PETALING JAYA: A local “influential individual” is working together with an international media agency in a bid to topple the government and sabotage national stability, it has been claimed.
A prominent family is said to be behind an alleged plot to overthrow the government, according to a police report made at the Brickfields station.
Inspector-General of Police Datuk Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail has confirmed receiving the report and said an investigation paper has been opened into the allegations of conspiracy.
“The investigation is being conducted by the Classified Criminal Investigation Unit (D5), Prosecution/Legal Division, Criminal Investigation Department at Bukit Aman under Section 124B of the Penal Code,” he said in a statement yesterday.
Section 124B provides that any individual who, directly or indirectly, engages in activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy may be imprisoned for up to 20 years upon conviction.
Toh Puan Na’imah Abdul Khalid, the wife of the late former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, has since dismissed the police report and denied involvement in any such plot.
In the police report, 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.
According to the report, the alleged engagement of the firm was discussed during a meeting on July 14, 2025, at a private residence in Kuala Lumpur.
The complainant claimed that the discussion involved a proposed book and documentary project as well as matters concerning the Prime Minister and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
A copy of the police report, which has been spreading on social media, shows it was lodged at 10.30am on Thursday.
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 he had met a member of the family to discuss the possibility of collaborating on a biography and a documentary.
However, he said he was invited to a Zoom meeting where the issue of using the international media to bear pressure on the government and the Prime Minister was discussed.
He said he then decided not to pursue the collaboration.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, when asked about the claims after Friday prayers yesterday, sidestepped the issue.
However, the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) said that anyone found to be involved in an attempt to topple the government must face the law, regardless of their status or background.
“The AGC views this matter very seriously. Any action or plans with elements of disrupting public peace, political stability and national security is a matter that affects the foundation of a parliamentary democracy and the rule of law,” it said in a statement.
The AGC said it would cooperate with police to ensure that all legal processes are carried out in line with the Federal Constitution and the principle of the rule of law, adding that any investigation must be thorough and free of any interference.
