The Selangor government will help fork out the legal cost to be incurred by Sri Muda Assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafie who is expected to be charged in the Sessions Court here on Monday over a posting in his blog which allegedly insulted the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

A statement issued by the Menteri Besar's Office Press Secretariat stated that the state government would not leave Shuhaimi alone to face the charge and would support his stand to uphold justice.

The state government gives its full support to Shuhaimi and believes he has no intention to insult the royal institution, it said.

Yesterday, Shuhaimi surrendered himself at the Shah Alam police station, but was later released on police bail.

He told reporters that he would be charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act at the Sessions Court in Shah Alam on Monday.

Shuhaimi, who is Kota Raja Parti Keadilan Rakyat deputy chief, was embroiled in a controversy when his posting in his blog on Dec 30 last year, questioning the consent given by the Sultan of Selangor in the appointment of State Secretary Mohd Khusrin Munawi, was deemed seditious and an insult to the sultan.

- Bernama