KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6 -- Police have arrested a 47-year-old man, said to resemble Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) Information Committee member Badrul Hisham Shaharin, better known as Chegu Bard, after a video of him delivering an allegedly seditious speech about the royal institution went viral on social media.

Criminal Investigation Department director Commissioner Datuk M. Kumar said it detected a posting on TikTok by the account edume @4mrankiamat on September 4, which showed the man giving the speech.

Investigations under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948, Section 505(b) of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 are being carried out by the Classified Crimes Investigation Unit, D5, ...