Muhyiddin to be charged under Sedition Act on Tuesday

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Former prime minister and Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be charged in court on Tuesday (Aug 27) under the Sedition Act for comments made during the recent Nenggiri by-election.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4wpkbya4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Former Prime Minister and Perikatan National Chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be

00:06charged under the Sedition Act for comments made during the recent Nenggiri by-election.

00:12The Bersatu President will be charged at the Gua Musang Sessions Court on Tuesday over

00:17alleged seditious remarks concerning the process of the appointment of the Prime Minister.

00:23This was announced by Bersatu Information Committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin in

00:28a Facebook post on Monday.

00:30Muhyiddin was investigated by the police after reports were made over a viral video during

00:35the Nenggiri campaign period.

00:37In the video, Muhyiddin, speaking at a cerama at Felda Perasu on August 15, seemingly questioned

00:44the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong's decision to appoint Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the

00:49Prime Minister after the 15th General Election.

00:53The video has since drawn severe condemnation from various parties, including the Tenku

00:58Makota Pahang.

01:00At least 29 police reports were lodged against Muhyiddin, who gave his statement to the police

01:05last Wednesday, along with 115 statutory declarations submitted to Istana Negara on November 21,

01:142022.

01:16Muhyiddin had defended his controversial remarks, saying it was just a statement of facts and

01:21he had no intention of insulting the Royal Institution of Malay Rulers.

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