Malaysia to ask Interpol for help to track down comedian over MH370 joke
by Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6C6BM)
US-based comic Jocelyn Chia strains relations between Singapore and Malaysia with joke about how Malaysia's planes cannot fly
Malaysian police will seek Interpol's help to track down a US-based comedian who mocked the country and joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Jocelyn Chia will be investigated under the country's laws relating to insulting speech and offensive or obscene online content, Malaysia's state news agency Bernama reported. Police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani was quoted as saying that the police would ask Interpol for assistance in finding out her full identity and whereabouts.
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