Police find no element of sedition in their comments on Federal Court ruling
G. PRAKASH | Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Malay Mail
PUTRAJAYA: Police will not take any action against DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang and former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin for criticising the Federal Court’s decision on the legitimacy of the dismissal of the Pakatan Rakyat State government in February last year and the installation of the Barisan
Nasional government.
A police report lodged against the two on Feb 11 by a retired Royal Malay Regiment officer in Kuala Muda, Kedah, had been transferred to Putrajaya for further action.
Putrajaya district police chief Supt Abdul Razak Abd Majid told The Malay Mail the decision was made after going through the report.
“No further action will be taken as we found no element of sedition as alleged in the report,” he said.
He said only one police report was lodged against the two Opposition leaders for their alleged statements reported in a Malay daily and several online news portals.
The 50-year old retiree had stated in his police report that the statements by Lim and Nizar questioning the Federal Court’s ruling were seditious and asked that police take the necessary action against the two.
The statements had allegedly caused an uproar among some NGOs and politicians, who had also called for police to investigate the matter.
Among those who slammed Lim and Nizar were Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) president Datuk Ibrahim Ali, Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin, Port Klang Authority chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng and Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.
Even Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had called on the police to investigate the report lodged against Lim and Nizar.
He had said that the court’s decision was final and the Perak menteri besar issue should be put to rest once and for all.
Copies of the police report had been posted in many blogsites. The Federal Court had on Feb 9 declared Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir as the valid menteri besar of Perak.
A five-man bench led by Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Alauddin Mohd Sheriff unanimously ruled that Sultan Azlan Shah had exercised his royal power to appoint Zambry to succeed his Pakatan Rakyat opponent, Nizar, after he was satisfied that the latter had lost the majority vote in the State Legislative Assembly.
Alauddin sat with Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Arifin Zakaria and Federal Court judges Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinuddin, Datuk Wira Ghazali Mohd Yusof and Datuk Abdull Hamid Embong.
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