'Joke or not, take death threats seriously'
Alyaa AzharPublished: Feb 25, 2015 4:42 PM | Updated: Feb 25, 2015 5:23 PM
Former inspector-general of police (IGP) Musa Hassan has admitted that there is no way to know whether a group that threatened violence had been joking or otherwise.
Ex-top cop Musa Hassan comments on the death threat to IGP Khalid.
Former inspector-general of police (IGP) Musa Hassan has admitted that there is no way to know whether a group that threatens violence is joking or otherwise.
Musa said this in response to an entity - which calls itself 'Anak Malaysia Anti-Demokrasi' - which had threatened to assassinate current IGP Khalid Abu Bakar by blowing up his car.
Although Khalid himself has responded that he was 'not intimidated' by such threats, Musa stressed that any group which supported violence had to be taken seriously.
“We have to take the threat seriously because we don’t know whether they are joking or not.
“Any kind of threat has to be taken seriously because we don’t want such things to happen,” he told Malaysiakini today.
In a YouTube video viewed through the Facebook page of 'Ameno World', three individuals wearing balaclavas with the Malaysian flag in the background threatened to kill Khalid.
The narrator of the video - after announcing that they will 'kill the IGP by blowing up his car' - pushed two toy cars forward before one of the men in the video set one of the cars ablaze.
This was followed by the sound of a car exploding, and the video ended with the trio flashing their middle fingers.
The video comes hot on the heels of criticism against the police chief for his recent Twitter-fuelled Sedition Act crackdown.
On the Sedition Act probe arrests, Musa noted that if statements were made that were seditious, then the police have to take action as the law is still there.
“But if it is not against the Sedition Act, it is okay; there is no need to take action. Not all comments are provocative,” he pointed out.
When asked on the special 'D5' unit - which was set up by the police to investigate sedition-related cases - Musa confirmed that such a unit had not been in existence during his time as the country’s top cop.
“D5, what is that? There was never one before.
“Any police investigator can investigate on sedition, we don’t need a team,” he added.
PKR parliamentarian Rafizi Ramli had previously said that his statement with regard to the conviction of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was taken by officers from the D5 unit.
Since Anwar's incarceration, several political leaders and activists had been hauled up by the police due to their remarks made in relation to his guilty conviction for sodomy.
Musa said this in response to an entity - which calls itself 'Anak Malaysia Anti-Demokrasi' - which had threatened to assassinate current IGP Khalid Abu Bakar by blowing up his car.
Although Khalid himself has responded that he was 'not intimidated' by such threats, Musa stressed that any group which supported violence had to be taken seriously.
“We have to take the threat seriously because we don’t know whether they are joking or not.“Any kind of threat has to be taken seriously because we don’t want such things to happen,” he told Malaysiakini today.
In a YouTube video viewed through the Facebook page of 'Ameno World', three individuals wearing balaclavas with the Malaysian flag in the background threatened to kill Khalid.
The narrator of the video - after announcing that they will 'kill the IGP by blowing up his car' - pushed two toy cars forward before one of the men in the video set one of the cars ablaze.
This was followed by the sound of a car exploding, and the video ended with the trio flashing their middle fingers.
The video comes hot on the heels of criticism against the police chief for his recent Twitter-fuelled Sedition Act crackdown.On the Sedition Act probe arrests, Musa noted that if statements were made that were seditious, then the police have to take action as the law is still there.
“But if it is not against the Sedition Act, it is okay; there is no need to take action. Not all comments are provocative,” he pointed out.
When asked on the special 'D5' unit - which was set up by the police to investigate sedition-related cases - Musa confirmed that such a unit had not been in existence during his time as the country’s top cop.
“D5, what is that? There was never one before.
“Any police investigator can investigate on sedition, we don’t need a team,” he added.
PKR parliamentarian Rafizi Ramli had previously said that his statement with regard to the conviction of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was taken by officers from the D5 unit.
Since Anwar's incarceration, several political leaders and activists had been hauled up by the police due to their remarks made in relation to his guilty conviction for sodomy.
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