THE police have confirmed that a man was arrested on suspicion of insulting and threatening Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Facebook. 

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the 41-year-old local man was arrested at 3.20pm yesterday in Taman Desa Budiman, Bedong, Kedah. 

He said the police received a report on the matter and deployed a team of officers from the Kuala Muda district headquarters to arrest the man, who worked as a masseur. 

“The suspect, known as ‘JoeJebat Tajudin’, wrote the threatening message on Saturday,” he said at a special press conference in Bukit Aman today. 

He said the man – who has three criminal records related to drug abuse – was remanded for four days from today to assist in investigations.  

When asked about the case of PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, who allegedly touched on 3R issues (religion, royalty and race) in his recent speech in Johor, Mohd Shuhaily said the police would summon Hadi in the near future to record his statement. 

“The police have opened investigation papers under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. 

“PDRM has also contacted him (Hadi) in relation to this case,” he said. 

Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat today confirmed that police had investigated Hadi, who allegedly disputed the authority of the Pardons Board, in his talk at PAS Bakri’s headquarters in Muar two days ago. – Bernama, August 28, 2023.