KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6 -- Sabah police have arrested a 61-year-old man in Semporna for allegedly issuing death threats on Facebook against a forensic pathologist who testified at the inquest into the death of Zara Qairina Mahathir.

State police chief Commissioner Datuk Jauteh Dikun said the arrest was made following a complaint filed last Friday against a Facebook account under the name "Amung Kamaruddin", which was found to contain elements of criminal intimidation and misuse of network services.

He added that the suspect was arrested at the Semporna district police headquarters at about 7am yesterday, and his mobile phone was seized, news portal Free Malaysia Today reported.

"Initial checks confirmed that the suspect was the owner of ...