Cops revisit Malaysiakini, leave with writer's email



The military visitedMalaysiakinioffice this afternoon for a second uninterrupted day to continue their review into a reader's minute regarding a 'no constraint in Islam' remark by PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar.

They met withMalaysiakinieditor-in-chief Steven Gan, arch senior physical education instructor military military officer Premesh Chandran as well as arch editor Fathi Aris Omar for about half-an-hour.

NONETheMalaysiakinimanagement was accompanied by tellurian rights counsel Murnie Hidayah Anuar.

With theconsentof a minute writer, Steve Oh,Malaysiakinihanded over his email address to a police.

"I do not want you (Malaysiakini) to remove your computers so greatfully feel free to give a military my email sum underneath protest as well as offer them each cooperation...," Oh pronounced in anopen lettertoday.

The military left soon after. Unlike yesterday, when statements were taken from threeMalaysiakinistaff, no statement was recorded today.

The group led by Subang Jaya military headquarters senior investigating military military officer ASP Nadzri Harun consisted of 7 personnel, about half of yesterday's 15-member team.

They arrived during a news portal's headquarters in Bangsar Utama, Kuala Lumpu! r, during 4pm as well as left during around 4.30pm.

New poke warrant

On arrival, a military produced a brand new poke aver issued by a court in Petaling! Jaya, u nderneath Section 298 of Penal Code. They did not confiscate any item fromMalaysiakini.

NONETheir poke aver yesterday was issued underneath a Sedition Act, that could have been an error on a partial of a police.

Nadzri reiterated that a review was being carried out underneath Section 298 of a Penal Code, not a Sedition Act.

The territory deals with a offence of "uttering difference ... with deliberate vigilant to wound a eremite feelings of any person".

If found guilty, a offender can be punished with seizure for up to a single year, with a excellent or both.
The minute being investigated was authored by Oh as well as published byMalaysiakinion Monday, titled'Nurul's watershed idea for a nation'.

Yesterday, a military spent 90 minutesrecording statementsfrom Fathi, news editor Gerald Martinez as well as tellurian apparatus physical education instructor A Shamini.

NONEGan (left) described today's assembly with a military as cordial.

"None of our computers was confiscated. As such, our work has not been unduly disrupted," he said.

Malaysiakiniwas raided by a military in 2003 as well as nineteen computers were seized. That situation was also over a minute to a editor created by a reader.

However, no assign was filed as well as a case was eventually sealed dual years later.
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