Anwar’s lawyer accuses police of double standard

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PETALING JAYA: A lawyer representing opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has accused the police of applying a double standard by taking swift action against opposition MPs and delaying action against government ministers.

Sankara N Nair questioned how the authorities seemed to have dragged their feet when it came to taking action against the likes of federal territories minister Annuar Musa and plantation industries and commodities minister Khairuddin Aman Razali when they were caught flouting SOPs earlier this year,

Even then, police had to be pressured into action, said Nair.

By contrast, he said the police had acted swiftly in calling up Anwar, who is PKR president, as well as several other opposition MPs for questioning over an attempt by MPs to hold a meeting at Parliament House.

The MPs had sought to demand that a special sitting of the Dewan Rakyat be resumed, even though it had been postponed on the advice of the health ministry following the detection of positive Covid-19 cases in the Dewan Rakyat.


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