By Pauline Wong, The Sun
The relatives of provocative blogger Mohd Nur Hanief Abdul Jalil, 27, were yesterday brought in for questioning by a Malaysian Communications as well as Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
It was after a five-month silence since he was initial hauled in by a military following his argumentative blog post upon Mar 1.
The post was upon allegations of a sex scandal in between a part of of a Selangor royalty as well as a well-known local model, which Mohd Nur Hanief had plucked from another blog whilst adding his own comments below. The post has received 150 comments to date.
Abdul Jalil Ashaari, 61, as well as Kamalia Chek, 60, went in to a MCMC Investigations Division bureau in a Sultan Abdul Samad office building here at 2.15pm yesterday as well as were questioned for some-more than dual hours.
"I say my son did not post anything seditious as well as which he had merely copy-and-pasted opinions of alternative blogs as well as expressed his own opinion," pronounced Abdul Jalil, after a questioning.
Mohd Nur Hanief, who blogs primarily about socio-political topics, was arrested under a Sedition Act as well as questioned by a military upon Mar 18, prior to being expelled a subsequent day.
He has additionally been questioned by a MCMC. In investigations, computers belonging to him as well as Abdul Jalil were were seized from their home. Since his release, however, no charges have been filed against him.
Abdul Jalil pronounced he was astounded when he was served a notice to appear prior to a MCMC.
"They (MCMC) completed their investigations as well as did not contact us for months," he said, adding which he had accompanied his son when he was questioned in March.
The retired bank officer pronounced a officers were amicable during a questioning as he as well as his wife gave their full cooperation.
!The d ual were met by their warn Fadiah Nadwa Fikri as well as Farhana Abdul Halim from Lawyers for Liberty befor! e they w ere escorted by an MCMC officer in to a office. However, a lawyers were not authorised to accompany them.
After a questioning, Fadiah pronounced it was disturbing which a relatives were denied counsel.
"We cannot stress sufficient upon a right to have legal warn benefaction during questioning by a authorities."
This brings a question of why his relatives would be questioned over their son's alleged offence, pronounced Fadiah.
"It is nothing some-more than intimidation. The questions asked were absurd," she said, adding which MCMC officers had pressed a aged couple about who a internet service provider comment was registered to, or who had uploaded a pictures upon Mohd Nur Hanief's blog.
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