our shadow is black...is Najib afraid of his own shadow?
On our way up north, SP mentioned she would like to attend this forum organized by Wong Chin Huat at the Central Market Annexe, in KL on Sunday to show our support. Coming from her, it was unusual. Anyway, back home, I was watching 9.30pm news on NTV7 when I briefly caught a glimpse of a portrait of Chin Huat. I sensed something bad but missed the brief mandarin news on him. So I checked Malaysiakini website and saw the headline that he was arrested under the Sedition Act. Susan Loone in her blog asked if he was missing. What better way to confirm than to check his Nutgraph? This is what was reported:
Wong Chin Huat arrested for sedition
5 May 09 : 8.34PM
By Jacqueline Ann Surin
jacquelinesurin@thenutgraph.com
PETALING JAYA, 5 May 2009: Political scientist Wong Chin Huat has been arrested for sedition and taken to Bukit Aman tonight.
His personal computer has also been seized by the police.
Lawyer Edmund Bon said he received a phone call from the academic at about 7.45pm to say that the police were at his apartment in Seri Sentosa, Kuala Lumpur.
Bon said he spoke to the police officer on the phone and was told that a police report had been lodged against Wong for sedition.
"However, the officer refused to say who lodged the report and over what," Bon said in a phone interview tonight.
Bon also said that Wong was in his car park and as of 8.15pm, was refusing to follow the police until someone arrived to accompany him.
"I'll be asking the police to record Wong's statement tonight and to release him immediately," Bon said.
However, under the law, the police can detain a person for 24-hours after arrest before bringing him or her before a magistrate.
Earlier this morning, Wong, as a representative of the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih), held a press conference to launch the 1BLACKMalaysia campaign, and urged all Malaysians to wear black on 7 May to protest the "ongoing Perak coup" by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government.
Wong teaches journalism at Monash University (Malaysia). He is also a columnist with The Nut Graph. 
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2 comments:
Come for the forum and bring your friends to show support for Wong Chin Huat!
When police reports are lodged against BN people, no action is taken. If a report is lodged against anyone opposing the government, God help the poor soul. Let's show some support for Wong Chin Huat in every small way we can!
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