The
police are still investigating the book written about attorney-general Abdul
Gani Patail titled
Tan Sri Gani Patail: Pemalsu, Penipu, Penjenayah
(Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail: Fraud, Liar, Criminal).
Minister in the Prime
Minister's Department Nazri Abdul Aziz said this in a written reply in
Parliament to Ipoh Timor MP Lim Kit Siang,
Lim had also asked about the status of the graft
investigations against Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud and Sabah Chief
Minister Musa Aman being carried out by the Malaysian Anti Corruption
Commission.
Prior to this, Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai, who is also DAP
disciplinary committee chairperson, had also asked the speaker about the status
of the investigations on Gani.
However Tan's question was
turned
down under Standing Order 23(1)( c) 'as it contains argument,
interference, opinion, imputation, epithet or misleading, ironical or offensive
expression, frivolous or seeking answers on trivial matters'.
It was
reported that former MACC advisory panel member Robert Phang had in August
lodged
a police report about the book, which was written and published by
lawyer Zainal Abidin Ahmad.
PM has to explain actions taken
Lim said he had specifically called
on the prime minister to give Parliament and the country an explanation on
actions taken against the Gani, Taib and Musa.
He said Nazri's reply on
Taib was also similar: that the allegations of corruption against the Sarawak
chief minister were still under investigation as it required evidence that would
be beyond reasonable doubt.
"The investigations into the case are on the
basis of the offence and require statements from witnesses, documents and other
evidence," Lim said in a statement today.
He said he had questioned the
government's efforts in fighting corruption as this was one of the six National
Key Result Areas (NKRA) of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's Government
Transformation Programme (GTP).
The level of corruption in the country,
Lim pointed out, had gone from bad to worse over the past three years, as
reported by Transparency International in its latest annual Corruption
Perception Index.
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