Taib’s boys want Siah put under ‘house arrest’
By Joseph Tawie, Free Malaysia Today
KUCHING: Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), fearful of the Movement of Change Sarawak’s (MoCS) threat to mobilise a massive demonstration against Chief Minister Taib Mahmud if he does not step down by Aug 13, wants the Home Ministry to put the movement’s founder Francis Siah under ‘house-arrest’.
PBB Kuching Youth wing spokesman, Wan Hamzah Wan Paie said the “wing will report Francis Siah to Hishammuddin Hussein (Home Minister) for his subversive elements.
“We want the police to put Siah under house arrest as he has the intention to instigate hatred and cause riots which is similar to the Middle-east demonstrations.”
Hamzah said the party was giving Siah seven days to retract his demand for Taib to resign, failing which legal action will be taken against Siah.
“Siah’s demand could disrupt peace and harmony in the state. We are giving him seven days to withdraw his statement,” he said.
Wan Hamzah, who is also Deputy Dewan Rakyat speaker Wan Jundiai Jaafar’s private secretary, was speaking to reporters after lodging a police report against Siah.
The report is one of several lodged against the MoCS chief following his demand that Taib step down or face a public protest.
“Siah is making a dangerous and subversive statement that can cause riots in the streets,” he said, referring to the intention of the MoCS leader to organise a peaceful demonstration with 200,000 people.
‘Siah a mole’
Describing the plan as dirty, Wan Hamzah said the wing is against it and calls on the police and other relevant authorities to investigate the movement and where it was receiving its funds from.
“They must investigate who is financing his plan. Siah could be a mole of western organisations,” he added.
