Pasir Gudang MP Hassan Karim says understanding the legal position is necessary before a political and commercial settlement can take place. Speaking outside Parliament, Hassan said criticism centred on who authorised the court action missed the point as to why the legal reference was necessary in the first place. Hassan said the existence of competing legal interpretations was precisely why court clarification was unavoidable. Hassan said turning the court reference into a political scandal risked derailing that purpose. “This is about understanding the legal position before deciding the political and commercial settlement.