BE CAREFUL WHEN U CLiCK LIKE... It maybe be seditious... ================================== Cops stand by use of Sedition Act against student Police today defended the use of the Sedition Act against a Form Five student who had Like a Facebook page titled I Love Israel recently, saying that it was applied to enable them to initiate investigations. Penang CID chief SAC Mazlan Kesah said police needed the case to be backed by a certain Act before it could proceed with the probe. He said police would then study the recorded statements to determine the suitability of the Act used for the probe later on. It is just to help us to proceed with the investigations. Then, we will go through the statements and decide what recommendations to make to the prosecution. If the initial Act used is not suitable, we will look at other Acts, he told reporters today. Mazlan was asked to comment on criticisms aimed at the police for probing the 17-year-old boy from a school in Taman Tasek Mutiara, Simpang Ampat in Penang under the Sedition Act for allegedly clicking Like on the I Love Israel page earlier this month. This became an issue and eventually a police case more than a week ago after the boys teacher posted it on her Facebook page. This led to other users, including teachers, commenting that the teen should be boycotted and even burned. Last week, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) expressed shock at the way the police are handling the incident. Suhakam chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, in a strongly-worded statement last Friday, said that the sedition probe was an over-reaction on the part of the police. He said it was another example of how the Sedition Act could restrict freedom of expression, adding that it could have been resolved without invoking the act or exposing the student to criticism and threats. Non-government organisations, lawyers and netizens also voiced their dismay over the sedition probe. Mazlan said the investigation on the case was still ongoing and police were working with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) on the matter. We are still recording statements and should be able to wrap up the case soon and hand it over to the Attorney-Generals Chambers for further action, he added. Last week, Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said apart from the teen, those who threatened the boy online were also being probed for criminal intimidation. – August 19, 2014. - See more at: themalaysianinsider/malaysia/article/cops-stand-by-use-of-sedition-act-against-student#sthash.eYGEexfk.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 11:17:40 +0000
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