A human rights lawyer in Malaysia has been arrested for alleging that the muslim majority country’s top Islamic body was promoting “extremism every Friday”. Eric Paulsen was arrested on Monday night in Brickfields, inspector general of police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said.
Lawyers for Liberty (LfL) executive director Paulsen had come under fire over a tweet he posted: “Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) is promoting extremism every Friday.” “Government needs to address that if serious about extremism in Malaysia,” Paulsen had said.
–PTI