Throw casino fake news culprits in jail, says Anwar

Rumour-mongers who spread fake news of government approval for a casino licence in Forest City, Johor should be put behind bars, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

“I have never heard of such a proposal or anyone proposing such plans involving Forest City which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is said to have an interest in.

“The King had not once mentioned anything about such things… never once,” the Prime Minister said when launching the national-level Labour Day celebrations here on Wednesday (May 1).

He questioned how such talk came about and said those responsible for such malicious rumours against the royal institution should be punished.

“What is this and where did it come from?

“These people should be the ones (taking my place) in my old cell in Sungai Buloh,” he said.

On Monday (April 29), Bersatu information committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegubard, claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur to two charges of sedition and defamation involving the King.

Badrul Hisham was accused of publishing a seditious statement on his Facebook account at Taman Bukit Cheras here at 12.15pm on April 6.

On Tuesday (April 30), he claimed trial at the Sessions Court in Johor Baru after being charged with making seditious remarks against His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia.

He was alleged to have made the remarks on his Facebook page at Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur at 6.30pm on April 26, regarding reports on discussions about a casino in Forest City.