SELAYANG (July 18): Caretaker Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor claimed trial to two charges of sedition for statements he had made about the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong and Sultan of Selangor.

Sanusi was charged with two counts of sedition under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 for the statements he had made.

Both charges accused him of uttering words that had a tendency to incite disloyalty against a ruler.

For the first charge, Sanusi had allegedly belittled the Sultan of Selangor for having appointed Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari as the state’s menteri besar and said that the Kedah sultanate would not have appointed him (Amirudin) as menteri besar. Sanusi also alleged that the Kedah ruler’s lineage was the only one which was uninterrupted.

For the second charge, Sanusi is alleged to have questioned the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong’s move to have a unity government under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

Sanusi faces a fine of not more than RM5,000 or a jail term of not more than three years or both, for each charge.

Sanusi was charged in two separate sessions courts in Selayang on Tuesday (July 18), where two judges set bail of RM5,000 for each charge.

Judges Nor Rajiah Mat Zin and Osman Affendi Bin Mohd Shalleh also imposed a gag order on Sanusi to refrain from making any statements about the case.

Solicitor-general Datuk Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh prosecuted, while Datuk Shaharudin Ali represented Sanusi.

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