Where was PH uproar when Peter Anthony was released on parole, Wee asks

Pakatan Harapan (PH) has come under fire for purportedly inconsistent stances on the full sentencing of corrupt individuals, according to MCA president Wee Ka Siong. Last March, PH expressed support for those convicted of corruption or abuse of power to serve their full sentences. However, Wee raised eyebrows when PH remained silent on the release of former Sabah state minister Peter Anthony from parole in March, having served a year of his three-year sentence.

Anthony was convicted in 2022 for forging a letter from the office of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah deputy vice-chancellor in a maintenance and service contract case.

Wee emphasized that PH's stance on full sentences for corrupt individuals did not align with the legal framework and Federal Constitution. He pointed out that Malaysia's justice system allows for parole and remission, while the power to grant pardons rests with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under Article 42(1) of the Federal Constitution.

Wee criticized PH for applying certain principles to cases that favored them, while simultaneously questioning the mechanisms when those principles did not benefit individuals they disagreed with.