{"id":7900,"date":"2014-04-11T20:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2014-04-11T20:24:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:24:16","slug":"bn-is-all-out-to-finish-off-dap-says-lim-guan-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/bn-is-all-out-to-finish-off-dap-says-lim-guan-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"BN is all out to finish off DAP, says Lim Guan Eng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lim-Guan-Eng.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7901\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\" title=\"Lim-Guan-Eng\" src=\"http:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lim-Guan-Eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lim-Guan-Eng.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lim-Guan-Eng-262x175.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>DAP Secretary General and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has urged DAP to stay united and focused when facing BN&#8217;s attack on the party signaled by their hiring of Muhammad Shafee Abdullah\u00a0on behalf of the\u00a0Registrar of Societies\u00a0 (ROS) in a civil action with the DAP over their party&#8217;s internal polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DAP had filed a lawsuit against the ROS for not\u00a0recognizing the party\u2019s internal polls that was held in September last year. The appointment of Shafee Abdullah is viewed by the party as a determined attempt by the government to de-register DAP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Is the Attorney-General chambers so lacking in professional and competent lawyers that they have to outsource for hired \u201cfighters\u201d to fix up political opponents of BN?,&#8221; asked the DAP Secretary General in his statement today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The hiring of \u00a0Muhammad Shafee is a signal that the BN is going all out to finish off not only Karpal but also the DAP,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karpal who recently\u00a0stepped down as DAP National Chairman, asked yesterday if\u00a0the Attorney-General Chambers is so devoid of personnel of caliber that\u00a0Shafee Abdullah had to be appointed instead to act for the\u00a0Registrar of Societies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Must the tax-payer, in addition to be responsible for the salaries and other benefits for those employed in the Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers, also make provision for payment to Muhammad Shafee Abdullah for his services as an advocate and solicitor to the Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers?,&#8221; asked Karpal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move to hire Shafee Abdullah has been collectively condemned by DAP leaders including Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang, who questioned today, if the whole exercise to destroy DAP has been &#8220;outsourced&#8221; at the public&#8217;s expense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAP Secretary General and Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has urged DAP to stay united and focused when facing BN&#8217;s attack on the party signaled by their hiring of Muhammad Shafee Abdullah\u00a0on behalf of the\u00a0Registrar of Societies\u00a0 (ROS) in a civil action with the DAP over their party&#8217;s internal polls. 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