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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Penang CM may be hauled in over Allah remark

“It does not mean he has legal immunity just because the police have not recorded his statement on the Allah issue.”
wan junaidi lim guan engSEBERANG JAYA: Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has clarified that the police would investigate and record Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s statement on the “Allah” issue if and when needed as the legal process would take time to be completed. “He’s not above the law. It does not mean he has legal immunity just because the police have not recorded his statement on the Allah issue.”
Wan Junaidi explained that once the police have completed their investigations, the Attorney-General’s Chambers would decide on the next course of action.
Indeed, he said, the delay in investigating and recording Lim’s statement proved that there had been no political interference in the legal process as always alleged by the Opposition.
“If the police need to record his (Lim’s) statement, they will do so. It’s a legal process, not a political one. He does not have immunity against legal action. Neither does anyone in this country have immunity anymore,” Wan Junaidi told the media on the sidelines of the opening of the Nepal Consulate in Penang on Thursday. “Even the Royalty lost their legal immunity after 1992.”
Also present were Nepal Ambassador to Malaysia Niranjan Man Singh Basnyat and newly appointed Hon Nepal Consul in Penang Huan Cheng Guan.
Last month Lim triggered a controversy when he reportedly said that non-Muslims in Penang were free to use the word Allah. Lim, who is also the DAP secretary-general, reportedly claimed that the Penang State Islamic Religious Administration Enactment 2004 could not be enforced on non-Muslims.
A list of 40 words, including Allah, Solat, Ulama, Soleh, Mufti, Iman, Surau and Nabi, were decreed as exclusive to Muslims by the Penang Mufti and enforced in 2010, under the Pakatan Rakyat administration, under sub-section 48(3) and (4) of the Enactment 2004.
Lim’s interpretation of the ban had drawn flak from various Muslim quarters, especially Umno and Perkasa, while non-Muslim groups backed him.
Several reports were lodged by various parties against Lim claiming that the chief minister’s statement was seditious and an insult to Muslims. They demanded the police take swift action and even charge the chief minister for sedition.
Huan meanwhile said his consulate office in Perai would handle various matters, including renewal of passports and employment issues, pertaining to Nepali workers in the northern region encompassing Penang, Kedah, Perak and Perlis. “We are also looking into handling work permits for the Nepalese,” Huan told newsmen.
Malaysia has some 650,000 Nepali workers, including 150,000 in the northern region. Most of them work in the hotel, service and industrial sectors as security guards and factory operators.

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