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KUALA LUMPUR: Lawyers for Liberty co-founder Eric Paulsen has been arrested again.

His lawyer Melissa Sasidaran said police confiscated Paulsen’s phone and took him for questioning at the Dang Wangi police headquarters.

“Police are here at #ArtForGrabs to arrest @EricPaulsen101 and confiscate his phone,” she tweeted.

This was soon followed by another tweet: “@EricPaulsen101 will be brought to Dang Wangi soon to be investigated for sedition over tweets #MansuhAktaHasutan”.

Sasidaran said Paulsen was arrested at Plaza Dataran Merdeka (Underground) at 4.50pm when he went to attend the Arts For Grab event. “He is arrested for violating the Sedition Act but details are sketchy”. 

Paulsen’s arrest is believed to have come after a series of his tweets questioning the implementation of hudud in Kelantan. — The Malaysian Insider

 

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on March 23, 2015.

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