National laureate A Samad Said today decried the police's investigations over his poem recital during a Bersih 2.0 event and said the authorities were now treating poetry as a weapon.
The septuagenarian was hauled up for questioning today at the Dang Wangi district police station for about 90 minutes over his poem recited during the June 19 'launch' of the Bersih 2.0 rally.
"Poetry has now become something extraordinary; it has now become a weapon," he told a throng of journalists jostling to hear the soft-spoken man.
Pak Samad, as he is popularly known, is being investigated under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 27 (5) of the Police Act 1967 which relates to unlawful assembly.
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The septuagenarian was hauled up for questioning today at the Dang Wangi district police station for about 90 minutes over his poem recited during the June 19 'launch' of the Bersih 2.0 rally.
"Poetry has now become something extraordinary; it has now become a weapon," he told a throng of journalists jostling to hear the soft-spoken man.
Pak Samad, as he is popularly known, is being investigated under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 and Section 27 (5) of the Police Act 1967 which relates to unlawful assembly.
[More to follow]
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