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• Segerakan kes Karpal: PM
• PM minta AG bertindak, 9 laporan polis ke atas Karpal sudah dibuat
• Nine police reports lodged against Karpal Singh so far

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by Maria J.Dass

• Abdullah.. expedite the case on Karpal

Instead, he accused Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who had instructed Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor to lodge a report against him, of "turning what is purely a legal issue, into a political one with racial undertones".

He also said Abdullah was trying to "divert attention from his own shaky position as Prime Minister after calls from numerous Umno divisions that he should step down and take the challenge by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to take him on as Umno president in the coming Umno general assembly".

He said Abdullah should have sought the Attorney-General Tan Sri Ghani Patail’s legal advice before publicly attacking him for questioning the prerogative of Perak Sultan Raja Azlan Shah as head of the state, "when I did not do so".

He warned Abdullah and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak that he would take legal action against them if they continue making defamatory remarks against him.

Karpal stressed that he had committed no offence and those those who had lodged reports against him should be prepared to face the consequences of lodging false reports.

"Clearly what I have raised is a purely legal issue and I have in no way questioned the prerogative of the Perak Sultan as head of the religion of Islam in the state as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution," said Karpal.

"It has been, and it is my view that the Perak Sultan had no jurisdiction or power to direct the state government to reinstate Jamry who was a state government servant," he said, adding that he failed to see why there has been such an uproar over what is purely a legal issue that was backed by a Federal Court judgement and upheld by the Privy Council in London, until 1985 the highest court in Malaysia.

On another matter, Karpal said his queries in Parliament about who prepared the King’s speech was in no way an intention to insult the King.

"I raised the matter because if Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who was moving the motion, had said it was the government, I wanted to raise a question on why Barisan Nasional fared badly in the polls, losing its two thirds majority, and absence of calls to repeal repressive laws in the speech," he said.

Meanwhile, Bernama reported that nine police reports have been lodged against Karpal so far in connection with this matter.

Sentul OCPD ACP Ahmad Sofian Md Yasin said two reports were lodged each in Sentul and Brickfields and one each in Dang Wangi, Tapah, Port Dickson, Muar and Penang.

He said the reports were channelled to the Sentul police headquarters because the place where Karpal made the statement was within the Sentul police jurisdiction.

The two reports in Sentul were from Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and Malaysia Youth Council secretary-general Tajudin Ahmad.

In Penang, state Umno youth secretary Ramlan Ishak, who lodged the report at the Jelutong police station, said Karpal's statement had created anxiety among the people.

Last week, Sultan Azlan Shah ordered Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin to retract the 24-hour transfer order issued to Jamry as the transfer was done without the consent of the Sultan as the head of Islamic religion.

Abdullah.. expedite the case on Karpal

KUALA LUMPUR (May 09, 2008): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi expressed hope today for the case against Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh to be expedited if it was to be brought to the court.

He said it is up to the Attorney-General (AG) to decide on whether there is a case against him for questioning the decision made by the Sultan of Perak on the position of the state Islamic Religious Department (Jaip) director.

"We leave it to the AG to decide. If he thinks the case could be brought to court, I hope it would be done quickly because many people are interested to know the ruling on this case," he told a press conference after a special Supreme Council meeting today (Friday).

He said the cabinet meeting earlier today did not discuss the matter although according to Bernama, nine police reports have been made against Karpal in connection with his statement on the powers of the Sultan of Perak.

The DAP national chairman was reported as saying that Sultan Azlan Shah had no jurisdiction over the transfer of Jaip director Datuk Jamry Sury who had been issued a 24-hour transfer order by Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin on April 29.

Three days later, the Raja Muda Perak, Raja Nazrin Shah, acting on behalf of the Sultan, had summoned Nizar to the palace and ordered him to reinstate Jamry.

On the report from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the controversial VK Lingam video clip, Abdullah said he will look into the content before deciding whether it would be made public or not.

"Let me look at it first to see what it has to say. Now I have not even looked at it yet, how could you (reporters) ask me to make a decision? I want to see what is in the content or what is being said and then we will decide.

Asked whether it will be discussed by the cabinet, he said: "I did not say it will be dicussed. I said I will look at it, read it, scrutinise what is inside it, then surely cabinet will have to know (first)."

Earlier this morning, after submitting the four volume report to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at the Istana Negara, commission chairman Tan Sri Haidar Mohd Noor said he personally thinks the report on the findings should be made public.

However, he said, it is not for me to decide as the last word is still with the Prime Minister and the commission did not suggest to the Prime Minister to make it public.

On another matter, Abdullah said the anti-inflation committee meeting on Monday will finalise everything related to the government’s plan to tackle the rice shortage crisis faced by the country due to rising price of food products in the world market.

Later, after the weekly meeting which he chairs, a statement will be issued to the press.

On the incident in Bandar Mahkota Cheras last night whereby police were reported to have doused some 500 residents with water cannons and fired dozens of tear gas canisters into the crowd, Abdullah said he does not have the details about it.

"I do not have a detail report. I don’t want to comment. (Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed) Hamid Albar would have the detail report," he said.

During the melee, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng was allegedly assaulted by plainclothes police officers.

The incident occurred shortly after Lim arrived at the scene to lend support to the residents who had gathered at the Bandar Tun Hussien Onn intersection of the Kajang-Cheras Highway.

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