Kuala Lumpur Deputy Chief of Police, Datuk Amar Singh confirmed receiving reports from 6 NGOs saying that the case is now being investigated under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948.
The Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM) was among those who lodged a report via its chief activist Datuk Nadzim Johan.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has also ordered the police to investigate the claims.
On Sunday, the New Straits Times quoted Ahmad Zahid as saying, "All Malaysians must respect the King as an institution of the nation."
Checks on the internet found several blogs sharing a screen caption of the alleged insults that is believed to have been started by an account under the name Melissa Gooi.
The insult started when Melissa wrote on her status update: Anyone listening to the speech? Grrr!
It is believed the comment was made during the King's birthday speech which was aired live on national television last Friday night.
Several of her Facebook friends commented on the update which also contributed to insulting the King further.
The other individuals involved, based on the screen grab of the incident, are Weennee Tan, ShuhChien Loo, Hun Keat Wong and Carol Tay.
However at this point, it is unclear whether the accounts are real or anonymous accounts using fictitious names.
Although the insults looked more like a conversation between friends, some of what was said showed them crossing the line into making allegations against the royal institution and insulting the King.
MAORI ACTIVISTS BARES BOTTOM TO QUEEN
ReplyDeleteDun Mihaka
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Te Ringa Mangu Nathan Mihaka or Dun Mihaka[1] is a Māori activist, author, and political candidate in New Zealand.
Mihaka has been involved in a number of campaigns regarding Māori rights, and was involved in the Bastion Point land dispute. His 1979 attempts to use Māori language in court were appealed to the Court of Appeal and were the trigger for the 1986 Waitangi Tribunal ruling that the government should introduce legislation making it an official language of New Zealand.[2] He has written two books on Māori issues. He is most known, however, for performing an act of whakapohane (baring his buttocks, a traditional Māori insult) to Diana, Princess of Wales and Charles, Prince of Wales in 1983.[3] Some sources claim this was actually directed at the Queen herself,[1][4] however, this is likely confused with a later incident in 1986 in which Mihaka was arrested for driving a van with an image of whakapohane in the vicinity of a royal motorcade;[5] on that occasion, he was charged with dangerous driving.
In 2010 he was sentenced to 28 days in jail for contempt of court for calling a District Court judge an arsehole in open court.[1]
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Dun Mihaka was not arrested or prosecuted for baring his bottoms. Everyone other than the royalists though it was a joke and this became part of NZ urban legend.
There are TV programmes that paroody the Queen but they were never prosecuted.
To suppress the Facebook girls will only make the thing spread like wild fire and bring unwanted attention to the fragile position of the monarchy which was attacked and shakened by none other than Dr. Mahathir.