Caretaker Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor faced two charges today at the Sessions Court in Selayang, Selangor over his ceramah on July 11.

Both charges accused him of uttering words that had the tendency to incite disloyalty against a ruler.

According to the first charge, Sanusi (above) said the Kedah sultanate was the only one in the country with uninterrupted lineage and that the Kedah ruler would not have appointed Amirudin Shari as menteri besar to head the state’s administration.

According to the second charge, Sanusi questioned if the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had indeed decreed that a unity government be formed after the parliamentary election last November.

The alleged offence was committed at around 11pm in Taman Selayang Mutiara, Selangor. The charge was framed under Section 4(1)(a) which criminalises acts of “seditious tendency”.

If found guilty, Sanusi can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to RM5,000, or both for each offence.

The two charges were read out before judge Nor Rajiah Mat Zin and judge Osman Affendi Mohd Shalleh respectively.

Solicitor-general Ahmad Terrirudin Mohd Salleh prosecuted.

After claiming trial to both charges, Sanusi was ordered to post an RM5,000 bail for each charge. Both judges also allowed the prosecutors' application to impose a gag order on Sanusi, preventing him from discussing the trial in public.

Both cases are set for pre-trial proceedings on Oct 4.

The police did not apply handcuffs on Sanusi while bringing him to the courtroom, a privilege usually not accorded to most detainees.

Several PAS MPs, including Pendang MP Awang Solahuddin Hashim, and at least 50 PAS supporters were seen waiting outside the courthouse.

As Sanusi was leaving, he stopped briefly by the entrance and hugged some of his PAS colleagues.

Meanwhile, the supporters shouted ‘Allahuakbar’ a few times.

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