SUNGAI PETANI: An IT analyst has been arrested for allegedly making “threatening remarks” against Kedah menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor on Facebook.
Police said the 25-year-old man had sent a message to Sanusi via his Facebook page on Sunday.
The angry message by the man was in response to Sanusi’s remarks on containers used to store bodies of Covid-19 victims. He is the fourth person to be arrested for allegedly making insulting or threatening remarks against Sanusi.
Sanusi had asked if anyone was interested in signing up for a place in containers made available as makeshift morgues for the Covid-19 dead at the Sungai Petani Hospital during a recent press conference to explain the Covid-19 situation.
He has since apologised for the remark, saying he had said it in jest.
The man in the latest arrest is alleged to have scolded Sanusi for making fun of the dead and to have mentioned Sanusi’s mother in his “threatening remarks”.
Kuala Muda district police chief Adzli Abu Shah said the man was arrested at his home in Aulong, Taiping, at 12.15am and brought to Sungai Petani for questioning.
Police later obtained a three-day remand order from the magistrates court in Sungai Petani to complete their investigation.
Adzli said a 39-year-old man who ran Sanusi’s Facebook page had lodged a police report claiming the comments were offensive and threatening to the menteri besar.
Adzli said the man was being investigated for an intentional insult to provoke breach of peace, abuse of network services and insulting behaviour.
The case is being probed under Section 504 of the Penal Code, Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955. - FMT
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