26 Apr 2024, 15:16 Kuching
26 Apr 2024, 08:16 London
PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli has been detained by the police as he exited the Parliament building gates this evening.
Inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed he was arrested under Section 8 of the Official Secrets Act, which relates to wrongful communication of an official secret.
The Pandan lawmaker had last month exposed what he claimed is a classified document showing links between the Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera and 1MDB.
He also gave a statement on the matter to the commercial crime investigations department.
Tweeting on the arrest, PKR’s Subang MP R Siavarasa said: “Will the IGP explain to the rakyat why PDRM cannot just request Rafizi to surrender himself?”
He likened it to a “kidnapping” by the police.
The next step, if the raging IGP gets away with this latest outrage, will be to arrest MPs in the Parliamentary chamber itself… for criticising the government.
The rationale behind this arrest is that if people in high places choose to commit criminal behaviour and call it secret, then the law is on their side.
1MDB and its ultimate boss the PM/FM have been claiming that there is no issue with this company, whilst permitting themselves to put off for a year the publication of its accounts – on the spurious excuse that investigations by law enforcers have impeded their auditors!
Now that information is coming out via another route, the PM/FM is arresting elected representatives of the people (with as much legitimacy as himself) for spilling “secrets”.
Are Malaysians going to stick up for those who are brave enough to stand up to this nonsense or are they going to allow criminality to seize control of their government?
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