PETALING JAYA, Sept. 1 -- Police have warned the public against spreading false claims over the incident where a woman disrupted the Perak state-level National Day celebration by rushing towards Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah.

Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director Datuk M. Kumarsaid a viral Facebook post had misrepresented the woman's race, stressing that the suspect is a 41-year-old local.

"The Perak police are aware of a viral Facebook post making claims about the incident, but the individual arrested was a 41-year-old local woman," he said in a statement last night.

He reminded the public that circulating unverified information can create unnecessary alarm and threaten social harmony.

The woman, who has a ...