'After false info warning, IGP spreads them'
Published: Jan 10, 2015 7:00 PM | Updated: Jan 10, 2015 10:07 PM
After repeated warnings by inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar against spreading false information online, the top cop appears to have forgotten his own advice.
The top cop appears to have forgotten his own advice, laments a DAP leader.
After repeated warnings by inspector-general of police Khalid Abu Bakar against spreading false information online, the top cop appears to have forgotten his own advice.
Kampar MP Ko Chung Sen today flayed Khalid for circulating an edited photograph of the Perak DAP leader on Twitter.
The photograph of Ko bore an edited speech bubble which read: "Abolish the Islamic civilisation subject, this is our right. We pay taxes.”
The image was apparently attributed to the now defunct anti-DAP ‘Boikot Barangan Cina DAP’ Facebook page.
Khalid, who shared the photograph on the micro-blogging site Twitter, said Ko’s statement would be investigated.
"Such statement should be investigated under the Sedition Act. PDRM will investigate under the Sedition Act," he said in a tweet.
However, Ko said it was Khalid who was committing the crime.
"He chose to investigate based on rumours and propagate this, creating ill-feelings among Malaysians, which is a crime," he was quoted as saying by The Star Online.
He added that Khalid was tarnishing the police force reputation by circulating "cybertroopers' lies".
'Biadap'
Ko had in July 2013 urged the government to reconsider its decision to expand the Islamic Civilisation to private universities as a compulsory subject.
The police chief also said that the police will also be investigating human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen over his Twitter comment:
"Jakim is promoting extremism every Friday. Govt needs to address that if serious about extremism in Msia."
A photo of him, along with the word 'Biadap' (uncouth), has been posted on the Internet and this, too, was circulated by Khalid.
Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom rubbished the claim that Friday sermons encouraged extremism.
On the contrary, he said, the sermon was a requirement in the Friday prayers which was delivered orally and carried educational elements to give advice on religion, to give inspiration and create consciousness.
"It also conveys the national policies and current issues among the Muslims. Can the reminders among the Muslims be construed as extreme?" he said in a statement today, reports Bernama.
He said it was the role of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to publish the text of the Friday sermons and coordinate activities on the pulpit just like the administration in places of worship of the other religions which had their own activities and administration.
As such, he said, the allegation that Jakim was a body that promoted or encouraged extremism during the delivery of the Friday sermon was an irresponsible and most serious act.
Kampar MP Ko Chung Sen today flayed Khalid for circulating an edited photograph of the Perak DAP leader on Twitter.
The photograph of Ko bore an edited speech bubble which read: "Abolish the Islamic civilisation subject, this is our right. We pay taxes.”
The image was apparently attributed to the now defunct anti-DAP ‘Boikot Barangan Cina DAP’ Facebook page.Khalid, who shared the photograph on the micro-blogging site Twitter, said Ko’s statement would be investigated.
"Such statement should be investigated under the Sedition Act. PDRM will investigate under the Sedition Act," he said in a tweet.
However, Ko said it was Khalid who was committing the crime.
"He chose to investigate based on rumours and propagate this, creating ill-feelings among Malaysians, which is a crime," he was quoted as saying by The Star Online.
He added that Khalid was tarnishing the police force reputation by circulating "cybertroopers' lies".
'Biadap'
Ko had in July 2013 urged the government to reconsider its decision to expand the Islamic Civilisation to private universities as a compulsory subject.
The police chief also said that the police will also be investigating human rights lawyer Eric Paulsen over his Twitter comment:
"Jakim is promoting extremism every Friday. Govt needs to address that if serious about extremism in Msia."
A photo of him, along with the word 'Biadap' (uncouth), has been posted on the Internet and this, too, was circulated by Khalid.
Meanwhile, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom rubbished the claim that Friday sermons encouraged extremism.
On the contrary, he said, the sermon was a requirement in the Friday prayers which was delivered orally and carried educational elements to give advice on religion, to give inspiration and create consciousness.
"It also conveys the national policies and current issues among the Muslims. Can the reminders among the Muslims be construed as extreme?" he said in a statement today, reports Bernama.
He said it was the role of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) to publish the text of the Friday sermons and coordinate activities on the pulpit just like the administration in places of worship of the other religions which had their own activities and administration.
As such, he said, the allegation that Jakim was a body that promoted or encouraged extremism during the delivery of the Friday sermon was an irresponsible and most serious act.
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