Mat Sabu: Guan Eng’s arrest shows country run by mafia

© Provided by MToday News Sdn Bhd mat-sabu-guan-engGEORGE TOWN: Following Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s arrest for corruption, Amanah President Mohamed Sabu is convinced that Malaysia is run by the “mafia”.

Mohamed, who is also known as Mat Sabu, said Lim’s arrest by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) was a “rerun of a familiar plot”.

In an emotional speech outside the Penang MACC office at Northam Road late last night, Mat Sabu said what was happening to the DAP secretary-general was similar to the persecution that had occurred in 1998.

“He defended a Malay girl who was raped, and he ended up in jail,” he said, alluding to the time when Lim was imprisoned after commenting on the rape of a minor.

“This is Malaysia today, ladies and gentlemen, ruled by the mafia,” Mat Sabu told a group of 500 protestors who held a vigil outside the anti-graft body’s headquarters.