+ People arrested and/or charged in the sedition dragnet Name Background Date of charge Current status Alleged seditious actNg Wei Aik DAP Member of Parliament for Tanjong constituency 10 February 2014 Acquitted and discharged by Sessions URL Published an article in a Chinese daily, questioned Najib's intention for jailing the former Opposition Leader, Anwar Ibrahim. Teresa Kok DAP Member of Parliament for Seputeh constituency 6 May 2014 Awaiting trial Making a Chinese New Year greeting video posted on YouTube which allegedly included jokes on Malaysia being a dangerous country and on the recent Lahad Datu intrusion  Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman ISMA president 20 June 2014 Awaiting trial Saying that Chinese migrants brought by the British to Malaya were trespassers  N. Surendran PKR Member of Parliament for Padang Serai and one of Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer 19 August 2014Awaiting trial; 28 August 2014 (second charge) Criticising the judgment in the second of Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials and saying that the proceedings was an attempt to put the Malaysian opposition leader behind barsMohammad Nizar Jamaluddin PAS Perak state assemblyman for Changkat Jering and former Mentri Besar of Perak 25 August 2014 Awaiting trial; charged for criminal defamation (Section 500 Penal Code) For a speech made in 2012 saying "I was informed that Najib will call all the army generals to do something if BN lost in the general election."Khalid Abdul Samad PAS Member of Parliament for Shah Alam constituency 26 August 2014 Awaiting trial Questioning the executive powers of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS)RSN Rayer DAP Penang state assemblyman for Seri Delima 27 August 2014Acquitted and discharged by Sessions URL "celaka UMNO" (damn UMNO)Rafizi Ramli PKR Vice President and MP for Pandan 28 August 2014 Charged for provocation of breach of peace (Section 504 Penal Code) ; Awaiting trial Accusing UMNO of conspiring to instigate religious strifeAzmi Sharom Universiti Malaya law professor and columnist for The Star newspaper 2 September 2014 Charge withdrew by Attorney General via discretionary powers For commenting in a newspaper column about the 2009 Perak constitutional crisisDavid Orok State Reform Party (STAR)'s politician in Sabah 3 September 2014Awaiting trial Accused for insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad in Facebook.Susan Loone Malaysiakini journalist 4 September 2014Arrested 4 September 2014; Awaiting charge Publishing an interview with Penang state EXCO Phee Boon Poh in connection with the latter's arrest regarding PPS issueSafwan Awang Student activist 5 September 2014 Awaiting trialCharged and arrested for making seditious remarks in an anti-government rally.Ali Abd Jalil Social activist affiliated with Anything But Umno (ABU) movement 8 September 2014 Awaiting trial Belittling and calling for the abolishment of the Johor state monarchyWan Ji Wan Hussin Islamic preacher affiliated with PAS 10 September 2014 Arrested September 10 2014 ; Awaiting charge Possibly for questioning the role of the rulers as the heads of religionWong Hoi Cheng Unaffiliated project manager 15 September 2014 Charged under Section 504 Penal Code ; Awaiting trial Describing the Malaysian chief police as the "Heinrich Himmler of Malaysia" on Twitter
+ People arrested and/or charged in the sedition dragnet Name Background Date of charge Current status Alleged seditious actNg Wei Aik DAP Member of Parliament for Tanjong constituency 10 February 2014 Acquitted and discharged by Sessions URL Published an article in a Chinese daily, questioned Najib's intention for jailing the former Opposition Leader, Anwar Ibrahim. Teresa Kok DAP Member of Parliament for Seputeh constituency 6 May 2014 - Making a Chinese New Year greeting video posted on YouTube which allegedly included jokes on Malaysia being a dangerous country and on the recent Lahad Datu intrusion . Abdullah Zaik Abd Rahman ISMA president 20 June 2014 - Saying that Chinese migrants brought by the British to Malaya were trespassers . N. Surendran PKR Member of Parliament for Padang Serai and one of Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer 19 August 2014- Criticising the judgement in the second of Anwar Ibrahim sodomy trials and saying that the proceedings was an attempt to put the Malaysian opposition leader behind bars.Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin PAS Perak state assemblyman for Changkat Jering and former Mentri Besar of Perak 25 August 2014 Charged for criminal defamation (Section 500 Penal Code) For a speech made in 2012 saying "I was informed that Najib will call all the army generals to do something if BN lost in the general election."Khalid Abdul Samad PAS Member of Parliament for Shah Alam constituency 26 August 2014 -Questioning the executive powers of the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS)RSN Rayer DAP Penang state assemblyman for Seri Delima 27 August 2014Acquitted and discharged by Sessions URL "celaka UMNO" (damn UMNO)Rafizi Ramli PKR Vice President and MP for Pandan 28 August 2014 Charged for provocation of breach of peace (Section 504 Penal Code) Accusing UMNO of conspiring to instigate religious strifeAzmi Sharom Universiti Malaya law professor and columnist for The Star newspaper 2 September 2014 Charge withdrew by Attorney General via discretionary powers For commenting in a newspaper column about the 2009 Perak constitutional crisisDavid Orok State Reform Party (STAR)'s politician 3 September 2014- Accused for insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad on Facebook.Susan Loone Malaysiakini journalist 4 September 2014Arrested 4 September 2014Publishing an interview with Penang state EXCO Phee Boon Poh in connection with the latter's arrest regarding PPS issueSafwan Awang Student activist 5 September 2014-Charged and arrested for making seditious remarks in an anti-government rally.Ali Abd Jalil Social activist affiliated with Anything But Umno (ABU) movement 8 September 2014-Belittling and calling for the abolishment of the Johor state monarchyWan Ji Wan Hussin Islamic preacher affiliated with PAS 10 September 2014 Arrested September 10 2014 Possibly for questioning the role of the rulers as the heads of religionWong Hoi Cheng Unaffiliated project manager 15 September 2014 Charged under Section 504 Penal Code Describing the Malaysian chief police as the "Heinrich Himmler of Malaysia" on Twitter
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