By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Malaysian high court ordered that the editor of an anti-government news Web site be released from detention Friday, ruling that his arrest for allegedly causing racial tensions was unlawful, a lawyer said.
Shah Alam High Court Justice Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad ruled that the home minister acted outside his powers in having Raja Petra Kamaruddin arrested Sept. 12, said his lawyer, Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.
He quoted the judge as saying the grounds given for Raja Petra's detention were insufficient and that his arrest under the Internal Security Act was unlawful.
Raja Petra, who was accused of threatening public security and causing racial tension by publishing writings that ridiculed Islam in this Mulsim-majority country, was to be taken to court later Friday to be formally set free.
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