Raja Petra sedition trial starts
PETALING JAYA, Oct 6 - Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin, who is being held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), was brought to the Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya this morning for his sedition trial.
The Malaysia Today editor, 58, who is being held at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Perak, was charged on May 6 over his online posting about the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu.
He claimed trial to publishing an allegedly seditious article on Malaysia Today, becoming the first blogger to be charged under the Sedition Act.
He is accused of publishing the article 'Let's send the Altantuya murderers to hell' which was alleged to have contained nine paragraphs of seditious words.
He is said to have committed the offence at his house in in Sungai Buloh on April 25.
If convicted, he can be fined a maximum of RM5,000 or jailed up to three years, or both.
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