Defamation charges against Raja Petra

The first question that came to my mind as I read the news report on Raja Petra being charged with defamation was “Who brought the charges?”  Did I not just read that Deputy Prime Minister, Najib Tun Razak, and his wife, Rosmah Mansor, were not going to take any actions against Raja Petra for the [...]

Missing records in Irene Fernandez’s case

Kuala Lumpur High Court judge Mohamad Apandi Ali has fixed June 11 to hear submissions on whether an appeal hearing can go on, since relevant records of evidence have gone missing in the case filed by activist Irene Fernandez.
“The court is concerned with the disappearance of the evidence. I have directed the officer who (wrote) [...]

Sedition charge is malicious and without merit

An alliance of civil society groups and bloggers today expressed their solidarity and support to Raja Petra Kamarudin and blog commentator Syed Akbar Ali, who were separately charged with sedition yesterday.
“We are seated here in solidarity for fellow writers and bloggers to make our stand on similar action that may be taken against other writers [...]

LKS: Actions against Raja Petra an orchestrated effort

[...]On one side was Lim Kit Siang (DAP-Ipoh Timur) who, in his speech debating on the royal address, criticised Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor for “abusing the laws” in allegedly getting Raja Petra to be charged for sedition.
Raja Petra, in his Internet posting entitled ‘Let’s send the Altantuya murderers [...]

Raja Petra charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act

Malaysia Today news portal webmaster Raja Petra Kamaruddin was today charged with sedition at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over an article which he wrote in his website, allegedly implying that Deputy Prime Minister Najib was involved in the killing of a young Mongolian woman.
The popular blogger was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition [...]

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