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Four to give statements for allegedly insulting PwD

KUALA LUMPUR: Four individuals, featured in two videos that went viral since Wednesday for allegedly insulting persons with disabilities (PwD), will have their statements recorded at the Sentul police headquarters today.

Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner Beh Eng Lai said the case investigating officer managed to contact the four suspects yesterday.

"They will be at the station to have their statements recorded this afternoon," he told Bernama.

The case has been classified under Section 504 of the Penal Code for intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for improper use of the network service.

Last Thursday, OKU Sentral president Senator Datuk Ras Adiba Radzi lodged a police report against these individuals for allegedly insulting the PwD, although they had publicly apologised.

In a recent viral video clip, two youths were seen to have bragged about having successfully secured a parking spot for the disabled by pretending to be one, but after being deluged with negative comments from the netizens, the two came out with another video in which they publicly apologised to the PwD community.

In another video, two women were seen belittling the PwD while using the toilet for the disabled at a petrol station. - Bernama

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