Dog trainer in video arrested
Cops pick up woman over clip showing her celebrating Raya with canines
PETALING JAYA: Maznah Mohd Yusof, the woman who was featured in a controversial video celebrating Hari Raya with her dogs, has been arrested.
CID Director Comm Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah said the 38-year-old dog trainer, who also goes by the name Chetz Togom, was picked up from her house in Rawang yesterday and is now being held for questioning at the Bukit Aman police station.
He said a report was lodged against Maznah in Segamat, Johor, on Tuesday and another at the Dang Wangi police station yesterday.
“The case is being investigated under Section 298 of the Penal Code for insulting a religion, and the Sedition Act. We will liaise with Johor police on the investigation,” he said.
When contacted, Maznah said she was being detained at the Bukit Aman police station and was waiting for her lawyer.
“The police say they can detain me for 24 hours. The officers are nice, though,” she said.
In her Facebook account, Maznah, who is an engineer, stated that the video was shot in 2010 and had nothing to do with insulting Islam.
She has been at the centre of a social media storm after a video of her celebrating Hari Raya with her dogs three years ago was uploaded to YouTube on Monday.
The 104-second clip, titled “Video Menghina Islam 1 Hari di Hari Raya” shows Maznah walking near a mosque with three dogs with the Takbir Raya (a special takbir recited on the first day of Hari Raya) playing in the background. She is also seen washing their paws and feeding them cookies.