A lawyer who formerly represented fugitive Tamim Dahri Abdul Razak has said that Interpol cannot get involved in locating individuals wanted over offences with "political overtones", including sedition, offensive remarks, and religious or racial matters.

Tamim, a self-proclaimed activist, is the subject of a police application for an Interpol red notice after investigators sought international assistance to locate him in connection with a religious provocation case.

Lawyer Aidil Khalid said the international police organisation would first...