COMMENT | TikTok - the next political battleground

COMMENT | Is the government now afraid of the potential of TikTok? This question is raised after former senator Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail was “escorted” to the police station this week.

According to Siti Aishah, she was accompanied to the Sungai Senam police station in Ipoh by “numerous officers” in three vehicles. Her mobile phone was also seized.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) subsequently confirmed that Siti Aishah had had her statement taken over a viral TikTok video relating to the government’s removal of subsidies and that she is being investigated under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

The government’s decision to remove subsidies on cooking oil and also to float the prices of chicken was deeply unpopular. So much so, that the...