As Bob mentioned, Bob and I were interviewed by Chris Vallance of Pods & Blogs, BBC Radio Five. The interview centered around Nat’s arrest and bloggers’ reaction. In retrospect, I should not have said “we” as if I were representing all Malaysian bloggers.
An excerpt is available at Bob’s blog. The full version which contains other segment is available at Pods & Blogs’ post entitled Show Notes: Obscenity, Secrets and Facebook.
I was mumbling during the interview but thank you technology.
p/s — and oh yes, Nat has been released.
I wish to register my support for a friend.
I wonder if this has anything to do with Tian Chua’s French dinner for 3. Nat after all is quite close to him.
Like other bloggers, I first met him at BUM 2007.
p/s — poster taken from Mob’s Crib.
pp/s — more from Elizabeth Wong:
Close to noon, Sivarasa Rasiah, one of Nat’s legal counsels, received a call from another lawyer, P. Uthayakumar, who happened to be at the Duta magistrate’s court for another remand hearing. Uthaya spotted a handcuffed Nat and realised what the police were trying to do – conduct the hearing without the presence of Nat’s lawyers. Sivarasa and Latheefa Koya rushed there and taruh the cops kau-kau (yeh!).
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We waited for almost 2 hours outside the court room. Finally the lawyers came out and informed us that the police tried to ask for the maximum of 14 days remand (!) and got 4 days instead.
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The police said Nat is being investigated for an offence under Section 8 of the Officials Secrets Act (changed from last night’s Section 420 of the Penal Code), i.e. possession of ‘secret’ documents published on the internet, which alleged that deputy Minister for Internal Security, Johari Bahrum, was involved in the ‘fee-for freedom’ scandal. [Nat Tan’s lawyer: An act of oppression. Elizabeth Wong. July 14 2007]