Karpal urges AG to charge the home minister

Veteran lawyer and Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh has urged the attorney-general (AG) to charge Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for assault and battery, and attempted murder of his client, businessman Amir Bazli Abdullah, in 2006.

Karpal (extreme left in photo) said that there is no time frame for the AG to prosecute, and that it could do so.

"If you look at the nature of Amir Bazli Abdullah's injury and the police report lodged against Zahid, one is left wondering why there was no prosecution done.

"This shows the nature in this country (in not taking action)," he added.

Meanwhile, lawyer and Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo has called for Zahid to be suspended as a minister pending the hearing of the civil suit at the Shah Alam High Court, which is scheduled in August.

"I will also raise the matter in Parliament," he said.

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