01-29-2021, 05:53 PM
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PETALING JAYA: The police investigations into Anwar Ibrahim’s call to revoke the emergency proclamation could raise questions about the independence and political neutrality of the police, says Selayang MP William Leong Jee Keen.
In a statement, he said none of Anwar’s statements could qualify as being seditious, despite what was claimed in a police report lodged by a political activist.
“The police say they are investigating Anwar following police reports claiming that Anwar has committed sedition by questioning the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s constitutional power to declare emergency,” he said.
However, Leong asserted that “there was nothing seditious said by Anwar,” pointing to Section 3(2) of the Sedition Act 1948 which says acts, speech or publications are not deemed seditious if they have a tendency:
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