Hafidzul Hilmi Mohd Noor
April 29, 2020
(File pic) Federal Criminal Investigation Department Director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said investigation showed the owner of the Facebook is a Rohingya with a history of staying in Malaysia. -NSTP/ZUNNUR AL SHAFIQ
KUALA LUMPUR: Three men believed to be from the Rohingya ethnic community who made a Facebook live session that insulted the Malay community, are actually residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States.
Federal Criminal Investigation Department Director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said investigation showed the owner of the Facebook account under the username 'Villan Vicky' is a Rohingya with a history of staying in Malaysia.
"Police have opened an investigation paper to probe the live session (on Facebook) which showed the owner of the social media account challenging Malaysians using derogatory words.
"We have also launched a probe into a video that went viral in the social media, showing four people undergoing shooting exercise in which the suspects had also threatened to shoot anybody entering their area," he said in a statement today.
He said preliminary investigation showed a conversation between the three suspects and an unidentified person who had questioned why the group had criticised the Malays on Facebook during the live session.
"The live session has not only caused misunderstandings between the two parties, but also resulted in them issuing threats, insults and abusive comments," he said.
A total of 19 police reports, he said, had been lodged involving the Rohingya issues and the police had also opened four papers based on the police reports.
"Both cases are being investigated under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955, Section 506 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
"Police also urged the people to stop making speculations related to on-going investigations," he said.
Link :https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/04/588488/3-rohingyas-who-insulted-malays-facebook-live-wisconsin
Federal Criminal Investigation Department Director Datuk Huzir Mohamed said investigation showed the owner of the Facebook account under the username 'Villan Vicky' is a Rohingya with a history of staying in Malaysia.
"Police have opened an investigation paper to probe the live session (on Facebook) which showed the owner of the social media account challenging Malaysians using derogatory words.
"We have also launched a probe into a video that went viral in the social media, showing four people undergoing shooting exercise in which the suspects had also threatened to shoot anybody entering their area," he said in a statement today.
He said preliminary investigation showed a conversation between the three suspects and an unidentified person who had questioned why the group had criticised the Malays on Facebook during the live session.
"The live session has not only caused misunderstandings between the two parties, but also resulted in them issuing threats, insults and abusive comments," he said.
A total of 19 police reports, he said, had been lodged involving the Rohingya issues and the police had also opened four papers based on the police reports.
"Both cases are being investigated under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955, Section 506 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
"Police also urged the people to stop making speculations related to on-going investigations," he said.
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