Met Police apologises for exposing addresses of al Fayed's alleged victims

The Metropolitan Police has apologised for accidentally sharing the email addresses of people who claimed they were sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, according to Sky News.

No further details about the incident or the number of people affected were provided in the reports.

The reports also mentioned an unrelated incident in Malaysia, where police are investigating the owner of a Facebook account over a post suspected of containing elements of sedition and insulting the royal institution, the Malaysian government, and the police.

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