Free RPK, Vigil tonight, a call to 'Investigate Najib for sedition'

Invitation
CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL

Today: Thursday 8th May 2008. Time 20:00 (8 pm).
Venue: Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
source: www.malaysia-today.net/2008

The letter to the Editor (see below) was posted on Malaysia Today, it is reproduced here, in full, for general information, in the interest of freedom of speech, democracy and truth.

"A Call to Investigate Najib Tun Razak under the Sedition Act

Posted by Erin

Thursday, 08 May 2008

by V for Vernon My fellow Malaysians, It is indeed noteworthy that our ever-so-efficient and conscientious Polis Di-Raja Malaysia and the Attorney General's Chambers have recently demonstrated vigilance and duty in upholding the laws of the land. As such, Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin, editor of Malaysia-Today.net news portal and blog, has been charged under the Sedition Act 1948, specifically under Section 4(1)(c) related to publishing a seditious article. It is also understood that a Malaysian author, Syed Akbar Ali, was also charged for seditious comments on Malaysia-Today's website. These two cases now are ultimately in the hands of our enlightened and impartial judiciary to determine if these two individuals are guilty. (Correct, correct, correct! I did indeed say "enlightened" and "impartial"). In the meantime, I would like to bring everyone's attention to a couple of other sections of the Sedition Act. Under section 3(1), those acts defined as having a seditious tendency include: 3(1)(d) - to raise discontent or disaffection amongst the subjects of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Ruler of any State or amongst the inhabitants of Malaysia or of any State; 3(1)(e) - to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different races or classes of the population of Malaysia; It is widely documented that in the days preceding Operasi Lallang in October 1987, Najib Tun Razak then as the head of UMNO Youth, made a speech at a rally in Kampung Baru where he vowed to bathe his keris in the blood of Malaysian Chinese citizens. And this speech was delivered against a background of banners by UMNO Youth saying such things as "MAY 13 HAS BEGUN" and "SOAK IT WITH CHINESE BLOOD". I would therefore like to invite my fellow Malaysians to join me in a call to the Polis Di-Raja Malaysia and the Attorney General's Chambers to investigate, without fear or favor, Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and to determine if he had indeed violated the sections above of the Sedition Act. Given that the event occurred 2 decades ago, there may perhaps be a statute of limitation in effect on whether Najib can be charged, if he had indeed broken the law. Never the less, it is only right that a full and impartial investigation be carried out. And as a separate matter as to whether Najib ends up being charged or not, it is certainly the case that such a man who can put himself into such a vile context and say such heinous things, should be deemed unfit to become the Prime Minister of a multiracial country like Malaysia." Sedit qui timuit ne non succederet -He who feared he would not succeed sat still.