SITI Kasim is enraged after fellow activist Arun Dorasamy was summoned to Bukit Aman yesterday afternoon (March 14) following one police report lodged against him for posting a social media video calling for a street rally to demand action against Muslim convert preacher Zamri Vinoth.
This contrast with the “thousands” of police report lodged in the recent past and present against Zamri who remains unscathed.
“Such two-tier policing or double standards by our authorities is so obvious … after all, Arun is only standing up for the dignity of the Hindus and specifically the kavadi bearers,” the human rights lawyer fumed in her latest YouTube rant.
Editor’s Note: Arun has further shared on his Instagram that he also has a pending ‘date’ with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) at the latter’s headquarters in Putrajaya at 9an today (March 15).
In his self-defence, Arun contended that he was merely exercising his constitutional right to speak about the lack of law enforcement and call for peaceful assembly.
However, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain justified that the police received a report from a complainant in Batu Kawan, Penang over a video on WhatsApp depicting Arun’s statement which allegedly contained seditious content that crossed the 3R (race, religion and royalty) line.
He further claimed that the video also involved the security forces and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Following this, the police opened an investigation paper under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act, Section 505(c) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
In a nine-minute video on Facebook/Instagram, Arun allegedly described Zamri an apostate Hindu in addition to questioning whether the police were waiting for racial riots before acting on the preacher.
Recall that on Wednesday (March 12), Razarudin himself confirmed that the number of police reports against Zamri Vinoth over his “kavadi bearers being possessed and drunk on toddy” remarks had risen six-fold in the last four days from 150 reports nationwide to 894.
On this note, he noted that the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) “is still studying the investigation paper and the police have yet to receive further instructions (on the matter)”. – Focus Malaysia
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