IPOH, Feb 23 — Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar today condemned the police for investigating his role in suspending the Barisan Nasional (BN) executive council from the state legislature.
Saying that it contravened provisions in both state and federal law, he demanded police halt investigations against him.
“It is clear that the conduct of any member of the legislative assembly in his or her capacity as a member and the validity of their proceedings are absolutely protected by immunity from civil or criminal proceedings for anything said and done.
“It is my belief that any investigation by the police against any member of this assembly is a violation of existing laws and legal provisions of this country,” he said in a statement.
He cited Section 3 of the Legislative Assembly (Privileges) Enactment 1959 and Article 72(2) of the Federal Constitution which protect members of legislative bodies from civil or criminal proceedings arising from his actions with respect to the legislative body or any of its committees.
He released the statement shortly after police recorded his statement for two hours today based on 19 reports lodged against him for suspending Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and his six executive council members.
Sivakumar, who suspended them in his capacity as chairman of the privileges committee, told reporters however that he had cooperated with the police “as it was my responsibility to tell them what I needed to tell them.”
“I cooperated with them and they cooperated with me. There was no problem,” he said and declined to comment further. -- The Malaysian Insider
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