The police are aware of the threat to spray-paint female devotees at the Thaipusam festival this year and are looking for individuals who issued such threats.

The Star quoted Selangor police chief Commissioner Abdul Samah Mat saying: "We will take appropriate action. What this individual is planning to do is unlawful, and we will not allow it."

He stressed that the police would maintain security during Thaipusam and would not tolerate any lawbreakers.