PKR lawyer says tweet cannot be interpreted as a death threat by any stretch of the imagination.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Like flicking off a pesky mosquito, Lawyers for Liberty co-founder Latheefa Koya simply remarked that the police report lodged against her by Kinabatangan Umno Youth as false and orchestrated by Umno.
“I find the police report lodged against me as false and mischievously orchestrated by those in Umno,” she said referring to the tweet in question where she wrote, “Rather than get rid of the Sedition Act, it’s better to get rid of the Kinabatangan MP (Bung Mokhtar) instead”.
She also said the report was lodged in a move to intimidate her and apply pressure on the police to take action against her although no crime had been committed.
Implying Bung had an active imagination, Latheefa maintained she had never threatened Bung and as such the tweet could not be construed as a death threat “by any stretch of the imagination”.
Saying she was ready to take legal action against those who lodged the report against her, Latheefa said the same went for any other party who dared make more false allegations against her.
Kinabatangan Umno Youth came to the aid of their MP Bung Moktar Radin who had earlier issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Lateefa to either offer an explanation regarding her tweet or apologise for it, before a police report was lodged.
Failing to receive either from Latheefa, except for the tweet being deleted, a police report was lodged thereby taking the twitter brawl a step further.
KUALA LUMPUR: Like flicking off a pesky mosquito, Lawyers for Liberty co-founder Latheefa Koya simply remarked that the police report lodged against her by Kinabatangan Umno Youth as false and orchestrated by Umno.
“I find the police report lodged against me as false and mischievously orchestrated by those in Umno,” she said referring to the tweet in question where she wrote, “Rather than get rid of the Sedition Act, it’s better to get rid of the Kinabatangan MP (Bung Mokhtar) instead”.
She also said the report was lodged in a move to intimidate her and apply pressure on the police to take action against her although no crime had been committed.
Implying Bung had an active imagination, Latheefa maintained she had never threatened Bung and as such the tweet could not be construed as a death threat “by any stretch of the imagination”.
Saying she was ready to take legal action against those who lodged the report against her, Latheefa said the same went for any other party who dared make more false allegations against her.
Kinabatangan Umno Youth came to the aid of their MP Bung Moktar Radin who had earlier issued a 24-hour ultimatum to Lateefa to either offer an explanation regarding her tweet or apologise for it, before a police report was lodged.
Failing to receive either from Latheefa, except for the tweet being deleted, a police report was lodged thereby taking the twitter brawl a step further.
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