POLICE have clarified that there was no incident of rioting and illegal assembly involving members of a political party in Lenggong on Monday, which went viral via TikTok. 

Perak police chief Yusri Hassan Basri said pictures that were uploaded by one TikTok account holder had been edited and the story that followed was fabricated to portray an unsafe situation.

“Our own investigation revealed the pictures that were uploaded were taken when police were conducting patrols during the tallying of votes on Saturday. 

“The individual who did it was very creative by taking pictures of a different situations and later compiling them and creating a story to show an unsafe situation, especially in Lenggong, and as we know, Lenggong is the constituency of the menteri besar,” he said at a press conference at the Perak police contingent headquarters in Ipoh today. 

According to him, a team had been sent to Dewan Merdeka in Lenggong to investigate but found no riots as alleged. 

The TikTok clip claimed the riot occurred after Saarani Mohamad was sworn in as Perak menteri besar following Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan’s formation of the state government. 

He also said the state Criminal Investigation Department had been directed to conduct a thorough investigation on the TikTok account holder under Section 505(b) of the penal code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. – Bernama, November 23, 2022.