IUSY is alarmed over reports of the arrest of Democratic Action Party (DAP) leader Lim Guan Eng of Malaysia.
We stand with our comrades in Malaysia as they face this difficult pattern of political persecution against opposition figures, a clear regression from reforms won after the fall of the Najib Razak regime.
The charges hurled at Mr Lim Guan Eng have been previously dismissed by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Agency in 2018. The suspicious reopening of these cases confirms a budding pattern of political persecution under the new coalition government.
It is alarming that his detention happened in the midst of a global pandemic where attention from the government must be focused on taking care of the needs of the community, instead of a witch hunt against opposition figures.
We demand for the Malaysian government to accord Mr. Lim Guan Eng due process and end all forms of political persecution. We stand with all the people of Malaysia in their fight against corruption and attacks against civil liberties.