KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — Police confirmed that they questioned actor Zul Huzaimy yesterday for the investigation against him for saying he would “slaughter the infidels” during a rally to support PAS in Terengganu.
In its latest development, Royal Malaysia Police secretary Datuk Noorsiah Saaduddin said, however that investigators were still awaiting a report from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to complete the investigation paper.
“The completed investigation paper will then be referred to the Attorney General’s Chambers at the earliest,” she said in a brief statement.
Noorsiah said in a statement yesterday the case is being investigated under Section 506 and Section 505(c) of the Penal Code for intent to incite others to commit any offence against any persons and criminal intimidation, respectively.
She also said the case is being probed under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act for improper use of network facilities.
Zul had on November 4 proclaimed during a “Teguh Pertahan” event by Terengganu PAS in Kemaman that he harboured a wish to “slaughter infidels” and did not do so only because it was against the law.
Following public backlash, Zul was forced to issue an apology posted on his Instagram account earlier today.
He claimed that the offending portion of his speech was taken out of context, and that he was only directing his remark to “kafir harbi” and not all non-Muslims.
The term “kafir harbi” was historically used to describe “infidels” or non-Muslims who may be slain for opposing Prophet Muhammad and the will of the Islamic God, as opposed to the accommodating “kafir dhimmi”.
In directing his opposition to “kafir harbi”, Zul claimed the example of a purported group of non-Muslims who supposedly made noise in front of a mosque in Penang, but did not provide any details backing his accusation.
He also claimed to not support any murderous Islamic extremists, and sought to use supposed ethnic Chinese relatives and friends to show he was not racist.
