PARTI Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) national chairman Dr D. Michael Jeyakumar has been summoned by Bukit Aman to be investigated based on a police report lodged against former attorney-general (AG) Tan Sri Tommy Thomas in relation to the “Dark Forces towards GE15” forum held on Sept 17.
Reputed to be “a giant slayer”, it took Jeyakumar three attempts and decades of work before finally unseating eight-term Sungai Siput incumbent MP the late Tun S. Samy Vellu in 2008 and retaining the seat in 2013.
“He (Jeyakumar) has been called to give a statement on Oct 20 (Thursday),” revealed PSM’s deputy chairman S. Arutchelvan in a WhatsApp text. “The police action is yet another waste of public funds and reflects the reality of the term dark forces towards GE15.”
It is not immediately known if other forum panels were also summoned by Bukit Aman. They are DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang; human rights lawyer and activist Siti Kasim; former Sungai Benut MP Tawfik Ismail; and lawyer Ambiga Sreenevasan,
“PSM strongly believes that Tommy Thomas and other speakers are entitled to their opinion with the forum also allowing for people to pose questions and even disagree with the speakers,” insisted Arutchelvan.
“That is how a mature democracy works. Summoning people who spoke in a public forum will go against the spirit of free speech and freedom of expression as enshrined in our constitution.”
“The police should instead spend our tax money on other better things for the benefit of the people and not entangle itself in political vendetta of certain quarters,” added Arutchelvan. – Oct 18, 2022
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