KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Graphic artist Fahmi Reza has been detained by police under the Sedition Act 1948 for selling #KitaSemuaPenghasut T-shirts.
He is currently being questioned at the Sentul district police headquarters.
Fahmi said he was approached by five to six police officers while at the Art for Grabs event at the Publika mall here earlier this evening.
“They took my identity card, 2 Penghasut T-shirts from my bag and a poster of a painting of a clown. According to the police, I am being investigated under the Sedition Act,” he said in Malay on his Facebook page.
Gerakan Hapus Akta Hasutan (GHAH) and Suaram coordinator Amir Abdul Hadi confirmed that Fahmi and three others were taken in for questioning.
They are: Art For Grabs organiser Pang Khee Teik, activist Lew Pik-Svonn and artist Arif Rafhan Othman.
Amir said lawyers are being contacted to represent the four. Read more