Sex-blogger Alvin’s bail REVOKED

KUALA LUMPUR - The Sessions Court today revoked sex-blogger Alvin Tan Jye Yee's RM20,000 bail after he

failed twice to return his passport. Judge Abdul Rashid Daud made the order after ruling that the

explanations by Tan's two bailors on their failure to ensure Tan abide by bail conditions were not satisfactory.

Tan's bailors Loo Ching Ching and All Kim Lian, who is also his mother, were ordered to show cause today why the bail should not be revoked.

Tan and his girlfriend Vivian Lee May Ling had their passports temporarily returned on May 12 so the

couple could go to Singapore to film a documentary about their life.

Sessions Court judge Rashid had issued an arrest warrant against Tan on June 13 when he failed to turn

up for that day's mention to return his passport.

Tan also failed to turn up for mention on July 18.

Tan, 26, and Lee, 25, were charged on July 18 last year with:

UPLOADING a picture of them eating "bak kut teh" (a pork soup dish)

with the caption "Selamat Berbuka Puasa with bak kut teh", which was likely to stir inter-faith conflict, at a

restaurant in Dang Wangi on July 11 and 12 last year;

PUBLISHING inciting content, namely the same picture and caption, on their Facebook account;

POSTING pornographic pictures on their now-defunct sex blog between July 6 and 7 last year at the same

place.

The Court of Appeal on April 21 allowed the bloggers' application to

strike out the second charge involving stirring of hostility between religions. -NST