PETALING JAYA, 23 April 2009: A warrant of arrest was issued against blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin by the Sessions Court here after he failed to turn up for his sedition trial today. Judge Rozina Ayob also issued a show-cause notice to Raja Petra’s wife, Mable @ Marina Lee, who is his bailor. She was […]
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No probes into RPK’s “made up stories”, court told
PETALING JAYA, 12 Feb 2009: Bukit Aman-based National/Interpol Bureau Centre assistant director DSP Gan Tack Guan told the Sessions Court here today that no investigations had been conducted into stories “made up” by blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin. He said this when cross-examined by Raja Petra’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo. Raja Petra, 59, was charged […]
RPK trial: No statement recorded from Najib
PETALING JAYA, 10 Feb 2009: The prosecution’s fifth witness in the sedition case involving blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin told the Sessions Court here today that no statement was recorded from Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Supt Gan Tack Guan, who is the assistant director of the Interpol National Centre Bureau, said this was because police […]
Witness absent, Raja Petra case postponed
PETALING JAYA, 18 Dec 2008: Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin’s sedition trial in the Sessions Court here became rather heated today when the prosecution’s fifth witness again failed to be present in court, forcing it to postpone hearing to 10 Feb next year. Raja Petra’s counsel, Gobind Singh Deo, gave the prosecution a tongue-lashing when told […]
Raja Petra sedition case: Charge to be amended
SHAH ALAM, 15 Dec 2008: The High Court here today allowed the prosecution’s application to amend the sedition charge against blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin. Justice Datuk Su Geok Yiam said the prosecution’s application to amend the charge would not prejudice the accused because the original charge and the amended charge were the same. The […]
Request to amend charge against Raja Petra denied
PETALING JAYA, 10 Nov 2008: The Sessions Court has turned down the prosecution’s request to amend the sedition charge against Malaysia Today blog operator and writer Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ishak Mohd Yusof filed the application here today to insert two elements, namely the title of the alleged seditious article and the […]
