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Man detained over 'defamatory' FB post on Adenan

Kuching police have arrested a 57-year-old man for allegedly posting defamatory remarks about Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem who died yesterday.

Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department head Dev Kumar said police arrested the suspect at 12.05am today at his house at RPR Landeh Kuching.

"His mobile phone was seized for investigation purposes," Dev said in a statement today.

According to Dev, as of this morning, 13 police reports had been lodged at eight police districts against four Facebook account holders for allegedly posting defamatory remarks on the social media.

"We are monitoring social media sites and will not hesitate to arrest anyone posting defamatory or inflammatory comments against the late chief minister or any other person for that matter," he added.

- Bernama

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