Raja Petra slapped with arrest warrant
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin is to be charged with criminal defamation tomorrow - he will have to first report to the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters (IPK) at 10am.
Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin is to be charged with criminal defamation tomorrow - he will have to first report to the Kuala Lumpur contingent police headquarters (IPK) at 10am.
He confirmed that he will be charged for criminal defamation, in relation to allegations in his statutory declaration that implicated Rosmah Mansor - wife of deputy premier Najib Abdul Razak - in the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu.
Raja Petra said the police had contacted his lawyer J Chandra this morning, for information on how to contact him.
“They did not have my number, so I called them back and was told to report to the ninth floor of the IPK. They also said I would be charged for criminal defamation,” he said.
Asked if he had been expecting this, he replied: “Of course, I am not worried about what is to come, not at all.”
He added that he did not know where he would be charged, but expects this to be at the Jalan Duta court complex.
The alleged offence falls under Section 499 of the Penal Code, If found guilty, Raja Petra could be imprisoned for up to two years or fined, or both.
C4 expert
In his statutory declaration, Raja Petra had also named the two others - acting colonel Aziz Buyong, who is described as ‘a C4 expert’ and his wife, known only as Norhayati, who is also said to be Rosmah’s aide de camp.
He further alleged that premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, his son-in-law Khairy Jamaluddin and a Malay ruler had been briefed on the matter and are fully aware of the allegation against Rosmah.
Raja Petra claimed that Abdullah has handed over a written report from military intelligence on the matter to Khairy for "safekeeping".
Rosmah has denied the allegation.
Last May, Chandra represented Raja Petra when he was charged with sedition for publishing an allegedly seditious article entitled 'Let’s send the Altantuya murderers to hell' in Malaysia Today website on April 25.
The article allegedly contained nine paragraphs of seditious words. The trial is set to run for five days from Oct 6.
