Ko was accompanied by his lawyer Gobind Singh Deo, who told Malaysiakini afterwards that Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar had sensationalised the issue.
"There is really nothing there. We will fight against the prosecution of Ko," added Gobind, who is also the MP for Puchong.
Last
Saturday, Khalid uploaded two photographs on his Twitter account and
said these matters needed to be investigated under the Sedition Act.One was about Ko (right), and the other concerned lawyer Eric Paulsen's tweet that the Islamic Development Department (Jakim) was promoting extremism through Friday sermons.
Paulsen was detained on Monday and remanded for 48 hours.
Ko said of the IGP's tweet that his photo had been edited with the words "Hapus subjek Tamadun Islam. Ini hak kami! Kami bayar cukai” included (Abolish Islamic civilisation subject. It is our right. We are taxpayers).
He also expressed disappointment that Khalid had announced the investigation based on a cybertrooper website.
Malaysiakini stated that the picture, which was credited to the portal, was taken at a press conference.
This was at a press conference held by Ko at the Parliament lobby to question the Education Ministry for making the subject compulsory for all private universities.
Meanwhile,
when reached this evening, Ko said that there was nothing seditious
about the statement he issued at the Parliament lobby and he believes
this is an open secret. "I do not think there is anything in it (the statement). It was an open statement made in Parliament," he said of the press conference that was held two years ago.
However, Ko blamed Khalid (right) for propagating the issue and added that the investigation for sedition was started after Khalid’s tweet.
"There was nothing before the IGP tweeted. After his tweet on Jan 10, that is when I got called in for an investigation," Ko lamented.
Ko is being investigated under Section 4 of the Sedition Act.
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