Kedah MB pleads not guilty to making seditious statements during political talk

KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor was charged in the Selayang Sessions Court here today with uttering seditious words regarding the appointment of the Selangor Menteri Besar during a political talk last week.
Muhammad Sanusi, 48, who is also Pakatan Nasional (PN) election director, pleaded not guilty to the charge before Judge Nor Rajiah Mat Zin.
He was alleged to have committed the act which had a seditious tendency by uttering words that have a tendency to raise discontent or disaffection among the subjects of a Ruler.
The incumbent Jeneri State Assemblyman was charged with committing the offence at Simpang 4, Taman Selayang Mutiara – Kampung Bendahara, Gombak, near here at 11 pm last July 11.
The charge, framed under Section 4(1)(a) of the Sedition Act 1948 and can be punished under Section 4(1) of the same law, carries a maximum fine of RM5,000 or imprisonment for up to three years or both, if found guilty.
— BERNAMA