GMA News, reports that Raja Petra Kamaruddin has been sentenced to two years imprisonment under a tough security law that could keep him in jail indefinately.

Online commentator Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, known for his anti-government views, was already in police custody and was served a detention order Monday night, said his lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.

The order was signed by Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar, who has said Raja Petra’s writings pose a threat to national security by creating racial tension.

Raja Petra has increasingly infuriated authorities by publishing numerous claims about alleged wrongdoings by government leaders on his popular site, Malaysia Today, which serves as his blog as well as a news portal. The government has denounced most of Raja Petra’s allegations as lies.

The laws under which Raja was arrested give the authorities the option of renewing the prison term once that initial two years is over.