Staunch Reformasi activist Ezam wants cops to investigate PMX for power abuse, delaying CJ's appt
Former PKR Youth chief (1990-2007) Datuk Ezam Mohd Nor is the latest to do so by lodging a police report yesterday (July 8) which called on cops to open an investigation paper and arrest PMX over alleged abuse of power in the appointment of the new Chief Justice (CJ).
Ezam who has officially joined PAS in Sept 2024 contended that such action was necessary to avert a crisis involving an important national institution, namely the judiciary, with the mastermind holding the PM position.
'We feel that there is a sense of urgency here given there is a case involving the PM in court that has not yet been heard,' HarakahDaily cited him after filing a police report at the Dang Wangi District Police Headquarters (IPD) yesterday (July 7).
'We've reason to believe there's even abuse of power in connection to the PM's case involving a civil suit (on sexual assault) filed by an individual named Yusoff Rawther against him which has been postponed several times.
'This strengthens our belief that action must be taken immediately by the police.'
Also present were the Gerakan Pembela Ummah (UMMAH) chairman Mohd Zai Mustafa, Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (PERKASA) president Syed Hasan Syed Ali and the Gabungan Mahasiswa Islam Se-Malaysia (GAMIS) president Mohammad Azamuddin Sahar.
'180-degree turn of heart'
Recall that former PKR deputy president and Pandan MP Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli had also on yesterday (July 8) led a team of nine PKR MPs (including himself) to break rank from their party by calling for the setting up of a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to probe allege irregularities in the appointment of senior judges, including the CJ.
Elaborating farther, Ezam also insisted that PMX should also be prevented from discharging his PM duties given his presence in office could entail adverse implication to the country by virtue of the severity of his pending lawsuit.
'Anwar had faced a similar case which is abuse of power when he was deputy PM. He was charged with blackmailing witnesses in his sodomy case,' asserted Ezam who was the Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) deputy president prior to joining PAS.
That Ezam has openly opposed PMX has raised eyebrows given that the former PMX political secretary during his tenure as deputy PM had fiercely defended PMX by taking to the streets in the Federal capital to protest PMX's sacking by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In his quest to staunchly defend PMX when the latter was jailed at the Sungai Buloh Prison on corruption and sodomy charges, Ezam himself was detained twice for almost three years at the Kamunting Detention Camp and Kajang Prison under the now repealed Internal Security Act (ISA) and Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA).
Aside from yesterday's police report, PAS will be staging a rally in the Federal capital to call for the stepping down of PMX on July 26 . – July 8, 2025
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