KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegu Bard, was arrested by the police last night.
According to his lawyer Rafique Rashid, the arrest is to facilitate police investigation into a social media posting made by Chegu Bard regarding alleged talks on the opening of a casino in Forest City, as reported by Bloomberg.
Chegu Bard, said Rafique, was arrested at the Tapah Rest and Recreation area in Perak about 7pm before he was brought to the Dang Wangi district police headquarters here.
"The arrest is related to his Facebook posting on the alleged opening of a casino in Forest City as reported by Bloomberg.
"The case is being investigated under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.
"The application for remand will be heard at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters at 8.45am today," said Rafique in a statement today.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday denied reports that the government was mulling a casino license to revive Forest City in Johor.
Anwar described the claims made in the report as a 'lie'. Genting Malaysia Bhd has also come forward to dismissed the claims made in the report.
Genting Malaysia said neither the company nor its chief executive officer Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay was involved in discussions on the opening of the casino.