Perak police chief Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said several people had already been called in to facilitate investigations into the case.

“We will summon the main suspect in the case to give his statement,” he said when asked about the progress of the investigation during a media conference here today.

On June 1, Perak Umno Youth chief Mohd Ariff Abdul Majid lodged a police report at the Kuala Kangsar district police headquarters on the poster, which he described as slanderous and a deliberate attempt to incite hatred against the menteri besar.

According to Ariff, the poster, uploaded by Fahmi Reza with the caption, “Kita dah bagi makan sardin, jangan gatal nak mintak ayam pulak” (“We have fed you with sardine, don’t be greedy for chicken now”), was criticised and condemned by other social media users.

In another development, Mior Faridalathrash advised all quarters not to organise any activity, including durian feasts, during the movement control order.

“It is the durian season now. Everybody wants to eat durians. Traders are allowed to carry out their business and the public can buy, but no durian festival is allowed at the moment,” he said.

Tapah district police chief Wan Azharuddin Wan Ismail was reported to have said that the police would summon a celebrity with a “Datuk” title to record his statement following a viralled picture of an event at a plantation in Kampung Poh, Bidor, last Thursday which apparently flouted SOPs.

He said several other individuals, including traders and villagers, would also be called in for questioning to facilitate investigations.