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Sports commentator suspects he received threats over Zii Jia criticism: cops

TV station man lodges police report over threatening content received through Instagram

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 01 Sep 2022 7:26AM

Sports commentator suspects he received threats over Zii Jia criticism: cops
Shah Alam district police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim says the complainant touched on the poor form of national badminton player Lee Zii Jia (pic) on the programme ‘Nindia Pak Long’, and suspects that this may have caused dissatisfaction among certain parties. – The Vibes file pic, September 1, 2022

SHAH ALAM – Police confirmed having received a report from a sports commentator at a private television station regarding threats received from an individual on social media.

Shah Alam district police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said the report was made at 1am yesterday (August 31) and is believed to be related to the man’s comments on a show.

He said the case was investigated under Section 507 of the Penal Code, Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

“The sports commentator received threats via Instagram on August 27, 2022, and lodged a report over the matter.

“Based on preliminary investigations by police, the complainant touched on the poor form of national badminton player Lee Zii Jia on the programme ‘Nindia Pak Long’, and suspects that this may have caused dissatisfaction among certain parties,” he said in a statement last night.

He added that any information related to the case could be channelled to investigating officer Insp Hadi at 016-2745515. – Bernama, September 1, 2022

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