JOHOR BAHRU, April 1 -- Police have detained three individuals, including a 17-year-old teenager, to assist in an investigation into the dissemination of content on the TikTok application containing elements of incitement, defamation, and insults against Islam, the Johor royal institution, and the Johor police chief.

Johor police chief Datuk Ab Rahaman Arsad said that the two women and one man, aged between 17 and 49, were arrested in Taman Saujana here early this morning.

"Police received a report from a local man who detected a video uploaded by the owner of the account 'ratunurputribalqis' allegedly containing defamatory statements last Sunday," he said in a statement today.

The content in the post included claims that the Sultan of...