Crackhouse Comedy Club owner Rizal Van Geyzel who came under scrutiny recently over jokes that allegedly called the Malays “lazy”, will be charged in court tomorrow.
According to a statement by Bukit Aman, he will be charged under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMC) at the Kuala Lumpur Cyber Crime Court at 9am.
It was understood that he would be slapped with three charges under the law, which stipulates offences regarding the improper use of network facilities, over a video where Rizal allegedly cracked a joke about racial stereotypes.
In a one-minute video clip circulating online, believed to be from 2018, Rizal was seen speaking about Malaysia having racial stereotypes including for the Malays, Indians, and Chinese.
"We've got some stereotypes - all Indian people come from Klang. That is not true. Some of them are also living in Jalan Gasing, ok," he said, to the amusement of his audience.
"I'm just saying, keep it factual, you know. Anyone can come up here and say that all Malays are lazy at jobs. That's not true. Some of us don't even have jobs.
"Anyone can come up here and (say) all sorts of stereotypes. (That) all Chinese are stingy and money minded... actually that is also true lah," Rizal said in the clip.
Crackhouse came under heavy scrutiny recently over controversial performances that touched on Islam, which saw a woman and her alleged boyfriend arrested.
Rizal later landed in hot water too when several old videos of controversial comedy performances started resurfacing. He was arrested by Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department's Classified Investigation Unit on July 14 and remanded.
Several days later, the comedy club was vandalised and Rizal received a death threat sent through his wife. Police believed the two incidents were connected. - Mkini
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