Kedah: Kedah Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has condemned Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor's remarks, which it described as insulting towards Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the issue of gambling premises licences in the state. State Leadership Council (MPN) Communications director Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the state government had in fact lost the legal action concerning the issue and that the Prime Minister had no role in determining the court's decision.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Tunku Nashrul Abaidah condemned the Kedah Menteri Besar's remarks and verbal attacks against the Prime Minister over the issue of gambling premises licences in the state. He stated that the administrative action taken by Sanusi's administration was overturned after the court found that it exceeded the state's jurisdiction, and the application for leave to appeal was also rejected by the Federal Court. He emphasized that Malaysia practised the separation of powers among the three main branches of government-the legislature, executive, and judiciary.

Tunku Nashrul further explained that the case stemmed from a decision by Sanusi's administration, which was challenged by the operator and independently decided by the judiciary. He criticized Sanusi for not taking responsibility and highlighted that his actions reflect political hypocrisy. Tunku Nashrul pointed out that when PAS was part of the Perikatan Nasional government, the administration increased special draws for gambling from eight to 22 times a year, whereas Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar, whom Sanusi insulted, reduced them back to eight times a year.

Tunku Nashrul described Sanusi's act of verbally attacking the Prime Minister and involving unrelated parties in the issue as a means to cover up his own administration's shortcomings. He urged Sanusi to stop shifting the goalposts and to explain his administration's defeat based on facts, rather than targeting the Prime Minister. Sanusi was alleged to have used offensive language during a programme titled 'Penjelasan Isu Halangan Pengharaman Judi Di Kedah' at Dewan Seri Mentaloon, organized to explain issues concerning obstacles to the ban on gambling in the state.