Muhyiddin to be charged with sedition tomorrow

The former prime minister will be charged for remarks made in the run-up to the Nenggiri by-election.

(FMT) – Former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be charged with sedition at the sessions court in Gua Musang tomorrow morning.

According to sources in the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the charge under the Sedition Act is over a speech Muhyiddin, the Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman, made in the run-up to the Nenggiri by-election.

Muhyiddin had courted controversy when he claimed that “for some reason” he was not invited by the former king to be sworn in as prime minister after the 15th general election (GE15) despite “having the numbers” needed to form the government.

His remarks led to 29 police reports lodged against him and a rebuke from the Pahang palace.

Muhyiddin had previously defended his statement, insisting it was factual and subsequently said he had submitted 115 statutory declarations to back his claim.

Muhyiddin will be the third opposition leader to be charged for sedition.

In July last year, PN election director Sanusi Nor was charged for making seditious statements against royalty. He pleaded not guilty to the two charges.

In November, Bersatu information chief Razali Idris was charged with making a seditious statement about the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). He also claimed trial.