Former Penang deputy chief minister P Ramasamy has questioned whether the police is using the “absence of reports” as a mere excuse for the force not to act against certain politicians.

Ramasamy said this in response to Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain’s latest statement that no reports have been lodged against Umno Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh over his Facebook post that showed him wielding a traditional Japanese sword.

Ramasamy, in a statement today, stressed that the police cannot say that no investigation...