KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 ― Gobind Singh Deo vowed last night to fight tooth and nail to clear Karpal Singh’s name, saying there was no need to ask the Attorney-General to withdraw his late father’s sedition conviction.
The Puchong MP said although there were calls to ask the AG to drop the sedition charge following Karpal's passing, he would fight the case “to the very end.”
“We don't need favours from the A-G,” Gobind said during Karpal's memorial last night at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).
“If it was Mr Karpal, he would have fought it to the end,” he pointed out.
In February, Karpal was found guilty of uttering seditious comments against the Sultan of Perak in 2009 when he said during a press conference then that the Ruler’s decision to replace remove Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as mentri besar in favour of Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir was open to legal challenge.
He had previously been acquitted without having his defence called over the same charge, before the prosecution successfully appealed the decision.
Karpal, who was DAP’s MP for Bukit Gelugor, was killed after the Toyota Alphard MPV he was travelling in crashed following a collision with a lorry along the North-South Highway near Gopeng, Perak at about 1.10am on April 17.
Long-time aide Michael Cornelius was also killed, while their driver was seriously injured. Karpal’s son, Ramkarpal Singh and their Indonesian helper, sustained injuries.
Karpal was believed to be travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Penang for a court hearing that morning.
Born in Penang on June 28, 1940, Karpal graduated with a law degree from the University of Singapore and joined the DAP in 1970.
He ran for Parliament in the 1978 general election and won the federal seat for Jelutong, which he held for five terms. Karpal lost in Jelutong in 1999 national polls and contested in Bukit Gelugor for the first time in 2004 and in subsequent elections.
Karpal leaves behind a wife, five children and four grandchildren.
Source : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/gobind-no-need-to-withdraw-conviction-i-will-fight-for-karpal
The Puchong MP said although there were calls to ask the AG to drop the sedition charge following Karpal's passing, he would fight the case “to the very end.”
“We don't need favours from the A-G,” Gobind said during Karpal's memorial last night at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall (KLSCAH).
“If it was Mr Karpal, he would have fought it to the end,” he pointed out.
In February, Karpal was found guilty of uttering seditious comments against the Sultan of Perak in 2009 when he said during a press conference then that the Ruler’s decision to replace remove Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin as mentri besar in favour of Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir was open to legal challenge.
He had previously been acquitted without having his defence called over the same charge, before the prosecution successfully appealed the decision.
Karpal, who was DAP’s MP for Bukit Gelugor, was killed after the Toyota Alphard MPV he was travelling in crashed following a collision with a lorry along the North-South Highway near Gopeng, Perak at about 1.10am on April 17.
Long-time aide Michael Cornelius was also killed, while their driver was seriously injured. Karpal’s son, Ramkarpal Singh and their Indonesian helper, sustained injuries.
Karpal was believed to be travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Penang for a court hearing that morning.
Born in Penang on June 28, 1940, Karpal graduated with a law degree from the University of Singapore and joined the DAP in 1970.
He ran for Parliament in the 1978 general election and won the federal seat for Jelutong, which he held for five terms. Karpal lost in Jelutong in 1999 national polls and contested in Bukit Gelugor for the first time in 2004 and in subsequent elections.
Karpal leaves behind a wife, five children and four grandchildren.
Source : http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/gobind-no-need-to-withdraw-conviction-i-will-fight-for-karpal
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