Former PKR MP cries ‘political revenge’ after police action on his Facebook post
(MMO) – A former PKR MP has alleged that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government is using strong arm tactics to silence dissent after his mobile phone was seized by police last week over a social media post that he made.
Tan Tee Beng, who was Nibong Tebal MP, believed the police action against him was a form of “political revenge”.
“They are misusing the police to oppress the common people’s right to freedom of speech when the police should be focusing on investigating serious crimes,” he told a press conference today.
Tan said he had posted a Chinese language post on Facebook noting a Givenchy jacket that the son of a minister was wearing.
“The post was not defamatory. I did not allege that the jacket was the result of corruption or that it was beyond what the political leader can afford,” he said in a press conference today.
He said his post only reminded the minister to take care of the welfare of the grassroots.
Tan said the police called him to inform him that a police report had been lodged against him over the post.
“The police from Putrajaya came to Penang to record my statement on January 10 and they took my mobile phone as it was used to post on Facebook,” he said.
Tan said the police did not tell him who lodged the report except that it was lodged in Putrajaya.
