Kit Siang: DAP has not strayed from its stand on hudud

(The Star) – The DAP’s stand on hudud has been clear since “day one” and the party has not flinched on it, says party adviser Lim Kit Siang.

He told reporters who asked him about the DAP’s stand on the issue to “do your homework first”.

Lim, who is contesting the Gelang Patah parliamentary seat against outgoing Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, however, declined to comment on PAS deputy spiritual leader’s statement that DAP was free to leave the Opposition pact if the party was not happy with PAS’ stand on hudud.

On Wednesday, Datuk Haron Din said that hudud would be implemented if Pakatan Rakyat came to power. Several PAS leaders had also asserted that hudud had always been the party’s agenda.

On his campaigning, Lim said he would reschedule his programme to spend more time in Batu Pahat and explain to the people there that he was not an anti-Malay.

Lim denied that he and PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub had stated that Gelang Patah would be Ghani’s “burial ground”.