Boon Piaw was released by police on personal bond at 1.10 am this morning for allegedly violating the Film Censorship Act 2002 for “manufacturing, circulating, distributing, displaying” the “Democracy Tree” DVD without first getting a B certificate from the Film Censorship Board.
Such an offence entails a fine from RM5,000 to RM30,000, three years’ jail or both.
Boon Piaw is to report back to the police on April 13 to find out the next course of police action.
Just imagine the far-reaching repercussions of such a law – which will make a criminal of every IT-savvy citizen in the country!
Ominous signs of increasing repression in Malaysia under Najib.
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Just before 11 pm last night (Sunday), DAP Perak State Assemblyman for Tebing Tinggi, Ong Boon Piaw was arrested at the Chin Woo Hall, Ipoh for the production of a DVD on the internationally-famous “Democracy Tree” – shortly after the launching and the public viewing of the DVD.
He has been taken to the Pekan Baru police station in Ipoh for the police arrest formalities.
Latest example of the increasing intolerance towards fundamental liberties like freedom of speech, thought and expression in Najib’s Malaysia!