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Friday 20 January 2012

Police Detain Student Who Threatens PM On Facebook

ALOR SETAR, Jan 19 (Bernama) -- A female student, in Kuala Muda district, was detained for writing a statement with lewd and threatening undertones against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

The student, 20, was detained after police received a report at about 10pm about her writings on facebook which contained obscenities and threat on the life of Najib.

State police chief Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim said police detected the owner of the facebook account, a student from a private institution of higher learning, after an investigation, and had detained her at 9am.

"We have been to her university, and from the university authorities, we have called the student, to have her statement taken on the matter," he told reporters here, tonight.

He said the police also seized a handphone and a laptop computer belonging to the student who is in second year at the university.

"We also called the parents of the student to help in investigation," Ahmad said.

He said, as the student was still in her week of examination, police had released her to enable her to sit for the examination.

"We will call several individuals to given information on the matter. We will also call the student again at any time if there is a need to do so," he said.

He said the police would investigate the case in detail and would always monitor the student.

"We have opened an investigation paper under Section 506 of the Penal Code," he said.

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