PARLIAMENT | De facto Law Minister Takiyuddin Hassan is prepared to face the police over an alleged tweet regarding the conviction of former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak.
"I am not sure which tweet is being referred to, whether it is my tweet or the tweet of other parties," he told the Dewan Rakyat during the Minister's Question Time (MQT) today.
"... I am subjected to the law. If anything I have done is subjected to a particular law and the police summon me, I am prepared to go to the police station to offer an explanation," he said.
Takiyuddin was responding to Liew Vui Keong (Warisan-Batu Sapi) who cited the tweet purportedly written by a minister.
Without naming the person, Liew said the minister tweeted: "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest..."
A check by Malaysiakini could not find the abovementioned remark in the minister's Twitter account.
Liew also argued that contempt of court has become a new normal under the administration of Perikatan Nasional and GPS.
"We can see leaders take a role in Twitter, saying this and that over the conviction of a parliamentarian.
"In the Twitter statement, we can see the minister from the other side, together with the environment and water minister (Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man) and the special envoy to the Middle East (Abdul Hadi Awang were seen at Najib's house).
"I wish to obtain an explanation if the minister's statement had contradicted the principle of law which is based on the common law concept," he said.
The Warisan chairperson asked if the government practised double standards since NGO Pertubuhan Minda dan Sosial Prihatin Malaysia president Ramesh Rao was probed by the police for claiming that the judge who convicted Najib was related to former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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