PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamarudin will propose that the donation collected for his bail be put into a Bloggers Defence Fund.

Raja Petra, 58, wrote in his blog yesterday that this was to ensure bloggers who were prosecuted would have financial support.

But he said this would be finalised only if the donors agreed to his proposal.

More than RM37,000, including US$4,330.10 (RM13,859.78) paid through Paypal, was collected following a call for donations on his website.

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PETALING JAYA, THURS

MARINA Lee Abdullah, wife of jailed Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin, has arrived at the PJ Sessions Court to post bail for her husband at 12:30pm. She was greeted by his lawyer and small group of supporters.

Speaking to the press, she said she met with Raja Petra for about 10 minutes at about 11am and that he looked fine. She added that he requested for bail to be posted. - Updated: 12:32pm

MARINA Lee Abdullah, wife of jailed Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaruddin, has just informed the New Straits Times that to say that she has met her husband.

In a phone call to this reporter, she said she is now on the way to the PJ Sessions Court to post bail and added that Raja Petra has agreed to the bail.

Raja Petra Kamaruddin, who was charged with sedition, did not want to meet anyone, his family or his lawyer when Marina visited him at the Sungai Buloh prison yesterday morning.

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