The Petaling Jaya Sessions Court has this morning issued an arrest warrant for Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin for failing to appear for his sedition trial.
Raja Petra, 57, is facing trial for the alleged seditious article entitled ‘Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell’ which was posted on the Malaysia Today website.
Raja Petra is facing another charge for criminal defamation in Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for allegingly implicating Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak’s wife, Rosmah Mansor, and two army officers in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
The popular blogger’s problem does not end there.
Last year, the Alor Star High Court has ordered him and editors of an opposition newspaper to pay damages over libel claims by a university head.
University Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor Nordin Kardi filed a lawsuit against Raja Petra over an item that alleged Nordin had plagiarised an article.
The High Court made the decision after Raja Petra and the opposition party PKR’s newspaper, which also published the story, failed to file a defence.
It ordered Raja Petra to pay RM4 million to Nordin and the university, while two editors of Suara Keadilan had to pay RM3 million.Raja Petra said the offending item was merely a letter written to him by a former student representative and that he would not pay the compensation.
Source: anwaribrahimclub.com
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