KUALA LUMPUR, July 5- Member of Parliament for Simpang Renggam Liang Teck Meng (photo) remained adamant that he would not retract his statement that Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has 20 offshore bank accounts with amounts of more than US$66 million (RM209 million) and S$49 million (RM123).
Undeterred, Liang told the Dewan Rakyat today that he wanted the government to investigate the exposure made by WikiLeaks that Anwar stashed the money in the United Stiates, Singapore, China and Israel as it involved national security.
Liang stood his ground when Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia asked him to clarify the statement, which he made on Tuesday, after Pakatan Rakyat MPs, including Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun (DAP-Jelutong) demanded that he retract the statement and apologise to Anwar.
Liang said he would only do so if investigations found that they were no elements of foreign intervention involved as he had claimed.
Pandikar Amin said he would look into a notice submitted to him by Opposition MPs and would take appropriate action.
“If YB Simpang Renggam apologises, the issue is resolved. But Simpang Renggam did not want to say sorry or retract his statement, so I will look into this notice and take appropriate action,” he said.
Jeff Ooi told reporters that he and Sim Tze Tzin (PKR-Bayan Baru) handed an official notice to Pandikar Amin at 4pm yesterday, calling for Liang to be referred to the Rights and Privilege Committee for making an unsubstantiated claim.
– BERNAMA
