Wong Chin Huat arrested for sedition (Updated)
By Jacqueline Ann Surin, The Nut Graph
Political scientist Wong Chin Huat was arrested tonight for sedition for writing several articles, including on the 1BLACKMalaysia campaign.
The academic was arrested at his apartment in Seri Sentosa, Kuala Lumpur and taken to Bukit Aman. His personal computer has also been seized by the police, who have thus far denied him legal access.
Bukit Aman Commercial CID director Datuk Koh Hong Sun said Wong was detained under the Sedition Act 1948 for writing several articles, including on the 1BLACK Malaysia campaign, Bernama reported.
Koh, who declined to give details on Wong's detention, said police would decide tomorrow whether to extend his detention or not.
At 12.15am, Wong was whisked away to an undisclosed destination in a police car without having had a chance to meet his lawyers, said lawyer Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan.
Lawyer Latheefa Koya said the police took the academic away while the lawyers were in the midst of negotiating to gain access to him. "They made us wait for at least four hours without indicating that they were denying him legal representation," she said in an SMS to The Nut Graph.
