Penang DAP rep fingers BN for ‘politically-motivated’ PPS arrests

By admin-s On Sep 1, 2014

(MMO) – Penang DAP MP Ng Wei Aik has suggested that the massive round-up of Penang’s volunteer patrol unit (PPS) members yesterday was aimed at throwing the few lawmakers involved in jail and disqualifying them from their seats.

The Penang DAP Socialist Youth chief said the haul, although executed by the police, was a “politically-motivated” strategy designed to throw the DAP-led northern state into turmoil by forcing by-elections in several seats.

“The whole crackdown on PPS is politically-motivated,” Ng said in a statement this morning.

“To ensure the whole PPS can be disbanded and all elected representatives who are the caretakers of the PPS in their respective constituencies can be put to jail and eventually lose their qualifications as elected representatives,” he continued.

But Ng added a stern warning to Barisan Nasional’s (BN) top leadership, particularly to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, telling both men not to “dream” of recapturing Penang from the DAP.

“The police’s high-handed approach in cracking down on the PPS has undoubtedly warrant all Penangites to teach BN another big lesson in the event that any seat falls vacant following the conviction of elected representatives in their relations to the PPS,” he said.

Ng also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the remaining PPS members still under police custody, saying their arrests were unlawful to begin with.

He said the police force had abused its power by ordering the group detained as it was not their duty to determine the legitimacy of the state-appointed PPS body.