KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: DAP chairman Karpal Singh will face a sedition charge in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions court today.

The veteran politician and lawyer was served with a notice yesterday to present himself at the courts in Jalan Duta hours after his second son and Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo was suspended from Parliament for a year.

Gobind Singh's suspension was effective from yesterday.

The Dewan Rakyat had voted for a motion to have him suspended from Parliament for alleging that Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was involved in a murder case and for contempt against the Speaker.

Karpal Singh, who is Bukit Gelugor MP, had allegedly threatened to sue the Sultan of Perak Sultan Azlan Shah for acting beyond his powers and consenting to the appointment of a new Perak Mentri Besar.

- The Star/Asia News Network