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KOTA BAHARU, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- Acting Kelantan CID chief Supt Shafie Ismail has lodged a police report over an article posted on a website which claimed that the police were behind the pepper spray incident involving former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Shafie said the report against Malaysiakini.com was lodged at the Kota Baharu police station at 4.25 pm on July 31.
He said the report posted on the website which stated former Pasir Mas Member of Parliament Datuk Paduka Ibrahim Ali was sprayed with pepper by the police in the incident at the Sultan Ismail Petra Airport in Pengkalan Chepa last Friday was defamatory.
The police report was lodged to enable police to conduct investigations, he added.
A businessman, who is a "Datuk", was detained in connection with the pepper spray incident on Friday and was released after his remand expired yesterday.
The businessman's legal counsel Zainal Abidin Mustafa said a report stating that his client was released on police bail and that police had obtained an order to impound his passport was inaccurate.
Meanwhile, Kelantan police chief Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, in a statement issued to Bernama today, said police had applied to release the businessman on bail and for his passport to be impounded but was dismissed by the court.
However, he said police were still investigating the case and follow-up action had been taken pending instructions from the Attorney-General's Chambers.
-- BERNAMA
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