馬來西亞以煽動罪逮捕五名媒體人士

Malaysian authorities have arrested five employees of a private news website and placed them under investigation for sedition, in what is seen as the government's latest attempt at stifling dissent and free speech.

The Malaysian Insider says three editors, a publisher, and a chief executive were arrested, apparently over a recent report that claimed the government had rejected a proposal for allowing tough Islamic law punishments.

Police raided the news portal's offices late Monday, seizing computers and other equipment and arresting three editors: managing editor Lionel Morais, features editor Zulkifli Sulong, and Malay news editor Amin Iskandar.

Publisher Ho Kay Tat and chief executive Jahabar Sadiq were also detained on Tuesday after they showed up to answer questions at a police station, the Insider said.

If found guilty, they could face up to three years in prison.馬來西亞當局逮捕了一傢俬營新聞網站的五名僱員，並對他們展開煽動罪調查。看來這是馬來西亞政府爲壓制不同政見及言論自由而採取的最新舉措。

《大馬局內人》說，三名編輯、一名發行人和一名經理被逮捕。這顯然是因爲該網站最近報道說，據稱馬來西亞政府拒絕採用伊斯蘭法規嚴厲懲罰的一項建議。

警方星期一晚間突擊搜查了這家網站的辦公室，沒收了電腦和其他設備，逮捕了總編莫雷斯、特寫編輯蘇朗和國內新聞編輯伊斯坎達爾。

《大馬局內人》說，這家網站的發行人塔特和經理沙迪克星期二在警察局接受訊問後，也被拘留。

如被定罪，他們可能面臨最高爲三年的刑期。