Syed Hamid denies lying about Hindraf leader’s passport

PUTRAJAYA: Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar has denied he lied about Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leader P. Waythamoorthy’s passport.

He said there had previously been a directive for the Hindraf man to surrender his passport to the Malaysian High Commission in Britain, where he is now living in self exile.

“The order was for him to surrender his passport so that it could be cancelled and we could bring him home for a warrant of arrest to be executed against him under the Internal Security Act. However, he never went.

“I never lied. The passport was never cancelled when I gave my first statement. How can it be cancelled if he never came to the High Commission? We would need to have take it back and stamp the word ‘cancelled’ on it.

“However, I subsequently gave the order in my first meeting as Home Minister -- and I am sure they would have implemented it -- for this directive to be rescinded,” he told reporters after attending the Rela Hari Raya open house at Taman Warisan here on Wednesday.

“He can travel and come back to face the consequences of his action then. They (Hindraf) have been distorting and misinfoming (people on) the issue,” Syed Hamid alleged, responding to claims made by Hindraf coordinator R.S. Thanenthiran.

Thanenthiran said group, which has since been declared illegal by the Malaysian Government, had a letter from the United Kingdom border agency saying that it had received a notice of cancellation against the passport because Waythamoorthy was being sought for “criminal charges.”

In the letter dated Sept 23, it was stated that the British Embassy in Kuala Lumpur was notified of the cancellation on March 14.

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written by onnetline, October 23, 2008 00:48:43

SOB ....... this Said Al Blur !

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written by kkselvam, October 23, 2008 00:48:45

You are a damn BIG liar and you can lie through your arse too! You are that damn good. Bloody eunuch!

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written by Mee Udang, October 23, 2008 01:16:52

The biggest LIAR of the day!!!! Clap...Clap....Clap....!
2nd runner up goes tooooooo....... TEMPEEEEEEE....!!!!

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written by bn haramjadah, October 23, 2008 01:59:58

this yemeni reject is a bloody joke of a minister, hoi botak, what criminal offense has he committed, is there a warrent of arrest out for his arrest, why don't the british authorities deport him immediatly if he is a criminal, don't forget britain would be more and ready to kick wahyamoorthy out, hasn't he sued their queen? The reality PARIAAAAAH HALBAR is because he is a political dissenter, he is flushing umno waterface in the toilet of world opinion, UMNO IS KNOWN AS THE TOILET FLUSHED AND SHITE COVERED DICK-tator-tots.

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