KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The Attorney-General’s Chambers has yet to decide on whether action should be taken against Umno’s Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim despite police investigations having been completed ten months ago, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has said.

The Home Minister said in a written Parliamentary reply that the report was submitted to the Attorney-General's Chambers for further action on February 5 this year.

"The police take incidents that are considered seditious seriously, especially when it involves racial and religious sentiments regardless of the status of the person who uttered those remarks and they will investigate in a just manner," he said in a reply to Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao-Leung's question.

On November 26 last year, Mashitah reportedly urged Wanita Umno delegates to speak up after claiming that the Chinese had burned a copy of the Quran in Kuala Kedah.

The week before however, Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir said that police investigations had revealed that the Quran was not burnt but was only torn by a man diagnosed with a mental illness.

Zahid also said the incident was investigated under Section 505 (b) of the Penal code which includes offences involving statements against public peace.