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KL cops on lookout for Jalur Gemilang snipper

This follows viral TikTok video showing man damaging flags in Jalan Ampang

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 18 Aug 2022 2:01PM

KL cops on lookout for Jalur Gemilang snipper
Screen grabs of the viral TikTok video showing a man in a red shirt and a blue cap cutting several Jalur Gemilang installed on the footpath believed to be in front of the Malaysian Tourism Centre in Jalan Ampang here. – Screen grab pic, August 18, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – Police are looking for a man who was captured on a viral video damaging the Jalur Gemilang national flags displayed in the federal capital.

However, Dang Wangi police chief Noor Dellhan Yahaya, when contacted, said police had not received any report regarding the incident.

The 37-second video, which went viral on TikTok, shows a man in a red shirt and a blue cap cutting several Jalur Gemilang installed on the footpath believed to be in front of the Malaysian Tourism Centre in Jalan Ampang here.

It is learnt that several motorists had reprimanded the suspect over his actions but were scolded by him. – Bernama, August 18, 2022

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