Lau claims Twitter account hacked, denies posting insensitive 'Pulai seat' tweet

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Gerakan president Datuk Dominic Lau says his Twitter account was hacked and denies posting any insensitive tweet about running for the Pulai parliamentary seat.  Earlier on Monday (July 24), a tweet that read: “Is it okay if I contest for the Pulai by-election?” appeared in Lau’s Twitter account.  Read more at https://rb.gy/9w22c  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Gerakan President Datuk Dominic Lau on Monday denied posting an insensitive tweet about

00:08 running for the Pulau Parliamentary seat.

00:12 He said his Twitter account was hacked and the account's administrator was surprised

00:16 to find the tweet published at 12.37pm on Monday.

00:20 Lau said they were trying to determine the cause of the incident, and he said he will

00:26 lodge a police report.

00:28 Screenshots of the now-deleted tweet had drawn criticisms from netizens.

00:33 Pulau MP and Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Datuk Sri Salohuddin Ayub passed

00:38 away on Sunday after suffering from a brain hemorrhage.

00:42 He was laid to rest at the Jalan Sulong Muslim Cemetery at Kampung Sekat in Pontian, Johor.

00:48 For Live UN Video visit www.un.org/webcast

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