Cops to call up Hadi over racist remarks, say 28 reports lodged so far

PETALING JAYA: The police will be calling up PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang in connection with his recent statement that non-Muslims and non-bumiputra are the causes of corruption in the country.

In a statement on Sunday (Aug 28), Bukit Aman Corporate Communications head Asst Comm Skandaguru Anandan said investigations were underway, with 28 reports lodged against the Marang MP so far over his comments.

“Investigations are being conducted by the Prosecution and Law Division (D5) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Bukit Aman under Section 505(C) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

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“He will also be called to Bukit Aman to assist investigations,” he said.

Section 505(C) of the Penal Code deals with making, publishing or circulating any statement, rumour or report with intent to incite or which is likely to incite any class or community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or community of persons whereas Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 is for improper use of network facilities or network services.

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ACP Skandaguru added that the case is still under investigation and urged the public not to speculate or make any statements which could disrupt the investigation process.

Previously, Abdul Hadi came under fire for claiming that the root cause of corruption in the country was due to the influence non-Malays wielded over the economy and politics.

He said this had allowed non-Malays to dictate terms to the Malays, which in turn made the Malays become corrupted and entangled in financial scandals.