Why question me for my son’s actions, asks sex blogger’s mom

Lawyer Chong Joo Tian urged the MCMC to provide an explanation if they intentionally disturbed Mrs Tan since it is obvious that she was not involved with her son’s case.

The mother of controversial sex blogger Alvin Tan has questioned the need for authorities to call her for a statement when the charge against her son has already been made.

Identifying herself only as Mrs Tan, she was called by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) last Thursday to provide her statement today on the cases involving her son.

“This is extremely odd… What does Alvin’s mother have to do with the case? Moreover, he was not living with his mother when the Ramadan photo was posted on Facebook,” said her lawyer Chong Joo Tian in Kuala Lumpur today.

Chong spoke to the press at the MCMC’s office at the Sultan Abdul Samad building after the government agency spent over two hours taking a statement from Mrs Tan.

“We asked them (MCMC) what is the relation between Alvin’s mother and the case but they could not provide an answer.”

“In fact, when the incident happened, Mrs Tan had no knowledge at all what her son did,” explained Chong.

Chong also urged the MCMC to provide an explanation if they intentionally disturbed Mrs Tan since it is obvious that she was not involved with her son’s case.

“Mrs Tan did ask me if this was a form of harassment. I am not sure myself, perhaps someone from MCMC can explain this.”

The attorney is not certain if she would be called as a witness when the blogger’s case goes to court.

In a recent interview with The Malaysian Insider, Mrs Tan had expressed her disappointment with her son’s actions.

“As a mother, when I found out about the sex videos, I was shocked. I warned him not to do such things as Malaysia was a more conservative country, not like the Western countries,” said Mrs Tan.

Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee, were detained at the Sungai Buloh Prison and Kajang Prison, respectively, on July 18 after Sessions Court judge Murtazadi Amran denied them bail.

A week later, the pair were released after the High Court granted them bail of RM30,000 each.

They are now facing three charges for uploading a photo of them consuming pork with the caption “Selamat Berbuka Puasa” (Happy Breaking Fast) on Facebook and for posting lewd sexual photos on their blog.