KUALA LUMPUR: DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang has called on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to present three pieces of “unfinished business” to Parliament before the current sitting adjourns on Thursday. The three are the long-delayed Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) report on illegal immigrants in Sabah, the White Paper on terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) and the controversial 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

Referring to the RCI report, Lim said failure to table the report in Parliament by this week would denote a lack of political will to resolve the long-standing problem and that the setting up of the RCI was just a ruse to secure votes for Barisan Nasional in last year’s general election.

Electoral reform group Bersih 2.0 has given Putrajaya an ultimatum to table the report by today, failing which it would seek a meeting with the prime minister.

The RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah was held last year to probe claims that migrants were given citizenship in exchange for votes for BN, the ruling coalition.

Lim also called on Najib to table a White Paper on Isis, following a written reply from Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that a White Paper on Malaysians involved in terrorist activities was being prepared. He said the White Paper had acquired greater urgency because of recent developments, which include Malaysia being placed among the top 50 countries in the Global Terrorism Index 2014 and the latest arrest of a man and two women by the police for alleged involvement in Isis.

The Gelang Patah MP also wants Najib to issue a ministerial statement on the scandal-ridden 1MDB to prove that he is not trying to shutter public queries and parliamentary debates on the financial health of the sovereign fund.

“In fact, Najib should give a public undertaking that his threat of a lawsuit against Tony Pua will not be used to shut down any public questioning of any aspect of 1MDB deals,” he said, referring to Najib’s letter of demand to the Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua for his alleged “defamatory” remarks against the prime minister over 1MDB. — The Malaysian Insider

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on November 24, 2014.