Sungai Pelek assemblyperson Ronnie Liu (above) spent an hour at police headquarters at Bukit Aman to facilitate investigations into a gathering linked to former communist members which he attended early this month.
Liu was seen entering the building at 3pm and left at 4pm.
His lawyer Ramkarpal Singh told the media that Liu came as a witness.
"YB Ronnie Liu has just finished giving a statement to the police.
"We need to emphasise that he came here as a witness. This is in relation to the (commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the) Hat Yai Peace accord event.
"The police are investigating the event under Section 505C (of the penal code on statements conducing to public mischief).
"I think it's quite clear that YB Ronnie had no such intention, and he made it clear in his statement," Ramkarpal said when met outside of Bukit Aman.
He added that Liu's statement was taken under Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Federal CID D5 (prosecution and legal division) principal assistant director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid confirmed that police had taken Liu's statement, adding that the investigation is also being carried out under Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act.
The gathering, organised by a group of Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) former members, saw about 300 people in attendance, mostly elderly folks.
The CPM had signed a peace accord with the government of Malaysia in Hat Yai, Thailand on Dec 2, 1989 which saw the end of its 21 years of armed struggle.
Other than Liu, those in attendance included PKR stalwart Syed Husin Ali, PSM's Dr Michael Jeyakumar and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia professor Abdul Rahman Embong.
Previously, Liu had stressed that he attended the event in his personal capacity and shared that his grandfather had been involved in the movement to free Malaya from the British after the Japanese were driven out.
The event came after it was revealed last month that the cremains of the former CPM secretary-general Chin Peng were brought in from Thailand to Malaysia on Sept 16.
Chai Kan Fook, the coordinator of the group responsible for bringing in the cremains, said the ashes were scattered in the sea near Lumut, as well as in the jungles of the Titiwangsa mountain range.
Deputy Home Minister Azis Jamman stressed that the police were not aware about the effort to bring Chin Peng's ashes back to Malaysia, nor was any permission given.
Police are investigating the group under Section 504 and 505b of the Penal Code, as well as Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/501497
Section 504 and 505(b) deal with insults intended to provoke a breach of peace and statements likely to cause public fear, while Section 233 of the Multimedia Communication Act deals with improper use of network facilities. - Mkini
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