Sedition Act: Support pours in for lawyer Edmund Bon on Twitter
Vilashiiney Panneerselvam
September 13, 2014 09:28 MYT
September 13, 2014 09:28 MYT
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Support has been pouring in online for lawyer Edmund Bon who is being investigated under the Sedition Act for his comments on fatwa and the non-Muslims.
Bon tweeted via his personal account @edmundbon that his firm Bon Advocates received a call from a police officer, who said that the lawyer is being investigated.
The former Bar Council president is currently being investigated for his statement that ‘non-Muslims are not subjected to fatwas or the Shariah court’. His comment was carried by online news portal, The Malaysian Insider on Jan 20, 2014.
In the article, he was referring to Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah's statement on the use of the word 'Allah' by the non-Muslims and on the National Fatwa Council that the word is exclusively for Muslims.
Meanwhile, Bon who is currently in Thailand said he will cooperate with authorities and testify after returning to the country.
Bon appeared to be the third lawyer in recent times to be investigated under the Sedition Act 1948.
Earlier, PKR's vice-president N. Surendran, was charged with sedition for criticising the Court of Appeal’s ruling.
University Malaya's law lecturer, Prof. Prof. Dr. Azmi Sharom on Sept 2 was charged for his remarks on the Perak constitutional crisis and the process of appointing a chief minister.
Veteran lawyer, the late Karpal Singh was convicted of sedition last February over his remarks on the Perak Sultan’s role in the 2009 state constitutional crisis.