The administrator for Facebook page “94yellowduck” has denied any links between his posting online deemed offensive to the Selangor Sultan and DAP Perak chief Nga Kor Ming.
Jacky Chin (above) today admitted to uploading the controversial posting on July 11, but denied it was intended to insult or offend Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.
Instead, he said the post was intended as a response to what he claimed were BN cybertrooper attacks on DAP in relation to bilingual road signs in Selangor.
Chin, today, alleged that his posting was uploaded by “Nga Kor Ming Super Fans Page”, after which it was screenshot by former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak and another Facebook user.
Malaysiakini is omitting the name of the Facebook user in question.
Both linked the postings to DAP and fanned the perception that it was meant to insult the ruler, he said.
“I wish to stress that the statements made by the user dan Najib are not true. Nga Super Fans Page has nothing to do with me and I do not know the owns it.
“Lastly, my posting was twisted by the user and Najib to incite netizens. I am not a DAP member. (The page) 94yellow duck is mine that I use to discuss politics and responsd to slander thrown by BN.
“I would like to seek the forgiveness from the Selangor Sultan and apologise to Nga for the chaos caused by this posting,” he said during a press conference this afternoon.
Chin was speaking to reporters during a press conference at Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters today.
Also present today were DAP national youth secretary Eric Teh Hoong Keat and Federal Territories youth chief Lee Bing Hong.
Chin - whose page “94yellowduck”, or “Jiu Shi Huang Ya” in Chinese was previously known as “Yu Xi Wan Yak” - also explained that he is not a DAP member and does not know the administrator of the Facebook page “ “Nga Kor Ming Super Fans Page”.
While not a member, Chin acknowledged, however, that he is a DAP supporter.
Controversy arose after Najib shared a posting by “Nga Kor Ming Super Fans Page” which many had deemed to be insulting to the sultan, and linked the page concerned to Nga.
Following this, in lodging a police report against Najib, Tan Tiong Yih, who is Dewan Rakyat speaker's senior private secretary, referred to ‘Yu Xi Wan Yak’ and denied any link between the page and Nga.
Police and MCMC reports lodged
Chin claimed that he had lodged a police report on a Facebook user and Najib’s actions at the Brickfields police station on Sept 30, and at the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) the next day.
In his report, he said he claimed the duo had slandered by linking his post to Nga and DAP.
“At the time I made the posting, several BN supporters were not satisfied with the Selangor government to remove signboard with Chinese writing. They (BN supporters) challenged DAP to object to the Sultan.
“I know the decision was based on a decree by the Selangor Sultan. The aim of my post was to inform BN supporters not to blindly chide the Selangor government.
"If they are not happy, they can complain to the Sultan so that he would know of their dissatisfaction,” he said in his police report.
He admitted, however, that he did not think that his post could be deemed insulting to the ruler.
Instead, he said his reference to “Malays” in his post was based on a statement by state exco Teng Chang Khim in July that the Malays were unhappy with the policy on bilingual roadsigns and this resulted in criticism online.
Chin also alleged the term “Malays” was a snide reference to BN and MCA cyber troopers.
“I hope (this explanation) will help ease the feelings of the Malays. They were misled...it was not us who were playing up sentiments, but BN.”
Chin also told reporters that he deactivated “94yellowduck” two days ago but retained proof to aid in police investigations.
He promised to assist the police but said he has yet to be called in.
Najib had on Sunday taken to Facebook to urge the government to act against Nga, who is also the Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker, for allegedly inciting the Chinese against the Sultan.
The posting in question featured an image of the ruler next to a bilingual road sign in Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia.
It alleged that it was Sultan Sharafuddin who called for bilingual road signs in Shah Alam be removed and prompted the Chinese who were displeased to protest in front of the ruler.
Nga has since denied any links having any links with the Facebook pages and urged Najib to apologise for insinuating otherwise.
Najib responded by challenging Nga to lodge a police report on the matter. - Mkini
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