Dr M says Aziz Bari’s comments were disrespectful

SERI ISKANDAR, Oct 16 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused Consitutional expert Professor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari of disrespect for not apologising and promptly retracting his statement over the Selangor Sultan’s opinion.

The International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) don had said that the sultan’s position on the State Islamic Religious Department’s (Jais) raid on a premise belong Damansara Utama Methodist Church was unusual and inconsistent.

Dr Mahathir (picture) told Bernama Online that the law lecturer’s statement in a news portal was opposed to Eastern moral values. He stated that though he was uncertain Abdul Aziz broke the law, but on the level of moral values, it was disrespectful.

He was speaking to media after the 11th convocation of Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) which he presided as chancellor.

During the ceremony, he presented the Chancellor's Gold Award to Lai Chin Leong, 23, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering with honours with a cumulative grade point average of 3.89.

Muhammad Aiman Jamaludin, 22, and T. Kuhanesapathy, 23, won the silver and bronze awards, respectively.