Malaysia's attorney general, Abdul Gani Patail, said in a statement that authorities want them detained because "they have the potential to upload content that could stir public anger." They were expected to be placed in separate prisons ahead of a preliminary hearing Aug. 24 to schedule trial dates
Abdul Gani said a man was abducted and beaten up by a group of men this week in a case that was believed to be linked to the photo of Tan and Lee. He did not elaborate, but Malaysian media reports have said the incident involved an ethnic Chinese man who was stripped and eventually set free after hi