GEORGE TOWN, June 28 — A severed cow head was found this morning in front of the house of RSN Rayer, the Penang lawmaker who courted controversy last month with his “celaka Umno” remarks.

The Seri Delima assemblyman, who is a Hindu, confirmed with The Malay Mail Online that the gruesome discovery was made at around 7am when he was leaving his home for prayers.

Cows are revered by Hindus as a sacred animal and should never be harmed.

“I checked my CCTV and can only see a man on a motorcycle throwing the cow’s head at my entrance and then leaving on a motorcycle,” he said when contacted.

He said the CCTV recording showed that the man, wearing a helmet with a cloth to cover his face, left the cow’s head at his gate at 5.58am.

The unidentified man did not leave any notes behind, he added.

Rayer said immediately called the police and they arrived shortly after to record his statement.

“They took the cow’s head along with them after I lodged the report with them on this at about 9am,” he said.

Earlier this morning, Penang lawmaker Zairil Khir Johari confirmed the incident when contacted by The Malay Mail Online.

Rayer recently courted controversy over his “celaka, celaka, celaka Umno” remarks in last month’s state assembly sitting, sparking a demonstration by Umno Youth leaders who breached the state legislative assembly gate and stormed into the august hall.

Although they demanded that Rayer retract and apologise for his remark, the DAP assemblyman had refused to do so, insisting that he had only referred to three Umno leaders and not the whole party.

Last Thursday, Rayer was due to be charged with sedition over his May 20 “celaka Umno” remark, but the Attorney-General had ordered the prosecutors to defer his case.

On the same day, 15 men were jointly charged under Section 448 of the Penal Code for intruding and trespassing into the state legislative assembly on May 21.

They are liable to a maximum three year jail term or maximum fine of RM5,000 or both upon conviction.

It is unknown if this morning’s the cow head incident is linked to Rayer’s “celaka Umno” remarks.

Rayer also would not speculate on the incident, saying he will leave it to the police to investigate.