KOTA KINABALU: DAP Sabah secretary Dr Edwin Bosi yesterday made a police report against the blogger of Pisau.Net at the Penampang police station for allegedly posting a defamatory article against the party.
Dr Bosi said the blogger‘s article entitled “DAP lancar kempen pisahkan Sabah, Kit Siang dan Dyana Lim terlibat” is defamatory, seditious and a lie.
“The blogger also gave a wrong account of what transpired in Keningau on 31 August 2014 and then claimed that DAP is working to break Sabah and Sarawak from Malaysia to facilitate the party to control Malaya and maybe to unite with Singapore,” he said.
“Pisau.Net stated that DAP has launched three campaigns which are Impian Sabah to attract votes, the oath stone involving autonomy issue and to hasten the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants.
“The blogger is spreading half truths because the three campaigns launched in Keningau on 31 August 2014 were to remind the government of their guarantee to the natives of the Interior the three promises of religion, land and the native culture and customs inscribed on the oath stone, the petition drive to demand the government to release the report of the RCI on illegal immigrants and the launching of the post Malaysia generation movement,” he said in a statement yesterday.
During the press conference on 1st September 2014 and as reported the next day, DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang when asked about secession, told the reporters that there is no question on secession as far as DAP is concerned.
Kit Siang said that DAP has never advocated for secession of Sabah and Sarawak from Malaysia. He pointed out that under the Malaysian Law secession is considered sedition and said that DAP has been advocating for democratic change or reform to democracy in Malaysia.
In the police report, Dr Bosi who is Kapayan assemblyman, wants the police to investigate the blogger of Pisau.Net for three offences namely under Section 499 of the Penal Code for defamation against DAP and its leaders, especially Kit Siang. The second is under Section 504 and 505 of the Penal Code for intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace and statements conducing to public mischief respectively.
Dr Bosi also urged the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to investigate Pisau.Net under the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998 for disseminating defamatory, seditious and false news and information to the public.
He was accompanied by DAP Penampang deputy chief Franky Lobinjang and DAP Melalap chief Lawrence Piki when lodging the police report.