MELAKA, Dec 19 – The Melaka police advised netizens against using the social media to spread rumours that could create anxiety and unsafe feeling in the society. Melaka police chief Datuk Chua Ghee Lye said action under the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998 and the Sedition Act 1984 could be taken against those responsible.
“Be a responsible society and do not spread false information,” he told reporters after the “Wearing of Rank” ceremony on 21 police officers here Friday when asked to comment the spread of false news on the kidnap of a girl in Taman Merdeka last Monday and the discovery of the headless body of a boy at a supermarket in Ayer Keroh last Wednesday.
He said social media users should optimise the technology for sharing and exchanging of verified and accurate information. In another development, he urged witnesses of an attempted snatch theft which occurred on Thursday at the traffic light at Jalan Tengkera heading to Taman Kota Laksamana to come forward with information on the incident. He said the victim, a 25-year-old Chinese national, was injured in the 7 pm incident when she put up a fight with the snatch thief.
