KUALA LUMPUR – The charges against caretaker Kedah menteri besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor have nothing to do with politics, and there is no agenda behind his prosecution, said caretaker Selangor menteri besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari.
He claimed Sanusi’s remarks had clearly crossed the line and undermined the Selangor royal institution.
Amirudin said what was highlighted by Sanusi in his speech was just not about him as the menteri besar of Selangor, but also involved the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
“So, the report was lodged by the Selangor Council of the Royal Court, chaired by the sultan himself,” he said at the PRN: The Fight for Selangor forum here, today.
Amirudin said everybody needs to respect the Rukun Negara and the federal constitution.
He claimed that Sanusi had twisted facts when clarifying his apology over the issue.
Amirudin said the Selangor Royal Council had to lodge the police report against Sanusi in line with Sultan Sharafuddin’s decree on June 19 on the dissolution of the state assembly.
“In his royal address, the sultan clearly warned all politicians against using or taking advantage of the 3R issues (religion, royalty and race) ahead of the state polls, and that whoever crossed that line will have to face the law,” he said.
Sanusi, 48, was charged in two Selayang sessions courts here today with inciting the public over his remarks on the appointment of the Selangor menteri besar and the establishment of the unity government in a political talk last week.
Sanusi, who is also Perikatan Nasional election director, pleaded not guilty to both charges, which were read out separately before judges Nor Rajiah Mat Zin and Osman Affendi Mohd Shalleh.
On both charges, Sanusi was alleged to have committed acts that had a seditious tendency by uttering words that have a tendency to raise discontent or disaffection among the subjects of a ruler. – Bernama, July 18, 2023
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