COMMENT | The media reported that Bukit Aman is investigating Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee for allegedly making his own interpretations of verses from the Quran.

The investigation is in relation to two police reports lodged against him at Jalan Tun Razak (Kuala Lumpur police station) and in Perak. The investigation is being undertaken by Bukit Aman’s Classified Crime Investigation Unit.

Lee is being accused of insulting Islam by some PAS leaders for misinterpreting the Quranic verse from surah An-Nisa’ (4:59).

This article is never intended to support either Lee or PAS. I am only interested in ventilating this issue only through the lens of law.

Since two police reports have been made against Lee...