A TERRIFYING clip spread quickly across social media this week, showing a man making explicit threats against another individual while aggressively waving a large, bladed weapon.
The video, clocking in at just over two minutes, was allegedly uploaded to a social media platform following a dispute over one man's disrespectful conduct, turning a verbal disagreement into a viral confrontation. The public widely debated the seriousness of such a visible, digital threat.
Was a viral video created showing a man brandishing a weapon and making threatening statements?
Verdict:
TRUE
Police arrested an e-hailing driver in Mukah yesterday evening for allegedly making threatening statements while brandishing a knife in a video recording on social media.
Mukah OCPD DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias said the 36-year-old suspect was arrested by a team from the Criminal Investigation Division of Mukah district police headquarters at 5.30pm.
"Also seized were a parang, a mobile phone, a car, a face mask and the clothes used when the video recording was made," said DSP Muhamad Rizal Alias in a statement on Tuesday (Oct 7).
"The suspect tested negative for drugs and has no criminal record," he said.
Muhamad Rizal said police obtained a two-day remand order starting today to facilitate investigations.
Police received a report regarding the two-minute 16-second video that went viral on social media.
The video showed a man uttering threatening words in the Melanau dialect while brandishing a parang.
"The (police) report was received from a 34-year-old man working at a private company who became the victim of threats on Oct 6 at about 5pm," said Muhamad Rizal.
"Acting on information and intelligence, the suspect was arrested on the same day," he said.
Muhamad Rizal said investigations found that the complainant and suspect knew each other.
The incident stemmed from the complainant reprimanding the suspect for his disrespectful behaviour.
This caused the angry suspect to upload a threatening video on Facebook.
Source:
Bernama
