Cops question Tony Pua over FB video, confiscate his mobile phone


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 26 Apr 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua (pic) was called up by Bukit Aman to have his statement recorded over a video posted on his Facebook page which allegedly contained defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“I have been asked to give my statement over an investigation under Section 500 of the Penal Code (for criminal defamation). It is on a video that I uploaded on Facebook on April 6,” he told reporters outside the Bukit Aman police headquarters on Wednesday.

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