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37-709: Raja Petra bin Raja Kamarudin (27 September 1950 – 9 September 2024) was a Malaysian blogger known for running the Malaysia Today website and publishing a series of controversial commentaries and articles on Malaysian politics in the website. He was sometimes referred to by the initials RPK . He resided in Manchester, England. Kamarudin was detained for a second time under the Internal Security Act , at 1.10pm on 12 September 2008. On 7 November 2008, Raja Petra, 58,

74-541: A libellous statement in the declaration which he affirmed on 18 June when he knew that it would tarnish her good name. He also faced similar charges against Kolonel Norhayati Hassan and her husband Acting Kolonel Abdul Aziz Buyong. The trial of Raja Petra, who has been charged with defaming Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and her two assistants, began in the Sessions Court on 26 May 2009. Raja Petra had sought an order from

111-661: A lot of unearthing of scandals especially corrupt practices of the leadership and the government...it has helped [open] the eyes of the nation to what is going on and what is wrong with the country. It played a huge role in the last elections." On the same day, Lim Kit Siang raised the issue of Raja Petra's sedition charges in Parliament, arguing that Najib had personally intervened to ensure the Attorney-General would charge Raja Petra with sedition, and calling it an abuse of power. Raja Petra's wife, Marina Lee Abdullah stated that "He

148-561: A small angle or with a small scaling difference random dot Glass patterns, namely random dot moiré, appears. When one of the layers embeds complex shapes, such as sequences of symbols forming a text, and another layer contains parallel lines or curves, the superimposition image may give rise to magnified shapes, called shape moiré patterns. This technique is used in cartography to produce photomaps by superimposing grid lines, contour lines and other linear or textual mapping features over aerial photographs . Photographic superimposition

185-490: A statement by not posting bail, which he reportedly felt he could not afford to. She launched a campaign to solicit donations of RM1 from the public for the RM5,000 bail, but called it off a few hours later after the campaign raised over RM35,000. Several members of parliament from the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition were present at Raja Petra's hearing, with one, Nurul Izzah Anwar , calling Malaysia Today "the primary source of

222-486: A threat to national security, such as terrorists: "Clearly in the case of Seputeh MP, Teresa Kok , Raja Petra Kamaruddin and Sin Chew Daily reporter, Tan Hoon Cheng, there are so many other public order laws that can be used against them if, at all, there is a case to do so." On 23 July 2007, Muhammad Muhammad Taib , UMNO 's Information Chief at that time, lodged a police report against Malaysia Today at 12.57 p.m. at

259-411: Is a holdover from British colonial rule , intended for use against communist insurgents. Raja Petra's wife Marina Lee Abdullah said: "(Police) said my husband has been sent to Kamunting this morning and that he will remain there for two years with no trial. This is the worst news I can receive but we will keep fighting for his release. This is dirty foul play by the government as they know that we are in

296-406: Is on a hunger strike . It is a protest. The last time he did this, his liver was damaged. I don't think he is going to last that long." Raja Petra also refused visits by family members. On his release, Raja Petra claimed that he had not, in fact, been on a hunger strike but was refusing to eat and drink for fear of being poisoned, as Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri and Cpl. Sirul Azhar Umar (on trial for

333-474: Is the process of adding new sounds over existing without completely erasing or masking the existing sound. Some reel-to-reel tape recorders of the mid 20th century provided crude superimposition facilities that were implemented by killing the high-frequency AC feed to the erase head while recording as normal via the read-write head. In graphics , superimposition is the placement of an image or video on top of an already-existing image or video, usually to add to

370-566: The Internal Security Act (ISA) for allegedly plotting to overthrow then prime minister Mahathir bin Mohamad . He was released 52 days later. Raja Petra started the Malaysia Today website and his blog to facilitate open discussion on Malaysia's political and social scenes. In his online writings, he was often humorous and sometimes critical of the current political developments in Malaysia. He advocated for transparency , accountability and justice in

407-610: The Malaysia Today website was blocked by the Malaysian government, allegedly in response to unspecified reader comments to a 16 January 2008 article. The censorship was removed on 12 September 2008, but Raja Petra Kamaruddin was arrested the same day under the ISA (Internal Security Act). On 7 November 2008, he was freed from detention by Malaysian authorities after Shah Alam city High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad granted his habeas corpus petition and ruled that his 12 September detention

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444-523: The Malaysian political system . He often denounced what he saw as deeply rooted money politics, corruption, and ethnic polarisation in Malaysia. On 2 July 2008, Malaysia Today was defaced by a person known only as "Gasakdotnet", replacing the website with a superimposition of Mahathir Mohammad's face into the poster of the film We Were Soldiers accompanied by the tagline "My Countrymen, My Fellow Malaysians", alluding to Mahathir's "battle" for Malaysia as

481-552: The United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (Upko) led by its Secretary-General Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau , joined its three other Barisan Nasional (BN) counterparts MCA , Gerakan and MIC petitioning the Government review of the ISA. Madius said the party supports former de facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim 's position that the ISA should only be used against those who posed

518-499: The Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak was involved in the sensational killing of a young Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaariibuu . Also charged for sedition was businessman Syed Akbar Ali, who had allegedly posted a seditious comment on Malaysia Today . Raja Petra Raja Kamaruddin, who did not deny that he linked Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak to the slaying, pleaded innocent to the charge, and said he should have

555-632: The High Court to refer the matter to the Federal Court on a constitutional point or to return the case to the magistrate's court for trial. Prominent Malaysian Lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah had filed suit against Raja Petra in August 2008 for RPK's posting on 6, 7 and 11 August of that year where three articles titled "Shafee Abdullah: Sodomologist Extraordinaire", "Money, Power and Sex: What Motivates Man" and "The Real Dalang Behind The Anwar Sodomy Allegation"

592-488: The ISA. Ministerial orders for remand under section 8 cannot be challenged in court. Raja Petra was held without trial under the ISA at the Kamunting Detention Centre in northern Perak state, which had 60 ISA detainees, mostly suspected Islamic extremists . The ISA permits an initial detention of two months for investigation, followed by a two-year jail sentence which can be renewed indefinitely. The 1948 ISA

629-449: The Malaysian general election. Raja Petra made headlines in the end of March 2008 when a Malaysian High Court ordered him in and the group chief editor and editor of PKR's organ Suara Keadilan to pay a total of RM7 million to Universiti Utara Malaysia and its vice-chancellor Tan Sri Dr. Nordin Kardi for libel. Raja Petra was charged on 6 May 2008 with sedition for allegedly implying that

666-591: The Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003. Poor internet connectivity affecting several areas in Malaysia hampered efforts to restore the website promptly. Raja Petra filed a habeas corpus application at the High Court on 16 September 2008 seeking his release from detention under the ISA. On 22 September the Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar signed an order to remand Raja Petra to the detention facility for up to two years under section 8 of

703-828: The Tun H.S. Lee police station, under Section 121 (B) and Section 123 of the Penal Code, Section 4 of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 263 and Section 266 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 , for an 11 July blog entry on the website deemed to contain writing that insult the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, degrade Islam and incite hatred and violence between local ethnic groups. Raja Petra Kamarudin responded by releasing an article on Malaysia Today, lashing back at Taib with allegations of hypocrisy and corruption. A second police report against Raja Petra

740-505: The above allegations was contained in a Military Intelligence report received by Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi , implying knowledge on the part of the Prime Minister. Raja Petra later distanced himself from the statutory declaration in an interview with TV3, saying his accusations linking Najib and Rosmah to the murder were repeating information passed onto him by opposition figures, rather than information he knew to be true himself. He stated that he did not genuinely believe that Rosmah

777-514: The eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia and the seventh Sultan of Selangor . His paternal grandmother Tengku Badariah was the elder sister of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah , the second Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the eighth Sultan of Selangor. His paternal grandfather, Raja Tun Uda Al-Haj Bin Raja Muhammad , KBE (1894–1976), was twice Menteri Besar of Selangor during the colonial era,

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814-655: The government to strip Raja Petra of his citizenship on the grounds that his activities could affect the peace of the country. Born in Surrey , England on 27 September 1950, Raja Petra Kamarudin was educated at the Alice Smith School. At the age of 13 he went to further his studies at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar , completing his education at the Victoria Institution . As his father died when Raja Petra

851-506: The layers results in a faster movement of the line moiré superimposition image. Such optical acceleration is known as moiré speedup (check for the formulas of optical speedup for curved patterns). When superimposing two identical layers comprising randomly spaced parallel lines, at a small angle or with a small scaling difference random line moiré patterns, namely line Glass patterns (after Leon Glass , 1969) appear. Similarly, when superimposing two identical layers of randomly scattered dots at

888-520: The murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu ) were being remanded in the same prison. In a statutory declaration on 18 June 2008, Raja Petra accused Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (the wife of Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak ) of being one of three individuals who were present at the crime scene when Altantuya Shaariibuu was murdered on 19 October 2006. The statutory declaration also mentioned that all information he obtained regarding

925-414: The overall image effect, but also sometimes to conceal something (such as when a different face is superimposed over the original face in a photograph ). Superimposition of two-dimensional images containing correlated periodic grid structures may produce moiré patterns . Superimposition of two correlated layers comprising parallel lines or curves may give rise line moiré patterns. The movement of one of

962-555: The process of fighting for his release in the court but I was expecting this. Raja Petra was detained for allegedly 'insulting Islam' and publishing articles on his website which has tarnished the country's leadership to the point of causing confusion among the people." Raja Petra's lawyer sought his release in a court hearing but this was dismissed. Raja Petra's detention caused widespread protests by civil society groups, lawyers and other online commentators. Meanwhile, in Kota Kinabalu ,

999-498: The right to hold the powerful accountable for wrongdoing. Raja Petra was taken to a detention center after he refused to post the bail of RM 5,000. The court set the trial for 6 October 2008. If convicted, he faced up to 3 years in prison. "I am not posting bail. See you guys in October, I will be out for Christmas. Don't worry." His wife said she was "quite stunned" that Raja Petra refused to post bail, and said she thought he wanted to make

1036-634: The second speaker of the Federal Legislative Council (1955–1957), the first Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang (1957–1967) and the first Malaysian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1953–1955). His father, Raja Kamarudin bin Raja Tun Uda (1924–1970), studied law in the UK and worked for Unilever until his death whilst his mother, Che' Bariya Kamarudin (née Barbara Mabel Parnell) (1932–1978),

1073-446: Was Welsh . Kamarudin died in Manchester on 9 September 2024, just short of his 74th birthday, due to a blood infection that spread to his lungs and liver. Raja Petra was a leading member of Parti Keadilan Nasional (now Parti Keadilan Rakyat )—the party set up in response to the arrest of former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim in 1998. On 11 April 2001, Raja Petra and ten other opposition activists were detained under

1110-545: Was 20, he began to support his mother and three younger siblings by working as a rice distributor and motorcycle dealer, introducing Yamaha and other Japanese motorcycle brands to the country. In 1973, he married Marina Lee binti Abdullah, an ethnic Chinese convert to Islam, with whom he had five children. Raja Petra was a member of the Selangor royal family. He was the nephew of the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah ,

1147-414: Was at the murder scene. The Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement alleged the interview was heavily edited and spin doctored in favour of Prime Minister Najib Razak just in time for the upcoming Sarawak state elections . Raja Petra backed up this assertion during an interview with Malaysiakini . On 16 July 2008, the Malaysian police obtained a warrant of arrest against Raja Petra for criminal defamation. This

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1184-474: Was believed to be lodged after the release of the article, and Raja Petra was summoned to the Dang Wangi police station on 25 July 2007 for eight hours of questioning. His wife was also questioned for an hour. After his release from questioning, Raja Petra gave his reason on why Muhammad Taib made a police report against him, stating the reason is that the government wished to silence the nation's bloggers before

1221-410: Was clear defamation against Shafee. RPK had in reply, filed a statement of defence on 25 November 2008 denying that the three articles were false, malicious or defamatory of Shafee. Malaysia Today Malaysia Today is a Malaysian news blog founded in August 2004. Malaysia Today was launched about two weeks before the release of Anwar Ibrahim from prison on 2 September 2004; Anwar

1258-457: Was due to his statutory declaration connecting Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor, saying she was present when Mongolian national Altantunya Shaariibuu's body was blown up. On 17 July, Raja Petra was charged with three counts of criminal intimidation over his statutory declaration on the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shaariibuu. He is alleged to have defamed Deputy Prime Minister's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor by making

1295-431: Was freed from detention after Shah Alam city High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad granted his habeas corpus petition and ruled that his detention was illegal. The court noted that "the grounds for the detention order by Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar for the blogger did not fall under the scope of Section 8(1) of the ISA." In May 2010 Cheras Umno Division chairman Datuk Syed Ali Alhabshee called on

1332-478: Was illegal. After he was freed Raja Petra went into exile. The editorial stance of the Malaysia Today blog also notably changed from an anti-Barisan Nasional stance to one that actively defended the ruling regime and attacked the opposition. This led to a sharp decline in credibility and readership with many questioning the reasons behind his U-turn. Superimposition Superimposition (SI) during sound recording and reproduction (commonly called overdubbing )

1369-539: Was once Deputy Prime Minister , but fell from grace after his actions during the 1997 Asian financial crisis , and was sacked by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad . Raja Petra, who was the webmaster of the Free Anwar Campaign website, decided to form Malaysia Today shortly before Anwar's release as part of a "Free Malaysia" campaign. Raja Petra took credit for predicting that Anwar would be released several weeks before it actually occurred. On 27 August 2008

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