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Police across Malaysia have received 153 reports regarding statements by UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi alleging Palace interference in the Johor State Legislative Assembly dissolution. Investigations proceed under sedition and communications laws.
Political activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin, known as Chegubard, has pleaded not guilty to sedition charges in Seremban Sessions Court, disputing allegations that he published inflammatory content targeting the Negri Sembilan Royal Institution on Facebook.
A 46-year-old security guard has been sentenced to jail and fined by a Kuching court for posting an offensive comment about Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Facebook, with the judge emphasizing his duty to apologize to the nation and the king.