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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Don’t believe messages of racial riots in social media, cops tell public

Police urge the public to dismiss messages online that warned of racial riots at a few locations in Kuala Lumpur, saying those are false messages. – The Malaysian Insider pic, July 16, 2015.Police urge the public to dismiss messages online that warned of racial riots at a few locations in Kuala Lumpur, saying those are false messages. – The Malaysian Insider pic, July 16, 2015.
Police today urged the public to dismiss messages online that warned of racial riots at a few locations in Kuala Lumpur, saying those are false messages and those caught spreading them will be charged with sedition.
Police corporate communications chief Datin Asmawati Ahmad said police had detected news being spread on social media warning the public to be careful when visiting a few locations in the capital city following the brawl at Plaza Low Yat over the weekend.
Additionally, the police have also detected news being spread that there were plans to stage racial riots purportedly to defend the dignity of race and religion.
She warned action can be taken against the perpetrators under the Sedition Act as well as the Communications and Multimedia Act.
"The public are advised not to easily believe any information which are being spread from unofficial sources and to quickly refer to the authorities for further explanation," she added.
She said the Low Yat Plaza brawl only involved two parties and there is nothing racial about it at all.
Asmawati added that despite the incident having cooled down, there are still irresponsible social media users who are trying to manipulate the issue to create racial tensions.
The drama at Low Yat Plaza unfolded on Saturday when two youths visited a handphone outlet to buy a Lenovo S860 smartphone worth RM799.
The salesman who attended to them told police that the youths ran off with the phone as he turned away to get a free gift.
A chase ensued and mobile phone dealers in another shop caught the suspects and assaulted them before handing them over to the plaza's security guards who called in the police.
One of the suspects was later released by police, and it is believed that he returned to the plaza with his friends and attacked the store where the employees had helped detain the suspects earlier.
On Sunday evening, some 200 people congregated at the plaza, forcing authorities to order businesses at the premises to close early.
Police cordoned off the area but a crowd gathered again after midnight and fights broke out, where helmets and other items were thrown between rival groups.
At least five people, including media personnel, were reportedly injured in the incident. Police had detained 25 people to facilitate investigations but have released 24 on bail.
Three other were still being detained for investigation under the Sedition Act, namely activist Mohd Ali Baharom, better known as Ali Tinju, blogger Wan Mohd Azri Wan Deris or Papagomo and Bagan Umno division chief Datuk Dr Shaikh Hussein Mydin.
The incident was condemned by both the opposition and ministers, with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak saying that it should not be seen through a racial lens.
Malaysians also took to social network sites like Facebook and Twitter to condemn the brawl, saying that the incident should not be viewed along racial lines.
- TMI

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