PAS's Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad is expected to be
charged with sedition tomorrow, joining a growing list of opposition
politicians facing the same.
It is believed that he will be charged over his remarks on the Selangor sultan and the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council (Mais).
"I
am being called to go to court tomorrow. They are going to charge me
under the Sedition Act," he told reporters in Pandamaran tonight.
The MP was informed by the police via text message earlier this evening.
"An arrest warrant will be given to me later tonight, meaning that I will be arrested if I don't show up in court tomorrow," he said.
Last month, Khalid was called in by police to give a statement after suggesting that Mais' powers be curbed.
The police had acted on a police report by NGO Jalur Tiga (Jati), which is headed by former Selangor PAS leader Hasan Ali.
He had on June 17 urged the Selangor government remove Mais' executive powers as Mais is an institution seen to be close to the Selangor sultan.
This followed Mais' refusal to allow its enforcement arm the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) to return copies of the bible it seized from the Bible Society Malaysia.
His remarks had prompted Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (above) to rebuke Khalid as "insolent".
Khalid will be fourth elected representative to be charged this month alone, after PAS' Changkat Jering assemblyperson Nizar Jamaluddin (criminal defamation), PKR's Batu MP Tian Chua (insulting one's modesty) and PKR's Padang Serai MP N Surendran (sedition).
Long list of sedition cases
Others charged with sedition include DAP's Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, for her Chinese New Year video 'Onederful Malaysia' and PKR's Batu MP Tian Chua, for remarks made on the Lahad Datu incursion and general election results.
In June, DAP's Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer (left) was informed that he will be charged with sedition for calling Umno 'celaka' (damned), but was the charge was postponed.
The late Karpal Singh, who was DAP's Bukit Gelugor MP, was convicted of sedition for observations he made as a lawyer on the Perak MB crisis.
DAP's Gelang Patah MP is under investigation for sedition over remarks made on the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock.
Last June, NGO Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma)'s president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman was charged with sedition for saying that the Chinese are "intruders".
Separately, police investigated a 17-year-old for sedition, for clicking 'like' on an 'I Like Israel' Facebook page earlier this month.
In 2012, PM Najib had promised to repeal the Sedition Act.
Proposals to replace it with anti-bigotry law, as mooted by the National Unity Consultative Council, has met fierce resistance from right-wing groups who say it threatens bumiputera rights.
It is believed that he will be charged over his remarks on the Selangor sultan and the Selangor Islamic Affairs Council (Mais).
"I
am being called to go to court tomorrow. They are going to charge me
under the Sedition Act," he told reporters in Pandamaran tonight.The MP was informed by the police via text message earlier this evening.
"An arrest warrant will be given to me later tonight, meaning that I will be arrested if I don't show up in court tomorrow," he said.
Last month, Khalid was called in by police to give a statement after suggesting that Mais' powers be curbed.
The police had acted on a police report by NGO Jalur Tiga (Jati), which is headed by former Selangor PAS leader Hasan Ali.
He had on June 17 urged the Selangor government remove Mais' executive powers as Mais is an institution seen to be close to the Selangor sultan.
This followed Mais' refusal to allow its enforcement arm the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) to return copies of the bible it seized from the Bible Society Malaysia.
His remarks had prompted Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah (above) to rebuke Khalid as "insolent".
Khalid will be fourth elected representative to be charged this month alone, after PAS' Changkat Jering assemblyperson Nizar Jamaluddin (criminal defamation), PKR's Batu MP Tian Chua (insulting one's modesty) and PKR's Padang Serai MP N Surendran (sedition).
Long list of sedition cases
Others charged with sedition include DAP's Seputeh MP Teresa Kok, for her Chinese New Year video 'Onederful Malaysia' and PKR's Batu MP Tian Chua, for remarks made on the Lahad Datu incursion and general election results.
In June, DAP's Seri Delima assemblyperson RSN Rayer (left) was informed that he will be charged with sedition for calling Umno 'celaka' (damned), but was the charge was postponed.The late Karpal Singh, who was DAP's Bukit Gelugor MP, was convicted of sedition for observations he made as a lawyer on the Perak MB crisis.
DAP's Gelang Patah MP is under investigation for sedition over remarks made on the death of DAP political aide Teoh Beng Hock.
Last June, NGO Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma)'s president Abdullah Zaik Abdul Rahman was charged with sedition for saying that the Chinese are "intruders".
Separately, police investigated a 17-year-old for sedition, for clicking 'like' on an 'I Like Israel' Facebook page earlier this month.
In 2012, PM Najib had promised to repeal the Sedition Act.
Proposals to replace it with anti-bigotry law, as mooted by the National Unity Consultative Council, has met fierce resistance from right-wing groups who say it threatens bumiputera rights.
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