Senator lodges police report over video calling DAP ‘communist party’

 Dr RA Lingeshwaran says the recording contains 'malicious slander' and can threaten racial harmony.

Dr RA Lingeshwaran and party members with the police report.

PETALING JAYA:

DAP senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran has lodged a police report over a video circulating on social media which he says falsely portrays DAP as a communist party.

Lingeshwaran said the video contained “malicious slander” and could threaten racial harmony.

In the video, a man wearing a Barisan Nasional vest is heard saying he rejected DAP as it is a communist party.

“DAP is not a communist party and is not founded on any communist ideology,” Lingeshwaran said, adding that it is a multiracial party that upholds the Federal Constitution and supports Malaysia’s parliamentary system.

He claimed the video’s contents were intended to provoke public hatred, tarnish the party’s reputation, and inflame racial tensions.

He urged the authorities to investigate the matter under the Sedition Act 1948, Sections 505(b) and 505(c) of the Penal Code, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

Lingeshwaran also called on Malaysians to reject racial hate politics and not to be misled by false information spread for narrow political interests. - FMT