Reporter Arrested Under Sedition Act For Asking A Question. I Say Relek La Brader. DAP Got Nothing To Say Ah?

 

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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Reporter Arrested Under Sedition Act For Asking A Question. I Say Relek La Brader. DAP Got Nothing To Say Ah?

• From South China Morning Post
• Malaysian reporter arrested for sedition after controversial question 
• Rex Tan resigned as a Free Malaysia Today reporter 
• apologised for his question, which raised an uproar 
• Rex Tan was arrested 12.45am Sat at Dang Wangi police HQ 
• arrest confirmed by his lawyer
• Tan detained under Section 4(1) of Sedition Act 1948, Section 505(c) of Penal Code
• followed sensitive question raised during a public lecture in Kuala Lumpur.
• Tan posed the question that later drew widespread criticism online.
• FMT subsequently issued an apology
• Malaysian Media Council condemned doxxing, harassment, intimidation of journalists
• Former law minister Zaid Ibrahim said authorities “gone overboard” in charging Tan 
• Malaysian Media Council: detaining a journalist was excessive and punitive.
• This article was first published by The Star

My Comments:

Let me get straight to the point. Do you all recall in 2008 Theresa Kok was arrested under the ISA?  She was released a few days later. Like 'catch and release' fishing. The Minister in charge at that time was Chrome Dome. (Hello Bang, how is the wax and polish?) It was over another really brainless issue.

At that time the BN had just lost the 2/3 majority in Parliament in March 2008. Then 10 years later in 2018 the BN got kicked out. Then Najib got thrown in jail. Now its 2026 and Najib is still in jail.

Not only was Theresa Kok arrested under the ISA but there was a rash of cases where writers, alternative media people were arrested, charged in court etc for speaking, writing or uploading things online. It was a very bad time in the history of this country.  But all that eventually added up to get the BN kicked out of office in 2018. And as I said Najib is chilling his heels in jail now.

Now how many of you dunggus believe that history will not repeat itself? 

There are enough voters in the country - of all races - who do not like these silly laws that are still floating around. Some of you might think something great has been achieved by arresting this young boy under the Sedition Act. Well, everything has a cost. And the cost is you will get kicked out at the next elections. The Sedition Act has to be abolished. It just does not belong in our country anymore

Believe me the arrest of this young reporter is going to cost some people plenty of votes. The comment by Zaid Ibrahim is relevant. They went 'overboard'. Now they are going to walk off the plank - into the sea.

The DAP has 40 seats in Parliament but all they need are one pair of cojones. I see the DAP repeating their 8-0 Sabah election performance on a national level.