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Are the Health Minister Dr. Adham Baba and the Foreign Minister Hishamuddin Hussein pleading guilty to PAS charge that the Health Ministry and the Foreign Ministry were guilty for Plantation and Commodities Minister Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali’s breach of Covid 19 quarantine SOP?

Otherwise, why the silence from them so far to the charge by the PAS spiritual leader, Hashim Jasin?

At the PAS Muktarmar last weekend, the PAS spiritual leader Hashim Jasin said Khairuddin should be considered a hero even though he broke Covid-19 quarantine rules as his trip to Turkey had brought benefits to the oil palm sector.

Hashim Jasin said:

“He broke the rules but he brought good news, news that brought benefit. He is a hero, like the hoopoe bird that was going to be punished, when it was actually a hero.”

The Islamist party’s spiritual leader said Khairuddin had been maligned and attacked by opposition MPs, when the fault lay with the Health Ministry and the Foreign Ministry for failing to ensure that the minister complied with the mandatory quarantine after returning from Turkey on July 7.

He said the Heath Ministry and the Foreign Ministry were both “negligent” when it is not Khairuddin’s fault.

Is this the position of the Perikatan Nasional Cabinet, or is it only the view of PAS, unsupported by the rest of the Perikatan Nasional government?

It is most strange and extraordinary that although two weeks have passed, Malaysians know very little about the Turkey trip of Khairuddin and his entourage and their violation of Covid-19 quarantine SOP, the outcome of police investigation and the status of the many lies told when the subject became a public issue e.g. Turkey was a “green country(zone)” in the Covid-19 pandemic during their visit when it was a “hotspot” of the pandemic.

There is even talk that Khairuddin had visited another country apart from Turkey – is this true or not?

There should be the fullest disclosure, accountability and transparency on this and other issues which are of public interest.

(Media Statement (2) by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Gelang Patah on Tuesday, 1st September 2020)

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Adakah Menteri Kesihatan, Dr Adham Baba dan Menteri Luar, Hishamuddin Hussein mengakui dakwaan PAS bahawa Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kementerian Luar Negeri harus dipersalahkan atas tindakan Khairuddin Razali melanggar SOP kuarantin Covid-19?

Jika tidak, mengapa mereka berdiam diri sehingga kini berhubung dakwaan oleh Mursyidul Am PAS, Hashim Jasin itu?

Pada Muktamar PAS yang berlangsung hujung minggu lalu, Hashim Jasin berkata Khairuddin perlu diangkat sebagai seorang hero walaupun beliau bertindak melanggar SOP kuarantin wajib Covid-19 atas alasan kononnya Menteri PAS itu membawa pelaburan yang besar kepada industri sawit negara selepas mengadakan lawatan kerja ke Turki.

Hashim Jasin berkata:

“Dia langgar peraturan tapi dia bawa berita baik, berita yang bawa faedah. Dia ini hero, umpama burung hud hud yang hendak dikenakan hukuman, sedangkan dia sebenarnya hero.”

Mursyidul Am PAS itu berkata Khairuddin teruk diserang oleh Ahli Parlimen pembangkang, sedangkan menurutnya kesalahan harus ditujukan kepada Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kementerian Luar Negeri kerana gagal memastikan Menteri PAS itu mematuhi SOP kuarantin wajib selepas pulang dari Turki pada 7 Julai lalu.

Beliau mendakwa Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kementerian Luar Negeri “lalai” dan kesalahan tidak harus diletakkan di bahu Khairuddin.

Adakah ini pendirian Kabinet Perikatan Nasional, atau hanya pandangan PAS yang tidak disokong oleh Kerajaan Perikatan Nasional?

Amatlah pelik dan luar biasa, meskipun sudah dua minggu berlalu, rakyat Malaysia masih tidak mendapat gambaran sebenar tentang lawatan kerja Khairuddin dan rombongannya ke Turki dan tentang pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19, hasil siasatan polis dan segala penipuan yang diceritakan, sebagai contoh: Turki kononnya diisytiharkan sebagai “negara zon hijau” ketika mereka mengadakan lawatan ke negara itu, sedangkan Turki adalah antara negara yang mencatatkan angka tertinggi kes pandemik berkenaan.

Terdapat juga cakap-cakap yang mendakwa Khairuddin juga mengadakan lawatan ke negara lain selain Turki – adakah dakwaan ini benar atau tidak?

Perlu ada pendedahan penuh, sikap kebertanggungjawaban dan ketelusan berhubung isu ini dan isu lain yang melibatkan kepentingan awam.

(Kenyataan Media (2) oleh MP DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Gelang Patah pada Selasa, 1 September 2020)