Raja Petra Kamaruddin, Malaysia Today news portal webmaster was today charged with sedition at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over an article which he wrote in his website.
He was offered bail of RM5,000 but he refused to pay and was sent to Sungai Buloh prison, until the trial fixed for Oct 6-10.
If found guilty, Raja Petra can be jailed a maximum of 3 years and/or face a fine of up to RM5,000.
He was offered bail of RM5,000 but he refused to pay and was sent to Sungai Buloh prison, until the trial fixed for Oct 6-10.
If found guilty, Raja Petra can be jailed a maximum of 3 years and/or face a fine of up to RM5,000.
Raja Petra's website issued a call for donation of RM1 per person to his legal aid fund. At 6.45pm, RM24,500 had been credited to his CIMB bank account, and the fund had collected an additional US$3,283.61 through a Paypal account. It has been closed since.
Malaysia Today was blamed as one of the contributor to the political tsunami on 8th March which the ruling government BN lost 5 states and lost 2/3 majority in parliament.
Is this the beginning of crackdown on bloggers who wrote against the government?
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