Malaysian maverick blogger arrested

While Singapore has been abuzz over the Li Hongyi incident, the Malaysian blogosphere has been spooked by the arrest of a maverick blogger.

The blogger is Nathaniel Tan (left in the pix on polytikus (right), who is his close friend). He is known to be an aide of Parti Keadilan Rakyat Anwar Ibrahim and the man in charge of the Opposition party's website.

The Star said the arrest was believed to be in connection with a doctored picture of Deputy Prime Minister which was posted on the Internet.

Malaysian bloggers have launched a petition urging the release of Nat.