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Police probe Kulai MP over four-year-old social media post
Published: Jan 12, 2022 6:49 PM⋅Updated: 7:18 PM22
The police are investigating Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching over a social media post she shared in April 2017.
When contacted, the opposition lawmaker said the post was originally by activist-artist Fahmi Reza and she had shared it on her official Facebook along with the caption “pertahankan kebebasan berekspresi, kebebasan bersatire” (defend the freedom to express, freedom to be satirical).
“It was a post regarding freedom of expression,” she said briefly without going into specifics.
Teo (above) elaborated in a statement that the police had informed her the probe was being conducted under Section 504 of the Penal Code (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of the peace).
The police are also probing the post under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (improper use of network facilities or network service etc).
She was questioned yesterday while accompanied by her lawyer Syahredzan Johan.
“I stand by what I wrote, which was to defend the right to expression protected by Article 10 of the Federal Constitution.
“Police resources should be used to fight actual crimes impacting actual victims and not be a tool to intimidate the public from speaking their mind.
“An act of being critical of the government or governing institutions cannot be treated as a crime,” Teo wrote on Facebook.
Article 10 stipulates that every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression, to assemble peaceably without arms, and to form associations.
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