Wong Chin Huat arrested for sedition


	Wong Chin Huat arrested for sedition

walski69

5-5-2009 12:21 PM

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politics, malaysia, police, sedition, civil disobedience

walski69 says:

Academician, journalist and activist arrested on Tuesday, May 5th 2009 on charges of sedition, by the police, acting on a report made. Police, however, have declined to elaborate who filed the report.

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