Police arrest Edge, TMI executives for sedition

By admin-s On Mar 31, 2015

(TMI) – Police have arrested The Edge publisher Ho Kay Tat and The Malaysian Insider chief executive Jahabar Sadiq under the Sedition Act over the news portal’s report on Islamic criminal laws or hudud.

Both were arrested this morning when they turned up at the Dang Wangi police station for their statements to be taken. Police said they would apply for a remand order for the duo and three other The Malaysian Insider editors arrested last night.

“These arrests appear to go beyond just our reportage about one hudud article,” Jahabar said before he was arrested.

“The Malaysian Insider will continue to report without fear or favour despite these arrests. It is business as usual,” he added.

The three arrested last night were Lionel Morais, Amin Shah Iskandar and Zulkifli Sulong.

Lawyer Syahredzan Johan said the detentions of Ho and Jahabar were also under the same laws used to arrest the three other editors – Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act and Section 4 of the Sedition Act.

This brings the number of arrests of media personnel to five from the The Edge Media Group: four editors and one director.