The Penang state government wants to ask for lenient treatment of the 21 Malaysians who were arrested in Singapore for breaking the country’s laws through their protests on Malaysia’s polls results, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has said.
“Whilst the Penang state government acknowledges and respects the right of the Singapore government to determine and take action based on its own laws and affairs, I believe that the Singapore government would not reject efforts to plead for leniency.
“Such effort is based on humane grounds and should not be seen as foreign interference in Singapore affairs,” Lim said in a statement today. Full story
