Is PAS Minister Khairuddin on leave pending police investigations or not?


9Tatal ke bawah untuk kenyataan versi BM)

Malaysiakini reported that there are conflicting claims surrounding the status of Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Khairuddin Aman Razali, who is being investigated for not adhering to the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) after returning from abroad.

Highly-placed sources informed Malaysiakini the PAS leader is on leave pending the outcome of the probe and this was conveyed to the cabinet last week.

However, this has been denied by the Minister’s aide, Muhammad Faudzi Jalil, who said it was business as usual for his boss.

The Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, should explain whether his Plantation Industries and Commodities Minster is on leave or not.

It is a most strange and extraordinary way to celebrate the Malaysia Day and to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Rukun Negara that the Prime Minister had to keep mum on the issue of whether his Minister is on leave pending police investigations or otherwise.

Is there any other stronger case to illustrate that the nation has the weakest Prime Minister in history since Merdeka was achieved by the country 63 year ago?

I had asked whether the 66th PAS National Delegates Assembly would have ignored Khairuddin’s violation of Covid 19 quarantine SOP when he returned from Turkey on July 7, if he had not donated RM50,000 to his party.

This question has been strengthened by the Malaysiakini report.

Khairuddin’s donation was announced by the PAS Assembly permanent chairperson Husin Ismail after the PAS President Abdul Hadi Awang’s speech at the PAS Assembly last weekend.

Political analysts had expected the PAS Assembly to touch on the Khairuddin scandal and the issue of the performance of the PAS ministers in the Perikatan Nasional administration thus far, as currently, people do not have confidence in the abilities of PAS Ministers in the Cabinet, as UMNO Ministers and Deputy Ministers were seen as performing better.

But there was no questioning of the Khairuddin affair at the PAS last weekend.

Another question is why the authorities are taking such an inordinately long time to complete their investigations on Khairuddin’s violation of Covid-19 quarantine SOP?

Two weeks ago, the police declared that they were expecting to wrap up its probe into Khairuddin’s case of July 7, with the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid, saying that the police will be submitting their findings to the Attorney-General’s Chambers soon.

Mior Faridalathrash now says that the Attorney-General’s chambers has yet to revert to the police regarding its investigation papers.

Why is the Attorney-General’s Chambers taking such an inordinately long time to decide on Khairuddin’s case?

Is this because the Attorney-General’s Chambers fall under the jurisdiction of a PAS Minister?

(Media Comment by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Sandakan on Tuesday, 15th September 2020)

=============================

Adakah Menteri PAS Khairuddin sedang cuti sementara menunggu siasatan polis atau pun tidak?

Malaysiakini melaporkan yang terdapat laporan bercanggah mengenai dakwaan berkenaan dengan status Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi, Khairuddin Aman Razali yang sedang di bawah siasatan kerana pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 selepas pulang daripada luar negara.

Sumber yang berkedudukan tinggi telah memaklumkan pihak Malaysiakini yang pemimpin PAS tersebut kini sedang bercuti sementara menunggu hasil siasatan ke atas beliau dan perkara ini telah pun disampaikan kepada Kabinet pada minggu lepas.

Namun begitu, perkara ini telah dinafikan oleh pegawai menteri tersebut, Muhammad Faudzi Jalil, yang mengatakan yang menteri beliau masih bertugas seperti biasa.

Perdana Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, perlu menjelaskan status Menteri Perusahaan Perladangan dan Komoditi ini, sama ada beliau sedang bercuti atau pun tidak.

Sambutan Hari Malaysia dan Jubli Emas Rukun Negara tahun ini disambut dengan perasaan yang agak janggal apabila Perdana Menteri sendiri terpaksa berdiam diri mengenai status seorang Menteri beliau yang kini berada di bawah siasatan Polis.

Adakah terdapat sebarang bukti lain yang menunjukkan yang Perdana Menteri kita sekarang adalah Perdana Menteri yang terlemah dalam 63 tahun sejarah negara kita?

Saya bertanyakan sebelum ini, sama ada Muktamar PAS ke-66 akan melupakan pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 oleh Khairuddin jika beliau tidak mendermakan RM50,000 kepada partinya.

Persoalan kini diperkuatkan dengan laporan Malaysiakini ini.

Sumbangan Khairuddin ini diumumkan oleh Pengerusi Tetap Muktamar PAS, Husin Ismail selepas ucapan daripada Presiden PAS, Abdul Hadi Awang pada hujung minggu lalu.

Penganalisa politik telah menjangkakan yang muktamar PAS ini akan berbincang mengenai episod Khairuddin ini berserta dengan prestasi menteri-menteri PAS dalam kerajaan Perikatan Nasional setakat ini, memandangkan rakyat tidak mempunyai keyakinan dengan kebolehan menteri-menteri PAS di dalam Kabinet, di mana para menteri dan timbalan menteri UMNO dilihat sebagai mempunyai prestasi yang lebih baik.

Tetapi, tidak ada sesiapa pun yang membangkitkan isu Khairuddin ini.

Satu lagi persoalan yang berlegar dalam fikiran ramai orang adalah kenapa pihak berkuasa memerlukan tempoh masa yang sebegitu lama untuk melengkapkan siasatan mereka terhadap pelanggaran SOP kuarantin Covid-19 yang dilakukan oleh Khairuddin?

Dua minggu yang lepas, pihak Polis mengumumkan yang mereka menjangkakan siasatan kes Khairuddin ini akan selesai dalam masa terdekat, dengan Timbalan Pengarah Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Bukit Aman, Mior Faridalathrash Wahid mengatakan yang pihak Polis akan menyerahkan dapatan siasatan mereka ke Pejabat Pendakwa Raya dalam masa yang terdekat.

Mior Faridalathrash kini mengatakan yang Pejabat Pendakwa Raya masih belum memaklumkan sebarang perkembangan lanjut mengenai kertas siasatan ini.

Mengapakah Pejabat Pendakwa Raya mengambil masa yang sebegitu lama untuk membuat keputusan mengenai kes Khairuddin ini?

Adakah kerana Pejabat Pendakwa Raya kini berada di bawah bidang kuasa seorang menteri PAS?

(Komen Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Sandakan pada hari Selasa 15 September 2020)

  1. #1 by Godfather on Tuesday, 15 September 2020 - 5:35 pm

    With the efficiency of the enforcement agencies, I would have expected the minister to be jailed for at least 2 weeks by now. What is there to investigate? He has even directly admitted to the crime.

  2. #2 by Godfather on Tuesday, 15 September 2020 - 5:40 pm

    Most likely he’s been told to keep a low profile and hope that DAP forgets about it with time. No way a minister can be found guilty under this no-backbone regime.

  3. #3 by Bigjoe on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 - 3:50 am

    In Sabah, Bersatu and UMNO continue to disagree which means there is no deal between Muhiyiddin and the corrupt in UMNO. The question is will a deal be done if Najib goes to jail? Because if one more of the corrupt goes to jail, the govt also falls. What is Muhiyiddin plan then?

  4. #4 by Godfather on Wednesday, 16 September 2020 - 10:38 am

    Bigjoe, if Zahid and Bijan get locked up, Muhyiddin will do a reverse takeover of UMNO. He will then tempt Mahathir to return to UMNO as the perpetual Chairman.

You must be logged in to post a comment.