Inspector-general of police Abdul Hamid Bador offered a tongue-in-cheek response to Warisan's insistence that Special Branch personnel must identify themselves when attending press conferences.

The top cop quipped that he might ask his personnel to brandish placards identifying themselves at such events.

"Maybe I will get my men to carry placards identifying themselves as police," he was quoted as saying by The Sun when asked about Warisan's condition.

Last Saturday, it was reported that Warisan was barring the SB from its events. Abdul Hamid subsequently said such a move would be against the law.

Warisan vice-president Junz Wong later clarified that the party took issue with SB personnel pretending to be journalists.

The Sabah agriculture and food Industries minister said the party would have no qualms if the SB personnel identified themselves.