'I am not racist' Zahid ready to be quizzed

 

Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said that he is open and prepared to be summoned to give his statement to the police over a complaint lodged against him.
 
He was commenting on a statement by Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar yesterday.

The police chief said the minister would be summoned to give his statement to prove that the police did not practise double standards in enforcing the Sedition Act.

This followed a police report lodged by Perak DAP over Zahid's speech during the recent Pengkalan Kubor by-election, where he purportedly claimed that DAP threw stones at the Perak regent and his car during the constitutional crisis in 2009.

However, the home minister today said his statement was taken out of context.

Zahid said he handed over audio and visual recordings of his speech - referred to by the complainant - to his officers to be handed over to the police.
  
"I am open. I am not a racist, and I have proof what I had said was not like what was stated in the report," he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
  
The minister said he could also take legal action against the reporter who wrote outside the scope of his speech, including the news portal and newspapers which used the article.