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Telegraph
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Police record Enoch Powell shop window portrait as ‘non-crime hate incident'
Police recorded an Enoch Powell portrait hanging in a village shop window as a 'non-crime hate incident' (NCHI), it has emerged. The image of the late Conservative politician was placed in the window of Mumfords, an ironmonger in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, in February. West Mercia Police have now recorded the image as an NCHI, saying it had been reported as 'offensive content'. Shopkeeper Elizabeth Griffiths said the portrait was on display next to an extract from Mr Powell's 1968 'rivers of blood' speech, in which he claimed migration would lead to violence on Britain's streets. 'I did it to promote powerful leaders,' said the grandmother of 12. 'It wasn't just one picture of Enoch Powell. It had lots of other pictures around it. I think there were about six pictures of Winston Churchill, for instance. 'For some reason, three and a half months later, there is a decision to try and focus on just one picture. I think it's just an element of mischief making. My customers are overwhelmingly supportive of the display.' Mrs Griffiths, a Reform UK activist, also placed images of Jesus Christ, Francis of Assisi and Donald Trump in her shop window. But the display prompted a police investigation after a member of the public complained last week that it was offensive. 'On 16 May we received a report of offensive content displayed in a shop window on Church Street in Cleobury Mortimer,' said a spokesman for West Mercia Police. 'This is being treated as a hate incident, and onquiries are ongoing.' The spokesman later clarified that it was being treated as an NCHI. Mrs Griffiths said the report to police was a 'vendetta' because she had campaigned for Reform UK in the local elections earlier this month. She added that she had received 'absolutely no police contact whatsoever' about the alleged 'hate incident' and had not been spoken to by officers about it. 'I am gobsmacked and baffled beyond belief,' she said. 'I am not racist in any shape or form. Oh, good gracious no. I deal with Muslims every week. The Muslims I deal with are generally entrepreneurial. They are successful in business. They haven't come across on boats.' She added: 'I was a Brexit supporter. It isn't a case of reducing immigration. It's a case of controlling it, surely. I think it would be for the benefit of each and every one of us. 'In fact, when it was the Brexit campaign, I didn't campaign on anything other than uncontrolled immigration simply because of the strain on our resources, schools, health service.' Mrs Griffiths has now placed a picture of Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, in her window after he used the phrase 'island of strangers' in an immigration speech last week, which she said was similar to what Mr Powell had predicted in 1968. She added: 'I'm used to being bullied for standing up for what I believe in.'
Malay Mail
08-05-2025
- Malay Mail
RM10,000 fine for TikTok post on racial, religious sensitivities, says MCMC
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — A man was fined RM10,000 for posting offensive content involving racial and religious sentiments related to the Kuala Lumpur Tower workers' issue on TikTok on March 31. In a statement yesterday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the fine was imposed on Mohamad Shafiq Abdul Halim after receiving approval for compound action from the Attorney General's Chambers. The investigation was conducted under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 [Act 588], which prohibits the improper use of network facilities or services, including the transmission of obscene, indecent, false, threatening, or offensive communications. MCMC urged all social media users to act responsibly and ethically when uploading or sharing content, stressing that distributing offensive material, especially content that could offend sensitivities related to religion, race, or royal institutions, would be subject to strict action. The agency reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the nation's cyberspace remains safe, orderly, and harmonious, in line with efforts to strengthen national unity within Malaysia's multiracial society.— Bernama
