PENANG: Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh fears for his safety now after the Prime Minister’s call to the Attorney-General to decide whether to charge him for questioning the powers of the Perak Sultan.

Karpal Singh, who is DAP chairman, said what Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had said carried a lot of weight and had serious implications and consequences which made him worried about his safety.

“His statement urging the AG to act quickly because a lot of people were interested to know what the appropriate punishment should be, clearly amounted to him directing the AG to punish me even before I have been charged in court,” he told a press conference at his office in Green Hall yesterday.

“The statement gave the public a pre-conceived idea that I had committed an offence and should be punished,” he said.

Yesterday, police officers Asst Supt A. Sidambaram and Asst Supt Azry Akmar Ayob from the George Town police headquarters questioned Karpal Singh for two hours at his office here from 11.30am.

Karpal Singh was questioned over the reports made against him in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, on April 25 and in Ipoh, Perak, on May 5.

He said the Attorney-General must not be influenced by Abdullah’s call and should act without fear and favour.

Karpal Singh said he would raise the matter in Parliament tomorrow.

He added he had to justify his stand that Perak Sultan Azlan Shah did not have jurisdiction over the transfer of state Religious Department director Datuk Jamry Sury.

Meanwhile, acting state police chief Senior Asst Comm I Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid said the police would expedite investigations into Karpal Singh’s case.

“We will forward the investigation papers to the deputy public prosecutor’s office maybe in two or three days as requested by the AG,” he told reporters at the Patani Road police station yesterday.

On whether Karpal Singh would be arrested, SAC Salleh said police would take appropriate action if there was sufficient evidence.

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