Persatuan Anak Peneroka Felda Kebangsaan (Anak) chairperson Mazlan Aliman was released from police custody this afternoon, one day ahead of his initial expected release date.

“Mazlan was released at 12pm today since his arrest on March 21, 2018,” said his lawyer Wan Anwar Wan Ibrahim in a statement today.

Mazlan, who is also an Amanah supreme council member, had been arrested on Thursday and remanded for four days till March 25.

It was reported that he was arrested under Section 500 of the Penal Code and Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998.

Section 500 of the Penal Code deals with punishment for defamation while Section 233 of the CMA, among others, criminalises the use of the internet by a person to transmit any communication that is deemed to be offensive and could cause annoyance to another person...