A set of murals depicting the portraits of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and several others were found to have been vandalised with bad words sprayed on them.
The murals at Section U12 Shah Alam were painted earlier this month by three friends - Muhammad Suhaimi Ali or Miey Ali, 27, Abdul Hadi Ramli, 27, and Muhamad Firdaus Nordin, 26 - and had since gone viral on social media.
Besides the King, other public figures that were painted on the wall of a building there include Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang and Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Noor Hisham, as well as Ruler Sultan Abdullah and the royal family, had even visited the giant murals.
According to a short video clip of the vandalised murals uploaded on Twitter this morning, several words of "babi" were sprayed between the faces of Hadi and Muhyiddin, besides Sultan Abdullah's face.
Noor Hisham's portrait, meanwhile, had the word "bangsat" sprayed on his face.
Shah Alam district police chief Baharudin Mat Taib when contacted confirmed that police have been alerted about the incident.
The district police would issue a press statement on the case later today.
Police, officers from the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) and several individuals believed to be the artists were spotted at the site of the defaced murals.
All the murals were later completely painted over by the council officers.
Meanwhile, the desecration of the portraits had since attracted wide criticisms from the public as well as politicians.
The political leaders included DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng, PKR communications director Fahmi Fadzil and Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan.
"This act of vandalism and destroying of arts should not have happened, especially involving the portrait of the DYMM YDPA.
"I urge the authorities to investigate this act of provocation and drag those involved to justice," Lim said on Facebook.
Fahmi also posted a similar message on Twitter: "I hope @PDRMsia will identify and arrest those who damaged these paintings soon."
Ahmad also took to Twitter, urging authorities to collar those responsible.
"Arrest those who were involved in damaging these murals. I hope there is CCTV nearby.
"No matter who was involved, such act of vandalism is really not fitting of Malaysians’ moral values," Ahmad said.- Mkini
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