PERAK police are looking for a couple, believed to be involved in a viral social media allegation that the husband was blackmailed by police officers.

State police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the police had visited the couple’s address in Kampung Kepayang, Ipoh, but they were not at home.

“I want them to come forward and if they are afraid to meet other police officers, they can meet me to provide information about this incident,” he said in Mukim Hulu Kinta on Jalan Raja Dr Nazrin Shah today.

He said that further investigations were underway, even though the status uploaded on Facebook had been deleted by the couple.

“If they feel they have been threatened by enforcement agency personnel, then I ask them to come forward so that we can take action against the policemen involved,” he said.

Recently, a Facebook account user under the name of Hawaa Azmann alleged that her husband was a victim of extortion, after their savings were seized by the police during Ramadan, but they had no evidence relating to the incident.

The status also mentioned that her husband was believed to be able to recognise the faces of several officers involved, who were driving in three Honda cars.

However, she then made another statement of apology, to clear the name of the police by explaining that the incident was only her husband’s fabrication and that the money had been used for other purposes. – Bernama, May 22, 2021.