KUALA LUMPUR: Activist Hishamuddin Rais was called in by the police to give a statement for an alleged offensive blog post regarding the prime minister.
His lawyer Zaid Malek confirmed this, saying that Hishamuddin gave his statement at Brickfields district police headquarters at 3.30pm today.
"His house was also searched, but no arrest was made.
"He was called in for an investigation under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act regarding a blog post about Prime Minister (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim," he said when contacted by the New Straits Times tonight.
Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act stipulates offences of using network facilities to transmit communication deemed to be offensive or could cause annoyance to another person.
An offence under the section is punishable with up to one-year imprisonment, a fine up to RM50,000, or both, upon conviction.