Nurul in the dark about facing rights panel over Kiram meet

Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar said she was unaware about being summoned to face Parliament's Rights and Privileges Committee.

This was despite an Utusan Malaysia report quoting Dewan Rakyat speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia as saying Nurul Izzah will be referred to the committee on March 15 and that she had been informed of this.

"I have not been informed; maybe you can tell me since you know better," she told journalists at the Parliament lobby when asked about the hearing.

When pointed out that Pandikar had commented on the matter in Utusan Malaysia, she replied: "I am not a loyal reader of Utusan. To date, I have yet to be informed".

According to the Utusan Malaysia report, Pandikar confirmed the hearing will take place next week.

"A meeting will be held on March 15. On whether witnesses would be called, it will be decided on that day," he told the Umno-owned daily on the sidelines of Parliament's sitting yesterday.

It was reported that on Dec 3 the Dewan Rakyat approved a motion by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Azalina Othman Said that Nurul be referred to the committee.

This follows the PKR vice-president's Manila meeting with Jacel Kiram, daughter of Jamalul Kiram II, the person responsible for the Sulu incursion in Lahad Datu.

The motion was approved with 105 supporting and 88 against after it was debated for more than an hour.

The two-term MP admitted meeting Jacel and apologised to the victims of the Lahad Datu incursion after a photo of her and Jacel was uploaded onto social media. -Mkini