Malaysia Today editor, Raja Petra Kamarudin is freed from detention at 9.30am after a bail of RM5,000 is posted. Syed Jaymal Zahiid of Malaysiakini reports that Raja Petra’s change of mind about not posting bail earlier is due to security reasons.

“The prison authority told me that they cannot guarantee my safety because they had received some reports of threat and that Sirul (Azhar Umar) and Azilah (Hadri) had shouted and said that something will happen to me,” he said.

Sirul and Azilah are the two murder suspects in the ongoing trial of the murder of Mongolian woman, Altantuya Shaaribu.