Abdul Aziz Bari will lodge a police report tomorrow against a death threat he received this morning warning him against criticising the Sultan of Selangor.
His lawyer, Zulqarnain Lukman, said this evening that the controversial International Islamic University (UIA) professor has agreed to file a report tomorrow over an envelope containing a bullet and a note saying “Jangan kurang ajar dengan Sultan, maut nanti (don’t be rude with the Sultan, you may die later)” sent to his Bandar Baru Selayang home around 11.45am this morning.
“I have just made a call. Spoke to prof. He will make a report tomorrow,” he said in a text message. Aziz, whose suspension for allegedly attacking Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah was lifted by UIA on Sunday, has said he is “expecting charges very soon” for sedition after police completed investigations on Monday.
UIA suspended the professor last week after he said the Ruler’s intervention on the raid on Damansara Utama Methodist Church (DUMC) by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) in August was “unusual and inconsistent.”
Aziz’s (picture) statement caused a furore among Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs in Parliament, who urged action be taken against the don.
He has chosen not to apologise for his remarks even after a police report was lodged against him, insisting he had not meant to challenge the Sultan and was only fulfilling his role as an academician.
Hundreds of UIA students gathered at the university’s Gombak campus last week to demand the lecturer’s reinstatement.
Aziz’s colleagues and lecturers from other universities as well as Opposition leaders have also backed the academician.
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