Cops question lawyer over 'Anwar scammer' speech in sedition probe

A speech labelling Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim a “scammer” for alleged unfulfilled promises has landed a lawyer in a sedition probe.

Speaking to reporters outside Bukit Aman, lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali said he was earlier questioned under the Sedition Act 1948 for the content of his speech delivered during a June anti-government rally held outside the prime minister’s official residence in Putrajaya.