CARETAKER Kedah Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Noor was arrested at 3am from a hotel in the capital because the police could not locate him ahead of his court hearing this morning, Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain said.

He said police had tried to track him down in Kedah and then at Astro Awani in Kuala Lumpur where he was to attend an interview, but failed to locate him. 

Razarudin also said numerous calls made to Sanusi, his senior private secretary and political secretary were “rejected”. 

“Since we could not reach him, we tried to find him, and we found him at 2.30am in Mont Kiara.

“He was arrested to ensure that he attended court (Selayang Sessions Court) to hear the two charges against him,” he said at a press conference. 

“We were afraid he wouldn’t attend court today, that’s why we took action,” he added.

Earlier, Sanusi claimed trial to two charges of sedition.

In the first charge, he was accused of making a seditious comment regarding the appointment of the Selangor menteri besar.

Sanusi, 48, allegedly incited discontent or disaffection among the subjects of the Selangor ruler by making the remarks.

In a separate court before judge Osman Affendi Mohd Shalleh, Sanusi also denied making seditious remarks in relation to the king.

Sanusi was reported to have questioned if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had indeed decreed that a unity government be formed after the November general election.

Both offences were allegedly committed at the same ceramah in Simpang 4, Taman Selayang Mutiara-Kampung Bendahara, Gombak, at 11pm, on July 11. – July 18, 2023.