Vocal PKR lawmaker Hassan Karim has confirmed that one of the two charges levelled against him is for “touching” on the Malay rulers.

“This is because, in my writing, I linked the institution of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong as being the second biggest shareholder in U-Mobile and pointed out that under Article 34 (3) of the Federal Constitution, the Agong is forbidden from being actively involved in commercial business activities,” he told Malaysiakini.

The Pasir Gudang MP, however, pointed out that...