By Melissa Chi
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October 23, 2011
Pakatan Rakyat leaders condemn Muhyiddin's 'implicit' support to the allegations against Lim Guan Eng's son.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 — Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has accused Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of giving “implicit support to pro-Umno bloggers” over attacks against Lim Guan Eng’s son.
“The deputy prime minister needs to have his head seriously inspected. The onus to prove the scurrilous allegations are on the accusers, and not those unjustly maligned.
“Datuk Seri Najib Razak must reprimand his Deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for giving implicit support to the Umno bloggers to defame and destroy an innocent 16-year-old child,” DAP Publicity Chief Tony Pua said.
Muhyiddin said yesterday that Lim’s denying sexual harassment claims against his son was inadequate.
The Umno deputy president said if the Penang chief minister “thinks it is important to correct the information, then he has to come up with a strong statement.
“Mere denial is not enough,” he said.
Pro-Umno bloggers had claimed that Lim’s son had assaulted a 16-year-old schoolmate and tried to escape punishment by using his father’s name.
Lim had denied the allegations on Tuesday, saying he was furious with the “barbaric lies” made about his teenage son by “pro-Umno ferocious beasts”.
The DAP held a press conference on Wednesday identifying the photograph of the purported “victim” used by Umno bloggers was that of 21-year-old chess grandmaster Anya Sun Corke who is studying at Wellesley College in the United States.
Corke had also denied ever having met or heard of the 16-year-old schoolboy.
Pua said despite Lim having nothing else to prove, Muhyiddin “has chosen to lend credence to the despicable rumours and give support implicit to the Umno bloggers” by stating that “mere denial is not enough”.
“Instead of taking stern action against those perpetrating the evil lies to humiliate the Penang Chief Minister’s family, especially since they are all Umno leaders and members, Tan Sri Muhyiddin has chosen to defend the indefensible,” he said.
PKR Vice-President N. Surendran also called Muhyiddin’s remarks a “deliberate and calculated” attempt to keep the slander against Lim’s son alive.
“The DPM’s conduct is thus no different from that of the malicious pro-UmnO bloggers and Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin who instigated and perpetuated this vicious rumour about this innocent boy.
“It is extremely disturbing to note that slander and baseless character attacks of a sexual nature has become the norm for Umno and the ruling Barisan Nasional pollitical coalition.
“Umno and BN are relying on personal attacks, vulgar abuse and blatant falsehood for political survival,” he said.
FURTHER READINGS:
1) http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/muhyiddin-police-probe-best-way-to-clear-air-over-guan-engs-son/
2) http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/bahasa/article/najib-jangan-heret-keluarga-kerana-politik/
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