Cops question journo over immigration raid tweets, says lawyer
South China Morning Post Malaysia correspondent Tashny Sukumaran was today questioned by federal police in relations to her tweets about a May 1 Immigration raid at the Selangor Mansion enhanced Movement Control Order (MCO) area in Kuala Lumpur.
Lawyer New Sin Yew, who accompanied Tashny to Bukit Aman this morning, said his client was questioned for two hours under section 504 of the Penal Code and section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.
Verifying user
RM12.50 / month
- Unlimited access to award-winning journalism
- Comment and share your opinions on all our articles
- Gift interesting stories to your friends
- Tax deductable