Sarawak CID chief SAC Dev Kumar MM Sree Shunmugam said the matter was being investigated under Section 500 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act.

He also advised a Facebook user by the name of Kenedy Morie to come forward and assist the police in the investigation.

Dev Kumar said some Facebook users had linked the video to a Sri Aman murder case where the head of a woman was found along a riverbank in Skait.

“However, checks by the police confirmed that the video originated from a country in South America and is in no way related to the case in Sri Aman,” he said in a statement.

Dev Kumar also warned social media users to stop spreading false news that could hamper the investigation of the Sri Aman murder and subsequent prosecution.