KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The makers of a video threatening to attack Malaysian courthouses by a group claiming to be Islamic State (IS) members will be investigated even if the video is a hoax, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today.

In a brief text message, Khalid confirmed that the perpetrators are being investigated.

“Anyone who tries to disrupt peace and tranquillity will pay the price,” Khalid told Malay Mail Online.

Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Mortadza Nazarene earlier told reporters that the makers of the video are being investigated under Section 124(c) of the Penal Code for attempts to commit activities detrimental to parliamentary democracy.

According to the provision, the perpetrators can be jailed for maximum of 15 years if found guilty.

In a video uploaded yesterday on video-sharing site YouTube, four masked men claiming to be members of ISIS threatened to stage an attack on Malaysian courthouses with explosives at 11.30pm on Wednesday to symbolise their loss of faith in democracy.

The 1.01-minute long video uploaded by “ISIS Malaysia 69” shows three men are seen standing in front of a Malaysian flag, with one holding up what appears to be a Molotov cocktail.

Three men are seen standing in front of a Malaysian flag, with one holding up what appears to be a Molotov cocktail.

The fourth man is seated and appears to be reading from a script, which bears the picture of a local actress.

“To whichever party that has been in power for too long, we the Malaysian youth, in 2015, announce the outcome of trickery and manipulation in democracy,” said the man, who spoke in Malay.

“We will set off ‘mercun’ (firecrackers) in courts as a symbol of the destruction of one of the tools used in the democratic system. We have just started and we will go even further. The more damaged the democracy that you destroy, the more we will fight,” he added.

The man, however, did not specify what had triggered their plan to set off explosives at the Malaysian courts.

On social media, Malaysians dismissed the video threat as a hoax, noting the face of the Malaysian actress on the back of the masked man’s script.