Umno member grilled by MCMC for questioning Zahid’s Indonesia trip
(TMI) – An Umno blogger has been summoned by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) over his post questioning the timing of Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s official visit to Indonesia, which coincided with the wedding of the deputy prime minister’s son there.
Shahbudin Husin set tongues wagging when he questioned if Zahid’s official visit was moved forward from its original date to coincide with the wedding reception.
Shahbudin said MCMC officers grilled him yesterday and told him he was being investigated under Section 233 of the Multimedia and Communications Act 1998 which makes it an offence to publish indecent, obscene, false, menacing, or offensive materials to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person.
“My statement was recorded for two hours over the article titled ‘Kenapa lawatan rasmi Zahid ke Indonesia sama tarikh dengan majlis sanding anaknya di Jakarta?’ (Why Zahid’s official visit to Indonesia coincides with his son’s wedding reception in Jakarta?),” said Shahbudin.
He was asked if his article was to tarnish the image of anyone in particular.
“I told them that I only questioned the trip and wedding reception. I did not make any accusation. I only asked for answers to the question I had raised in the article,” he said.
MCMC officers also told him that Zahid’s aide had lodged a complaint over his post, but did not divulge anymore details about the complainant.
