The man who posted a threat against Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar on Facebook was released today.
Khalid said police do not intend to pursue the case against the 33-year-old.
“We are not cruel. We have run checks on his background and found out he is also an educated person. He is a bit abusive. So we are going to drop the case and have released him today,” said Khalid after launching the 1 Aman Campaign “Go To Safety Point” with Petron Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur today.
The salesman surrendered to police on Thursday and was remanded for four days to facilitate investigation into criminal intimidation and public mischief.
His Facebook posting allegedly said “Can anyone just hire gunman to shoot down this police or igp?”.
Two other Facebook users also hurled abuse at police and alleged that the recent shooting of two suspects in Malacca was “racial profiling”.
In that incident, police at a junction next to Tesco Hypermarket in Cheng killed two gangsters.
One of the suspects, on seeing the police party, opened fire and that led to the shootout.
Police also found two guns and some cannabis in the gangsters’ car.
The two were linked to seven murders in Negeri Sembilan, Kedah and Penang and an attempted murder and two robberies in the past two years.
One of the suspects, nicknamed “Teratai Boy Johor”, had 10 previous convictions while the other was convicted for several drug-related offences.
Khalid advised the public not post to any demeaning messages or threats on social media as it could be misinterpreted by others.
He also said police have started their investigation into the alleged death threat made against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
“We are investigating it and we will nab the culprit who made the threat,” said Khalid.
On the allegation that police action against the gangsters was racial profiling, Khalid said police are colour blind in carrying out their duty.
“We are not going after one race. In fact, 15,000 Malays were detained during Ops Cantas nationwide compared to only 3,000 Indians since the ops was launched. How can you say we are targeting one race?”
On Ops Cantas, Khalid said at least 130 people will be charged for illegal society activities and action will be taken against 56 triad members under the Crime Prevention Act 1959.
“I do not have the exact figures on the people that will be charged or taken action but the numbers should be more than 130. We are going to charge others as well for various criminal offences,” he said. – September 14, 2013.
