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Fake letter irks Perak assembly speaker
Perak Speaker Datuk Seri S.K. Devamany (right) receiving PKR’s Hutan Melintang assemblyman S. Kesavan at his office Wednesday morning.[/caption]
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Perak State Assembly Speaker Datuk Seri S.K. Devamany has hit out at the irresponsible individual who sent a letter purportedly from an assemblyman that he was quitting his party.
He said the move was aimed at creating tension in the state and described the action as “challenging the honour of the state legislative body and the country’s democratic system”.
“The august legislative body must not be played around with. The legislature, executive and judiciary are the three important branches of the government.
“But the action of the irresponsible individual is clearly challenging the democratic system that we have upheld all along,” he said.
PKR’s Hutan Melintang assemblyman S. Kesavan denied Tuesday that he had quit the party, as claimed in the letter addressed to the State Assembly Speaker.
According to the letter, supposedly signed by Kesavan, the action was taken as “he had lost trust in and was dissatisfied with the party’s leadership”.
Devamany said he had instructed his officers to lodge a police report Wednesday morning for the matter to be investigated.
“I hope such an incident will not create negative speculations as cooperation between the Barisan Nasional and opposition assemblymen in developing Perak has been good.”
Kesavan, when met after making a report at the Ipoh district police headquarters Wednesday morning, said although he did not suspect anyone, the matter involved his integrity and also that of his party and the state legislature. Therefore, it needed to be taken seriously
“The sending of the letter is an act of malice against me. I want the police to investigate this.”
