KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 29): The prosecution of Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin for an offence under the Sedition Act should not be used to generate political sentiment, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said.

Anwar said this is because the police received the report on Muhyiddin’s alleged seditious remarks directly from the Pahang palace.

“The report was lodged by the Pahang palace. So, he (Muhyiddin) shouldn’t turn it around and politicise it. 

“He broke the law and crossed the line, so he has to deal with it. Reports were made and the police acted on it. Even the inspector general of police took follow-up action,” Anwar told reporters here on Thursday.

The Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman said this in response to opposition leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s allegation that Anwar and PH leaders are hypocrites for using the Sedition Act against Muhyiddin.

In a statement posted on Facebook on Wednesday, Hamzah, who is Bersatu's secretary general, also claimed that Anwar and PH had repeatedly and cruelly used the Sedition Act after coming into power to pressure and oppress political opponents.

Muhyiddin recently pleaded not guilty in the Gua Musang Sessions Court to a charge of making seditious remarks during the campaign for the Nenggiri state by-election in Kelantan on Aug 14.

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