Malaysia: University lecturer under probe for defamation over article on police
Event- Country
- Malaysia
- Initial Date
- Mar 26, 2015
- Event Description
A senior lecturer with Universiti Malaya is the latest to be hauled up by police over an article criticising them over a series of arrests following the #KitaLawan rally recently. Dr Khoo Ying Hooi, a columnist with The Malaysian Insider, is being investigated under Section 500 of the Penal Code for defamation over the article, "Who owns the police?", which appeared in the news portal on March 16. In the article, Khoo had said that the police have come under criticism for continuing to use Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA), a law that the Court of Appeal have deemed unconstitutional to arrest participants of #KitaLawan rallies. She had also questioned the selectivity of police intervention and had also used examples of police reaction in protests in the United States in the commentary. Khoo told The Malaysian Insider that she was questioned for 1�_ hours by two police officers at her office yesterday. She was accompanied by her lawyer Puspawati Rosman.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Academic freedom
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 4.210483999999973
Longitude: 101.975766
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 16 March 2015, Dr Khoo Ying Hooi, a senior lecturer of Universiti Malaya and a columnist with The Malaysian Insider was hauled up by police over an article criticizing them over a series of arrests following the #KitaLawan rallies. She is under investigation under is being investigated under Section 500 of the Penal Code for defamation.