Communist flag: Police seek man who viral untruth via video
BUTTERWORTH: Police are looking for a man who was believed to have recorded and viraled a video clip claiming that there was a communist flag in the 2019 Penang Chingay Festival procession in Jalan Raja Uda here, four days ago.
Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) district police chief, ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor said a police investigation did not find any communist flag being carried during the procession.
On the other hand, he said, the flag which was said to be a communist flag was actually one with the word KIWANIS on it, namely, a voluntary organisation in Malaysia.
‘’The allegation in the video is totally untrue and I wish to advice the public against arbitrarily viraling videos which are not correct merely to attract the attention of netizens and cause confusion,’’ he said yesterday.
He also said 50 policemen and officers were on duty during the parade and it was impossible they could not detect a communist flag.
“The public should stop sharing and spreading the video,” he added.
Bernama
