Breaking News: Malaysia Today news portal webmaster Raja Petra Kamarudin has agreed to post bail after meeting his wife Marina Lee Abdullah at the Sungai Buloh prison this morning. Marina is at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court with Raja Petra's lawyer J Chandra waiting for the court to reopen after lunch to post bail.
After showing proof that she had paid the RM5,000 bail through a bank to the court, the judge will then issue the 'order to produce' (OTP) to allow the Sungai Buloh prison department to release Raja Petra.
"The OTP will be sent by hand by the police," said Chandra."Normally this process takes one day, but we are trying to expedite (the release). We are confident that our client will be released today."
Raja Petra, who has been charged for sedition, had opted to go to prison instead of paying the RM5,000 bail two days ago, which he said he could not afford.Hearing has been fixed from Oct 6 to 10 and Raja Petra would have to remain in custody until the hearing date in five months' time should he decide not to post bail.
Yesterday, he refused to meet everyone, including his wife, and was said to have gone on a hunger strike.Marina had gone to the Sungai Buloh prison to meet her husband yesterday morning to ask him if he would want to post bail after having raised RM35,000 from well-wishers.
However, she was told by the prison warden that Raja Petra did not want to see anybody, including her, and had also refused to eat. Marina was finally able to meet her husband today.
Charged for sedition
Raja Petra was charged on Tuesday with sedition at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court over an article which he wrote in his website.
The article allegedly implied that Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and his wife of being involved in the killing of a young Mongolian woman.
Raja Petra claimed trial to the charge. He was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for publishing seditious article on April 25 on Malaysia Today.
He is the first blogger to be charged for sedition in Malaysia.
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