The courts have once again denied the police’s application for remand for a probe on alleged sedition, this time over human rights lawyer and Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) executive director Eric Paulsen.

This comes as police call up LFL member Michelle Yesudas to give her statement over her tweets expressing concern over rape threats made against BFM journalist Aisyah Tajuddin.

On Saturday, the courts also denied a remand application for PKR vice president Tian Chua, who was earlier arrested over the Kita Lawan rallies to free jailed opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

According to Paulsen's lawyers, the Magistrates Court in Kuala Lumpur, denied the remand application and ruled that the police can only hold him up until 6pm today for investigations.

Paulsen’s lawyer Syahredzan Johan said magistrate Mohd Faidzal Ismail ordered Paulsen’s release after the stipulated time.

He was arrested under the Sedition Act in Kuala Lumpur yesterday afternoon, reportedly over remarks allegedly made on Twitter on the hudud controversy.

This is Paulsen’s second arrest for sedition; he was last month charged for the offence last month for accusing the Islamic Development Depatment (Jakim) of promoting "extremism every Friday".

Yesudas, also a lawyer, said she was contacted by Bukit Aman to give a statement over her tweets at about 3.30pm today.

"They were unable to tell us the offence and hung up on us abruptly," she said on Twitter.

Police chief Khalid Abu Bakar had on Twitter earlier today sought Yesudas’ explanation over what her tweet about the rape threats against Aisyah, after Aisyah was featured on a video on the hudud.

Yesudas tweeted: “Because I am positively terrified that these crazy, rape-frenzied people are actually the majority in my country.”

Mohon @chelle_yesudas jelas kan kpd @PDRMsia , apa yg dimaksudkan dgn tweet di bawah, jgn timbul kan keresahan Rakyat pic.twitter.com/pKOCCFzdlD

— Khalid Abu Bakar (@KBAB51) March 23, 2015

"Please explain to police what you meant by that tweet. Don’t distress the people," Khalid responded.

In her replies to Khalid, Yesudas said she was raising concern for her safety as a woman in Malaysia where people can threaten to rape with impunity.

"Are you making this about race? Are you making this about religion? Because I see criminals of all races and religion," she said.

"Say what you want, play politics and race cards all you want but I condemn threats of violence and rape made towards anyone of any race."