JOHOR BAHRU, June 30 — The police are conducting an investigation into a Facebook post by the ‘Kelab Penyokong PAS Malaysia’ page, which implicates the Regent of Johor Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sultan Ibrahim in alleged corruption involving another individual.
Johor police chief CP M. Kumar said the post implied that His Highness had claimed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s Anti-Money Laundering division director Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin requested a RM20 million bribe from Qatar Holdings on January 28 last year.
A report concerning the allegation was made at the Bandar Penawar police station in Kota Tinggi yesterday at 4.05pm.
“The investigation is being conducted by the Classified Crime Investigation Unit, Prosecution/Legal Division of the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department, under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
“The case is still under investigation, and the public is advised to be responsible social media users and not to use the platforms unlawfully,” he said in a statement today.
Stern action will be taken against any party that sends, transmits, or shares information that is seditious, slanderous, and false, especially if it affects public order and national security.
The post, titled ‘TMJ dah bersuara, takkan PMX masih senyap?’ (TMJ has spoken, will PMX remain silent?) can be accessed here.
Yesterday, Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said that the state views the issue as an attempt at malicious incitement to undermine the royal institution and that the state government has filed a police report on the matter.
— Bernama
