KOTA KINABALU: Parti Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal says he is prepared to abide by the law and let his lawyers handle a contempt of court case against him.
He said it is best to leave the matter to his legal team but stressed that he would obey the law, whatever the outcome.
“This is only a coroner kind of (matter) and not a court trial.
“There’s a long process there,” Shafie said when asked whether he hopes the contempt case against him will go smoothly.
Shafie said he had submitted a letter to the Attorney General’s Chambers explaining what he had said and what transpired during the speech that led to the contempt order, adding that both parties were aware of the matter.
Shafie spoke to reporters after a Warisan meeting with residents in Sembulan on Friday night.
Earlier that morning, the Coroner’s Court granted leave for the prosecution to initiate contempt proceedings against Shafie over remarks made during a speech that allegedly interfered with the ongoing inquest into the death of schoolgirl Zara Qairina Mahathir.
Sessions Court judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan, sitting as Coroner, ruled that there was a prima facie case for contempt after hearing submissions by deputy public prosecutors Mohamad Mustaffa P. Kunyalan and Nadia Mohd Izhar at the Kota Kinabalu Courts Complex.
