MalaysiaNow editor's phone seized in Farhash-linked probe

Dania Kamal AryfPublished: Nov 5, 2025 10:10 AM | Updated: Nov 5, 2025 10:15 AM

The police seized a phone belonging to the editor of online news portal MalaysiaNow, in an ongoing probe linked to businessperson Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak.

Earlier today, the portal reported that editor Abdar Rahman Koya had been interrogated at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters under Section 203A of the Penal Code for the offence of “disclosure of confidential documents” and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act, concerning “improper use of network facilities or network services”.

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