Deputy Home Minister Nur Jazlan Mohamed personally he thinks the eight people who were charged under the Minor Offences Act, including Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman's sons, should have been accorded a heavier charge.

This, Nur Jazlan said was because they acted wildly (bertindak liar) nd dangerously in a restricted area (kawasan larangan), namely the Parliament. 

He also expressed regret that Faisal Tajuddin had also criticised the police in its investigation.

"This is when there is a public uproar over how they are charged and now they are faulting the police. An offence has purportedly been committed, they should not fault the police as the police are merely doing their jobs," he said.

"For me personally, I think they should be given a heavier sentence as they acted wildly in a restricted area," he said, adding that the group's conduct had undermined the Parliament and lawmakers. 

However, the deputy minister said the charge was based on police investigation and it was up to the police to prefer the charge.

Nur Jazlan was asked to comment on Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad and several lawyers who commented that it was not proper for the eight protesters to be charged under the Minor Offences Act which only allows for a RM100 fine upon conviction.

Khalid was attacked by the eight men, who had made their way into the Parliament compound, last November. The suspects were initially probed under Section 147 of the Penal Code but were later charged under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act. 

Khalid had deemed the charge against the eight as an "insult" on Parliament and had asked for the intervention of Dewan Rakyat Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia. He had also instructed his lawyer to write to the attorney-general to review the charge against the eight.

The Sun daily had reported Apandi as saying that he had used his discretion as the AG, when deciding to charge the eight under the act. 

Nur Jazlan was speaking to reporters after launching the Pemadam Clubs at Institutions of Higher learning convention in Sungai Besi today.

He is the chairperson of the NGO which defends the fate and the welfare of former drug addicts in Malaysia.

Nur Jazlan said his ministry is mulling to introduce Pemadam clubs in secondary schools, and possibly expand it to primary schools later. 

He said although the drug menace in schools is still at a manageable level, the ministry will not wait for it to worsen before acting. 

Also present were Universiti Pertahanan Malaysia vice-chancellor Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, Nur Jazlan's deputy in Pemadam, Senator Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah, and Pemadam secretary-general Saiful Bahar Mohd Arshad.