INVESTIGATIONS into the defacing of a mural featuring several national leaders will be completed soon, Deputy Inspector-General of Police Mazlan Mansor said.

He said police have received several new leads on the case.

“I will not reveal the new leads as investigations are under way. However, following intelligence gathering, the suspects have been identified,” he told a press conference after officiating the new Sentul district police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur today. 

Mazlan said so far, only one investigation paper has been opened and several reports lodged in connection with the case.

Recently, the portraits of Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, which were among the portraits featured on a wall at Taman Cahaya Alam, Section U12 Shah Alam, Selangor, were defaced with red paint and derogatory words.

A restaurant worker noticed the acts of vandlism.

The mural, painted as a show of appreciation to the country leaders, is the work of three young artists – Muhamad Firdaus Nordin, 26, Muhammad Suhaimi Ali and Abdul Hadi Ramli, both 27. – Bernama, July 29, 2020.