1. DAILY EXPRESS NEWS （http://www.daily.express.com.my）
Death threat against Karpal , 28 April 2008
Penang: The Penang police are asking their Johor counterparts to investigate a death threat made on an Internet website against DAP national chairman Karpal Singh.
Penang acting chief police officer Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid said although a police report on the threat was lodged in Penang, the case was being referred to Johor Police because it was made in the state. He told this to reporters after closing a seminar on integrity for police personnel conducted by Anti-Corruption Agency director-general, Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan.
Karpal Singh, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, lodged a report on the matter at the Penang police headquarters at 2.30pm Saturday.
The person who made the threat had alleged that it was permissible under Islam to kill Karpal Singh because the latter had allegedly opposed Malaysia being turned into an Islamic state.(Bernama)
2. NDTV.com （http://www.ndtv.com）
Malaysian Indian politician gets apology for death threat, 29 April 2008
(Kuala Lumpur)An 18-year-old college student has apologised to Malaysian Indian lawmaker Karpal Singh for posting a death threat to him on a website hosted by the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
The student, accompanied by his father and a PAS official from Johor Baru, went to a police station on Monday and admitted that he was responsible for posting the death threat, The Daily Star reported. The death threat had been part of the brickbats hurled last week at Karpal Singh, who heads the Democratic Action Party (DAP), following allegations that he was a bigot for continuously opposing the formation of an Islamic state.
Singh, like some other political leaders, had taken the stand that Islam was the official religion of Malaysia, but it was not an Islamic State.
The student also went to the DAP's office in Johor Baru and handed over a letter of apology for Karpal Singh. Both DAP and PAS are part of the opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat.
Following the media publicity surrounding the death threat, PAS had apologised to DAP for allowing the comment to be posted on its website, the newspaper said.
3．New Straits Times Online （http://www.nst.com.my）
Student apologises over Karpal death threat, 29 April 2008
JOHOR BARU: An 18-year-old college student yesterday apologised to DAP national chairman Karpal Singh for posting a death threat against him on a website hosted by Pas Johor Baru. The student, accompanied by his father and Johor Baru Pas representative, turned up at the Johor Baru (South) district police headquarters yesterday afternoon and admitted that he was responsible for posting the death threat.
Police recorded a statement from the student and released him. The death threat had been part of the brickbats hurled at Karpal following allegations that he was a bigot for continuously opposing the formation of an Islamic state. The student also went to the Johor Baru DAP office and met DAP Johor deputy chairman Norman Fernandez. He handed over a letter of apology for Karpal to Fernandez.
Fernandez said in the student's handwritten letter, he claimed that he was not aware of the implication of posting the death threat. "He expressed remorse for his action and promised that he'll not post any more offensive messages on the Internet. "The student, who is from a humble background, hopes that Karpal will withdraw the police report he had lodged at the Penang state police headquarters on Saturday," Fernandez said.
Penang police had transferred the case to the Johor Baru police headquarters as the death threat had been posted here. Following the media publicity surrounding the death threat, Pas had apologised to Johor DAP for allowing the comment to be posted on its website. The party had also apologised for the incident in a statement posted on the website, pasjohorbahru.com, on Saturday.
It had also removed the death threat.
Pas Johor commissioner Datuk Dr Mahfodz Mohamad had also stressed that the comment did not reflect Pas' stand.
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