Husni being investigated for sedition, says IGP

Husni being investigated for sedition, says IGP

Khalid Abu Bakar says Husni and his former Cabinet colleagues want to instigate the public into believing that the prime minister is guilty of a crime in relation to 1MDB.

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KUALA LUMPUR:
Police are investigating former Cabinet minister Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah for sedition as his statements in Parliament on 1MDB were seen as instigating Malaysians into believing that the prime minister was guilty of wrongdoing.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said they received many reports after Husni’s speech on 1MDB and insisted that investigations into the state investment arm were still ongoing.

Khalid was speaking to reporters after launching the Nur Alert Facebook page in Bukit Aman, here this morning.

He was asked to comment on opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s claim that it was unconstitutional to call Husni in for questioning for supposedly breaking his oath of secrecy, citing parliamentary immunity.

Khalid rubbished that claim.

“Police will keep investigating. There are no excuses. Rather, there are enough excuses to conduct an investigation because the Sedition Act does not provide immunity, even in Parliament.”

Parliamentary immunity is not granted to offences under the Sedition Act 1948 and laws related to the position of the national language, special position of Malays and bumiputeras, and the position of the Malay rulers.

It was reported that Husni, along with his former Cabinet colleagues, Muhyiddin Yassin and Shafie Apdal, would be questioned by police over allegations of divulging confidential government information about 1MDB.

They had made critical remarks about 1MDB in the Dewan Rakyat, following which Parliament Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia said they might have breached their oath of secrecy.

They are currently under investigation for allegedly breaking their oath of secrecy and breaching provisions under the OSA, for speaking on issues which they learnt of while in their respective ministerial posts.

Police reports were also lodged by two groups, Jaringan Melayu Malaysia and Sahabat N87 Federal Territory branch.

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