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00:02 "Why does the police need to confiscate my phone when probing me?"
00:05 says Zaid Ibrahim.
00:07 The former law minister who is being probed for sedition
00:10 said there was no need for what he termed as "cruel action"
00:13 given that the person under investigation admitted to writing the tweet.
00:17 Zaid suggested that the Malaysian Bar and other human rights groups
00:21 look into the Communications and Multimedia Act
00:24 regarding the confiscation of phones when being investigated.
00:28 Zaid made the remarks in another tweet today
00:30 after he was questioned by Bukit Aman under the Sedition Act yesterday
00:34 over a post on X which touched on the royalty.
00:36 In January, police also seized the phones belonging to aides
00:40 to Economic Affairs Minister Rafizieh Raumi
00:42 and Bentung MP Yang Syafura Osman.
00:45 Both Farhan Iqbal and Nur Suhana Ishak
00:48 also questioned the need to have their phones seized.
00:50 In June, graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza
00:54 had his phone returned a year after it was confiscated
00:57 when the police investigated him over a satirical poster.
01:00 Natasha Bust, FMT News.
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