KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — Singapore is meddling with Malaysia’s affairs by letting a French lawyer brief Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers in the island state over the Scorpene court case, Umno’s Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said today — weighing in on the controversial issue the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) claims is being used to rally anti-government sentiment ahead of key polls due soon.
A French lawyer hired by local rights group Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) had earlier today briefed several opposition MPs in Singapore after Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia barred Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim from bringing his invited foreign guest for a meeting at the Briefing Room in Parliament Building.
During the briefing the lawyer said she hoped to call as witnesses Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his former aide Abdul Razak Baginda — who was acquitted in 2008 of an abetment charge in the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu whom the opposition has attempted to link to the Scorpene.
“This clearly shows Singapore is interfering in our country’s affairs,” Mohd Ali, the former Umno vice-president told The Malaysian Insider today.
“Such an act is not democratic and does not symbolise reliable neighbourliness, Mohd Ali said, adding that it lent credence to former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s remarks that Malaysia does not have good neighbours as the countries in the region “like to interfere in our country’s affairs”.
The Malacca chief minister also slammed the opposition for raising a stink over the ban, describing the PR lawmakers as “desperadoes” who were betraying their own country for political mileage.
“The opposition’s actions are the actions of desperadoes who are bereft of capital and feel they are increasingly rejected by Malaysians who love the country,” he said, adding that even if they were dissatisfied with BN controlling Putrajaya, “surely we won’t go abroad and pronounce a sentence against our own country?”
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