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I never mentioned the sultan, says Leiking
Published:  Jul 17, 2016 7:48 PM
Updated: Jul 18, 2016 4:07 AM

PKR vice-president Darell Leiking said his statement on the Hari Raya Aidilfitri sermon by the Selangor Islamic Enforcement Agency (Jais) is not against the Selangor sultan.

This is after Selangor Umno chief Noh Omar accused him of opposing the sultan by taking issue with the sermon praising the Private Member's Bill to amend the Syariah Court (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965, which could pave the way for hudud.

"There was never any reference at all to the sultan of Selangor as we all know the sultan is above politics.

"Noh and all those who have been twisting and harping on my posting should in fact apologise to the sultan of Selangor for dragging the sultan into their political agendas and for abusing the sultan’s name in justifying their attacks over my posting.

"It is totally unbecoming of a minister and a political leader to put words I have never spoken of and to continuously lie about it," Leiking said in a statement.

Jais last Friday lodged a report against Leiking for deliberately insulting the sultan, in his capacity as the head of Islam and the Islamic authority in the state.

Leiking said his statement was to ask Selangor Menteri Besar and PKR deputy president Azmin Ali if he supported the sermon.

The Penampang MP said PKR's constitution makes it an obligation to party members to uphold the the Malaysia Agreement.

As such, Noh's call for PKR to take action against him is out of place, he said.

He said enforcing hudud would alter the federation's secular nature, as agreed by Sabah, Sarawak and Malaya when the three nations joined to form Malaysia in 1963.

"Hence my last paragraph of my posting, 'It is beginning to look like the extremist are running the state' was in relation to the changing of the federation by the introduction of the amendments and so many acts and things happening today, and which as a Member of Parliament we all must address," Leiking said.

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