Amanah Sepang parliamentarian Mohamed Hanipa Maidin is the latest police target for a sedition probe.

The police initiated the probe against the lawmaker over a Malaysiakini report entitled Don't be a 'yes man', Amanah tells AG which ran on Wednesday.

The journalist who wrote the report was also summoned to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters last night to give a statement which took two hours.

ACP Wan Aeidil is the investigating officer of for the matter.

The cops decided to probe Hanipa under the Sedition Act 1948 after they spotted the news article which was picked up by others news portal as well.

At a press conference at the Parliament lobby on Tuesday, Hanipa and few opposition MPs had voiced out on the treatment meted out by the authorities on activist and PSM member Khalid Mohd Ismath.

Khalid (photo) , who is now an Amnesty 'prisoner of conscience', was on Oct 13 slapped with 14 charges without bail for his Facebook posting on Johor royalty.

According to Hanipa, Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi Ali was the one who had directed the deputy public prosecutor to request the court to deny bail for the activist.

'Nonsense' to deny bail

"The court normally allows bail in a criminal prosecution unless the AG says otherwise," Hanipa was reported as saying.

"He wants to send a message to prospective criminals that they will be remanded, so they need to be careful with their statements," Hanipa added.

He said it was 'nonsense' to deny bail which he described as a fundamental right of the accused.

"We hope the AG will not be a 'yes man',” said Hanipa.