Police investigating another religious insult on facebook

PAGOH: Another religious insult has surfaced through a Hari Raya card posted on the Facebook page of an assemblyman's assistant, showing a roasted pig's head sandwiched by 'lemang' and 'ketupat', with a caption inviting Muslims to enjoy the dish.

A further search for the posting under the account of 'Alan Tang' found it missing.

However, Alan Tang, assistant to Stulang assemblyman Andrew Chen Kah Eng (DAP) claimed through his latest post that someone had used his identity to upload the insensitive photo and caption.

He further claimed that he received a death threat on his mobile phone about 9am yesterday, from a private number but had ignored it.

He lodged a report on the matter at the Taman Pelangi police station in Johor Baru later at 4.30 pm the same day, after he found out about the posting.

Johor CID deputy chief ACP Nor Azizan Anan confirmed that police had received the report and was working with the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission on the investigation.

Meanwhile, MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek expressed his disappointment with the latest incident and said it proved that the younger generation were unclear on the concept of racial and religious sensitivities.

Met after attending Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's open house at Kompleks Seri Pekembar here, he said it was a shame that despite more than five decades of independence such incidents were still occurring to threaten the country's peace and harmony. -- BERNAMA

Friday, August 9, 2013