Zaid to face the music for telling sultan to be careful with his words

Yasmin Ramlan Yasmin Ramlan Updated 8 years ago · Published on 7 Dec 2017 6:18PM · 4 Comments

Umno members burning effigies of Zaid Ibrahim to protest his comments on Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah. The police are now mulling to investigate Zaid either the Sedition Act or the Communications and Multimedia Commission Act. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, December 7, 2017

POLICE reports have been lodged against former minister Zaid Ibrahim after he told the Sultan of Selangor to be careful with his words when criticisng Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said the case, if it proceeds, will be investigated under the Sedition Act or under the Communications and Multimedia Commission Act.

“Police reports have been lodged. Police are now trying to ascertain if it should be investigated under the Penal Code or Multimedia Act,” Fuzi told a press conference at the Police Training Centre in Kuala Lumpur today.

Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had reportedly chided Zaid for his insolence today in relation to the latter’s response to the sultan’s criticism against former prime minister Dr Mahathir.

Utusan reported the sultan as telling Zaid, who is now with DAP, to “go back to Kelantan if he disagrees” and to help the people there.

“Don’t make a living in Selangor. I am disappointed with Zaid Ibrahim’s comments on Twitter with regard to my interview with The Star.

“I ask Zaid Ibrahim to read my statement carefully and get the facts right before opening his mouth,” Sultan Sharafuddin told the daily in an exclusive interview.

Zaid had tweeted that the Selangor ruler should be “careful with his words” and that “no one is immune when the country burns”, in relation to an interview the sultan gave to The Star, in which he described Dr Mahathir as an angry leader whose “anger would burn the whole country”.

Zaid also tweeted: “When some rulers play politics, they must know the consequences. Don’t think there’s no price for partisanship.” – December 7, 2017.

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Comments

  • How is advising the Sultan seditious? It's medieval to see it that way. We are in the middle ages?

    Posted 8 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • I agree that Royalties should avoid partisan politics.

    Posted 8 years ago by Awang Top · Reply

  • Aiyaa, we all Malaysians lah. You don't tell him to go back Kelantan and he won't ask you to go back Bugisland. All because of one Bugis criminal in Putrajaya, we all fighting with each other. Please lah, enjoy your life, don't interfere with politicians. The Johor guy is our man, you not so much.

    Posted 8 years ago by Chris Sav · Reply

  • Police report, police report, and more police report. Seems like this is all these fools are good at.
    Never for a moment will they say to themselves.....hmmmm maybe Zaid is right on this one....maybe it is not right for the Sultan to be partisan........maybe loyalty to UMNO.... or to the sultan(s) have never benefited the rakyat...no it is easier to smash things up. Thinking is too hard.

    Posted 8 years ago by Noureddine Kassem · Reply