Federal police said the man, Ganesparan Nadaraja, is believed to be in Germany and immigration records showed he left Malaysia in November 2017.

He is being investigated under the Sedition Act 1948 and the Communications and Multimedia Act for a video he is believed to have uploaded to Facebook yesterday entitled “Racist In Vaccine Malaysia”, which had garnered over 10,000 views.

Abd Jalil Hassan, director of federal CID, said a total of 18 papers have been opened against the suspect since 2018 for sedition, criminal defamation and fomenting racial hatred.

“Strong action will be taken without compromise against anyone who intentionally threatens peace and security,” he said.

He called for those with information about the suspect to help in the investigation.

Jalil urged the public to be careful about what they read and ensure the authenticity of their sources; people must be careful when getting information from social media.