DAP MP's cousin abducted, emergency motion to be filed

Lau Jung Hien, a cousin of Lanang DAP MP Alice Lau Kiong Yieng, was one of four Malaysians abducted in the waters of Semporna, Sabah last night.

Another two victims, Wong Teck Pang and Wong Teck Chi, were relatives to Lau, and were from Sibu. The fourth victim, Wong Hung Song, was their friend.

DAP is expected to file a emergency motion in the parliament to debate the case.

"Lau is the cousin of Alice Lau……They(victims) work in (Sabah's waters)," a person familiar with the matter told Malaysiakini.

Sarawak DAP chief and Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen, when contacted, said they will table a emergency motion tomorrow in Parliament.

"The soonest it can be debated will be the day after tomorrow," he said.

According to the Standing Orders, an emergency motion has to be submitted to the speaker one day before debate.

Only when the speaker decides it has satisfied three criteria - that it is a specific matter, of public interest and urgent - would the motion be debated.

The four victims were kidnapped by eight armed men in the waters of Semporna, Sabah while returning to Malaysia from the Philippines last night.

Sabah has seen increased incidences of abduction since the government had put down an incursion by Sulu fighters in Lahad Datu in 2012.

Several kidnappings in recent years were likewise carried out through swift incursions from the Southern Philippines into Sabah. -Mkini