Man in Penang under police probe for claiming MCO enforcement failure, bias
Monday, 30 Mar 2020 11:07 AM MYTNortheast District Police Chief ACP Soffian Santong monitoring the area around the Air Itam market, 30 March, 2020. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Northeast District Police chief Assistant Commissioner Soffian Santong confirmed receiving the police report yesterday about the allegations posted on Facebook.The law covers the offence of making statements or publishing of rumours likely to cause fear or alarm, and is punishable by a jail sentence of up to two years, a fine, or both.
“In the post, he had accused the authorities of failing to conduct their duty to ensure social distancing in the Air Itam market and he had accused the authorities of playing favouritism,” he said. “It is not fair to the authorities to be accused of not doing their duty when they had implemented so many measures to ensure social distancing,” he said.
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