SHAH ALAM: A 35-year-old man has been detained to assist in investigations into the death threat against Selangor state executive councillor Teresa Kok. Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the man was arrested at his home on Dec 16 but had been released on bail.
On Sept 30, the Seputeh MP received a death threat via a posting on her blog by an anonymous person called “hanturaya”.
The threat, said: “Teresa, kau ni perlu diajar dgn darah, t.kasih.” (Teresa, you need to be taught a lesson in blood. Thank you) was posted following reports claiming that Teresa, who is also Kinrara assemblywoman, had supported the call from Kinrara residents in urging the mosque to lower the volume of the call for prayers (azan) there.
Khalid said police also seized the suspect’s laptop.
He said the arrest of the suspect dispelled Teresa’s earlier allegation that the police did not act on her police report.
“We want to stress that the police act on each and every report. We can’t keep everyone who lodged police reports informed on the development of our investigations,” he said at his office here, yesterday.
In a separate development, Khalid said the crime index in Selangor went down 5.3 per cent or 54,339 cases last year compared with 57,704 the previous year.
“Of the total, 46.4 per cent have been solved.
Even though the crime index has gone down, daylight robbery recorded a marked increase with 4,634 cases compared with 2,888 the previous year.
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