MP Seeks To Have Dr M Appear In Court For Explanation Over 1988 Judicial Crisis

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 (Bernama) -- A member of parliament Wednesday suggested that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad be given the opportunity to appear in court to explain the allegations hurled at him over the 1988 judicial crisis.
Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh (BN-Kalabakan) said this would help resolve the issue and end the arguments between Dr Mahathir and the government on the matter.
"Why don't we bring Tun Dr Mahathir to court to give an explanation? I feel he would be willing to appear in court so that he can personally explain his problem with regard to the judiciary, whether there was abuse of power or otherwise," he said during the debate on the motion on the mid-term review of the Ninth Malaysia Plan in the Dewan Rakyat, here.
Abdul Ghapur suggested that Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim raise the matter in the Cabinet.
"It is not good for a person who has served (the nation) for 22 years to be subjected to all kinds of accusations. I believe Tun Dr Mahathir will be willing to appear in court because he wants to clear his name. Perhaps, he may have some evidence which cannot be exposed and can only be revealed in court," he said.
Earlier, Abdul Ghapur, known for speaking out in parliament, questioned the rationale of the government adding on a RM30 billion allocation for the Ninth Malaysia Plan when no new projects were recommended.
He said that based on the mid-term review of the ninth plan tabled by Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi last week, no details were given on new projects or why the supplementary allocation was made.
As such, he said, his understanding was that the supplementary allocation was to meet additional costs of contracts for old development projects agreed to by the government following the rise in the market prices of fuel and goods.

tunku : Tun Dr Mahathir is willing to go to court and he had said it few times.that is why he did not seek judicial review on the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the V.K. Lingam video clip like others.he is not jumping up and down like anwar because he knows that he is not guilty and ready to face anything.zaid and pak lah all out to tarnish Tun's image but at the end of the day they will not able to do that.