Cops identify 190 hotspots across six states for polls

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have identified 190 hotspots in the six states involved in the coming state elections, says Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani.

He said Selangor had the highest number of hotspots, with 70, followed by Terengganu (66), Kedah (20), Negri Sembilan (16), Kelantan (16) and Penang (two), Bernama reported.

These locations are classified as hotspots as they have the potential to trigger provocations that could affect public order, he told reporters after visiting the Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Hospital in Cheras, here, in conjunction with the 216th Police Day celebration yesterday.To ensure the smooth running of the state elections, he said the police have launched a special operation, dubbed Op PRN 6N, which will focus on aspects of voter security, polling stations and vote counting locations.

Acryl Sani said 93,833 Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and Malaysian Armed Forces personnel will be involved in the early voting in the six states.

Separately, the IGP said police would seek Interpol’s assistance to find out the full identity and current whereabouts of comedian Jocelyn Chia.

He said the request would be made today so that further investigations could be carried out under Section 504/505(c) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

The police had also applied to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for user profiling to help with investigations into the social media accounts used by the comedian, he added.

“We (police) have also transcribed the suspect’s speech from the video clip,” he said.

Last Saturday, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail described the jokes made by Chia on belittling Malaysia and making fun of the MH370 tragedy as insensitive and offensive.

Recently, Chia’s video went viral when she performed a comedy skit, entitled ‘Singapore vs Malaysia’, mocking the tragedy of the missing plane, in addition to making offensive jokes which drew the outrage of Malaysians.