IPOH – Police will call up graphic designer and activist Mohd Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin next week to record his statement over a poster depicting the Perak menteri besar that was uploaded to Facebook and Twitter.
State top cop Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said several individuals have already been questioned in the case.
“We will summon the main suspect to give his statement,” he told a press conference here today.
On June 1, state Umno Youth chief Mohd Ariff Abdul Majid lodged a report at the Kuala Kangsar district police headquarters over the poster, which he described as slanderous and a deliberate attempt to incite hatred against Datuk Saarani Mohamad.
He said the poster, which bears the words “kita dah bagi makan sardin, jangan gatal nak mintak ayam pulak” (we have fed you sardines, so don’t be greedy for chicken now), has been criticised by social media users.
Mior Faridalathrash also urged all quarters not to hold social activities, including “durian festivals”, while the Covid-19 lockdown is in place.
“It is durian season now. Everybody wants to eat durian. Traders are allowed to sell durian and the public can buy, but no durian festivals are allowed at the moment.”
Meanwhile, Tapah district police chief Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail said cops will call up a celebrity with the Datuk title following a viral photo of an event in Kg Poh, Bidor, on Thursday that flouted the standard operating procedures.
He said traders and villagers, too, will be quizzed. – Bernama, June 27, 2021
