SEBERANG PERAI, Aug. 10 -- Police have reportedly advised Umno Youth not to proceed with its planned protest in Kepala Batas over a viral incident involving the Malaysian flag being displayed upside down at a hardware store here.

According to a Malaysiakini report, acting Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin stressed that the man involved had alreadybeen arrested and that an investigation paper would be submitted to the state prosecutor's office with a recommendation to charge.

"We suggest that they do not proceed with it because the police have already taken appropriate action," he was quoted as saying.

Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Akmal Saleh later announced that he was postponing his plan to "teach" the store owner how to ...