A police report was lodged today against a Perak state assemblyman and the Facebook account using the name MyNewsHub for uploading an allegedly defamatory statement attributed to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mujahid Yusof Rawa (above).

The report, against Slim assemblyperson Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib, was made by the minister’s press secretary Siti Zulaikha Zulkifli at the Putrajaya district police headquarters at about 11am, according to a statement from the minister’s office.

The statement said the police report was made following the misuse of Mujahid’s name and picture on a poster which carried the allegedly defamatory statement. It also claimed that Khusairi uploaded the poster with the allegedly defamatory statement onto his Facebook account.

The statement said Mujahid had never issued such a statement.

It also said that Mujahid has instructed the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia to work with the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to detect those who issue insulting remarks against Prophet Muhammad or Islam.

- Bernama