Two police reports were lodged last Thursday on fake messages posted on social media that were maliciously aimed at Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
According to the minister’s press secretary Lufti Hakim, one of the messages claimed that Lim had announced no bonus and ‘duit Raya‘ (Hari Raya bonus) for civil servants, while the other related to the status of medical graduates from Egyptian universities.
“It has to be emphasised that both are fake and the Finance Minister had never issued such statements as claimed. They are fake, unfounded and are intolerable as they try to incite racial sentiment and distrust in the government,” Lufti said in a statement.
“We hope the police will find the source of those pictures and the individuals responsible for creating and spreading the slanderous false claims, so that action can be taken as soon as possible,” he added.