Police may haul up reporters over Citizens' Declaration news, says Ambiga

comments     Anne Muhammad     Published     Updated

Several reporters, including those from Malaysiakini and the now-defunct The Malaysian Insider may be called in for questioning by police for reporting on the Citizens' Declaration and the petition to urge Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to step down, according to lawyers.

Former Bar Council president Ambiga Sreenevasan said that up to eight activists and media practitioners would be hauled up.

"I was informed that there are seven or eight names in the list of those to be called," she told Malaysiakini when met outside the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters today.

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