Not granting bail for infamous bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee is an "overkill", lawyers said today.
It is also "extremely rare" for bail not to be granted, they said, be it for Sedition Act or Film Censorship Act offences, under which the duo were charged, especially in the case of "minor" offences.
"It is an overkill... Even the 'pramugara terlampau' was allowed bail. Offences under the Film Censorship Act are not heinous offences," lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said, referring to the 2003 case involving a former flight attendant.
In that case, Mohd Rizal Mat Yusof was granted bail of RM8,500 after he claimed trial for producing or making a pornographic VCD that allegedly showed several “air stewardesses” in lewd acts.
However, Mohd Rizal was charged under Section 292 (a) of the Penal Code and not under the Film Censorship Act 2002.
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