Another student has been hauled up for sedition investigation for comments he made on Facebook, mirroring the case of Ali Abdul Jalil.
Police have questioned Dalbinder Singh Gill, a nephew of the late Karpal Singh, who allegedly made Facebook posts questioning Bumiputera rights and the monarchy.
News portal Malaysiakini reported that the 24-year-old law student had surrendered himself at the Northeast Police District headquarters on Jalan Patani at 10.45 pm last night after personnel from the Bukit Aman Cyber Crime Unit showed up at his home while he was not at home.
Dalbinder was released at 1.30am and posted on his Facebook page that “I’m being investigated under the Sedition Act 1948 and released on police bail at 1.30am. My iphone and ipad has been confiscated.”
He was told that it was the police who lodged the report against him.
Meanwhile, at 11am this morning at IPD Sabak Bernam, police questioned another academic, Dr Abdul Aziz Bari after numerous reports were lodged against him. The professor was said to have insulted the Sultan of Selangor in articles published on The Malaysian Insider that include “Sultan Selangor terikat Deklarasi 1992, perlu lantik Wan Azizah, kata Aziz Bari” and “Only God, not Sultan, has absolute powers, says legal expert” on September 1 and September 9 respectively.
If he is charged under the Act, Aziz Bari would be the second academic to be hauled in by the Act after Dr Azmi Sharom in Malaysian history. Dr Aziz Bari currently teaching social sciences to postgraduate students in UNISEL after being suspended from teaching law in the International Islamic University (UIAM) for remarks he made.
Home Minister Zahid Hamidi had recently pledged to that he would act against anyone who was reported to have made seditious statements within 24 hours of a report. However, he failed to live up to his oath after ignoring reports made by DAP against ex-Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad for statements with a racial undertone.
Gelang Patah MP Lim Kit Siang and DAP Parliamentary leader called this a double standard in law enforcement, where only certain parties get prosecuted but not those who are linked to the Barisan Nasional government. -The Rocket
