PUTRAJAYA: The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) has affirmed it is taking allegations of an attempt to overthrow the government and disrupt national stability seriously.
It was responding to the police announcement earlier, Friday.
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“Any party found to be involved shall be held accountable under the law regardless of position or background,” it said.
The AGC emphasised that it will provide full legal guidance and prosecution support to investigators.
“Any decision regarding prosecution will be made independently and objectively, based on facts, evidence, and legal considerations,” it added.
The statement follows heightened political concerns in recent weeks over alleged threats to government stability and social order, which have drawn national attention.
Authorities have previously urged the public to remain calm and to allow law enforcement to carry out investigations without speculation or interference.
The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) also launched a high-level investigation into the alleged conspiracy to overthrow the government and sabotage national stability.
The probe reportedly centres on a prominent local individual who is alleged to be working in collaboration with an international media agency to execute the plot.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Khalid Ismail confirmed the launch of the investigation in a media statement Friday.
“The investigation is being conducted by the Classified Criminal Investigation Unit, Prosecution/ Legal Division (D5), Criminal Investigation Department, Bukit Aman, under Section 124B of the Penal Code, namely: by any means, directly or indirectly, carrying out activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy,” he said.
“Upon conviction, the offence is punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend up to twenty years.”
A prominent family is said to be behind the alleged plot.
The family, currently embroiled in a lawsuit, had allegedly engaged a media consulting firm based in England to launch a smear campaign against the government and the Prime Minister.
A copy of the police report, which has been spreading on social media, shows it was lodged at the Brickfields police station at 10.30am on Thursday (Feb 26).
The Star is in the midst of confirming the report with the Brickfields police.
The police report shows that an editor lodged the police complaint after reading a foreign news agency report on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission chief Tan Sri Azam Baki.
The editor claimed that he had met a member of the family concerned to discuss the possibility of collaborating on a biography and a documentary.
However, he claimed that he was invited to a Zoom meeting where the issue of attacking the government was discussed.
He said he then decided not to pursue the collaboration.
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