‘Don’t ask me about Ramasamy’
GEORGE TOWN: DAP secretarygeneral Lim Guan Eng wants questions relating to the controversy surrounding Penang DAP vice-chairman Dr P. Ramasamy and Sri Lankan terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam (LTTE) to be referred to the state DAP.
He declined to comment on the issue.
“Who asked you to get my comments (on Ramasamy’s alleged links to LTTE)?
“I think it is better for you (the media) to refer this to Chow (Kon Yeow), who is chief minister.”
Chow said the state government would not interfere in matters involving Ramasamy since police reports had been lodged.
“We will let police investigate. Let them do their job.
“If we interfere, we would be seen as interfering in police investigations,” he said at Penang Skills Development Centre’s 23rd convocation here.
Ramasamy recently caused a controversy when he uploaded a picture of him with Tamil Nadu politician and vocal LTTE supporter V. Gopalasamy, also known as Vaiko, on his Facebook page.
The picture was taken when Vaiko attended a wedding in Penang.
In June last year, Vaiko was detained by Immigration officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and barred from entering the country.
More than 50 police reports had been lodged against Ramasamy and his statement was recorded recently by police.
Ramasamy had repeatedly denied involvement with LTTE.
Meanwhile, Lim said the opposition had continued to harp on racial sentiments throughout the Sungai Kandis by-election in Selangor.
He likened the move to the voice of “extremists” out to destroy the country.
“They (the opposition) are playing the race card.
“Umno and Pas are only for race and religion, while MCA (is) for its kind.
“Strangely, all of them can work together.”