A trader in Low Yat Plaza has complained to the police over the leaking of his previous police report on a phone theft.

According to person's police report lodged at the Jalan Tun HS Lee police station today, the leak had resulted in his identity card number, house address and phone number being made public.

Selangor Gerakan Youth secretary Chai Ko Thing, who accompanied See to the police station, told reporters that subsequent to this, the complainant had suffered severe harassment.

"Since the incident, The person has been receiving threats resulting in him being unable to show up for work out of fear," said Chai.

Chai said the identity of complainants must be protected or else the public would not feel safe when making police reports.

Moreover, he said this was a matter of police professionalism.

The trader was among two complainants in a widely circulated police report which documented the theft of a mobile phone from Low Yat Plaza on Saturday.

The incident resulted in a riot with heavy racial overtones on Sunday night.

The trader, who is also a Gerakan member, was not present at the press conference as he feared for his safety.

Report against PPMI head

Apart from the trader, another police report was lodged against Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) leader Nadzim Johan's claims that "swindling" was part of Chinese culture, as quoted by Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia's website.

The report was lodged by Federal Territories Gerakan Youth secretary Muruga Rajan Lingappan.

Chai said Nadzim was irresponsible for making inflammatory racial comments.

Meanwhile, Chai dismissed suggestions that the Low Yat Plaza incident was an attempt to divert attention from the 1MDB controversy.

"1MDB is a big issue, I don't think the people are that ignorant," he said.