SEREMBAN: A general worker who is a slow learner mistakenly put up a Jalur Gemilang d upside down at a vernacular school in Port Dickson, says Lukut assemblyman Choo Ken Hwa.
He said he visited the school immediately after a photograph of the flag went viral on Friday (Aug 1).
"I met with the board of governors and the headmaster and was told that the worker was a special needs person as he was a person with intellectual disability.
"I was told that the flag was immediately brought down after the school realised the mistake," he said.
Choo added that by then, the photograph had already gone viral.
Port Dickson OCPD Supt Maslan Udin said the police have started a probe following a report lodged by a 32-year-old man on Sunday (Aug 3).
"We have identified a 30-year-old suspect who allegedly committed the offence.
The flag was brought down on the same day and we hope the public will stop circulating the photograph," he said in a statement.
The case is being investigated under Section 504 of the Penal Code, Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955, Section 5 of the Emblems and Names Act 1963, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1988.
