Malaysian blogger jailed for sedition

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Updated May 8, 2008 10:23:55

Raja Petra Kamaruddin, the prominent Malaysian blogger jailed for linking Malaysia's deputy Prime Minister in a murder case involving a Mongolian model, has begun a hunger strike.

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