CELEBRITY chef Redzuawan Ismail has lodged a police report against a blog that he says slandered him by twisting his Instagram post, making him appear to be politically aligned.

Redzuawan, popularly known as Chef Wan, lodged the report at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail police station this evening.

“Just made my police report with regard to the article, which falsely quoted me and compromised my reputation, written in the Malaysia Chronicle.

“It’s in the hands of the law now. Let justice prevail!” he said in an Instagram post that was accompanied by a photo of him holding up the report outside the police station.

Earlier today, Chef Wan said the blog had intentionally misrepresented his Instagram post, where he stated his disinterest in taking sides when it came to politics.

The blog lifted an article from Malaysiakini, titled “Chef Wan snubs both sides of the political divide, points to Dr M’s fate”, and replaced it with a controversial headline that read “All I want for Christmas is a New PM: Outraged by PM Najib’s senseless attacks on ex-PM, Chef Wan the latest celebrity to demand change”.

In response, Chef Wan took to Instagram, where he has 384,000 followers, declaring that he was being “slandered”, and that the article had twisted and sensationalised his words.

“We who speak the truth and advise nicely are being blamed and even slandered!” said the Singapore-born Malaysian.

Access to the Malaysia Chronicle has been blocked in the country by internet regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission since October 2015.

In his original post, uploaded on Christmas Day, Chef Wan said there was no need for some politicians to behave with vicious hatred and vengeance, due to political differences, especially towards former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

“I find such behaviour so disgusting.”

He also said both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan had tried to persuade him to campaign for them.

“Elephants want to fight with elephants, why do we want to get stuck in the middle (Gajah dgn gajah nak berperang, kita nak tersepit untuk apa)?”

The post was accompanied by a photo of a red shirt with the words “All I want for Christmas is a new prime minister” printed on it.

“Politics can be such a filthy game,” he said in the post, using as an example Dr Mahathir’s “fall” from grace after he no longer supported the ruling government.

Dr Mahathir is chairman of Umno breakaway party Bersatu and opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan. – December 27, 2017.