This is what you call a “Bankrupt and Desperate” politician
How on Earth did Karpal’s statement amounts to a threat to his safety?
By Low Teck Kuan
I was catching up with all the news for the past few weeks since the afternoon, and it shocked me when i read this piece of news.
Zaid Ibrahim actually lodged a police report against Karpal Singh. and for what reason? He alleged that Karpal Singh had “threatened” him. That Karpal had made a statement which contains serious threats to his safety.
Malaysian Insider never really wrote what Karpal said previously, so i did some checking in other news portal and found out that Karpal had issued a statement saying this:
“As Anwar’s defence counsel, I am warning all quarters, including politicians, not to defy Justice Mohamed Zabidin’s (Mohd Diah) reminder that anyone committing an act of contempt in the ongoing trial will face the music. Any act by anyone, however, subtle, to influence the decision of a judge in an ongoing trial amounts to contempt of court.”
now, how is this a threat to his personal safety again?
I can perhaps, force myself a little to understand if a laymen who went to the streets protesting against the Court’s ruling interprets Karpal’s statement as a physical or personal threat. but Zaid Ibrahim? the lawyer who founded one of the largest law firm in Malaysia? you got to be kidding me!
first and foremost, how on Earth did Karpal’s statement amounts to a threat to his safety?
was it directed to him? or did Karpal merely issued a general warning to all who tried to pressure Anwar into giving his DNA? even if Karpal was indirectly warning Zaid about it, how did a valid legal threat (if ever Karpal or the Court decide to charge him for contempt of court) to which Zaid will have the opportunity to defend himself, become a threat to his personal safety?
