KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he stands behind his allegedly contentious remarks made at a Nenggiri by-election ceramah recently.
The Perikatan Nasional chairman said he would cooperate with police investigations to clarify his statement.
"I would like to emphasise that my speech in Nenggiri was a factual statement that was not intended to insult the monarchy or contain any seditious tendency.
"I believe that my remark did not violate any law. I will cooperate with the police to clarify the facts related to my remarks."
A speech by Muhyiddin, which allegedly touched on the sovereignty of Sultan of Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah during his tenure as the 16th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, had gone viral.
Muhyiddin claimed he had had the backing of 115 members of parliament after the 2022 general election and that the king should have called him to be sworn in as the 10th prime minister.
Earlier today, Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah said Muhyiddin's remarks were demeaning to his father, and urged the police to apply the law to this matter.
Pahang police have received 28 reports on the matter.