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KULAI: A factory owner and an Indonesian worker have been held in pre-trial detention for three days from today to facilitate investigations into the raising of the Malaysian flag upside down at a plastic mold factory in the Senai industrial area. here yesterday.
Magistrate Sharifah Maleeha Syed Hussin issued the remand order today at the Kulai Magistrates Court so that the police can complete the investigation.
According to Kulai District Police Chief Tok Beng Yeow, the two suspects, aged 56 and 23, were arrested in a raid on the factory at 2:30 pm yesterday, following complaints from the public that also viralized images of the incident on social media.
“During the inspection, the factory owner admitted that he had ordered his 23-year-old employee, who had just started working for him for three months, to replace the worn out Jalur Gemilang.
“However, he (the factory owner) did not supervise the raising of the flag, which caused the flag to fly upside down. The images of the upside down flag went viral on social networks, ”he said today in a statement here.
The case is being investigated under Section 5 of the Emblems and Names Amendment (Prevention of Misuse) of 2017 and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act of 1998.
