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MP
for Batu Tian Chua will be charged under the Sedition Act for remarks
allegedly made in connection to the Lahad Datu intrusion.
"This is a classic case of hypocrisy of the highest order. The Prime Minister himself announced last year the Sedition Act would be repealed and replaced with the National Harmony Act but now with the general election nearby, suddenly the Attorney General seems to have forgotten that," Latheefa Koya, the legal affairs director for PKR, told Malaysia Chronicle.
It is not yet clear if Tian will be charged for alleged "mati katak" comments or for allegedly linking Umno to the Lahad Datu intrusion.
Umno bullying & the Anwar factor
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.Tian,
who is also a PKR vice president and one of Anwar's most trusted aides,
was initially due to be charged under Section 500 of the Penal Code for
criminal defamation. But at the 11th hour, the AG changed his mind and
whipped out the Sedition Act, which according to Latheefa was "much more
serious."
The charges will be preferred against to Tian around 9am on Thursday at the Jalan Duta Court Complex. Bristling at what they perceive to be Umno's "racial bullying", his friends, constituents and colleagues are already busy making plans to show their moral support at the court house tomorrow.
The decision to charge Tian comes at a time when there is mounting fear that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim might be arrested soon.
Speculation has been rife that Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Umno party wants Anwar to be put behind bars ahead of the country's 13th general election. It is believed they will try to frame Anwar for masterminding the Lahad Datu intrusion.
Members of Anwar's PKR party fear the worst may happen, based on information received from high-level sources as well as from reading a recent chain of "orchestrated" events they worry are aimed to create hate towards the 64-year-old leader.
Already, the Umno-owned media have been blaring headlines insinuating an alleged conspiracy between Anwar and the Sulu Sultan as well as Nur Misuari, the chairman of the MNLF. Anwar has slapped on RM200mil defamation lawsuits against Utusan and TV for suggesting his involvement or that the intruders had come to see him.
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MP
for Batu Tian Chua will be charged under the Sedition Act for remarks
allegedly made in connection to the Lahad Datu intrusion."This is a classic case of hypocrisy of the highest order. The Prime Minister himself announced last year the Sedition Act would be repealed and replaced with the National Harmony Act but now with the general election nearby, suddenly the Attorney General seems to have forgotten that," Latheefa Koya, the legal affairs director for PKR, told Malaysia Chronicle.
It is not yet clear if Tian will be charged for alleged "mati katak" comments or for allegedly linking Umno to the Lahad Datu intrusion.
Umno bullying & the Anwar factor
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Tian,
who is also a PKR vice president and one of Anwar's most trusted aides,
was initially due to be charged under Section 500 of the Penal Code for
criminal defamation. But at the 11th hour, the AG changed his mind and
whipped out the Sedition Act, which according to Latheefa was "much more
serious."The charges will be preferred against to Tian around 9am on Thursday at the Jalan Duta Court Complex. Bristling at what they perceive to be Umno's "racial bullying", his friends, constituents and colleagues are already busy making plans to show their moral support at the court house tomorrow.
The decision to charge Tian comes at a time when there is mounting fear that Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim might be arrested soon.
Speculation has been rife that Prime Minister Najib Razak and his Umno party wants Anwar to be put behind bars ahead of the country's 13th general election. It is believed they will try to frame Anwar for masterminding the Lahad Datu intrusion.
Members of Anwar's PKR party fear the worst may happen, based on information received from high-level sources as well as from reading a recent chain of "orchestrated" events they worry are aimed to create hate towards the 64-year-old leader.
Already, the Umno-owned media have been blaring headlines insinuating an alleged conspiracy between Anwar and the Sulu Sultan as well as Nur Misuari, the chairman of the MNLF. Anwar has slapped on RM200mil defamation lawsuits against Utusan and TV for suggesting his involvement or that the intruders had come to see him.
