Who Does This King Think He Is? Zuraida Demands To Know

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PETALING JAYA: A minister could have flouted penal laws, including the Sedition Act, for crudely suggesting that the “monarch has to listen” to the Cabinet, a lawyer said.

SN Nair said that by uttering such a statement, housing and local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin reflected her “dangerously myopic” understanding of the workings of the Federal Constitution and other federal laws.

“Her statement borders on sedition for fomenting contempt, hatred and disaffection towards the King,” he told FMT.

The ex-cop turned lawyer said Zuraida may have also committed an offence under Section 124B of the Penal Code for an ‘activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy’.

Nair said this in response to Zuraidah’s stand that the issuing of a statement by the King on a proposal to revoke six emergency ordinances (EO) was “not proper”.


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