The police have been urged to provide updates of their investigations on Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's claim of a plot to "topple" the government.

DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang said in a statement today that it has been 10 days since Zahid made the allegation and there has been no update from the police since.

Lim said inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar should disclose if there was a plot to topple the elected government by violent or unconstitutional means and the number of people arrested.

Should Zahid's claim be baseless, Lim said Khalid should clear the air as well.

"Malaysians will like to know whether the police have found any basis for Zahid's claim... and if there is no basis whatsoever to Zahid's so-called ' intelligence reports '," Lim said.

Should Ahmad Zahid's claim be false, the Gelang Patah MP added, the police must take action against him, or at least issue a public reprimand.

Answers in Parliament?

Lim said that if Khalid refused to answer these questions now, he would have to do so once the next Dewan Rakyat session begins in October.

"If he is not prepared to answer this question now, he cannot avoid it when Parliament meets in mid-October," he said.

Lim added that should there be a peaceful, democratic and constitutional attempt to change the prime minister and government, the police should be independent and not allow any effort to stop this process.

Zahid has been repeatedly claiming that there was a plot to secure statutory declarations from BN and opposition MPs to claim that they have the majority support in the Dewan Rakyat.

He claimed that the mastermind was an "old man" from Umno who is also a serving MP.

However, Ahmad Zahid has been scant on further details, prompting criticisms as the situation had prompted suspicion and finger pointing among party members.

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