Zainal Kling quizzed by police for 2 hours, refuses to meet media

Malay Dignity Congress chief executive secretary Zainal Kling refused to address media members when met outside of police headquarters Bukit Aman.

Zainal waived his hand to the media who were waiting for his comment, before entering the car at around 1pm.

Earlier, he spent two hours being questioned by the police in regards to the fiery speech he made at the congress early this month.

The questioning followed a report filed by Yoganathan Loganathan, a member of the Penang Society for Tamil Advancement.

Addressing the reporters later, Zainal's lawyer Muhamad Hisham Marzuki said Zainal and Hashim Ismail had given full cooperation to the police.

Hashim is the director of the Pusat Kecemerlangan Melayu Akademi Pengajian Melayu Universiti Malaya which was the organiser of the event.

Police also recorded a statement from Hashim.

"The questioning was conducted under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

"Both of them are confident with the police investigation regarding the matter," said Hisham.

However, he was not sure whether both of his clients would be summoned again to facilitate police investigation.

Zainal had made an opening speech during the congress which irked many people following his hardline remarks on issues related to the Federal Constitution, royalties, and special position of Malays.

He spoke at length about how non-Malays have taken advantage of the citizenship status given to them, adding that Malaysia belongs to the Malays.

The congress was attended by about 5,000 people, including Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and several Umno, PAS and Pakatan Harapan leaders. - Mkini