KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Sosialis Malaysia is urging authorities to not detain its former party youth chief, activist Khalid Ismath, and views his arrest as a form of intimidation.
said the party condemns Khalid's arrest, saying it was against the Criminal Procedure Code.
Arutchelvan said Khalid, 29, was arrested around 10.30pm on Friday at his home in Klang by three officers from the D5 unit in Bukit Aman under Section 4 for allegedly posting a seditious tweet aimed at Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah.It is learned that Khalid was picked up at his home as soon as he returned from dinner with his family and calmly followed police instructions.Arutchelvan said Khalid's arrest was a form of unnecessary intimidation.
"Her Majesty had already expressed her stand about the tweet and has not linked anyone to it," he said, adding that Khalid had earlier denied that he had posted anything against the Queen.Khalid's arrest happened hours after the Queen posted on Instagram telling the public that she had left Twitter for personal reasons and there was no need to lodge any police reports.
Many of the Queen's followers had earlier believed that she had left Twitter because of cyberbullying.
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