Aziz Bari: I did not attack the Sultan
By G Manimaran, The Malaysian Insider
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — As pressure grows for the International Islamic University of Malaysia (UIA) to lift Dr Abdul Aziz Bari’s suspension, the law professor has insisted he did not criticise the Selangor Sultan.
Abdul Aziz said today he was fulfilling his role as an academic when he said earlier this month that the Sultan had intervened in an “unusual and inconsistent” manner on the church raid by religious authorities.
“I did not attack the Selangor Sultan. As an academic, I have a role to inform the public,” he said, adding that he would reply to a show-cause letter from the university on Tuesday after he has met his lawyer.
Over 700 UIA students held a protest at the Gombak campus this morning demanding that the constitutional expert be reinstated.
