Woman lodges police report after being labeled 'dog, prostitute' on pro-DAP Facebook page
MOHAMED BASYIR
New Straits Times4 October 2017
GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian United Party (MUP) has lodged a police report against followers of a pro-DAP Facebook page for alleged cyber-bullying.
The cyber-bullying, they claim, involved commenters calling one of MUP's female members a 'dog' and 'prostitute'.
The Facebook page, 'Support DAP with Contributions' had on Sept 20 shared an article from a website - supportdap.online - which featured an interview with two MUP members on their newly-established party.
The article was met with a torrent of abuse by commenters on the page. One of the people interviewed in the article, MUP secretary-general Kee Lean Ee, was particularly singled out.
Kee said two commenters on the page were particularly malicious. One of them called her a "dog", while another labeled her a "prostitute".
"When I saw this, I immediately brought the matter to our president and he advised us to lodge a police report against the two," she said.
Kee said she was deeply disappointed at being targeted on social media this way.
"What did I do to deserve this? In that interview, I did not make any negative comments about any other party.
"DAP should advise their followers to stop this cyber-bullying," she said after lodging a report at northeast district police headquarters in Jalan Patani, here today.
Police advised Kee to lodge a report with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). She said would do so after consulting with her lawyers.
MUP, launched in July this year, said it is not linked to any political party and aims to provide a "check and balance" on both the ruling and opposition parties.
It says it has no plans to contest in the 14th General Election
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