The Sedition Act will be used against Umno delegates if they are found to have made seditious statements during the recent party general assembly, said Deputy Home Minister Wan Junaidi Wan Jaafar.

"If they are found to have committed a wrong, the police would take action, just like the others," he added.

He was speaking to reporters after receiving a resolution from the National Professors’ Council (MPN) about the country's dilemma with regard to foreign workers.

During the Umno assembly, former deputy minister Mashitah Ibrahim attracted controversy for stating that the Chinese were burning the Quran in Kedah, a claim later proven to be false.

Meanwhile, Penang Umno delegate Zaidi Mohd Said also attracted controversy after saying that the Chinese community in Penang were rich due to their involvement in vice activities.

"Our law is simple, when a report is lodged, we will investigate. Whether it is an offence, we will also have to factor in the opinion of the attorney-general," said Wan Junaidi.

Meanwhile, the deputy minister also said the police and the ministry are not seeking "publicity" by commenting on every issue.

He was responding to DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang ( left ) who had criticised the "strange" silence of the police and the Home Ministry over the seizure of 31 hymn books in Johor and also the detaining of a Catholic priest who possessed the books.

"We do not have to make so much noise, and if reporters do not ask, the police will not say anything. The police does work, not talk," he said.

Wan Junaidi claimed that he had already commented on the seizure of the books, and claimed that Lim was merely "spinning" facts with his statements.

"That's Lim Kit Siang, he has always been spinning," he said.