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Another Malaysian blogger arrested

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 @ 18:02 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Malaysia
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Protest, Politics
Languages:: English

Malaysian blogger Syed Azidi Syed Aziz, better known as Kickdefella, was arrested by the police because of his online campaign to fly the Malaysian flag upside down. The blogger was released Saturday afternoon.

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