Nurul Izzah: No more obliging 'bullies', no more appeal letter

S'WAK POLLS PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar will not be writing another letter of appeal to the Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem although she continues to be barred from entering Sarawak.

"Some have asked me if I will be sending yet another appeal letter. I think not.

"There's a limit to entertaining arbitrary abuse of power. We shouldn't lend further credence to bullies," she said to Malaysiakini today, after she arrived in Kuala Lumpur following her deportation from Miri airport this morning.

She had earlier expressed her shock over the deportation despite sending a letter to the chief minister last Friday.

Nurul Izzah first found herself barred from entering Sarawak in December last year.

However, Adenan said he would consider allowing Nurul and her mother, PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, into the state if they asked him ‘politely’ to be allowed entry into Sarawak.

Wan Azizah was allowed entry into Sarawak after landing at Miri airport yesterday, although her trip is limited until May 5, two days before polling day.

Open letter

Nurul Izzah has written an open letter to Adenan, where she said her continuous ban from Sarawak proved that the opposition has been successful in pushing their manifesto in the state assembly and the Dewan Rakyat.

This is made even more apparent, she said, when Adenan and BN were forced to make a lot of changes and promises related to autonomy issues and customary land rights in Sarawak.

Their new changes and offers seem to be in line with the Opposition's manifesto, she argued.

She urged Adenan, who has described himself to be different from former Sarawak chief minister Taib Mahmud and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, to stick to his word and be different.

"Let us compete in a healthy manner and push Sarawak towards a path of true success," she said.

Nurul disclosed she would now have to discuss with her party on what action to take next, but added that anything they decide, would only be implemented after the campaign.

This is so they would not interrupt the campaigning more than it had already been, she explained.

More than 40 opposition lawmakers, activists and academicians are on the Sarawak state government’s ban list.

The state exercises immigration autonomy as part of the 1963 Malaysia agreement.

-Mkini