(NST)TAIPEI, Sept 12 The four dozen Malaysian MPs who are on an -agriculture- tour of Taiwan will officially end their trip tomorrow, and some of them had already left for home, said lawmaker Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, who organised the trip.
Their return would blunt any excuse by opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim if he is not able to deliver on his promise to topple the government through crossovers by Tuesday because some of the potential defector MPs were in Taiwan.
As the deadline looms, four leaders from Anwar's Parti Keadilan Rakyat are expected to travel to Taiwan today to meet the MPs, said party strategist Saifuddin Nasution.
Tiong, chairman of the ruling Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club, said: -Officially, our tour finishes on Sept 13. In fact, about five to six MPs had already gone back on Wednesday.-
-So there is still time to Sept 16,- he told The Straits Times yesterday in an interview.
However, he was quick to add: -But I cannot rule out that some of them may want to extend their stay by one or two days.-
But he said he did not know about any MPs making such plans, even though personally he is planning a private trip to China and possibly Vietnam before heading home.
Anwar has promised to take over the government by his self-imposed deadline of Sept 16, although PKR officials yesterday acknowledged that they might not be able to make it by that date.
The MPs, who arrived in Taiwan on Monday, were earlier scheduled to return to Malaysia around Sept 17.
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