KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — After skipping bail, Malaysian sex blogger Alvin Tan is still at large though The Straits Times of Singapore reported that Tan is no longer in Singapore.
Earlier this year on May 12, Sessions Court judge Abdul Rashid had granted Tan’s and Vivian Lee May Ling’s application to have their passports temporarily released to shoot a documentary film on their lives in Singapore.
The blogger’s partner Vivian Lee has also claimed that she has no idea of his whereabouts.
The report also said Tan’s mother made attempts to call him on his mobile phone but his phone was turned off.
Chong Joo Tian, the blogger’s lawyer said he was supposed to return his passport to the Malaysian police on June 3, but failed to do so after making a trip to the republic to film a documentary.
Both Tan and Lee, known to the public as “Alvivi”, were charged last July 18 for three separate offences under the Film Censorship Act, Sedition Act and Penal Code.
On April 21, however, the couple won a legal victory when they succeeded in getting the charge of causing religious hostility stemming from a mock Ramadhan video last year dismissed.
The couple was reportedly allowed to retain their passports between May 18 and June 3. Lee surrendered hers on June 3, The Star Online reported.
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