Perikatan Nasional has strongly condemned the alleged intimidation of Hulu Kelang assemblyperson Azmin Ali over his speech at the Selangor state assembly in March.

Opposition whip Takiyuddin Hassan described Azmin's summoning under Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code to have his statement recorded at the Shah Alam district police headquarters today as draconian.

"It is a practice in any mature democracy...