Police have summoned two New Straits Times news editors to assist in its investigation against a news anchor, who wrote a letter accusing a police officer of rude conduct.
The article was published by the newspaper in its “Letters” section on Saturday.
According to sources close to the case, one of the editors had already given his statement to a police investigator attached to the Subang Jaya district police headquarters yesterday.
“Another editor has been summoned to give his statement tomorrow (Thursday),” said the source when contacted last night.
A spokesperson for Subang Jaya district police headquarters told its media WhatsApp group this morning that they have recorded statements from six individuals so far, including an NST Online editor.
It was reported that police opened an investigation against Muhammed Ahmad Hamdan, who works for TV3, over a letter he wrote that was published in NST.
In his letter, Muhammed spoke about the alleged patrol officer’s behaviour outside his house in Subang Jaya.
He had arrived home at about 1am after presenting the Tuesday midnight news and was unwinding in his car - parked in front of his house - when two officers on motorcycles approached him.
Despite complying with the officers’ request to furnish them with his MyKad, things got heated when one of the officers asked Muhammed to step out of his car and refused to explain why.
“One of them exhibited rude, arrogant, and unprofessional behaviour, which left me disappointed,” he wrote, adding that the other officer tried to defuse the situation.
Muhammed did not reveal the identity or provide a description of both officers.
Untrue and damaging
In response to the letter, the officer lodged a police report against Muhammed.
Bernama quoted Subang Jaya district police chief Wan Azlan Wan Mamat as saying that the officer involved found the article untrue and damaging to the image of the police.
He said Muhammed was being investigated under Section 504 of the Penal Code for intentional insult, which carries a punishment of up to two years in jail.
On top of this, police are investigating Muhammed under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, which covers misuse of network facilities.
Following this, police had hauled up Muhammed on Tuesday evening for questioning. - Mkini
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