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Kit Siang: Is the home minister a criminal?

Alyaa Azhar | June 6, 2013

Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak should explain the assault allegations against his home minister

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak must explain if he is aware of the assault allegations against Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang today.

He said this in response to Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo’s call for Zahid to be suspended from the Cabinet to prove that the prime minister is serious about government reform.

Gobind had said that it is “improper” to put a man who has been ordered to answer a civil suit for assault to be in charge of the Home Ministry.

Zahid was sued by businessman Amir Abdullah Bazli for allegedly punching him in the eye on Jan 16, 2006 at the Country Heights recreational club, causing the latter to suffer a nasal bone fracture and a swollen left eye.

Zahid had denied the allegation and applied to the Kuala Lumpur High Court for the case to be thrown out and the application was dismissed by the same court on April 21, 2010.

He later filed a counter suit against the 41-year-old businessman, claiming to have suffered humiliation and emotional trauma as a result of the accusation.

However, last year, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal unanimously ruled against Zahid’s bid to strike out the assault suit and ordered the minister to pay RM5,000 in costs.

Lim said a response from Najib to Gobind’s query is in order and the prime minister should also explain whether he had inquired why the police had not charged Zahid for the criminal assault.

He added that Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Paul Low should also declare whether he agrees that Zahid should stand down as home minister until he has cleared himself.

“The case raises the pertinent question of why Zahid had not been charged by the police for the criminal offence of assault.

“This further raises the question whether Malaysia has a criminal as the new home minister,” said the Gelang Patah MP.

Lim asked if Zahid or Najib is prepared to answer this issue of Zahid’s suitability as home minister on the first working day of Parliament on June 26.


Kit Siang: Why has Zahid not faced ‘criminal’ charges?

BY CLARA CHOOI
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
JUNE 06, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — New Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi may be a “criminal”, Lim Kit Siang suggested today, reminding Malaysians that the Umno leader had yet to clear his name against allegations of assault in 2006.

The DAP adviser agreed with Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo who said last week that it was improper to place Zahid in a position where he has great influence over enforcement bodies like the police and prisons when the latter still had such charges hanging over him.

“A response from Najib to Gobind’s query is in order,” Lim said in a statement, referring to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, “... especially as he is the first prime minister to specifically appoint a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department to be specifically responsible for integrity and good governance.”

Former Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) president Datuk Paul Low was recently appointed to Najib’s Cabinet and placed in charge of corruption and integrity.

“Paul Low... should also declare whether he agrees that Zahid should stand down as home minister until he has fully cleared himself of the serious charges of assault going back to January 2006 when he was deputy information minister,” Lim said.

Zahid was sued by businessman Amir Abdullah Bazli for allegedly punching him on January 16, 2006 at the Country Heights recreational club in Kajang, Selangor, causing the latter to suffer a nasal bone fracture and a swollen left eye.

Then a deputy information minister, Zahid had denied the allegation and applied to the Kuala Lumpur High Court for the case to be thrown out. The application was dismissed by the same court on April 21, 2010.

He later filed a countersuit against Amir, 41, claiming to have suffered humiliation and emotional trauma as a result of the accusation.

But last year, a three-judge Court of Appeal panel unanimously ruled against Zahid’s bid to strike out the assault charge and ordered the minister to pay RM5,000 in costs.

Lim noted that despite the civil suit, Zahid had not been hauled to court by the police and slapped with criminal assault charges.

He asked if Najib had been aware of the allegations against Zahid when he appointed the latter to his Cabinet, and whether he had inquired why the police had not charged him with assault.

“The case raises the pertinent question why Zahid had not been charged by the police for the criminal offence of assault.

“This raises the further question whether Malaysia has a criminal as the new home minister,” Lim said.