Penang DAP elected representatives have condemned a Facebook page for posting "slanderous, disturbing and fake news" regarding the party and its coalition Pakatan Harapan.
Leading the charge, Seri Delima assemblyperson Syerleena Abdul Rashid (above) lodged a police report today, urging the police force to take immediate action against the Facebook user who goes by the moniker "Det Santai De Villa".
Syerleena said the individual, who boasts of 1.9 million followers, has also posted disparaging remarks about Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
According to Syerleena the Facebook post in question on May 26, 15.57 hours, condemned Malays who supported DAP, saying they were destroyers of Islam and the country for wanting to remove the bumiputera classification and championing equality among the country's various ethnic groups.
Another Facebook post, reportedly published on April 2, accused Chow and his predecessor of having allegedly given MyKads to Chinese nationals.
Syerleena provided screenshots of the alleged posts while denying the allegations. The Facebook posts have since been removed from the page.
"Economic and public health matters should be given priority now as our country faces the Covid-19 pandemic challenge," said Syerleena, after lodging the police report.
"There is no place for spreading slander based on racism and hatred. The spread of slander is not freedom of speech but an act that threatens the prosperity and harmony of our country," she added.
"I hope the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will investigate and take action against this spread of slander," she stressed.
In December last year, DAP senior leader Lim Kit Siang had castigated Penang BN secretary, Omar Faudzar for his speech at the Umno general assembly.
Omar had then accused DAP of importing “phantom voters” from China to obtain more numbers through Chinese nationals.
He told the Umno general assembly that if 5,000 of these Chinese nationals were placed in each parliamentary constituency, all of Umno MPs would be "wiped out".
"Malaysians must not allow extremists to turn Malaysia into a deeply polarised nation through unchecked dissemination of irresponsible and incendiary fake news and hate speech, creating deep divisions in the country and corroding basic political institutions, fuelling societal anger, ultimately endangering democracy and the nation itself," said Lim, the Iskandar Puteri MP. - Mkini
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