GEORGE TOWN: DAP national chairman Lim Guan Eng has initiated criminal action and legal proceedings against Kepala Batas member of parliament Siti Mastura Mohamad in response to her allegations regarding the ties between several DAP leaders and former Communist Party chief Chin Peng and Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore.
Guan Eng, who is former Penang chief minister, said he had appointed Datuk Sankara Narayanan Nair as his lawyer for the said purpose.
"I have appointed (Datuk) Sankara as my lawyer to initiate criminal action and legal proceedings against the Pas lawmaker for her hate speech against me, which is full of outrageous lies and malicious slander," he said in a Facebook post.
Prior to this, Guan Eng had given Siti Mastura time to prove her allegations.
According to Guan Eng, Siti Mastura had made her hate speech in Kemaman at a Pas Ameerah (young women members) event on Nov 4, laced with outrageous lies and malicious slander that:
* Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang, Guan Eng and Chin Peng are cousins;
* Kit Siang, Guan Eng and Lee are cousins;
* Lee was even renamed as Lim Kuan Yew to justify Siti Mastura's lies that Kit Siang, Guan Eng, Lee and Chin Peng are all cousins;
* DAP national vice-chair and Seputeh member of parliament Teresa Kok is a cousin of Betty Chew, Guan Eng's wife;
* DAP leaders who are all one family with Kit Siang and Guan Eng, including DAP secretary-general and Transport Minister Anthony Loke, DAP national vice-chairman and Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Ko Ming, DAP MP for Beruas Ngeh Koo Ham and Kok; and
* focusing on DAP's cadre system and broadly hinting on one family's Chinese agenda to impose fikrah DAP (idea or the way) encompassing both Singapore and Malaysia.
Guan Eng said, by using non-existent family ties to strike fear against both DAP and the Chinese, it was clearly racist and extremist.
"What makes Siti Mastura's irresponsible behaviour more unacceptable is that there is no remorse from her that she had made a hate speech full of outrageous lies, racist and extremist. She has refused to show proof of the alleged family ties nor recanted/apologised for her outrageous lies and malicious slander.
"Equally concerning is Pas supporters' attitude of continuing to support and praise Siti Mastura merely because her lies has caused anger amongst DAP leaders and supporters as well as ordinary Malaysians.
"Pas supporters are not bothered that she had lied or made racist and extremist statements so long as it is against DAP leaders," he added.
For this reason, Guan Eng said, both Pas president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang and Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin must state their position publicly.
"They must say whether they stand together with the outrageous lies and malicious slander of Siti Mastura or disagree with her, thus requiring that she correct her actions," he said.