(UPDATE) KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia's former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged on Tuesday with sedition over a speech he made that allegedly questioned the integrity of the Southeast Asian country's previous king.

Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 to August 2021, pleaded not guilty in a court in northeastern Kelantan state. According to the charge sheet, Muhyiddin made the seditious remarks last month during a by-election campaign in Kelantan.

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