PETALING JAYA: Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (Isma) president Abdullah Zaik Abdullah Rahman is being investigated for allegedly making seditious statements.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, when contacted Wednesday, confirmed that investigations were being carried out on Abdullah Zaik under the Sedition Act 1948.

He also warned people against inciting racial tensions over the incident.

"Do not take matters into your own hands.

"Please allow us to investigate the case thoroughly and take the appropriate action according to the law," he said.

On Tuesday, Abdullah Zaik, in a statement on the Isma website, said the Chinese who came to Malaya were "trespassers", and questioned the citizenship and wealth given to them.

"Who gave them citizenship and wealth until the results of their trespassing are protected until this day?

"This was all the doing of the British, who were in cohorts with the Chinese to oppress and bully the Malays," he said in the statement.

Abdullah Zaik also said this was a mistake which had to be corrected but he did not say how.

"Nobody has the right to mortgage the sovereignty of Islam and the Malays on this land," he said in the statement.