CONTROVERSIAL Selangor Umno leader Jamal Md Yunos presented himself at the Dang Wangi police station at 12.20am this morning to give his statement.

The Sungai Besar division chief said he was summoned to the police station yesterday after he had threatened to bash former minister Zaid Ibrahim’s head with a sledgehammer.

“I decided to come tonight because I did not want my neighbours to be disturbed at night, in case the police decided to come for me at home,” Jamal told reporters at the police station.

Jamal had lodged a report against Zaid last Tuesday for allegedly criticising the sultan of Selangor on Twitter.

Since then, Jamal has burned two Zaid effigies and used a sledgehammer to strike a cutout figure of the DAP member at the Putra World Trade Centre as the Umno general assembly was in full swing.

According to Jamal, the police had asked him about the report he lodged last Tuesday and not for the threats he made against Zaid.

“I hope that action will now be taken against Zaid after the police have taken my statement. If not, I will have to go to his house and carry out what I said this afternoon,” said Jamal after coming out of the police station at 12.55am.

Yesterday, Inspector General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun told The Malaysian Insight that the police had received reports following Jamal’s threats against Zaid.

Fuzi said police would consider calling in Jamal for questioning. He also said police did not plan to offer protection for Zaid for the time being.

Zaid said he feared for the safety of himself and his family following Jamal’s threats against him. – December 9, 2017.