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Help me PM, pleads man arrested after sounding alarm on post-GE15 threats (m.malaysiakini.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by cendawanita@monyet.cc to c/politics@monyet.cc

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A man arrested last November, shortly after he sounded the alarm that inflammatory content was being posted on TikTok, is pleading with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim for help.

Zulfadzli Halim is seeking the country’s top leader’s assistance in getting an update on his case, saying that the authorities have reportedly stonewalled him.

His story began on Nov 21 last year, two days after the 15th general election.

Zulfadzli (above) had tweeted about his discovery and concerns that hate speech and racially motivated provocative content - including threats of a repeat of the May 13, 1969 riots - were being posted on the social media platform.

Screenshots and screen recordings taken by him and other netizens led to the discovery that at least three of the provocative content on TikTok had been paid for.

However, in a twist of events, it was Zulfadzli that police acted against, probing him under the Sedition Act - allegedly for insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

He has denied doing such an act and contests that police have not been able to pinpoint which of his tweets did so either.

He was released three days later.

the rest at the article at the link. BM version: https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/676572

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[–] DerpyPoint@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sedition Act is ridiculous

[–] AwesomeSteve@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hmmm, some grey areas..., was it during the Sabri's administration or the new Anwar's administration.

Reporting inflammatory and racially seditious acts to authority are great job, I can't see what when wrong that the police arrested him instead ?

This is weird, more on the story ?

Or remind us the tale of Nazri's son Nedim, he who murdered someone and get away freely and act like a douchebag collector and sniffing the odour like a weird yet total savages ?

[–] cendawanita@monyet.cc 2 points 1 year ago

This was just before the last ge, so mmg sabri's time