Not Hindu activist’s place to comment on Zamri Vinoth probe, say police

Alfian Z.M. Tahir Alfian Z.M. Tahir Updated 7 years ago · Published on 7 May 2019 4:46PM · 2 Comments

Muslim preacher Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Abdullah is under investigation for disrupting harmony and transmitting offensive communications. – Screengrab, May 7, 2019.


HINDU activist Arun Dorasamy is not authorised to make public statements on police investigations into Muslim preacher Muhammad Zamri Vinoth Abdullah, said acting Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Huzir Mohamed today.

“He has no authority to make the statement,” Huzir told The Malaysian Insight when asked about Arun’s claim that the deputy public prosecutor has returned the investigation papers to the police.

Arun of the Hindu association Agamam Ani Malaysia had today informed the media viaWhatsApp that police are to interview two more witnesses.

He said the Attorney-General’s Chambers wanted more statements to be taken down before taking Zamri to court over allegations he insulted Hindus in a video posted on social media.

Huzir declined to confirm Arun’s claims.

Zamri, a Hindu who converted to Islam and an associate of controversial Muslim preacher Zakir Naik, was arrested last week after more than 800 police reports were lodged against him.

Zamri is under investigation for disrupting harmony and transmitting offensive communications   under Section 298A of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. – May 7, 2019.

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  • Is Arun Dorasamy's information to the press correct? If it is, then what's wrong? If it's true, it means police investigation was not thorough, something was missing. And if something was missing, why was it missing? Missing pieces of evidence can cause a case to be thrown out by the court. So it's a serious matter.

    Posted 7 years ago by Ravinder Singh · Reply

    • Is Arun Dorasamy conducting the investigation or the police? Does the police report to Arun Dorasamy or is Arun Dorasamy the IGP? If he is neither then he should just let police make the announcement. The police is still conducting investigation, right?

      Posted 7 years ago by Your Grandpa · Reply