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Raja Petra THREATENED by the Accused in Prison? |
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Friday, 09 May 2008 16:02 |
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Raja Petra out, explains U-turn on bail - 08 10 AM News portal Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin has been released on bail at 9.30am at the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today.He claimed to have met two of the accused in the Altantuya Shaaribuu trial - Sirul Azhar Umar and Azilah Hadri - in Sungai Buloh prison where he was remanded since Tuesday.
Both of them shouted and threatened him and the prison authority was worried about his safety, he told reporters on being released.Since they couldn’t guarantee his safety, the authorities have asked him to post bail and he agreed. He also said that he did not go on hunger strike as reported earlier but had refused to eat food provided by the prison.“The food is paid by rakyat (the people). I don’t think the rakyat money is being well spent,” he said. Read More Here
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