Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (3rd from left) shares a light moment with (from left) Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal and Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. The senior BN leaders came together at a press conference this morning, decrying the use of Sosma to silence government critics. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Kamal Ariffin, October 12, 2015.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and a few Barisan Nasional (BN) leaders today joined forces to criticise a new security law used against two men for economic sabotage, saying it is being used against government critics.
"They are defining sabotage according to their own needs," said Dr Mahathir, now a trenchant critic of the Najib administration, at a press conference in the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya.
The country's longest-serving prime minister disclosed that former Umno branch leader Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan and his lawyer Matthias Chang have been charged under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) for economic sabotage.
Also attending the press conference were sacked deputy prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, sacked minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, Gua Musang MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, former MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and former Umno leader Tan Sri Sanusi Junid.
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