Police investigates death threat against PKR chairman Baru Bian

KUCHING: The police are investigating the death threat by a Facebook user against state Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) chairman Baru Bian, said Sarawak CID chief SAC Datuk Dev Kumar M. M. Sree Shunmugam.
Sarawak PKR today lodged a police report after a Facebook user came up with a death threat against Baru, who is also state assemblyman for Ba'kelalan.
"We are investigating the report as criminal intimidation under section 507 of the Penal Code and section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act," said Dev when contacted by Bernama.
He said efforts were being made to identify the Facebook user who posted the inflammatory comment.
The police report was lodged by Sarawak PKR vice chairman See Chee How at the Simpang Tiga one-stop centre here today.
In th police report See stated that he was alerted today by a comment posted under an online news article "Baru Bian hina umat Islam Sarawak" by a person using the name Helmi Bin Abdullah Mee and his message read "Baru Bian must be shot dead at all cost(s)".
See in the report also stated that he was concerned for the safety of Baru.
"Furthermore the posting is instigating violence and is most likely to arouse anxiety and hostility among those readers who read this article and thereby disrupting the peace and harmony among all Malaysians and Sarawakians.
"I lodged this complaint for the prompt investigation and action of the police," See, who is also Batu Lintang assemblyman said in the report. — Bernama