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Tuesday September 16, 2008

Issues should not be queried openly, says Syed Hamid

Compiled by CHEOK LI PENG, TAN SIN CHOW and A. RAMAN


THE three arrests made under the Internal Security Act (ISA) were a government decision and should not be questioned by any minister, reported Utusan Malaysia.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said this as a response to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s statement that judicial laws should have been used instead of the ISA.

Syed Hamid said Malaysia would be in a crisis if every minister with his own stand started questioning another minister’s decisions openly in the media.

“Zaid is a Cabinet member and if he has his own opinion, he should bring it straight to the Prime Minister. If one Cabinet member carries out his duty and another one openly criticises it, I don’t know where we will go or what will happen,” he said.

PAS youth chief protests summoning of Malaysian envoy

> PAS Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub had spoken out against the United States’ summoning of Malaysia’s top envoy, Ilango Karup-pannan, regarding the three ISA arrests, reported Berita Harian.

“They are only pretending to sympathise. We should remember what the US did to Third World countries previously when they clearly had hidden agendas.

“The three arrests under the ISA happened in Malaysia. No matter what, the citizens and government alone should determine the outcome,” he said.

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