Alvin, Vivian charged, bail rejected
Sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee, who posted an insensitive Ramadan greeting on their Facebook have been charged and sent to prison without bail.
K Pragalath, FMT
Sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee who posted an insensitive Ramadan greeting on their Facebook have been charged with publishing indecent photographs, promoting enmity among the races and for sedition at the Jalan Duta Sessions Court today.
No bail was granted and Tan was sent to the Sungai Buloh Prision while Lee was taken to the Kajang Prision.
The couple were charged under:
a) Section 5 of the Film Censorship Act 2002 for publishing indecent photographs online between July 6 and 7. If found guilty they can be fined not less than RM10,000 or not more than RM50,000 and or imprisoned for not exceeding five years;
b) 298A Penal Code for promoting enmity between different groups of religion or race and doing acts prejudicial to maintaining harmony by publishing an offensive Ramadan greeting which carries a minimum jail term of two years or a maximum of five years; and
c) Section 4(1) (c) of the 1948 Sedition Act for posting seditious material through the offensive greeting which carries fine maximum fine of RM5,000.
Tan, 24, and his girlfriend Lee, 25, enraged the Malaysian society when they posted a Ramadan greeting image of them eating ‘bak kut teh’ (herbal pork soup).
The couple famously known as Alvivi have apologised for their action.
