The law was proposed by Ibrahim Ali, president of Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra), who said the law should be introduced immediately to protect the position of the rulers and that of Islam in the country, Bernama reported.

“We propose the drafting of a Sovereignty of the Rulers Bill which could function similar to the now-repealed Internal Security Act, serving as a special legal mechanism under which those accused of insulting the royal institution could be detained by a senior police officer for up to two weeks without a court warrant for investigation purposes,” he said.

Speaking at the Daulat Tuanku gathering in Shah Alam today, he said the proposal was made following an increase in cases involving insults against the royal institution, including the circulation on social media of a caricature allegedly insulting the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.