DAP asks PKR, PAS to declare assets

(The Star) – DAP chairman Karpal Singh has called on coalition partners PKR and PAS to declare the assets of their elected representatives.

Karpal, who is also Bukit Gelugor MP, said PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang should direct their elected representatives to also declare their assets.

In a press conference at a coffee shop in Air Itam here, he said he has no problem declaring his assets and was waiting for Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to fix a date for Penang MPs to do so.

Karpal challenged Barisan Nasional to direct all its elected representatives including ministers to declare their assets. 

Karpal also chided Singapore’s former premier Lee Kuan Yew to “put his own house in order first” in response to the latter’s negative remarks on Pakatan Rakyat.

“Although he has every right to make the comments that he did that Pakatan would not have been able to effectively govern had it been successful, it is without basis.”

In his newly-released book, Lee labelled the Malaysian opposition as an “opportunistic ad-hoc group not held together by even vaguely coherent set of ideas but by a common desire to unseat the government”.

Karpal added that Lee wanted to remain as the top voice in this part of the world.

“He has his time but I think the time has come for him to leave the leadership to others,” he said.

Meanwhile, he also said his biography ‘Tiger of Jelutong’ written by Tim Donoghue will be officially launched in Kuala Lumpur soon.

“It took 26 years to complete and it has 325 pages,” he said.