The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has been instructed to open an investigation into a statement issued by Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang in rebutting claims by PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang.

Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, whose Bersatu party is a coalition ally of Hadi, said Lim’s statement could be seen as seditious and an attempt to disrupt the harmony of Malaysia’s multi-cultural society.

Lim was responding to Hadi’s assertion that the Covid-19 pandemic is a test from God and only Allah’s government can overcome the battle against the disease.