In appealing against her conviction under the Sedition Act 1948 for posting a “bak kut teh” picture on their Facebook page during the month of Ramadan in 2013, Lee’s lawyer Chong Joo Tian told the High Court that she did not have the password with her, although she was the page’s co-administrator.

“That was because Alvin changed the password all the time and she was not aware which was the current password,” he said.

He said Lee had also admitted in her testimony that she had tried to stop Tan from posting the “bak kut teh” image but failed.

Chong said the images that the authorities seized from a laptop and digital camera in the former couple’s home could not be hers as the devices belonged to Tan.

However, deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin told the court Lee was merely denying her role in making the seditious post.

“She and Tan previously affirmed in affidavits for another criminal case that they had posted the ‘bak kut teh’ greeting image on their Facebook page and the affidavits were not disputed,” he said.

Justice Sofian Abd Razak fixed April 10 for decision.

Lee was sentenced to six month’s jail by the Sessions Court in 2016 for sedition over the posting of the “bak kut teh” image during the fasting month.

She and Tan claimed trial in 2013 on three charges under Section 298A of the Penal Code, the Film Censorship Act and the Sedition Act.

However, the Section 298A charge against them for allegedly uploading content that could possibly stir hostility among people of different beliefs was struck out.

The Sessions Court in March 2015 ordered the hearing for the two remaining charges against Lee to be done in the absence of Tan, as the latter had skipped bail in 2014 and fled to the United States.

Lee was freed on the Film Censorship Act charge in 2016.

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