tajuddin Ramli in connection with police reports lodged by MAS alleging crimes committed by the former owner of the national carrier.

"The Malaysiakini report yesterday furnishes grounds for an inquiry on the AG's alleged commission of the crimes of corruption, abuse of power and fabrication of evidence," said Sivarasa.

"These are allegations of the gravest import. Parliament must discuss them and an investigation must be held," said the PKR lawyer.