If former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, can attend Parliament while in prison, the Home Ministry will have to explain why it barred 11 DAP MPs from attending Parliament when detained under the Internal Security Act during Operation Lalang.
At first, eleven DAP MPs were arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) during Operation Lalang, but five DAP MPs were formally detained after the 60-day custodial detention, and they were Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, P. Patto, Tan Seng Giaw and Lim Guan Eng.
The 11 DAP MPs who were initially detained in October 1987 were not able to continue to attend the 1987 Budget meeting of Parliament, while the five DAP MPs formally detained after the 60-day custodial detention in Kamunting Detention Centre missed from two to five Parliamentary meetings.
Guan Eng and I missed five parliamentary meetings from October 27, 1987 to 19th June 1989 as we were released in April 1989.
Furthermore, when Guan Eng was imprisoned for a year under the Sedition Act in 1998, he was not allowed to attend Parliament.
Why then the demand for special consideration for Najib who is in prison for corruption charges?
(Media Statement by DAP MP for Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, October 4, 2022)
Sekiranya Najib dapat menghadiri Parlimen dari penjara, Kementerian Dalam Negeri perlu menjelaskan mengapa 11 Ahli Parlimen DAP disekat dari menghadiri Parlimen semasa dalam tahanan ISA semasa Operasi Lalang
Sekiranya bekas Perdana Menteri, Najib Razak, boleh hadir ke Parlimen semasa dipenjarakan, Kementerian Dalam Negeri perlulah memberikan penjelasan mengapa 11 orang Ahli Parlimen DAP dihalang dari menghadiri sidang Parlimen semasa ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) di bawah Operasi Lalang.
Pada mulanya, sebelas orang Ahli Parlimen DAP ditahan di bawah ISA semasa Operasi Lalang, kemudian lima orang Ahli Parlimen ini ditahan secara secara rasmi selepas penahanan 60 hari, mereka adalah Lim Kit Siang, Karpal Singh, P. Patto, Tan Seng Giaw, dan Lim Guan Eng.
11 Ahli Parlimen yang mulanya ditahan pada bulan Oktober 1987 tidak dapat menghadiri sidang Parlimen untuk Belanjawan 1987, manakala lima lagi yang ditahan secara rasmi selepas tempoh penahanan 60 hari di Pusat Tahanan Kamunting pula terlepas dari menghadiri dari dua ke lima sidang Parlimen.
Saya dan Guan Eng tidak dapat menghadiri lima sidang Parlimen dari 27 Oktober 1987 sehingga 19 Jun 1989 memandangkan kami hanya dibebaskan pada April 1989.
Tambahan lagi, semasa Guan Eng ditahan selama setahun di bawah Akta Hasutan pada tahun 1998, dia tidak dibenarkan untuk hadir ke Parlimen.
Mengapakah kini terdapat desakan untuk pertimbangan khas untuk Najib yang berada di penjara atas kesalahan rasuah?
(Kenyataan Media Ahli Parlimen DAP Iskandar Puteri Lim Kit Siang di Kuala Lumpur pada hari Selasa, 4 Oktober 2022)