Ali Abd Jalil cabut ke Sweden & mohon suaka politik...

Aktivis dakwa terima ancaman gengster, kumpulan rasis Melayu...

Aktivis Ali Abd Jalil, warganegara Malaysia kedua melarikan diri ke luar negara dalam beberapa minggu ini, mendedahkan melalui laman sosial Facebook miliknya hari ini yang beliau sekarang berada dalam keadaan selamat di Sweden.

Menulis statusnya, beliau juga berterima kasih kepada semua pihak yang membantunya meninggalkan Malaysia.

"Sekarang saya di Sweden, mencari suaka, kerajaan Malaysia dan Sultan melayan saya seperti sampah.

"Saya diancam kumpulan gengster dan rasis Melayu di Malaysia. Malaysia tidak selamat untuk saya, polis dan gengster mengekori saya sepanjang masa," kata Ali.

Ali juga berterima kasih kepada Amnesty International, Suaram, Antifa Malaysia, Majlis Peguam, Lawyers for Liberty, Sisters In Islam, Projek Dialog, Solidariti Mahasiswa Malaysia, rakan-rakan dan kumpulan sivil lain.

Beliau mendapat sokongan daripada rakan Facebooknya yang mengharapkan dia berada dalam keadaan baik dan mengucapkan selamat jalan.

Ali menghadapi tiga tuduhan hasutan kerana didakwa menghina kerabat diraja Johor dan Sultan Selangor dalam postingnya di Facebook.

Beliau juga ditahan polis di penjara selama 22 hari sejak 8 September dan dibebaskan pada 29 September.

Amnesty International menyifatkan Ali sebagai "banduan hati nurani" sebagai usaha menghentikan apa yang mereka sifatkan "pendakwaan terpilih".

Portal Rakyat Times melaporkan, Ali meninggalkan Malaysia pada 18 Oktober menuju ke Bangkok dan terbang ke Stockholm pada 21 Oktober.

Di Stockholm, Ali menemui Amnesty International Sweden bagi mendapatkan nasihat mengenai prosedur memohon suaka.

Beliau kemudiannya dibawa ke pusat suaka sebelum dipindahkan ke bandar lain, Morsta, menurut portal yang dimiliki aktivis dan peguam Haris Ibrahim itu.

Ia juga melaporkan, Ali sudah pun menerima permit kerja dan boleh mula bekerja di sana pada bila-bila masa.

Awal pagi ini, The Malaysian Insider menerima satu emel memberitahu Ali selamat tiba di Stockholm, Sweden selepas berjaya keluar dari Malaysia menerusi sempadan Malaysia-Thailand di Danok.

Selain Ali, seorang lagi warganegara Malaysia, blogger seks kontroversi Alvin Tan, juga dalam usaha mendapatkan suaka politik di luar negara. – tmi

Ali flees to Sweden after multiple sedition charges...

After four arrests and a battery of charges under the Sedition Act, social activist Ali Abd Jalil has fled to Sweden to seek asylum.

Ali said this in a Facebook posting citing fear for his own safety.

"Now I am in Sweden, looking for asylum.

"The Malaysian government and sultan treat me like rubbish.

"I have been threatened with gangsters and racist Malay groups in Malaysia.

"Malaysia is not safe for me. Police and gangsters are following me all the time," he said.

He posted a photo of himself, presumably taken in Sweden, holding the pre-independence Sang Saka Malaya flag, which the Malaysian authorities deem seditious.

Ali was among those at the Bar Council's 'Walk for Freedom and Peace 2014' last Thursday. It is believed that he left the country early this week.

The 29-year-old is the second to flee the country after infamous blogger Alvin Tan left the country last month while under bail.

Ali was arrested and detained numerous times over a posting that allegedly insulted the royalty.

During his 22-day detention, Amnesty International had adopted him as a "prisoner of conscience" and launched a global call for his release.

According to the Rakyat Times, Ali is being advised by Amnesty International Sweden in Stockholm on the asylum seeking procedure.

He was reportedly interviewed by Swedish immigration authorities on Thursday and has secured a work permit.

'Young Malaysians driven out'

When contacted, Ali's lawyer New Sin Yew said he has been informed of his client's bid to seek asylum.

"It's sad to see a young Malaysians being driven out of the country by the government and the Sedition Act simply for expressing themselves online.

"Our government should be embarrassed that our youths have to take refuge in other countries because of this draconian and archaic law," he said.

New urged the government to follow through with its promise to abolish the Sedition Act as soon as possible.

Ali was initially charged at the Selayang Sessions Court under Section 4(1)(c) of the Act for allegedly insulting the Selangor sultan.

Upon posting bail of RM5,000 in one surety on the same day, Ali was immediately re-arrested at the court and taken to the Shah Alam Sessions Court, where he faced two more counts under the same section of the Act.

He posted bail of RM8,000 for the two charges on Sept 23, only to be re-arrested 10 minutes later to be taken to Johor Bahru to face investigations, also under the Sedition Act for allegedly insulting royalty.

The 29-year-old was remanded by the Johor police until Sept 27, but upon release, was re-arrested immediately under a different section of the same  Act in a bid to extend his remand.

He was finally released on bail on Sept 26.- mk

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