KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders showed up in full force today at the High Court in support of DAP chairman Karpal Singh as he was charged for sedition in the Sessions Court.
Karpal is being charged for sedition over comments made by him over the powers of the Sultan of Perak.
The courtroom was filled with PR lawmakers including the Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang and his son the Chief Minister of Penang Lim Guan Eng.
The opposition politicians said they believed the charge against the Bukit Gelugor MP was politically motivated and that the deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak was behind the charge.
“I believe they will go on a witch-hunt against opposition leaders,” said Anwar outside the courtroom
“I think the charge is politically motivated. It is just to give Najib an aura of acting tough against dissent,” said Kit Siang as he noted that the timing of the charge was significant as it was right before the Umno General Assembly.
“Darkness is descending on our country against liberty and human rights,” Kit Siang remarked ominously as he told reporters he would try to bring up the matter in Parliament later today.
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