Alleged Shafie insult: Police report lodged against Papagomo
Published on: Sunday, January 19, 2020
This screencrab from a viral Facebook video shows a fracas between controversial blogger Papagomo and a group of men at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport on Jan 19, 2020.
Kota Kinabalu: Leader of an Islamic NGO Datu Akjan Datu Ali Muhammad lodged a police report against Umno Youth exco member and controversial blogger Papagomo on Sunday claiming the latter had insulted Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal in Kimanis where a by-election took place the day before.
Akjan claimed to have hit Papagomo, whose real name is Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris, three times after the latter refused to apologise for his alleged action of tearing up Shafie’s poster and calling him a traitor.
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Akjan lodged the report at a police station at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport where a scuffle occurred between Papagomo and a group of men who were upset by the blogger’s alleged disrespect towards Shafie, with several video clips of the fracas going viral on social media.
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