PETALING JAYA, July 26 — Sporting a crew cut from his stint in Sungai Buloh Prison, controversial blogger Alvin Tan and partner Vivian Lee were today released by the police after winning their bid for freedom yesterday.

Both departed from the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Jalan Duta after completing the paperwork for their release this morning, each leaving in a separate vehicle, according to a report by The Star today.

Yesterday, the duo were allowed bail of RM30,000 each following a judicial review by the Kuala Lumpur High Court of the decision to deny them bail when they claimed trial at the Sessions Court last week to three separate charges under the Sedition Act, the Film Censorship Act and the Penal Code.

According to fz.com, the duo were granted bail of RM10,000 for each of the three charges, which was paid by Tan’s mother yesterday.

High Court judge Datuk Mohd Azman Husin also attached specific conditions to the bail, barring the duo from uploading any article that is pornographic, offensive or provocative to religious or racial sensitivities.

The two are also not allowed to operate computer equipment that would allow them onto social networks, which also extended to smartphones, while their passports were also impounded.

Both must also report to a pre-determined police station at the start of each month for the entire duration of the bail.

Better known as “Alvivi”, a contraction of their two first names, 25-year-old Tan and Lee, 24, had stirred up a hornet’s nest when they posted a mock “Selamat Berbuka Puasa” (breaking of fast) greeting on their Facebook page that showed them eating “bak kut teh”, and describing the soupy pork dish as “wangi, enak, menyelerakan” (fragrant, delicious, appetising).

The picture also included a “halal” logo, although the consumption of pork is forbidden to Muslims.

They were hauled in for questioning by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), released and picked up again by the police for displaying the picture deemed offensive to Muslims.

The couple had first courted controversy over the videos and photographs of their sexual exploits that had been posted on a now-defunct blog.