Lawyer Zaid Malek has dismissed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)'s clarification that activist Hishamuddin Rais is not a subject of its investigation, as a "false afterthought".

According to the Lawyers for Liberty director, he cited the police report that initiated the probe (against Hishamuddin), and it was specifically made against Hishamuddin's post on his "TukarTiub" blog, rather than the original post written by former MP Tamrin Ghafar...