Jamaluddin belongs to Karpal Singh's Democratic Action Party that lost majority in the Perak state legislature because of defections.

Karpal Singh's statement was aired over the electronic media that evening, while several newspapers carried the article the next day.

A battery of cases were filed against Karpal Singh who also received threats on phone and an envelope with a bullet as a warning against saying anything against the monarch.

Karpal Singh, 69, a Sikh, has been a prominent opposition lawmaker and political leader of Malaysia that has an estimated 100,000 Sikhs and an ethnic Indian population of over two million.