MCMC wants Alvin 'Alvivi' Tan's Facebook removed

Alvin Tan of the controversial ‘Alvivi’ duo will probably see his Facebook page removed after the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) requesting for his page to be removed immediately.

MCMC chairman Datuk Mohamed Sharil Mohamed Tarmizi called the notorious blogger, who is believed to be in the United States to seek political asylum, as irresponsible for controversial postings.

"We condemn the irresponsible act of Alvin Tan on Facebook and find his actions distasteful."

"We have made a complaint to Facebook and requested it (Facebook) to immediately remove the page as we believe it is also against their terms and conditions of service," he said on MCMC’s Facebook page on Wednesday.

Police are investigating Alvin 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.

Commenting on Alvin’s Facebook update, Vivian said she felt slighted that he remains active on social media and refused to contact her.

“I’ve been trying to get in touch with him ever since he went quiet and hasn’t said a word to me,” she told Astro AWANI.

“I feel jealous because he sent his regards to the police first before me,” said Vivian in reference to a certain high-profile minister and a higher ranking police officer whom Alvin deliberately mentioned in a Facebook posting on September 26.

Alvin, which turned fugitive and bail-jumper, resurfaced online and claimed that he is now living in the U.S. to seek political asylum, after going into hiding for months.

Both 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.

“I doubt he would come back to Malaysia. He should stay in the U.S, and I wish him my best for all his future endeavours,” said Vivian.