COMMENT Langkawi MP Nawawi Ahmad has committed lèse majesté against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by defaming, insulting and dragging the sacred name of our King into the 1MDB corruption scandal.

By suggesting that MO1 (Malaysian Official 1), the corrupt official mentioned in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) proceedings, is the Agong, he has committed criminal defamation.

The position of the Agong is the highest institution under the Federal Constitution. Therefore, all Malaysians must rise to insist that the attorney-general must show the same vigour in defending and protecting this institution as the AG did in clearing Najib Abdul Razak from allegations of corruption in relation to the 1MDB scandal.