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Joint Media Statement by DAP Members of Parliament in Selangor, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, 26th December 2009: PDRM should be tackling real rather than imaginary criminals We urge the police to tackle crime with the same vigour they are putting in to intimidate and persecute Pakatan Rakyat leaders. The move to investigate Penang Chief Minister and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng for allegedly making seditious remarks during the Pakatan Rakyat convention in Shah Alam last weekend was of misguided priority as the public lives in fear as violent crimes are being committed every day.Guan Eng’s statement cannot be deemed as unsubstantiated remarks as he was only echoing the conclusion of the acclaimed Thai forensic pathologist Dr Porntip Rojanasunan, who attended the second post mortem on Teoh Beng Hock last month as an observer, that there was an 80% possibility of homicide in Beng Hock’s death. We want to remind Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar that Guan Eng was only repeating what millions of people in the country and the world are saying. If Guan Eng’s statement that Beng Hock had been cruelly murdered is “unsubstantiated” and need to be investigated under Sedition Act, then why the police did not initiate sedition investigation against Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz who said Beng Hock “nak terjun bangunan itu” and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Chief Commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said who said Beng Hock had committed suicide? Are they statements substantiated by any solid facts? PDRM should be putting more resources into tackling real rather than imaginary criminals. The discovery of the body on Wednesday of yet another child believed to have been sexually violated before being murdered is a chilling reminder we need more frontline police officers and not pen-pushers. Words don't kill; killers do. Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar need to be reminded that PDRM should take care of the interest of rakyat, not the interest of MACC and/or BN. * Tony Pua (Petaling Jaya Utara), Gobind Singh (Puchong), Charles Santiago (Klang) & Teo Nie Ching (Serdang); DAP MPs in Selangor
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