IPOH: Police recorded statements from seven witnesses regarding an anonymous threat issued against Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming on Thursday (March 7).
Manjung district police chief ACP Mohamed Nordin Abdullah said police hoped the information provided by the witnesses would help them track down the suspects.
"No arrest has been made, and we are still trying to identify the suspect (or suspects),” he told Bernama when contacted from here on Friday (March 8).
Yesterday, Mohamed Nordin said in a statement that several pieces of paper with a threatening message directed at Nga were found scattered in front of his mother’s house in Ayer Tawar, Manjung.
Mohamed Nordin said Nga’s 76-year-old mother found the notes at about 7.30am yesterday and lodged a police report at 10.15am.
He said the case has been classified under Section 507 of the Penal Code for committing criminal intimidation through anonymous communication. On conviction, this offence carries a jail term of up to two years, a fine, or both. – Bernama
