JOHOR BARU, 30/04/2018. DAP Secretary General, Lim Guan Eng (centre) attend the Pakatan Harapan supporters waving the PKR flag at the Pakatan Harapan ceramah in Maedo Restaurant, Taman Ungku Aminah, Skudai. pic by Hari Anggara.
Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad disagrees with the arrest of a man who criticised him and has instructed the police to look into the matter.
In a tweet, the Pakatan Harapan chairperson said: “I do not agree with action taken against those who criticise me. I have informed the police regarding this. This law will be studied when the Parliament convenes soon.”
He had appended a Malaysiakini article yesterday, titled “Police detain man who insulted Dr M”, with the tweet.
In a Facebook posting yesterday, Langkawi police said that the male suspect was arrested following police reports by several NGOs that were unhappy about “excessively insulting statements on Facebook towards Mahathir and Islam”.
In a Facebook video later, Mahathir said people should be allowed to say nasty things about him.
“People want to say nasty things about me they can. If I don’t like it I can sue him as an individual but I can’t on the basis of my authority arrest people,” he said.
The suspect has been remanded until Sunday for investigations under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
The Langkawi police Facebook page used the hashtags #lessonlearned and #berhemahketikaberbicara (Be polite when talking) at the end of their post.
Various quarters, including lawyers and politicians, have slammed the arrest, calling it “overzealous” and a waste of police resources.
Arrests and police reports against those who insulted the prime minister were common during the administration of BN’s Najib Abdul Razak.
– M’kini
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