Parliamentary opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin has disputed official accounts of why caretaker Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor had to be arrested at 3am yesterday.
In a video posted on Hamzah’s Facebook page, he said Sanusi was always accompanied by a bodyguard who is a police personnel.
“Isn’t it strange that the police said they cannot reach Sanusi? It does not make sense because the police have one of their personnel serving the menteri besar as a bodyguard.
“The police could have asked the bodyguard and found out where he was at any time,” said Hamzah.
Yesterday, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said the police had made numerous attempts to reach Sanusi and his officers to inform Sanusi of his court appearance slated for 9am yesterday but were unsuccessful.
Eventually, the police had to detain Sanusi at 3am at an apartment in Kuala Lumpur to ensure his appearance in court to be charged with two counts of sedition.
Hamzah opined that there were likely instructions for the police to arrest Sanusi in the middle of the night to embarrass him because he was a prominent Perikatan Nasional leader.
He then insinuated that a “prominent government leader” had once been convicted of abuse of power before for personal gain.
“I’m not making accusations. I’m saying this can happen and it has happened before. It is not impossible for this to happen again,” he said.
In 1999, Anwar Ibrahim was convicted of abuse of power for ordering the police to harass two alleged witnesses. Anwar, the current prime minister, was handed a six-year sentence. In 2018, he secured a pardon for this and other cases. - Mkini
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