Student apologises for uploading hawker’s picture

The 22-year-old man says he did it for fun and never thought the picture would go viral.

IPOH: The man who uploaded a picture on social media of a hawker looking at her wares which were strewn on the road near Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital and defamed Ipoh City Council (MBI) officers has apologised.

“I’m sorry … I had no intention to defame any quarters by the Facebook status (and picture). I was being emotional when I uploaded the picture and I know now that my action was indeed stupid because I did not think twice about it or the consequences.

“The MBI officers are innocent, they were only doing their job. It was the hawker who pulled her wares, causing it to be strewn around on the road,” the man, who is a student of higher education, told a press conference today.

The 22-year-old man, who insisted anonymity, also admitted that he uploaded the picture just for fun and had never thought that it would go viral over social media.

Earlier today, Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir was reported to have called on the MBI to investigate the case as he believed the picture had gone viral due to people with vested interests.

“I have received a report on that from MBI, but I have also asked the mayor to investigate and issue a press statement,” he told reporters after a Aidilfitri gathering organised by the Perak Water Board here.

– BERNAMA