Communications and Multimedia Minister Salleh Said Keruak believes the relevant authorities will take appropriate action against DAP member Zaid Ibrahim over his recent tweet on the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

Salleh (photo) said Zaid’s statement against the sultan, made though his Twitter account, was a clear breach of the law.

“Therefore, appropriate action would be taken,” he told reporters after meeting representatives from the Umno Overseas Club.

Zaid, through his Twitter account last Tuesday, questioned Sultan Sharafuddin’s speech, which among others, chided former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over his remarks against the Bugis community.

Last Thursday, Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun confirmed that the police had received reports on the case and that an investigation was being conducted under the Sedition Act 1948 and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998.

On the Umno general assembly, Salleh, who is Umno treasurer, said all Umno members should play their role as cyberfighters in correcting all the accusations made by the opposition.

Asked for his comments on the motion of no contest for the top two party posts which was unanimously passed by delegates at the assembly, Salleh said the motion was tabled because the team between Najib Abdul Razak as president and Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is performing the duties of deputy president, was seen as capable of strengthening Umno.

He said the two posts were crucial to determine the party’s stability and country’s political development, as a whole.

“Najib is a leader with vision who wants to bring Malaysia to more glory and he needs a deputy who is loyal to help him realise it,” he said.

- Bernama