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After Raja Petra, the 2nd blogger who was arrested under Seditions Act in Malaysia is Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar, whose blog is Penarik Beca (trishaw peddler).

Abdul Rashid was arrested late in the evening on 7 August 2008 in his home.

Based on the press realease from the Centre for Independent Journalism,  Abdul Rashid “was detained for publishing
in his blog a digitally manipulated image of the police insignia, deemed to be “insulting” to the police force. Included in Abdul Rashid’s version were modifications substituting the head of a tiger for that of a dog, the jawi script of “Allah” and “Muhammad” for “C4″ (the explosive used in the murder of the Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu), and the word “Malaysia” for “Israel”.

In addition to this charge, Abdul Rashid is also being detained for alleging in his blog business connections between the force and triad society.

The officer did not specify when and whether or not Abdul Rashid will be formally charged.”

On 12 August 2008, Abdul Rashid made a posting in his blog telling his readers that he is not satisfied being arrested as his arrest was not due to just cause but due to his “itchy hand”. He said he has no regret for the content that his posted but he is regretted for lampooning the police logo.

Just to make a remark that Raja Petra, a Malaysian blogger, apart from being charged under the Sedition Act, he was later also being charged for criminal defamation on 17 July 2008 over the statutory declaration made in relation to the Mongolian murder case.