KUALA LUMPUR: The political secretary to Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil has confirmed making a report against Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris (pic) or “Sir Azri” following a slanderous statement relating to the Good Vibes Festival.
The report was lodged by Abdullah Izhar Mohamed Yusof at 11.12am Tuesday (July 25) at Pantai police station over a 3.24-second video on Facebook by Wan Muhammad Azri or better known as “Papagomo” which allegedly slandered and disparaged the government by saying that “The 1975” incident was staged by the government.
Abdullah Izhar in a statement said the report was made to enable police to expedite investigation into the Facebook account of Sir Azri as well as the man who slandered the government in the video.
"I also urged police to investigate all social media platforms owned by Sir Azri to ensure the defamation or fake news is not disseminated to Malaysians. The act will only threaten the peace and harmony of the races and religion,” he said.
In the video, there was a conversation with a man claiming to be a former crew member of the concert organiser on Facebook.
The special branch had obtained the statement of the complainant and the report was made to strongly deny the slander made by the individual involved.
The complainant was reported as having seen the Facebook post at 5.51pm at the office of the Lembah Pantai MP yesterday.
Commenting on “The 1975” incident, he said the government had taken steps immediately to cancel the festival but the issue was manipulated for a handful of people with political motives to topple the government.
"Therefore, the authorities should take action against the Facebook account owner known as Sir Azri or Papagomo so that it would not be followed by other parties to slander the government,” he said. - Bernama
