Eight PKR Youth members may be charged in court next Tuesday over the display a number of photographs and an effigy of slain Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu on their cars.
The eight - from Perak, Terengganu and Sarawak - were arrested on April 7, which was polling day, when their cars were making the rounds in the Bukit Gantang parliamentary constituency.
One of the cars had a effigy of a mock coffin tied to the roof, plastered with pictures of Altantuya, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansor.Contacted today, PKR Youth chief Shamsul Iskandar said the eight had been ordered to appear at the Taiping Magistrate Court as part of their police bail condition.
However, Shamsul said he was still in the dark as to what charges, if any, would be laid against the eight.
Shamsul also accused the authorities of applying double standards when making their decision on which court cases could be raised in electoral campaigns.
He was referring to BN’s liberal use of sodomy charges against PKR de facto Anwar Ibrahim, a matter pending in court, as a major campaign issue in the Permatang Pauh by-election last year.
“It is very clear that the move to arrest people displaying pictures of Altantuya is politically motivated. If Barisan Nasional were to use similar court cases against opposition figures, the police would not take action,” said Shamsul.
Last night, I had a conversation with an old man. He said, 'First time we have a PM as a murderer.' I explained, 'That's why like what Tengku Razaleigh said, he should clear his name in court...sue those people who link him with the murder.' Then he said now the media is barred from reporting that PM Najib and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, are linked to the Altantuya case (obviously referring to the report by Malaysiakini -'Razak Baginda is taboo, TY stations told' . I explained again, 'How uncle, the whole world is talking about it! From Times UK...to France...to Australia...'
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