Can an NGO founder face criminal charges for posting about refugee mistreatment online?

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## Yes, an NGO founder can face criminal charges for posting about alleged refugee mistreatment online.

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Heidy Quah Gaik Li, the founder of Refuge for the Refugees, was charged in the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur over a Facebook post about refugees at an Immigration detention centre. She pleaded not guilty to the offence, which was framed under Section 233(1)(a) of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

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