KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — The political secretary to Communications and Digital Minister Fahmi Fadzil today confirmed making a report against Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, better known as Papagomo, following a slanderous statement relating to the Good Vibes Festival.
The report was lodged by Abdullah Izhar Mohamed Yusof at 11.12am at the Pantai police station on a 3.24-second Facebook video by Wan Azri, which allegedly slandered and disparaged the government by saying The 1975 incident was staged by the government
Abdullah Izhar in a statement today said the report was made to enable police to expedite an investigation into the Facebook account of Wan Azri, as well as the man who slandered the government in the video.
“I also urged police to investigate all social media platforms owned by (Wan) Azri to ensure the defamation or fake news is not disseminated to Malaysians. The act will only threaten the peace and harmony between all races and religions,” he said.
In the video, there was a conversation between the Facebook account owner with a man claiming to be a former crew member of the concert.
The statement said the special branch had obtained the complaint and the report was made to strongly deny the slander by the individual involved.
The complainant was reported as having sighted the Facebook post at 5.51pm at the office of the Lermbah Pantai MP yesterday.
Commenting on The 1975 incident, he said the government took steps to immediately cancel the festival, but the issue was manipulated to become a platform for a handful of people with political motives to topple the government.
“Therefore, the authorities should take firm action against the Facebook account owner known as (Wan) Azri or Papagomo so it would not be emulated by other parties to slander the government,” he said.
— Bernama
