Tourism Minister is the subject of a police investigation on public mischief, following his open challenge to Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim over the royal’s thinly-veiled remarks on Prime Minister Najib Razak’s no-show at the #Nothing2Hide forum recently.
While it was previously reported by Malaysiakini that Nazri was to be called in to give his statement to the police in connection to a case of sedition, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar has clarified that the case falls under Section 505 of the Penal Code, and not the Sedition Act 1948.
Over the weekend, Nazri and the Crown Prince sparred indirectly over social media, after Nazri warned Tunku Ismail to not take sides in ongoing conflicts between national leaders, presumably referring to the tensions between Najib and former PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
In the wake of the #Nothing2Hide incident on Friday, June 5, Tunku Ismail posted a thinly-veiled condemnation of Najib’s last-minute withdrawal from a talk with NGOs that would have seen him squaring off face-to-face with Dr Mahathir, who had attended the event.
Mahathir had taken to the stage at the forum and began speaking against Najib’s alleged transgressions, particularly on the issue of sovereign development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, before he was stopped from speaking further by police and escorted away from the podium.
In response to Nazri’s comments, Tunku Ismail retaliated with a short, worldess online video in which he could be seen gesturing to the camera, as if to challenge to viewer to “bring it”.
The Malay Mail reports that yesterday, Dr Mahathir expressed his support for the Johor Crown Prince’s right to express his opinion on national politics, saying Tunku Ismail was entitlted to his freedom of speech.
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