Singapore: Malaysian father and son - Sikh politicians - have run into another political turmoil, following recent allegations of challenging the royalties and a deputy prime minister, according to Kuala Lumpur media reports Monday.
Member of Parliament, Karpal Singh, is to be charged for sedition at the sessions court Tuesday morning, for threatening to take legal action against the ruler of Perak state in northern Peninsular Malaysia, following the appointment of a new chief minister.
''I believe this is in relation to the fall of the Perak Government and the claims on the royalty,'' the New Straits Times online quoted the 69-year old Mr Singh as saying.
He said the Malaysian police had Monday served a notice on him to appear in the court Tuesday.
Mr Singh's intent drew flak from many groups who claimed that it tantamount to treason and in the process, attracted about 100 police reports.
Mr Singh, also the country's top lawyer, had challenged Perak state's Sultan Azlan Shah's appointment of Dr Zambry Kadir as the new chief minister deposing Nizar Jamaluddin, an opposition leader who led the opposition win in the last general elections.
Meanwhile, Mr Singh's MP son Gobind Singh Deo has been suspended from Parliament without allowance and benefits for one year for alleging that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was involved in a murder case and for contempt against the Deputy Speaker.
Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia made the decision Monday after the matter was put to vote and a majority of MPs were in favour of suspending Gobind Singh.
Mr Gobind Singh was ejected from the House for the third time last Thursday when he kept on speaking about Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu's murder case although the chair had ordered him to stop.
Mr Gobind Singh, also a lawyer, alleges that Mr Najib, due to take over as Prime Minister from the incumbent Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by end of this month, was involved in the murder of the 28-year old Mongolian beauty a few years ago.
Mr Karpal Singh is the chairman of the opposition Democractic Action Party (DAP) and Mr Gobind Singh is a member.
The DAP, along with other opposition parties, won 82 of the 222 parliamentary seats or 36.9 per cent seats in the March 8, 2008 general elections, the biggest and upsetting win by the opposition to the ruling coalition front of Barisan Nasional led by the predominantly indigenous Malay party, United Malays National Organisation and supported by other leading Malaysian parties.
Mr Karpal Singh's second son Jagdeep Singh Deo is an Assembly man in the northern state of Penang.
Member of Parliament, Karpal Singh, is to be charged for sedition at the sessions court Tuesday morning, for threatening to take legal action against the ruler of Perak state in northern Peninsular Malaysia, following the appointment of a new chief minister.
''I believe this is in relation to the fall of the Perak Government and the claims on the royalty,'' the New Straits Times online quoted the 69-year old Mr Singh as saying.
He said the Malaysian police had Monday served a notice on him to appear in the court Tuesday.
Mr Singh's intent drew flak from many groups who claimed that it tantamount to treason and in the process, attracted about 100 police reports.
Mr Singh, also the country's top lawyer, had challenged Perak state's Sultan Azlan Shah's appointment of Dr Zambry Kadir as the new chief minister deposing Nizar Jamaluddin, an opposition leader who led the opposition win in the last general elections.
Meanwhile, Mr Singh's MP son Gobind Singh Deo has been suspended from Parliament without allowance and benefits for one year for alleging that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was involved in a murder case and for contempt against the Deputy Speaker.
Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia made the decision Monday after the matter was put to vote and a majority of MPs were in favour of suspending Gobind Singh.
Mr Gobind Singh was ejected from the House for the third time last Thursday when he kept on speaking about Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu's murder case although the chair had ordered him to stop.
Mr Gobind Singh, also a lawyer, alleges that Mr Najib, due to take over as Prime Minister from the incumbent Abdullah Ahmad Badawi by end of this month, was involved in the murder of the 28-year old Mongolian beauty a few years ago.
Mr Karpal Singh is the chairman of the opposition Democractic Action Party (DAP) and Mr Gobind Singh is a member.
The DAP, along with other opposition parties, won 82 of the 222 parliamentary seats or 36.9 per cent seats in the March 8, 2008 general elections, the biggest and upsetting win by the opposition to the ruling coalition front of Barisan Nasional led by the predominantly indigenous Malay party, United Malays National Organisation and supported by other leading Malaysian parties.
Mr Karpal Singh's second son Jagdeep Singh Deo is an Assembly man in the northern state of Penang.
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