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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...
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