The Ipoh Timur MP gave his statement to the police under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The government MP echoes Umno's Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, saying PAS had not opposed DAP leaders citing Quranic verses in the past.

Ipoh Timur MP Howard Lee says he will cooperate fully with the investigation.

This comes after Kedah leader Muhammad Sanusi Mohd Md Nor compared Howard Lee's action to that of a former Jakarta governor.

DAP's Howard Lee had posted a video citing a verse urging Muslims to obey those in authority.

Hundreds of protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad in July and set it on fire over a planned Quran burning in Stockholm.

Authorities fear revenge attacks after anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden burned and damaged copies of the Quran, inciting outrage in the Muslim world and demands that governments ban such acts.

The Swedish government is also looking into changes that could allow police to stop Quran burnings in public if they posed a threat to national security.

The countries have deplored the burnings of the Quran but cannot prevent it under constitutional laws protecting freedom of speech.

According to the Swedish news agency TT, the man has a temporary residency permit in Sweden that is set to expire in 2024.

Sweden's laws, current politics and social traditions mean such incidents are unlikely to be halted any time soon.

An Iraqi government statement said Baghdad had also recalled its charge d'affaires in Sweden, and Iraq's state news agency reported that Iraq had suspended the working permit of Sweden's Ericsson on Iraqi soil.