Wanita PKR lodges report against Eric See-To

Wanita PKR, a political organization, has filed a police report against an individual linked to a Facebook account known as Eric See-To, or Lim Sian See. The complaint stems from a post made during the 2027 budget speech, which allegedly included a remark that mocked a passage from the Quran. Farahida Fauzi, a member of the Wanita PKR executive committee, made the report in Kuantan, urging authorities to carry out a prompt, transparent, and impartial investigation.

She emphasized that ridiculing religion is unacceptable, as it can incite others or seek popularity. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has recorded a statement and seized electronic devices for forensic examination, though they have not named the person involved. However, Hisyamuddin Ghazali, head of community communications department (J-Kom), identified Lim Sian See - the pseudonym for See-To, a former communications adviser to Barisan Nasional - as the subject of the investigation.

Lim Sian See claimed he was not responsible for the inclusion of the Quranic verse in the Facebook post and demanded an investigation into the party responsible for creating and disseminating the image, questioning whether it misled the public about the true context of his comment. Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh also posted an image of the Facebook post, describing it as belittling a Quranic verse.

See-To clarified that he originally made the comment in response to a Sinar Harian post about words in the budget speech, unaware that the term had a Quranic reference.