Report lodged against Karpal and Guan Eng

By BERNARD SEE

PENANG: Two Opposition leaders found themselves in hot water for allegedly condemning the police during their talk in Air Itam here on Wednesday.

A report was lodged against DAP chairman Karpal Singh and secretary-general Lim Guan Eng by a police officer after they allegedly called the police "lazy" and "good for nothing" among other things.

Karpal is the candidate for the Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seat while Lim is the Bagan parliamentary and Air Putih state seat candidate.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said both of them would soon be called to give a statement over the matter.

"We have classified the case under the Sedition Act 1948 as what was said during the talk had tainted the police force's good name," he said.

In another incident, a man, in his 40s, was nabbed for pulling down the posters of Barisan Nasional candidates in various parts of Air Itam on Thursday.

ACP Azam said the man was caught in the act by a police team on patrol at 11pm, adding that he was released on police bail after his statement was taken.

"We believe that he would pull down the posters each time they were put up. We will be charging him under the Minor Offences Act 1955 soon."