KUALA LUMPUR: Police today confirmed receiving reports against Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi over the alleged leaking of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s personal information.
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Noor Rashid Ibrahim said police would investigate the case if there was sufficient grounds to do so.
"The reports are now being scrutinised by the prosecuting team.
"We need to be fair to those who said the words and the one affected by it," he said today.
It was reported that several police reports have been lodged against Zahid and National Registration Department director-general Mohd Yazid Ramli over the matter.
The complainants have accused Zahid and Yazid of abusing their powers and breaching the Personal Data Protection Act.
The reports came after Zahid announced the details of Dr Mahathir’s alleged identity card (IC), which bore the name “Mahathir anak lelaki (son of) Iskandar Kutty”, saying he had received the information from Yazid.