They added the students have issued an apology earlier this month and removed the controversial post.

Lawyer Mahajoth Singh told reporters that up to today, the police have received a total of 178 police reports, from all across Malaysia, against them.

“We were informed by the IO (investigating officer) that the latest report was filed two days ago (Nov 16).

“We are wondering why there are still reports lodged. This should stop,” he told reporters when met outside the police district here.

Umany president Robin Yap Wen Qing and deputy president Tan Li Yuan were called by police today to provide further statements to assist in the investigations under the Sedition Act and Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998 over the controversial post.

Meanwhile, co-counsel Zaid Malek said the police informed them that the investigating papers will be submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) by Friday.

“The ball is entirely in the AGC’s courts on whether to charge them.

“We urged the AGC not to charge them because they didn’t commit any offences,” he said, adding that the students were exercising their freedom of speech on academic discussions.

Yap maintained that the discussions over the King’s role did not have any seditious tendencies.

“We regret that the police wasted time and resources investigating us, instead of pursuing more serious matters, such as domestic violence and commercial crimes,” he said.

Besides Yap and Tan, six Umany executive committee members were previously called by police as part of their investigation into the Facebook post.

Legal groups and human rights advocates have since come to the defence of Umany and its leaders, describing the police’s action as unjust.