BUKIT Aman is investigating Nazri Aziz for sedition in relation to his speech during a Semenyih by-election campaign ceramah, said Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

The inspector-general of police said the Barisan Nasional secretary-general was being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948.

Under the act, first-time convicted offenders are subject to a fine of not more than RM5,000 or three years’ jail, or both.

“We will complete our investigation papers as soon as possible and hand them to the deputy public prosecutor for further action or instructions,” he told a press conference after attending the Federal Reserve Unit’s 63rd anniversary celebrations today.

Fuzi said to date, the police had received one police report against Nazri.

Yesterday, the Padang Rengas MP was questioned by police over his controversial speech at a ceramah in Beranang, Semenyih, on Saturday night in which he allegedly criticised the Pakatan Harapan government over the appointments of non-Malays as chief justice, attorney-general and finance minister.

He had told a press conference at the Umno headquarters in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that he had his statement recorded by police.

“I was called up by the police this morning and I have given them my statement… I only spoke (at the ceramah) about what the Malay grassroots are talking about,” he had said.

“If the A-G is not a Bumiputera or Malay, the Malays fear he won’t act fairly. And this appears to have happened in the case of fireman Muhammad Adib (Mohd Kassim).

“Four individuals were questioned over the incident but when Adib died, the case was withdrawn and we don’t know the state of the matter,” he added.

He had said Adib’s case has caused uneasiness among the Malays, but denied that he was playing up racial issues.

“I only spoke about something that was being felt and discussed at the grassroots level and it is not seditious,”   he had said.

He had also denied issuing racially sensitive remarks during his speech in Semenyih. – February 26, 2019.