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Perak police: Viral TikTok video of rioting and illegal assembly fabricated

IPOH: Police have clarified that there was no incident of rioting and illegal assembly involving members of a political party in Lenggong on Monday, which went viral on Tiktok.

Perak police chief Datuk Yusri Hassan Basri said the picture, which was uploaded by a TikTok account holder, had been edited and the accompanying story was fabricated to depict an unsafe situation.

"Our own investigation revealed that the picture that was uploaded was taken when police were conducting patrols during the tallying of votes last Saturday.

"The person who did it had creatively took pictures of various situations and compiled them by creating a story to show a seemingly unsafe situation, especially in Lenggong, and as we know, Lenggong is the constituency of the menteri besar," he told a press conference at the Perak police contingent headquarters here earlier today.

According to Yusri, an investigation team was sent to Dewan Merdeka in Lenggong, but discovered that was no such alleged rioting.

The TikTok content claimed that the rioting had happened after Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad was sworn in as the Perak menteri besar following the formation of a coalition state government between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH).

He also said the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was directed to conduct a thorough investigation on the TikTok account holder under Section 505 (b) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. -- BERNAMA

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