Women Umno members at the Bayan Baru police station in Penang after lodging police reports regarding a Facebook posting which insulted the prime minister's wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Hasnoor Hussain, March 2, 2015.
A Facebook posting showing Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor superimposed with a pig's body has caused an uproar among a group of housewives in Penang.
The group, made up of Umno members, women non-governmental organisations, single mothers and housewives from Bayan Baru, lodged 11 police reports against a Facebook user, identified as Peter Lee, urging swift investigations by the authorities.
Bayan Baru Umno information chief Kuraishah Syed Mohamad said it was unfortunate that people these days go to such extremes to offend leaders in the country.
"We must respect our leaders. It is not our place to simply decide who is wrong and right. It is not right to do something like this to a leader or anybody.
"The person who did this must face the music," she said outside the Bayan Baru police station.
The Facebook posting showed Rosmah's head superimposed on the body of a pig.
In a screenshot of the posting shown to the media, it was not stated when the posting, which was in Chinese, was uploaded onto the popular social media site.
Datin Ros Suryati Alang, an Umno Wanita chief who also lodged a report, said as women and mothers, she felt that the person who uploaded the photograph has gone overboard with the insult.
"We feel so angry. The pig is an animal that is 'haram' in Islam. It (the posting) upsets Muslims... it is also racist.
"We hope the Home Ministry and the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission will investigate this person immediately," she said.
Rosmah, who is Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's wife, had been the victim of several offensive Facebook postings.
Last year, after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines MH370, a Facebook user uploaded a superimposed picture showing Rosmah dead.
- TMI
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