(Oct 12): Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) held a candlelight vigil last night for its member and former student activist Khalid Ismath near the Johor Baru Selatan police station where he is being detained for posting critical tweets related to the arrest of a 1MDB critic.

Khalid is being remanded until tomorrow under the Sedition Act for a tweet allegedly criticising the detention of Datuk Khairuddin Abu Hassan and lawyer Matthias Chang under an anti-terrorism law that allows detention for 28 consecutive days without being brought to court.

Both men had been critical of controversial state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), with Khairuddin lodging reports in several countries against the brainchild of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“Khalid was first detained on Oct 7 for two days, but was immediately re-arrested upon his release on October 9,” Eira Nadzirah, Khalid’s wife said at the vigil last night.

“I was with him then and the investigating officer didn’t even inform us the reason for his re-detention.

“It was the new IO, an Inspector Hoo, who informed me that he was being detained under the Sedition Act.“

Khalid has been in remand since his re-arrest on Friday and is due to be released tomorrow. – The Malaysian Insider