Police to record Najib's statement this week
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak is expected to have his statement recorded this week in connection with an alleged fake online posting concerning Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming.
This follows a report lodged by Nga's senior private secretary Tan Tiong Yih in Ipoh early this month.
"We have contacted him to let him know that police will record his statement by this week," Federal Crime Investigation Department chief Huzir Mohamed said today.
Asked if the police would record Najib's statement at his house, Huzir said: "Normally, he would have to come here (Bukit Aman)."...
Former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak (above) is expected to have his statement recorded this week in connection with an alleged fake online posting concerning Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming.
This follows a report lodged by Nga's senior private secretary Tan Tiong Yih in Ipoh early this month.
"We have contacted him to let him know that police will record his statement by this week," Federal Crime Investigation Department chief Huzir Mohamed said today.
Asked if the police would record Najib's statement at his house, Huzir said: "Normally, he would have to come here (Bukit Aman)."
Najib had accused Nga of insulting Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah via his Facebook page "Nga Kor Ming Super Fans page" last month.
Nga had refuted the allegation, saying that Najib's facebook page had uploaded fake news with the intention to slander.
Nga had his statement recorded as a witness at Bukit Aman on Oct 8.
"I am confident that the truth will prevail and justice will be served," Nga said.
The Teluk Intan MP stressed that there was a political conspiracy to tarnish his good name and that of DAP.
He had demanded Najib apologise to all Malaysians for using a fake Facebook posting to sow hatred among the people towards him and DAP.
“A check online found that the posting Najib referred to was from a Facebook page titled 'Jiu Shi Huang Ya', which has nothing to do with me or DAP. This proves Najib lied again,” Nga had said in an earlier statement.
Meanwhile, Huzir said that police will carry out another round of recording Nga's statement in the near future.
Cybercrime cases being probed
In a separate matter, police are also investigating two cybercrime cases for insulting the prime minister and inspector-general of police (IGP), as well as Islam.
Huzir said on Oct 14, police opened up an investigation paper for a Twitter user known as Naavin Pillai, regarding his tweets on Dr Mahathir Mohamad and IGP Abdul Hamid Bador.
The 38-year-old technician who lives abroad had uploaded a picture of the two figures with the caption "anjing bersama Tuan" (Dog and its master), as well as several provoking tweets which Huzir said "could sow racial discord."
"Checks showed that he had left the country since 2007. He has no political background, and he hailed from Klang Valley.
"We will ask for Interpol’s help to locate this man," Huzir said, without revealing the country the suspect is currently in.
Police are also investigating a Facebook user who had allegedly uploaded a picture of a pig with halal logo stamped on its belly.
Police had received a total of eight reports concerning the post, Huzir said.
The suspect, who is a tourist agent, had surrendered himself at a police station in Penang yesterday.
The Twitter user is being investigated under Section 505 (B) Penal Code for offences that involve statements that could disrupt public peace, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA).
Meanwhile, the Facebook user is being investigated under Section 504 of the Penal Code for insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, as well as Section 233 of the CMA.
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