Police are investigating ‘notorious’ sex blogger Alvin Tan under the Sedition Act 1948 following scathing remarks he made against the country’s top leaders on his Facebook account recently.
This is the second time Alvin, one half of the controversial sex blogger ‘Alvivi’ is investigated under the act after he was jointly charged with former partner Vivian Lee for publishing insensitive materials mocking the holy month of Ramadhan last year.
“Members of the public have lodged reports against Alvin Tan. Upon this, we initiated an investigation under the Sedition Act, “said Deputy federal CID chief DCP Datuk Amar Singh to Astro AWANI, today.
Alvin hit the headlines yet again after he was purportedly fled to the United States to seek political asylum.
In a recent Facebook posting on September 26, Alvin called out the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak for the recent sedition blitz as an attempt by him to “cling on to the top post.”
“But when they arrest activists, lawyers, journalists, religious leaders and even professors and ordinary people expressing opinions on social media, they're declaring an all-out war on everyone and everything that the Malaysian people stand for.”
“This is classic totalitarianism: silencing dissent to maintain power through fear, intimidation, and violation of human rights,” Alvin wrote on his FB.
He also referred the Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar as ‘Nazi SS Head Heinrich Himmler’ and Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as ‘the closest thing to true evil’, in the same posting.
“Let us complete the investigation first. Then, we will liaise with the Attorney General’s department to decide the next course of action,” Ammar said, when asked if the police will deploy measures to bring Alvin back to Malaysia to face the charges against him.
Alvin and Vivian were hauled to court last year to face three charges under the Film Censorship Act, Sedition Act and the Penal Code but managed to get the charge under Section 298A of the Penal Code dismissed.
The court, which previously ordered the duo to surrender their passports, had granted a temporary release of their travel documents in May to enable them to shoot a documentary in Singapore.
But only Vivian surrendered her passport to the authorities on June 3.
Alvin, which turned fugitive and bail-jumper, resurfaced online last week and claimed that he is now living in the United States, after going into hiding for months.
Cynthia Ng
Mon Sep 29 2014
Alvin Tan is in the hot soup yet again as he faces sedition charges the Sedition Act 1948. - File Photo
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