Perak Umno Youth Lodges Police Report Over Karpal's Statement - Bernama

IPOH, May 5 (Bernama) -- Perak Umno Youth has lodged a police report over a statement by Bukit Gelugor member of Parliament Karpal Singh which it deems seditious.

The movement's head, Zainol Fadzi Paharudin, said: "We are asking the police to investigate Karpal Singh under the Sedition Act 1948 because the statement has created uneasiness among the people of Perak particularly with regard to the powers of the Sultan."

Newspapers Monday reported Karpal as saying that Sultan Azlan Shah has no jurisdiction over the transfer of Datuk Jamry Sury from the Perak Religious Department.

"Sultan Azlan Shah did not have any say, as the Ruler of Perak, in the decision made by the state government and, by law, the palace cannot order the state government to reinstate Jamry," the newspapers quoted Karpal Singh as saying.

Last week, Sultan Azlan Shah ordered Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin to immediately retract a 24-hour transfer order issued on Jamry who was Perak Islamic Religious Department Director because the transfer order was made without seeking prior consent from the Sultan as the head of Islam and the Raja Muda of Perak as president of the Perak Islamic Affairs and Malay Customs Council.

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