KUALA LUMPUR: The police are investigating the spread of a confidential document through the WhatsApp messaging application.
PDRM Corporate Communications Head Datuk Asmawati Ahmad said the case is now being investigated under Section 203A (1) and Section 203A (2) of the Penal Code. “Police found that an official confidential document had been shared and spread through the WhatsApp messaging application by certain parties.
“Any party who are in possession of the classified information received from any party must not share or spread them,” she said in a statement here yesterday. Asmawati also urged those with information on the case to come forward to help identify the source of the leak.
A police internal memo that issued a directive to its contingents nationwide to bar Muslim preacher Dr Zakir Naik from giving public talks was spread on social media and messaging applications yesterday. – Bernama
