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Nathaniel J. Tan ’03-’04, a secretary for a foundation run by the former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia, was detained last Friday by Malaysian police officers and is still being held under the country’s Official Secrets Act for violation of the Communication and Multimedia Act, an individual close to the situation requesting anonymity confirmed Monday afternoon...
...Tan is the secretary for the Foundation For the Future, a newly-formed, Beirut-based grant-making organization with a mission to support democracy in the Middle East...
...president of the foundation is controversial political figure Anwar Ibrahim, who spent five years in prison on corruption charges and was later convicted of sodomy before the Malaysian Supreme Court overturned the second conviction, prompting his release in September 2004. Both Tan and Ibrahim are members of the People’s Justice Party, which has in the past clashed with Malaysia’s largest political party, the United Malays National Organization...
According to a report from Reuters published Sunday, Tan has remained in custody under the Official Secrets Act for possessing documents regarding Deputy Internal Security Minister Johari Baharom...
According to the source, Tan was picked by police on Friday morning near a Malaysian office where he works. He was put in lockup for approximately six hours, barred from any outside contact before he was actually charged with any crime...