Newly-elected PKR vice-president Rafizi Ramli has now come under a sedition investigation for a statement he issued during the offset of the Kajang Move earlier this year.

Rafizi told Malaysiakini today that he has been told to be present at the Kajang district police headquarters tomorrow to have his statement recorded.

This is in relation to an article published in The Edge, titled 'Will Rafizi quit if Selangor not toppled?', originally published in Fz.com on Feb 4.

The Pandan MP said he would be present at the Kajang police headquarters at 3pm tomorrow.

This will be the fourth sedition investigation against him this year.

 

In February this year, police questioned FZ.com reporter Azril Annuar for two hours for writing the article.

Meanwhile, Rafizi’s lawyer Eric Paulsen told Malaysiakini that after speaking to the investigating officer, he learnt that the investigation originated from a police report lodged by Umno.

 

“He (Rafizi) made some comments to the writer (Azril), talking about Molotov cocktails, and Umno (with) some groups trying (to) ramp up racial and religious tension in Selangor.

 

“Umno made a police report in February… Guess we will find out more tomorrow,” Paulsen said.

 

In the interview with FZ.com, Rafizi had justified the ‘Kajang Move’ by arguing that PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim needs to be in the Selangor state assembly in order to “neutralise” the threat of rising religions and racial tensions.

 

He alleged that Umno Selangor was among the groups stoking these tensions.

 

"You can only see the issues and also campaigns conducted by Umno Selangor in the last few months and they harped on one issue which is race and religion.

"For many years we haven't seen this kind of demonstrations in front or around places of worship, in front of churches and threats and people marching and protesting against Christians and so on.

 

"And of course in the last one or two weeks we have seen some violence, with Molotov cocktails being thrown. These are things that don't happen on their own. It's planned and endorsed and being carried out by Umno Selangor," Rafizi is quoted as saying in the FZ.com interview.

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