The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will take stringent action against individuals who deliberately record and disseminate videos or pictures of police personnel who are on duty which can cause defamation and hinder investigations.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Abdul Hamid Bador (above) said the irresponsible acts could create anxiety and wrong perceptions in society resulting in the existence of an assumption that the security force oppressed the public.
"We view seriously the ill-intentioned action of viraling videos or pictures of an incident purportedly that the police were acting in opposition to the law.
"The police always respects freedom of speech, but it must be within a scope that is allowed under the law," he said.
He also warned that those perpetrating the offences could be investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 500 of the Penal Code for slandering.
He was commenting on the action of a 24-year-old man who recorded visuals of a team of police officers who were conducting a raid with his cellphone and broadcasting it through Facebook Live. He was detained at a house in Petaling Jaya on Nov 7.
The raid was made as part of an investigation under the Sedition Act involving the University Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany).
Prior to this, the media reported Bukit Aman CID (Investigation and Legal) deputy director Mior Faridalathrash Wahid as saying that police were conducting an investigation on a senior leader of Umany under the Sedition Act on a controversial statement involving the role of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
- Bernama
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