Updated 5.40pm, 7 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 7 May 2009: Some 30 former and present students of Wong Chin Huat held a short, peaceful gathering in front of Monash University Sunway Campus main gate this afternoon to show support for arrested academician. However, they were forced by the police to disperse after just 10 minutes. […]
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Cops arrest 14 at Brickfields candlelight vigil (Updated 12.29am)
By N Shashi KalaUpdated 12.29am, 7 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 6 May 2009: Police arrested 14 people taking part in a candlelight vigil for detained political scientist Wong Chin Huat outside the Brickfields district police station tonight. However, all 14 were released unconditionally a few hours later. The 14 were part of a small group who had gathered […]
Don’t wear black tomorrow, warns IGP
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 May 2009: Political party supporters were today reminded not to create tension by dressing in black and illegally gathering in protest of the Perak state assembly sitting tomorrow. The police warning came following the call by Bersih or the Coalition for Free and Fair Elections for the public to wear black as […]
PAS’s Mat Sabu detained
By Gan Pei Ling and Shanon ShahUpdated 8.00pm, 6 May 2009 Mat Sabu (Source: mohamadsabu.com) KUALA LUMPUR, 6 May 2009: PAS vice-president Mohamad Sabu was arrested by the police at 3.10pm today. Mat Sabu, as the PAS leader is better known as, was detained for inciting members of the public and party supporters to assemble in Ipoh in conjunction with the […]
Wong’s remand order extended to 8 May (Updated)
By Gan Pei LingUpdated 7.04pm, 6 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 6 May 2009: Political scientist Wong Chin Huat, who was arrested last night under the Sedition Act and remanded for a day this morning, will have to stay in police custody for a two more days. His lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad told The Nut Graph that the Kuala […]
Sedition
By The Nut Graph teamBARELY a month after taking office, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration has wielded the Sedition Act — this time on academic and The Nut Graph columnist Wong Chin Huat. Few details have been released on the reasons and details of Wong’s arrest. As of today, he has been remanded for a day and […]
Chin Huat’s arrest condemned (Updated 4.15pm)
By Zedeck SiewUpdated 4.15pm on 6 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 6 May 2009: Several groups, think tanks and political parties have condemned the arrest of political scientist Wong Chin Huat for alleged sedition. “The arrest of Wong does not augur well for (Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak)’s promise of openness and respect for the people,” said […]
PAS at the crossroads
By Wong Chin Huat(Crossroads pic by Lostmyheadache @ Flickr) PAS is now at the most important historical juncture in its 58-year life. Partnering Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and the DAP, the Islamists are now only 29 seats away from taking over the federal government. Winning nearly 80% of Chinese Malaysian support in the recent Bukit Gantang by-election, PAS […]
Wong Chin Huat arrested for sedition (Updated)
By Jacqueline Ann SurinUpdated 1am on 6 May 2009 PETALING JAYA, 5 May 2009: Political scientist Wong Chin Huat was arrested tonight for sedition for writing several articles, including on the 1BLACKMalaysia campaign. Wong (Pic courtesy of Bersih) The academic was arrested at his apartment in Seri Sentosa, Kuala Lumpur and taken to Bukit Aman. His personal computer […]
1BLACKMalaysia campaign for Perak
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 5 May 2009: The Coalition for Free and Fair Elections (Bersih) has urged all Malaysians to wear black on 7 May to protest the “ongoing Perak coup” by the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. “It will be a peaceful but powerful message of civil disobedience: that we, the people, are the politicians’ bosses and […]
