Remand application for TMI editors rejected, trio to be freed today

The remand application for three The Malaysian Insider (TMI) editors has been denied today.

In his tweet, representing lawyer Syahredzan Johan said the remand application was denied by magistrate Mohd Nazri Omran.

The trio is expected to be released from Dang Wangi police station at 7pm today.

The trio – managing editor Lionel Morais, Malay section editor Amin Shah Iskandar, and features and analysis editor Zulkifli Sulong – were arrested yesterday over the news portal’s March 25 report that the Conference of Rulers had rejected an amendment to the federal law for hudud to be implemented in Kelantan.

However, the next day, the Conference of Rulers denied the report and lodged a police report on the matter.

Subsequently, UMNO Youth lodged a report with the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). An investigation by the commission and the police followed suit.

Morais, Amin Shah and Zulkifli were being investigated under Section 4 of the Sedition Act and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

Meanwhile, TMI chief executive Jahabar Sadiq and The Edge Media Group CEO, Ho Kay Tat, are still being detained following the duo’s arrest this morning.

READ: TMI chief executive and The Edge publisher arrested for sedition