Fri, 20/02/2015
Police descended on the house of Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) secretary general S. Arutchelvan (Arul) in Kajang on February 19, arresting him under the Sedition Act.
We believe Arul has been arrested for his press statement on behalf of the PSM on opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy 2 guilty verdict. In the statement, Arul criticised the Federal Court judgement, saying the courts are not independent and are politically driven.
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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on February 20, 2015 at 10:15AM
