Speaker: Cops entered Parliament unbidden
Lim said the police intrusion was a first in his time as an MP. file pic
As far as we are aware, they did not apply for permission... But [as] I understand from news reports, both parties agreed to it, said Pandikar today, referring to the police and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs.
But the Dewan Rakyat Speaker said he will be calling relevent parties to explain the matter, and that he will personally investigate it.
I also heard of it after reading of it in the news; [I] will call relevant parties for explanation, I will look into matter, said Pandikar.
DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang yesterday accused the police of violating parliamentary privileges when they appeared in the House in the morning to record statements from two opposition MPs on the Bersih rally.
The senior parliamentarian said he had never before witnessed such an incident since he became an MP in 1969.
Lim urged the Houses Rights and Privileges Committee to convene an emergency meeting to condemn the purported violation by the police.
MPs from both sides of the divide should also raise the issue of police violating parliamentary privileges and precincts, invading the privacy of Parliament to take police statements from MPs, at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and International Parliamentary Union (IPU) conferences to compare parliamentary practices in Malaysia with Commonwealth countries as well as with the rest of the world, he said.
PKRs Azmin Ali and PAS MP Mohd Firdaus Jaafar were questioned by the police at the Parliament lobby over their ceramah speeches made earlier this month, where they purportedly spoke about the upcoming Bersih rally.
Azmin said the appearance of the police in Par! liament was unexpected but Mohd Firdaus later admitted to reporters that he had invited them to meet him there.
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