A friend asked me if I support Raja Petra, the editor of Malaysia Today. Raja Petra was arrested and then released for his article, "Let's send the Altantuya's murderers to hell" which was published in his website.
I told my friend that I don't support Raja Petra but I'm also against him being charged under the Sedition Act. The reason why I don't fancy him is because most of the time, his writings are just hogwash.
I am all for freedom of speech and freedom of expression. But I am also against irresponsible writings. My favourite quote is, "you are free to choose your actions but you are not free to choose the consequences".
Raja Petra made a very serious allegation in that particular article. But I don't think the authorities should remand him for that. Why can't they just question him about his allegation and find out if he has hard evidence to support that?
There are so many theories about the Altantuya's case out there. We all can speculate about what happened. But it's already a court case. If Raja Petra has some hard evidence, good. He can blog about it if he wants but at the same time, he should surrender whatever evidence to the authorities so that they can investigate further. I also want Altantuya's murderer(s) to go to hell. However, we don't know for sure whodunnit yet.
I hope, I don't sound like I'm protecting anybody here. The point is, when we publish something for public consumption, it has to be a responsible one. We don't want make blind allegations unless there are prove.
I also don't like the drama Raja Petra pulled by not eating in jail, not wanting to meet his wife and the collection blog readers collected for his bail.
But I salute his wife, Marina Abdullah when she said, "I want you home".
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