In fact, Mohamad, who is also defence minister, was confident that there would be no problem in the PH election machinery winning over the hearts of the voters.

“No problem. Let the law take its course. I will not protect my son from the law. I leave it all to the police.

“Like the son of any others, there will be no special treatment.

“We become ministers not because we want to protect our children,” he told reporters after attending a meet-and-greet programme with almost 100 Armed Forces veterans at Felda Sungai Koyan 3 here today.

Present was DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang.

It was reported that Mohamad’s 31-year-old son was detained for drugs during a police operation at an entertainment centre on Jalan Ampang at about 3am last Saturday. He has been released on police bail.

Meanwhile, in KUALA LUMPUR, city police chief Mazlan Lazim said the minister’s son would be charged if his urine sample tested positive for ganja (cannabis).

He said police were awaiting the pathology report from the Kuala Lumpur Hospital Pathology Department, which would take between one and three months to be completed.

“There are no double standards. No matter whose son it is, if the pathology report comes out positive for drugs, we will charge him in court,” he told a press conference after attending a high-profile policing programme at the Chow Kit Market.