• 7 months ago
An English news portal reporter has been questioned by police over an article alleging plans to develop a casino in Forest City, Johor.

He declined to speak to members of the media who were waiting outside Bukit Aman around 11am on Monday (May 6).

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00:00 An English news portal reporter was questioned by the police on Monday over an article alleging
00:08 plans to develop a casino in Forest City, Johor.
00:11 The reporter, who was accompanied by a lawyer, left Bukit Aman at around 11am and declined
00:17 to speak to members of the press.
00:20 Last Friday, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razaruddin Hussain said the chief editor
00:27 would be called up by Bukit Aman's Special Investigation Unit (USJT) over the article.
00:34 He added that the investigation will be conducted under "Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act,
00:42 Section 500 of the Penal Code, and Section 233 of the Communication and Multimedia Act,
00:49 1998."
00:50 The USJT is also expected to record the statement of Berjaya Corp founder Tan Sri Vincent Tan
00:57 and Genting Group CEO Tan Sri Lim Kok Teh regarding the same matter.
01:02 Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Berjaya Corp and Genting Malaysia previously denied
01:08 the Bloomberg report and urged action to be taken over the article.
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