Blogger Yusof Al-Siddique Suratman, better known as Milosuam, was today served with a three-day remand order for the investigation into a leaked MACC witness statement.
Yusof's lawyer, Farhanna Roslan, said that he would be detained at the Dang Wangi district police station, where he was taken to after being arrested at his home in Malacca yesterday.
"The investigating officer had requested for a four-day remand order. But the magistrate only granted three days.
"The suspect (Yusof) is being investigated under Section 203A of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act," Farhanna (centre in photo) told reporters outside the Dang Wangi police station this morning.
Section 233 of the CMA criminalises the use of "network facilities" or "services" to transmit communication that is deemed offensive or causing annoyance, while Section 203A of the Penal Code relates to "disclosure of information."
Yusof was accused of having uploaded an article that contained a page from what appeared to be an MACC witness statement, linked to graft allegations against Johor Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Senai assemblyperson Wong Shu Qi had raised the allegations in her speech at the Johor legislative assembly on Nov 28, based on the contents of the witness statement, and urged Khaled to respond.
On the very same day, Milosuam.net uploaded an article that contained a page from what appeared to be an MACC witness statement.
Khaled has since denied any taking bribes and accused Wong of breaching secrecy laws by referring to the witness statement.
Johor police had yesterday recorded Wong's statement in relations to her speech and are said to be applying the same two laws on her.
The witness statement was attributed to Amir Shariffuddin Abd Raub (photo), who was earlier this year charged with money laundering and graft, together with former Johor state executive councillor Abdul Latif Bandi.
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