KOTA KINABALU: The arrest of a blogger accused of uploading a police representative form to his blog, milosuam.blogspot.com, to create fear among the public was made based on reports submitted by the cyber security unit head Superintendent Victor Sanjov, the Magistrate’s Court here was told yesterday.
ASP Nordin Mohd Nor, 43, the fifth witness in the trial of Yusuf Al Siddique Suratman, said he and a number of police personnel made a raid on 1 May last year and arrested the blogger.
The police officer from attached to the computer software criminal investigation department said he was briefed on logistics, transportation, personnel on duty and also information on the case, in which a blogger has uploaded an entry in his blog regarding Ops Daulat.
“After that, a number of police personnel and I went to Media Hotel Damansara at 2pm for inspection and identified the location of the accused,” Nordin, who was testifying before magistrate Ryan Saginann Rayner JR, said, adding the arrest was made at Giant Meru, Klang parking area at 9.45pm.
“The arrest was made when the accused was about to enter his car at the parking lot. I also made physical check during the arrest,” he said, adding that a Nokia mobile phone and a Blackberry smartphone were also confiscated.
Other items which were seized from the car of the accused were a laptop, two broadbands, a hard disk, sim cards and memory cards.
Nordin also said all items were marked and handed over to investigating officer Insp Azizi together with Borang Bongkar at the third floor of Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crimes Investigation Department (JSJK), Jalan Dato Onn.
The 29-year-old blog owner is alleged to have committed the offence on 6-7 March last year.
He allegedly published on his blog “Maklumat Sulit: Pendatang asing bakal cetus huru-hara di Sabah?”, meaning foreigners may attempt to create a ruckus in Sabah.
In the blog entry, the accused claimed that 1,400 foreigners will cause chaos in the state by showing documents as evidence that he claimed were from the police.
Yusuf is charged under Section 505 of the Penal Code , if convicted, may be sentenced to imprisonment for two years and fined.
Yusuf was represented by lawyers, Goldam Hamid and Shazlan Jufri, while Deputy Public Prosecutor Nuur Fakhizaa Abu Bakar prosecuted.