Wednesday May 7, 2008 MYT 5:53:24 PM
Raja Petra still declines visitors, gets specs (update 2)
By M. MAGESWARI
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin remains adamant in his refusal to meet anyone, even his wife who twice tried to see him at Sungai Buloh prison on Wednesday.
After having failed to meet him at 10.30am, Marina Lee Abdullah, who was accompanied by their youngest daughter, Sarah, and lawyer Matthias Chang attempted again at noon.
Marina, 54, said she had insisted that she wanted to meet her spouse but Raja Petra refused to have any visitors.
However, she managed to deliver the spectacles he had requested earlier via a prison warden.
The housewife said she also believed that Raja Petra is declining meals in prison as he had also done so when he was detained under the Internal Security Act for three months in 2001.
"I will try again to see him Thursday. I already asked the prison official to convey a message to him that I will not stop visiting him daily until he sees me. This has only caused the official to smile at me," Marina said when contacted.
The mother of five children, however, said she was glad that the prison warden was polite with regards to her request on both occasions.
"I will discuss with the lawyers over the next course of action," she said with a sigh.
On his condition in the prison, Marina said she was not worried about his safety.
Raja Petra's youngest daughter, Sarah, 19, said her mother was trying her level best to meet him.
"She wants to get the green light from him before withdrawing the money for his bail," added Sarah.
His lawyer J. Chandra said the defence team was not able to met Raja Petra on Wednesday but would try again on Thursday. Chandra confirmed that Raja Petra had refused bail earlier.
At the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court here, there were well-wishers who came to the court to find out if Raja Petra would post bail Wednesday following press reports that his readers had contributed RM24,500 and US$3,283.61 (RM10,441.87) via an online campaign for his bail.
At 4.30pm, a court official confirmed that nobody had approached them to process Raja Petra's bail application.
"If his wife or anyone approach us for his bail, the court would have to issue an order to produce (OTP) him in court for the purpose. The police will normally need a day to make the necessary arrangements for this," she added.
Raja Petra had on Tuesday claimed trial in the Sessions Court here to publishing a seditious article in its website on April 25.
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