00:00Police have opened an investigation paper on Jempol MP Syamsul Kahar Delhi
00:05over remarks made while campaigning in Seremban Jaya for the Negeri Sembilan election.
00:11Negeri Sembilan Police Chief Al-Zafni Ahmad said police received a report on Sunday from a complainant
00:17who saw a video clip of Syamsul Kahar's ceramah speech.
00:21He said the case is being investigated for statements intended to cause public fear or alarm,
00:26improper use of network services and promoting ill-will or hostility during the election campaign.
00:33Yesterday, several DAP leaders lodged a police report against Syamsul Kahar over remarks
00:40allegedly linking the party to an image deemed insulting to the Sultan of Selangor.
00:46Jelotong MP RSN Reye claimed the UMNO MP had referred to an edited image of a pig in royal attire
00:53believed to have targeted Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah before asking why DAP had dared to do such a thing.
01:01Reye said the remarks gave the audience the false impression that DAP was responsible for producing the image.
01:08He accused Syamsul Kahar of making defamatory and malicious remarks against DAP
01:13and urged police to conduct a thorough investigation.
01:16Al Zafni said the investigation was one of three opened yesterday
01:21after police received nine reports on election-related matters.
01:25Roman Dawi Gepari, FNT.
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