Source The Star
KOTA BARU: Police on Wednesday detained one of the pioneering bloggers in the country, Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, better known as Sheih Kickdefella, for posting allegedly seditious statements on his portal.
According to his wife Bariah Ishak, her husband who is an employee of the Mentri Besar Incorporated firm, was picked up from their home in Demit here around 5pm Wednesday by three plainclothes police officers.
”We were informed that the police were looking for us on Tuesday and we waited for them but they didn’t show up. We thought the worst was over but (on Wednesday), they came looking for him and so he surrendered.”
They informed that Syed Azidi was being detained under the Sedition Act but Bariah, 37, said she is confused as they did not produce any warrant of arrest which is the normal procedure for those detained under the Act.
A crowd began gathering at the Kota Baru district police headquarters where the blogger is being held pending a transfer to Bukit Aman.
Weeks earlier, Syed Azidi had confessed that he feared he would be arrested because of his online appeal to fly the national flag upside down as a sign of protest towards certain Federal Government policies.
Bukit Aman Commercial Crime department director Deputy Comm Datuk Koh Han Sun confirmed the detention and said Syed Azidi is being investigated under Section 4 (1) of the Sedition Act.
Deputy Comm Koh said he is being investigated for instigating others to fly the national flag upside down in his blog postings.
Syed Azizi’s wife Bariah said her husband is a consummate patroit and she is worried that he would be penalised for expressing his views online
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