KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 – The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) today arrested a woman suspected of having insulted the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, on her Facebook page.
The MCMC said in a statement that it had collaborated with the Commercial Crime Investigation Department to trace and arrest the woman following an investigation and after getting feedback from the public.
“She is believed to have gone into hiding after several blogs exposed her identity,” it said.
The MCMC asked friends of the woman to come forward to help in the investigation.
It said it took a serious view of the abuse of the social media by way of uploading content and comments of an insulting nature, especially involving the country’s institution of the monarchy.
Several police reports were lodged over the comments insulting Tuanku Abdul Halim published in the Facebook and Twitter pages after the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s address over television in conjunction with his birthday on Saturday.
– BERNAMA
