Man Who Claimed Cops Refused To Take His Report Now Under Investigation

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Ipoh district police chief Yahaya Hassan said a preliminary investigation found that the complainant admitted he misunderstood the advice he received from a police officer. (Bernama pic)IPOH: The police have opened an investigation paper on a man who alleged that a senior police officer at the Ipoh district police headquarters (IPD) refused to accept a complaint from him regarding illegal moneylenders.
Ipoh district police chief Yahaya Hassan said the investigation paper was opened following a report made against the man.
“The case is being investigated under Section 500 of the Penal Code (Defamation) and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998, pertaining to inappropriate use of network facilities and or network services,” he said in a statement.
Ads by Kiosked“Preliminary police investigation found that the complainant admitted that he misunderstood the advice he received from a police officer and made a mistake in uploading a video on TikTok on his initial claim.
“The complainant deleted the video yesterday after realising the mistake.”
Yahaya said the man came to the Sentral police station and introduced himself as a representative of an NGO in order to seek advice from the police regarding the act of taking down various posters advertising moneylenders around Ipoh.
“The complainant did not meet a senior police officer as he claimed and only sought advice from a police officer who was on duty at the Sentral station in Ipoh.
“After receiving advice from the police officer, the complainant left without saying he wanted to make a police report.”
Earlier, Yahaya said the allegation made by the TikTok user had been referred to a division under Ipoh IPD for internal investigation.
Ads by KioskedThe investigation was carried out after a 35-second video was uploaded on Twitter, showing a male TikTok user claiming that the Ipoh IPD refused to accept his complaint. - FMT

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