Crime & Courts

Man who provoked, insulted cops while not wearing mask arrested

KUALA LUMPUR: A man's actions of provoking and making a live video of the police doing their job while not having his face mask on at a petrol station in Sri Damansara, ended with a compound and his arrest last night.

Petaling Jaya District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Fakhrudin Abdul Hamid said the 29-year-old suspect was arrested at his apartment in Bandar Sri Damansara at about 10pm.

"At 1.50pm yesterday we traced a 15 minutes and 42 seconds video on Facebook showing a local man refusing to cooperate with the police and disputing the police's action of issuing a compound against him.

"Investigations found that the incident happened at about 12.30pm, last Monday where the police issued a compound against him for not wearing a face mask in public.

"During the incident, the suspect made statements that could lead to public treason," he said in a statement today.

He added that as soon as he was compounded, the suspect continued the live video by uttering abusive words and insults against the police.

"We received a police report on the video from a 38-year-old man at 9.17pm last night. Following that, we arrested the suspect for investigation. Again, when the police made the arrest last night, the suspect made a live video through the same social media account," he said.

Mohamad Fakhrudin said the suspect was brought to the Petaling Jaya Magistrate's Court for a remand application today and the case was investigated under Section 186 of the Penal Code, Section 504 and Section 505 (b) of the same code.

Investigations were also conducted under Section 14 of the Minor Offenses Act 1955 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

"The public is advised to always give their full cooperation to police personnel on duty in the field and they must continue comply with the standard operating procedures (SOP) of the National Recovery Plan. People are also reminded not to speculate on the video."

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