POLICE have rubbished rumours making the rounds on social media that riots will take place in Little India, Brickfields in Kuala Lumpur today and tomorrow.

Brickfields police district acting chief Supt Arifai Tarawe said the public need not fear and that the situation was under control.

“The public is advised not to easily believe or spread fake news that can cause anxiety in society,” he said in a statement today.

He assured that police would go after anyone who broke the law.

Yesterday, police had said in a statement that they had received a notice from the organiser of the “Say No To Zakir Naik, Equal Rights to Indians and Other Races” rally to be held at the Water Fountain Little India, Brickfields, at 2pm tomorrow.

The statement said police had asked the organiser not to proceed with the rally as the notice was not complete. – Bernama, August 23, 2019.