Sorry not a defence under the law, says Azalina on Sanusi's apology

PETALING JAYA: An apology does not amount to a legal defence in law, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said on Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor’s apology after his remarks on the Selangor Sultan.

“Anyone who raises divisive issues, disrupts public peace and does not respect the royal institution must remember that this is a wrongdoing according to the law and cannot be resolved with an apology as an apology is not taken as a legal defence in criminal legislation,” the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform) said in a tweet Saturday (July 15).