Man suspected of threatening PM nabbed

 The police confirmed that a man was arrested on suspicion of threatening and insulting Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Facebook.

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the 41-year-old local was arrested at 3.20pm yesterday at Taman Desa Budiman, Bedong, Kedah.

He said that the police received a report on the matter and deployed a team of police officers from the Kuala Muda district police headquarters to arrest the man, who worked as a masseur.

“The suspect’s Facebook account, known as ‘JoeJebat Tajudin’, wrote the threatening message on Saturday (Aug 26),” Shuhaily said at a special press conference in Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur today.

He said the man, who has three criminal records related to drug abuse, was remanded for four days from today to assist in the investigation of the case.

Meanwhile, when asked about the case of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang who allegedly touched on the 3R (religion, royalty, and race) in his recent speech in Johor, Shuhaily said that the police would summon Hadi in the near future to record his statement.

“The police have opened investigation papers under Section 4 (1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

“The police have also contacted him (Hadi) in relation to this case,” he said.

Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat today confirmed that police had investigated Hadi’s statement, which is believed to have disputed the authority of the Pardons Board, in his talk at PAS Bakri's headquarters in Muar two days ago.

- Bernama