SEREMBAN, May 2 — An Election Commission (EC) staff has lodged a police report over a death threat he received via Facebook, believed to be connected to the incident at the nomination centre for Rantau state constituency on April 28.

Negri Sembilan police media relations officer for the GE14, DSP Mazrin Mahmud said the 36-year-old man lodged the report at the Rembau Police headquarters yesterday after receiving a WhatsApp message from his friend who shared the screenshot of the FB posting.

Mazrin said the posting contained the victim’s photograph and a written threat to kill or do bodily injury to the victim, besides other insulting remarks.

"The case is being investigated under Section 507 of the Penal Code for criminal intimidation (by an anonymous communication),” he told a press conference at the state police contingent headquarters here today.

Meanwhile, Mazrin also said police had opened four more investigation papers on GE14-related cases, making the total number of cases being probed to nine since the nomination day last Saturday.

The cases were being investigated under Section 427 of the Code; Section 500 of the same Code or Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998; and Section 4(1) of the Anti-Fake News Act 2018, he added.

On April 28, returning officer Amino Agos  Suyub duly declared Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan as the winner of the Rantau state seat, which he has held since 2004, after his sole challenger Dr Streram of PKR was barred from entering the nomination centre for not bringing his candidate pass as required by the EC. — Bernama