PETALING JAYA: Police have recorded Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang's statement over his article about Malaysia having a non-Malay PM.
The DAP stalwart's statement was recorded after several reports were lodged against his writing, which has been deemed as provocative.
Investigating officers from the he Bukit Aman's Classified Crime Investigation Unit (USJT) recorded Kit Siang's statement at the Sea Park Police Station, SS2.
Lim arrived at the police station at 9.34 am accompanied by his two children Hui Ying, who was yesterday appointed as Deputy Finance Minister.
Also present at the station were former Human Resources Minister, M. Kulasegaran and Kepong Member of Parliament, Lim Lip Eng.
Earlier it was reported that Bukit Aman would have his statement recorded today.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (Investigation/Legal), deputy director Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa had earlier said police have started investigating him following his article which was uploaded on the limkitsiang.com blog on Nov 30.
Rusdi confirmed that Lim's statement touched on Constitutional issues, namely regarding the appointment of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
"The writing investigated is titled 'Malaysian Constitution Provides For a Malaysian Dream And Not a Mono-Ethnic Dream As It Provides That a Non-Malay Can Be a Prime Minister'," he had said.
Prior to that, Lim had also confirmed in a statement that he was summoned by the police over the article on his blog, which he had written while travelling to Manchester in United States on Nov 29.
Lim had clarified that the statement related to the 'Malaysian Dream' was made when speaking in front of Malaysian students there.
In a statement on his social media, Lim claimed that the Federal Constitution does not prevent any non-Malay from becoming Prime Minister.