Sivarasa denies lodging report against Selangor sultan’s decree

KUALA LUMPUR: Embattled PKR leader Sivarasa Rasiah denied he lodged a police report against the sultan of Selangor’s decree, which bans political speeches in the state’s mosques.

Sivarasa yesterday said claims over his purported police report were made in a statement circulated through chat networks.

The Subang member of parliament denied other contents in the statement, which stated he was a PKR vice-president and that activist Peter Chong was his personal assistant.

“The ones who fabricated the statement are malicious and do not have the facts.

“I am not a PKR vice-president, and Peter Chong’s services as my personal assistant were terminated in 2015.”

Chong was the activist who reportedly went missing in Thailand early this year. He was later found in Pattaya at the end of the Songkran festival.

“I will talk to my legal advisers on the necessary steps to be taken against those who fabricated the statement,” Sivarasa said.

Sivarasa drew the ire of the sultan of Selangor for allegedly delivering a political speech at a mosque in Kampung Melayu Subang. He said he was in the midst of preparing his letter to the sultan.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had instructed the Selangor Islamic Religious Department to take action against Masjid AnNur in Kampung Melayu Subang after Sivarasa delivered a speech and distributed RM71,000 in aid last Wednesday.

Following this, Sivarasa said he would pen a letter to the sultan to explain the matter.

He said the contents would be private and confidential, and declined to say whether he would seek to be pardoned by the ruler.

I am not a PKR vicepresident, and Peter Chong’s services as my personal assistant were terminated in 2015.