Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun condemned the police for wasting resources which could have been used for crime prevention, to conduct questioning of opposition elected representatives for marching from Parliament House to Bukit Aman police headquarters.
Fong said it's a waste of police time and taxpayers' money for probing opposition MPs who were protesting the recent arrest of their colleague from Pandan Rafizi Ramli.
"We are only protecting parliamentary dignity and demanding the respect that is due to an MP.
"We only went there (Bukit Aman) to pass a memorandum to the police," he said at a press conference after he and two others were questioned by police over the April 7 march.
Fong, along with Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng and Rasah parliamentarian Teo Kok Seong, presented themselves at the Sentul Police Station for questioning at 11am today, accompanied by other opposition elected representatives who came in support. These included Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai, Seputeh elected representative Teresa Kok, and Kulai parliamentarian Teo Nie Ching.
The trio were questioned for about an hour and held a press conference after they emerged from the police station
Kok Seong said that it is not necessary for police to call them in just because of small matters. arguing that police asking him to come down to the station all the way from Seremban is a hindrance to his job as an MP.
"Police should listen and accept what is listed in the memorandum, and not to summon us for questioning," he said, adding that having to make the journey today to Kuala Lumpur from his constituency has taken away time from serving his constituents.
Focus on crime prevention
Meanwhile, Nie Ching advised police to preserve law and order instead, which is their primary job scope.
"Malaysia has four cities listed as the most dangerous in the region, namely Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Johor Baru, and Klang. So, shouldn't police put more effort into crime prevention?" she asked, adding that questioning MPs does not amount to fighting crime.
She was referring to the Worldatlas.com, a travel and geography website which had listed the four Malaysian cities as crime-prone.
In addition, Nie Ching said that Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad has also been called in for questioning by police on the same matter, though he was not informed when and where he will have to present himself to police.
"We still don’t really know who will be next to be called in for questioning, but we hope the police can see that we have gathered in peace," she said.
Rafizi was arrested at the Parliament gate under Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA), after revealing information from classified documents regarding the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT), and was later remanded for three days
Two days later, Opposition MPs marched from Parliament House to Bukit Aman police headquarters to protest his arrest.
A week later, police began calling in opposition MPs who took part in the march for questioning. -Mkini
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