Malay groups want Scorpene lawyers barred from M'sia

  • 9 years ago
Several pro-establishment groups have urged the authorities to stop plans by human rights NGO Suaram to organise a speaking tour for French lawyers involved in France's inquiry into Scorpene deal.

The groups' spokesperson Dzulkarnain Taib, who lodged a police report on the matter today, said Suaram's plans were akin to inviting foreigners to meddle in Malaysia's affairs.

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Human rights NGO Suaram is a party to the Scorpene judicial inquiry in France and allegations to the contrary are "a malicious accusation (and) a total lie," its secretariat member Fadiah Nadwa Fikri said today.

NONESpeaking at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, Fadiah (right in photo) showed French court documents dated April 11, naming Suaram director and founder Kua Kia Soong as the plaintiff.

"If you have followed the progress of the case, we had testified before the judge on April 19.

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