News on Petra’s police investigation

His article, Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell, has been taken off the Malaysia Today’s blogsite.

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Malaysia Today

Cops investigating Raja Petra under Multimedia Act

Posted by kasee

Friday, 02 May 2008

By LOURDES CHARLES, The Star KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin is being investigated under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 for an article he wrote recently titled Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell. It is learnt that eight police officers from the Federal Commercial Crimes Investigations Department (CCID) visited Raja Petra’s house in Sungai Buloh here at about 9am on Friday. They seized a laptop and a CPU (central processing unit) before leaving at about 11am. According to Raja Petra’s wife Marina Lee Abdullah, her husband had also been served with a notice requesting him to present himself at the CCID office in Bukit Perdana on Friday evening. It is learnt police officers from the cyber crimes investigations unit are expected to record his statement over the article he wrote and posted on the Malaysia Today online news portal on April 25. CCID director Commissioner Datuk Koh Hong Sun confirmed his officers had visited Raja Petra to assist police in their investigations. He declined to elaborate further. It is learnt that the CCID officers would be investigating certain allegations made in the article that were deemed false and defamatory. Under Section 233 of the Act: 1) A person who a) by means of any network facilities or network service or applications service knowingly — (i) makes, creates or solicits; and (ii) initiates the transmission of, any comment, request, suggestion or other communication which is obscene, indecent, false, menacing or offensive in character with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass another person; or b) initiates a communication using any applications service, whether continuously, repeatedly or otherwise, during which communication may or may not ensue, with or without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any person at any number or electronic address, commits an offence. 2) A person who knowingly (a) by means of a network service or applications service provides any obscene communication for commercial purposes to any person; or (b) permits a network service or applications service under the person ‘s control to be used for an activity described in paragraph (a), commits an offence. (3) A person who commits an offence under this section shall, on conviction,be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction

Police call in Raja Petra for questioning

Malaysiakini.com

Fauwaz Abdul Aziz | May 2, 08 1:56pm

Blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin has been called in by the police to have his statement recorded over a recent internet posting pertaining to the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case. His wife Marina Lee Abdullah told Malaysiakini that Raja Petra had gone to the federal police’s cybercrimes division at 4pm. Earlier, the police said the blogger’s statement would be recorded tomorrow morning. This morning, seven police officers from the division – led by DSP Victor Sanjos – were at Raja Petra’s house in Sungai Buloh from 9am to 11am. They confiscated the blogger’s laptop and CPU. When contacted, Sanjos said the police are investigating the blogger (left) under the Sedition Act 1948 for incitement and also because he “commented on a case before the court made its decision.” Sanjos also said Superintendent Gan Tack Guan – the investigating officer of the Altantuya murder case – had lodged a police report against Raja Petra. “We asked Raja Petra whether he was the one who wrote the blog posting, whether he posted the blog, and whether he owned Malaysia Today on which the comments were posted. “He answered ‘yes’ to all three questions,” he said. ‘Send murderers to hell’ On April 25, Raja Petra wrote ‘Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell’. The posting implicated Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife Rosmah Mansor in the high-profile case. Najib subsequently issued a denial through his press secretary Tengku Sariffuddin Tengku Ahmad. Whereas, Rosmah has also denied the allegations against her. Contacted earlier, Raja Petra confirmed that the police had visited him. The 58-year-old blogger, who is no stranger to controversy, was grilled by the police for eight hours last year after former Selangor menteri besar Muhammad Muhd Taib filed a police report against him. Taib, who is now regional and rural development minister, had claimed that Raja Petra published postings and articles that were disrespectful to the King and Islam. The Altantunya murder trial is currently ongoing at the Shah Alam High Court. A close aide to Najib, political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda and two police special operations force personnel have been charged with the murder of the Mongolian national.

Kenyataan Media:BIAR RAKYAT YANG TENTUKAN

Hari ini Kabinet akan Bersidang dan di antara perkara yang akan dibincang ialah samada siaran langsung Parlimen wajar di teruskan.

Demi Demokrasi dan kebebasan media saya harap Kabinet membuat keputusan untuk meneruskan siaran langsung setengah jam malah harus juga di tambah masa kerana sesi soal jawab ialah satu jam setengah. Untuk jangkamasa panjang harus dikaji bagaimana boleh disiarkan secara langsung keseluruhan sesi parlimen sepanjang masa 10am-5.30pm iaitu waktu mesyuarat.

Kerajaan tidak harus takut, kerana rakyat tahu menilai. Sekiranya ada wakil rakyat yang tidak beretika, atau berkelakuan tidak senonoh dalam Parlimen, biarkan rakyat yang telah memilih mereka menilai sendiri. Bukan untuk Kabinet tapi untuk rakyat pembayar cukai yang patut menentukan samada siaran ini harus diteruskan atau tidak.

Fuziah Salleh

Ahli Parlimen Kuantan

2 Mei 2008

Kepada Pembaca Blog & Sdri Maslinah Khususnya

Terima Kasih di atas semua ucapan tahniah serta juga diatas pandangan Sdri Maslinah.

Saya juga berkongsi harapan, iaitu supaya BN dapat bekerjasama dengan Pakatan Rakyat demi kebaikan rakyat.

Namun ada beberapa Faktor Kritikal yang akan memenentukan kejayaan tersebut;

1. Buat permulaan pihak BN perlu pastikan bahawa Kerajaan BN peringkat Pusat berlaku adil kepada semua ahli-ahli parlimen dengan memberi peruntukan sama rata tanpa diskriminasi untuk pembangunan kawasan setiap ahli parlimen. Selama ini ahli parlimen pembangkang tidak pernah menerima satu sen pun untuk pembangunan kawasan mereka. Rakyat yang telah memilih wakil rakyat mereka melalui proses demokrasi dijadikan mangsa di atas pilihan mereka itu. Ini bercanggah sama sekali dengan prinsip demokrasi berparlimen dan harus berubah. Saya juga telah membawa soalan berkaitan kepada Perdana Menteri di Parlimen, dan soalan tersebut telah dijadual untuk dijawab dalam masa dua minggu ini.

Harapan saya supaya setiap ahli parlimen akan mendapat peruntukan wajar untuk membantu mereka merancang projek-projek pembangunan di kawasan masing-masing, tidak kiralah mereka dari parti mana sekalipun.

2. Agensi-Agensi Kerajaan juga harus beri kerjasama kepada wakil rakyat pilihan rakyat dan ‘engage’ dalam komunikasi dua hala di dalam hal-hal bagi menyelesaikan masalah rakyat. Pihak Kerajaan dan Agensi-Agensi Kerajaan juga harus bersikap terbuka di atas segala saranan yang dibawa kepada mereka ; di samping memberi segala kerjasama di dalam hal-hal penyelesaian masalah rakyat. Sehubungan dengan hal ini adalah amat tidak profesional sekiranya pihak kerajaan tempatan menolak penggunaan kemudahan awam oleh seorang ahli parlimen pembangkang, dalam konteks wakil rakyat ingin bertemu rakyat, sedangkan rakyat merupakan pembayar cukai dan berhak menggunakan kemudahan awam.

3. Saluran maklumat yang tepat dan terkini juga perlu disampaikan kepada pihak-pihak berkenaan dari pihak kerajaan mahupun agensi kerajaan supaya mereka dapat mengambil tindakan yang tepat dan wajar perihal tindakan yang berkaitan dengan rakyat

Saya akui bahawa saya memang tidak henti-henti berjumpa dengan pelbagai kelompok masyarakat, penduduk-penduduk kampung, persatuan-persatuan dan juga NGO sejak dari hari pertama saya menang. Malah saya pastikan secara sedar bahawa saya bertemu spektrum masayarakat yang pelbagai setiap kali saya turun padang. Ini semua dalam rangka saya mewujudkan komunikasi dua hala dengan pelbagai lapisan penduduk dan pengundi Kuantan, mengenali mereka, memahami masalah mereka dan juga menyelami perasaan mereka, serta mendengar keluhan di sebalik keperitan hidup mereka. Maklumat yang ditemui dengan dialog dua hala ini tentu sekali akan membantu saya untuk membawa agenda pembaikan untuk penduduk Kuantan, serta juga menyalurkan maklumat tepat tentang tindakan yang saya mahu lihat dilaksanakan oleh pelbagai agensi kelak.

Cara saya ini tentu sekali didapati asing kepada penduduk Kuantan memandangkan wakil rakyat sebelum ini lain caranya. Mungkin juga ada segolongan rakyat juga yang telah begitu lama terlalu tebiasa dengan cara BN…..

Walaubagaimanapun, Terima Kasih saya ucapkan diatas teguran.. Harapnya ia dengan hasrat untuk membina

Laporan Prestasi 100 hari akan di sediakan nanti. Nantikannya, ya, dan harapan agar sdr dan sdri yang budiman tidak terlalu cepat membuat penilaian.