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A show cause notice for contempt of court has been issued to Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal over his remarks on the ongoing Zara Qairina Mahathir inquest.

Coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan gave the instruction after counsel Datuk Ram Singh made the application in the proceeding on Monday (Sept 22).


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00:00A show cause notice for contempt of court has been issued to Warisan President Datuk Seri Muhammad Shafi Abdal
00:06over his remarks on the ongoing Zahra Kairina Mahathir inquest.
00:11Coroner Amir Shah Amir Hassan gave the instruction after counsel Datuk Ram Singh made the application in the proceeding on Monday.
00:20He raised this issue over Shafi's remarks, allegedly made during a party dinner,
00:25before proceedings to listen to a child witness testimony commenced.
00:28It is learnt that Amir issued the notice to show cause for contempt of court after hearing a briefing from Ram.
00:36Earlier, the Attorney General's chambers said they took this matter seriously
00:41and would take strict action against anything that could disrupt the ongoing inquest.
00:47The AGC said that such remarks from Shafi had the potential to cause inaccurate perceptions among the public
00:53and affect the ongoing court proceedings.
00:55It is said that the AGC was analyzing every detail from the said speech
01:01while stressing that it would not hesitate to take action, according to the law,
01:05including to start a contempt of court proceeding once the analysis was complete.
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