KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has reportedly pleaded not guilty to a sedition charge in a Sessions Court in Gua Musang, over his remark in the Nenggiri by-election campaigning.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia president facing a charge under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 — which can be penalised with a fine of up to RM5,000, imprisonment up to three years, or both.
According to the charge sheet, Muhyiddin was accused of uttering seditious remarks during a Perikatan Nasional rally at Felda Perasu in Gua Musang, Kelantan, on August 14.
FMT reported that the transcript of his speech showed that he had questioned why he was not invited by the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, to be sworn in as prime minister after the 15th general election, despite having the backing of 115 MPs.
His bail was set at RM5,000, and next case mention was scheduled for November 4.
The case was heard in front of judge Nik Tarmizie Nik Shukri.
Muhyiddin was recently accused of insulting the previous Yang di-Pertuan Agong, with 29 police reports lodged against him.
Muhyiddin’s PN coalition won 74 seats in GE15.
As no single party or coalition won the election outright, the Agong at the time Al-Sultan Abdullah eventually appointed Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the prime minister after the latter cobbled together a unity coalition of all Malaysian parties outside of PN.
