KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 -- The police have opened an investigation into an offensive comment in relation to the recent helicopter crash in Perak, said Criminal Investigation director Commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain.

Shuhaily said that the police were probing the owner of an X social media account under the name of "Saifuddin Shafik".

"The investigation is being carried out by the Classified Criminal Investigation Unit, Prosecution/Legal Division (D5), and Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department under Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955, Section 504 of the Penal Code, and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA).

"Police confiscated a smartphone which was believed to have been used to upl...