Police report on 'teach Kok a lesson' SMS

A police report has been lodged over two mobile phone text messages that alleged DAP Seputeh MP Teresa Kok is “anti-Islam” and “anti-Malay” and that “she should be taught a lesson”.

The report was lodged by Cheras DAP Wanita chief Carmen Leong at the Pudu police station this morning after she received at least five messages since last Thursday.

The two most recent messages - the subject of Leong’s police report - were sent to her on Sunday and last night respectively from different mobile phone numbers.

In the first message, Kok was described as “challenging and insulting Islam”, an apparent reference to the recent controversy over the volume of the azan (Muslim call to prayer) being broadcast from a few mosques in Selangor.

Kok was released after being detained seven days under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for alleged involvement in this, even though two mosque committees had promptly cleared her name.

The unknown sender berated Kok, who is also senior Selangor executive councillor, for having worn a skirt to a breaking-of-fast event at a surau in Cheras Baru recently.

In another message that Leong received last night, the sender accused Kok as being “anti-Islam and anti-Malay” and said “she should be taught a lesson”.

The person claimed that Kok has jeopardised racial harmony and that she was aiming be “a political champion”.

Leong had lodged a police report on Sunday over three similar ‘offensive messages’ that she has received since last Thursday, also condemning Kok.

Worry Over Safety

Met after lodging her report today, Leong said she has no clue why the “vulgar” messages were sent to her but deemed the matter as serious and threatening.

“I suspect the messages originate from the same person using different phone numbers, and could be linked to the Molotov cocktail incident at Kok’s family house on Saturday,” she told reporters.

Leong said this is because one message contained a phrase similar to that in a note included with the two Molotov cocktails.

The message, written in pidgin Bahasa Malaysia, demanded why Kok ‘likes looking for trouble’ (lu apa pasal suka cari pasal?).

According to Leong, the police will extract the phone numbers from the telecommunication service provider to ascertain the identity of the senders.

She appealed for the investigations to be expedited, saying she was worried for Kok’s safety.

Kok has consistently denied accusations of meddling in Islam-based issues and has initiated a lawsuit against the government for ‘wrongful’ detention from Sept 12.