KUALA LUMPUR: Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the editor of news portal Malaysia Today, claimed trial at the PJ Sessions Court to publishing a seditious article on April 25.He was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948.
Nine paragraphs in his article titled "Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell" were found to be seditious.
The article was posted on his website on April 25.
The court set his bail at RM5,000. His wife Marina Lee Abdullah said Raja Petra is hoping to raise the money through his news portal.
Earlier Tuesday, Raja Petra arrived at the magistrates’ court in the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in Jalan Duta at 9.06am.
He was later instructed to go to the PJ Sessions Court to be charged.
A crowd of about a hundred people were gathered at the Jalan Duta court. Among them were bloggers and Opposition MPs including Salahuddin Ayub (Kubang Kerian), Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Teluk Kemang) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (Lembah Pantai).
At 2pm Tuesday, businessman Syed Akbar Ali was also charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 at a sessions court here for posting a comment on Raja Petra's site.
tunku : i heard rpk declined to pay the bail, he prefer to stay in jail till the hearing,is that so? or just playing emotional games so that his readers will pity him and start donating for his bail and also legal services.he is following the way of his mentor anwar the moron.''berani buat berani tanggung''.
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