Malaysia’s opposition has filed a motion of no-confidence in the prime minister, Najib Razak, who is fighting for his political life amid corruption allegations and anger over a rise in the cost of living.
The scandal emerged in July when media reports said investigators had found that nearly $700m (£450m) from the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) state fund was transferred into the prime minister’s bank accounts.
Opposition MP Hee Loy Sian, who proposed the motion, said in a notice filed to parliament that “the people of Malaysia can no longer trust the prime minister”.
The motion was lodged as the 25th item on parliament’s order paper, making it unlikely to be voted on this month.
Najib, whose ruling party holds a majority in parliament, denies the allegations. He has sacked four ministers, his attorney general and deputy prime minister to stamp out dissent.
Hong Kong police and the FBI are investigating bank deposits purported to be linked to Najib. Swiss authorities have frozen millions of dollars in bank accounts linked to 1MDB.
Najib’s former mentor and ex-prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has led calls for his resignation, and the 91-year-old attended anti-Najib protests in the heart of the capital, Kuala Lumpur, in August.
Najib had relied on his tight grip over the ruling United Malays National Organisation (Umno) party to keep above the chaos.
Yet last week, Mahathir, who ruled for 22 years and still wields significant influence, held a press conference with disgruntled members of Umno, including sacked deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin, to demand a resolution to the scandal and to condemn the crackdown on dissent.
“We see a climate of fear among the people,” Mahathir told reporters. “The government is now defining the law according to their own needs. We are here to show that we are against the abuse of the law on our country.”
The government has used a sedition law implemented under the British empire to quell voices of opposition, with about 30 politician and activists charged under the act during the past year in what Malaysian media largely refer to as a “sedition dragnet”.
Authorities had also blocked two news publications and a British-based whistleblowing website run by Gordon Brown’s sister-in-law. Last month, the Malaysian high court ruled the publications would be allowed to resume.
Malaysia’s sultans have also broken their usual silence on political matters to say that the allegations had created a crisis of confidence and should be investigated.
1MDB has amassed debts of over $11bn, symbolising what Malaysians feel is a growing abuse of power at the top while citizens have to pay a 6% goods and services tax implemented this year while the local currency, the ringgit, continues to devalue. - http://www.theguardian.com/
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