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Business, Politics | February 14, 2023 9:19 pm by | 0 Comments

Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani arrived at the Parliament building on December 19 before the confidence vote and election of the new Dewan Rakyat speaker.-AZMAN GHANI/The Star

Activist to be charged again over post on mistreatment of refugees

Heidy Quah will be charged at the cyber crimes court for allegedly using the internet with the intention to offend and annoy.

Heidy Quah was previously granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal as the courts found the charges to be defective.

PETALING JAYA: A human rights activist will be charged tomorrow over a social media post on the mistreatment of refugees at detention centres, barely a year after she had the same charge dismissed by the High Court.

Heidy Quah said she would be charged at the cyber crimes court tomorrow morning.

In a Facebook post, Quah said she would be charged for allegedly using the internet with the intention to offend and annoy.

“This police report was filed against me by our government of Malaysia.”

The last time Quah was charged, she was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal as the courts found the charges to be defective.

“But here I am, yet again. Being charged again.”

Disgraceful and DISGUSTING! @fahmi_fadzil https://t.co/YvEpk50vw5

— Ambiga Sreenevasan (@Ambiga_S) February 14, 2023

Quah then took a swipe at the current administration, saying that despite the change in the administration, some practices remained, specifically human rights defenders were still being prosecuted “for speaking the truth”.

She said while she was left shaken, she was determined to keep speaking up.

Quah also called on the government to reform Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA), which she is being charged under, and pass a strong Whistleblowers Act.

“It’s time we investigate allegations, not whistleblowers.”

In 2021, Quah was slapped with a charge under Section 233(1)(a) of the CMA, with the prosecution contending that she uploaded the post on June 5, 2020, with the intention to insult others.

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