(MALAYSIAKINI SOURCE)Today three top Pakatan Rakyat leaders - PKR vice-president Sivarasa Rasiah, PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub and DAP central executive committee member P Ramasamy - have been quizzed by the police over alleged sedition.
It is understood that they had touched on the ongoing Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trial and recent controversies affecting the Penang government.
According to lawyer N Surendran, who is representing Sivarasa and Salahuddin, the police are investigating the duo over statements made during a Feb 7 ceramah in Seberang Jaya, Penang.
Two police personnel from the Seberang Jaya district police headquarters recorded statements from them for about an hour from 1pm, at the 14th floor of the Parliament Tower annexe in Kuala Lumpur.
Speaking to reporters later, Sivarasa revealed that they both had refused to answer any of the 18 questions posed to them.
"I exercised my right under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code to remain silent to the questions," said Sivarasa (right), a practising lawyer.
He alleged that the police probe was a form of harassment to dissuade Pakatan MPs from speaking out on the sodomy trial.
"For me, this (investigation) is an attempt to threaten me, Salahuddin and my comrades from raising important issues, such as the Anwar trial and and the Altantuya (Shaariibuu murder)," he added.
He challenged the police to take action against him, without any form of harassment, should they think that he has vilated any law.
Sivarasa stressed that he has not broken the law by airing his views on the sodomy trial because it is his duty as an MP to share his analysis of current affairs.
"The police should focus on criminal cases like snatch thefts and robbery cases. There is no need to waste time and send a high- ranking police personnel to record our statements," he said.
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