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LMAO IS CRIME ! Tanzania Comedian Idris Sultan Arrested For "Bullying" President Magufuli
May 22, 2020
Tanzanian Comedian, Idris Sultan has been detained “for bullying the President," after a video of him laughing at an old photograph of President John Magufuli spread, which quickly went viral in Tanzania social media.
His lawyer Benedict Ishabakaki told BBC that the 2014 Big Brother Africa winner is accused of contravening the Cybercrimes Act 2015 against cyberbullying, citing Standardmedia.
According to My Joy Online, this was confirmed by the BBA star’s lawyer, Bennedict Ishabakaki, who said that the star was detained on Tuesday and has been denied bail.
According to Ishabaki, the charges facing Idris stem from a video he recently shared laughing at an old photo of Magufuli. See below:
“In short, the police claim Idris used the internet to harass the president,” he said.
The comedian was arrested on May 19 after heeding summons from the police but is yet to be arraigned in court. According to Idris’ lawyer, their request for bail was denied as police said they needed him in custody while they follow up on leads.  
#FreeIdrisSultan
Idris’ arrest drew furore from a section of Twitter users who demanded his release through the hashtag #FreeIdrisSultan:
This is not the first time Idris has gotten into trouble for incorporating President Magufuli in his content creation. In October 2019, he was ordered to report to the nearest police station after ‘swapping’ faces with Magufuli using photo editing software.
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