LFL RANTINGS: Are we really surprised that Penang High Court judge Zamani agreed with the DPP and police that the PSM activists should be investigated for “preparing to wage war” under section 122 of the Penal Code and that they should be detained for 7 days – all because of some PSM leaflets and communist-inspired…
Press Release Malaysia: Authorities must cease violations of freedom of peaceful assembly and expression Paris-Bangkok, 30 June 2011. The recent arrests and criminal charges against members and supporters of the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM), as well as the government’s refusal to grant permit for political rallies, constitute serious violations of the right to freedom…
Permit Bersih Coalition to Hold March (Bangkok, June 30, 2011) – The Malaysian government should immediately end its crackdown on the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) and release everyone arbitrarily detained for involvement in its activities, Human Rights Watch said today. Police should return all Bersih-related materials confiscated during the past week and…
PETALING JAYA: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein who said wearing yellow Bersih 2.0 T-shirts is illegal came under fire from lawyers and academics today who said he was “talking nonsense”. Hishammuddin told the press this morning that the arrests of those wearing such T-shirts are justified as it is related to an illegal activity. However, the…
PETALING JAYA: The police today raided the Bersih secretariat here and seized several items as the authorities increased the pressure on the movement to call off its mass rally on July 9. They have also taken away seven staff members for questioning. PKR supreme council member Latheefa Koya told reporters that the police came at…