A crowd for Raja Petra

Raja Petra claims trial for sedition
Mstar -Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the editor of news portal Malaysia Today, claimed trial at the PJ Sessions Court to publishing a seditious article on April 25.

He was charged under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948.

Nine paragraphs in his article titled "Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell" were found to be seditious.

The article was posted on his website on April 25.

Earlier Tuesday, Raja Petra arrived at the magistrates’ court in the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in Jalan Duta at 9.06am.

He was later instructed to go to the PJ Sessions Court to be charged.

A crowd of about a hundred people were gathered at the Jalan Duta court. Among them were bloggers and Opposition MPs including Salahuddin Ayub (Kubang Kerian), Datuk Kamarul Baharin Abbas (Teluk Kemang) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (Lembah Pantai).

and reported by Malaysianinsider ....
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin was charged under Section 4 (1) (c) of the Sedition Act 1948 before judge Nurmala Salam in the PJ Sessions Court today. Bail set at RM5,000. RPK says he's unable to pay and is detained. Hearing of his case set for Oct 6-10. Also present was DAP chairman Karpal Singh, a prominent lawyer.