Hamzah: Cops to probe Kit Siang statement on Islamic countries coping with Covid-19

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has been instructed to open an investigation into a statement issued by Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang in rebutting claims by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin, whose Bersatu party is a coalition ally of Hadi, said Lim’s statement could be seen as seditious and an attempt to disrupt the harmony of Malaysia’s multi-cultural society.

Lim was responding to Hadi’s assertion that...