#Malaysias #sedition dragnet widens to include the press, after academia and opposition politicians. malaysiakini/news/273532 Police confirm probing Malaysiakini journo for sedition Police have opened an investigation paper over online news portal Malaysiakini’s Penang-based journalist, Susan Loone. Bernama news agency reported that state police chief Abdul Rahim Hanafi had said that Loone will be probed following multiple reports lodged against her and Malaysiakini yesterday. Abdul Rahim said until yesterday, nine reports have been lodged against Loone for writing an article headlined ‘Disoal siasat selama 4 jam, dakwa dilayan seperti penjenayah’ published on Monday, which is allegedly “inciting and seditious”. “Following the police reports by several NGOs in the state, we have opened an investigation paper under Section 41c of the 1948 Sedition Act as the article is said to have threatened the harmony of the communities in the country,” Abdul Rahim was quoted as saying by Bernama today. “Police will be calling the journalist to record her statement for further investigation,” he said after attending the monthly assembly of the Penang Police Contigent this morning. The article has published an interview with Voluntary Patrol Unit (PPS) chairperson Phee Booh Poh, who is also state cabinet member in charge of welfare, caring society and environment, at 1.30am on Monday, when Phee was under police custody. [More to follow] See also: themalaysianinsider/malaysia/article/police-now-probing-reporter-and-news-portal-for-sedition
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:49:16 +0000