The Quest for Justice continues for Aminulrasyid, Azzamudin, Mohd Afham, Norizan Salleh, Shahril Azlan & A.Kugan Kementerian Dalam Negeri, Putrajaya 8 September 2010 Is there no justice and rule of law in Malaysia ? Can the police abuse their powers as they please and escape the law, justice, criminal prosecution and disciplinary action for all the unjustifiable and unlawful shootings, deaths in custody and torture? We are here to remind Home Minister Hishammudin Hussein of the serious cases of police brutality over the last 2 years that are still awaiting justice and answers. The family members, survivors, supporters and their lawyers will not be deceived by the authorities’ half-hearted actions on these cases while hoping that in time, the uproar over these cases will fade away. We remind the Home Minister the names of these young Malaysians and what...
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Memorandum to be Handed Over to the Home Ministry (Putrajaya), 08.09.2010, Wednesday at 11.00am: The Quest for Justice continues for Aminulrasyid, Azzamudin, Mohd Afham, Norizan Salleh, Shahril Azlan & A.Kugan Kementerian Dalam Negeri, Putrajaya 8 September 2010 Wednesday, 11.00am
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By Patrick Lee (FMT) KUALA LUMPUR: A PKR leader promised that if convicted Malaysian drug mule Yong Vui Kong is hanged, it will have grave repercussions. “I warn the Singaporean government: if they hang Yong, I will come back and bring a coffin here! (Singapore High Commission),” said Kapar MP S Manikavasagam. He also took a swipe at Foreign Minister Anifah Aman for not doing enough. “I am ashamed of the minister. He should put more pressure on the Singapore government,” he said. Added human rights lawyer N Surendran: “Our government claims that it’s doing great things for this country. But if it cannot stand up for one Malaysian in trouble overseas, can Malaysians rely on the government?” Earlier, Manikavasagam and Surendran joined some 20 mostly PKR members to present a memorandum to the Singapore High Commission here today....
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KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Malaysian lawyers and parliamentarians has submitted a memorandum to the Singapore High Commission asking for the clemency of Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong, who is facing the gallows. Walter Chia, the High Commission’s first secretary, received the memo from Fadiah Nadwa Fikri of Lawyers for Liberty. Chia promised to convey the memorandum to the Singapore Goverment. The 22-year-old was convicted on Jan 7 last year for trafficking 47g of diamorphine, a capital offence under Singapore’s Misuse of Drugs Act. He was arrested on June 13, 2007, when he was 18. N. Surendran of Lawyers of Liberty said Yong should be given a second chance. Kapar MP S. Manickavasagam warned the Singapore government that he would bring a coffin to the High Commission if they went ahead and executed Yong. On Tuesday, Yong’s family members...
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His Excellency Mr. T Jasudasen High Commissioner, High Commission of the Republic of Singapore, 209, Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Memorandum protesting the denial of due process  to Yong Vui Kong and calling for his life to be spared 1)       Mr. Yong Vui Kong, a 22 years old Malaysian citizen awaits on death row to suffer execution for an offence of trafficking under the Misuse of Drug Act. 2)       Yong is a victim of a mandatory death penalty law, which                militates against accepted international  norms   and human rights principles. 3)       A child of a broken family, Yong was only 18 years old when arrested under Singapore’s anti-drug laws, which we say is harsh and loaded with unfair presumptions against the accused. 4)       Yong’s appeal against the imposition of the mandatory death penalty upon him was dismissed by...
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Aleyasak’s counsel Fadiah Nadwa Fikri said the suit was being filed as nothing had been done since a police report was filed in 2007. “We want the government to be responsible for the actions of the police,” she said. “Police brutality can never have a place in Malaysia as they are supposed to protect peaceful demonstrators as urged by Suhakam,” added Fadiah.
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Activists from Malaysian NGO Lawyers for Liberty have demanded that the Singaporean government abolish the death penalty and withdraw all charges against British author Alan Shadrake.In a protest memorandum addressed to the Singapore High Commission, a group of about 10 activists led by lawyer N Surendran (centre in photo) called for judicial reform in the Singapore justice system.The memorandum contained multiple requests, amongst them to abolish the death penalty, and pardon Malaysian Yong Vui Kong, who faces the gallows for drug trafficking.Included is a call to withdraw all charges against Shadrake, who has been arrested and charged over his controversial book ‘Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock’.First secretary Walter Chia received the memorandum on behalf of the high commissioner T Jasudasen, who did not meet with the group despite repeated requests.‘M Vignes unfairly executed’The memorandum also demands...
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Lawyer and parliamentarian Karpal Singh, a prominent advocate for human rights and the Rule of Law, is wrong to call for child rapists to be hanged. Probably, like a lot of Malaysians, he is horrified and angry over the recent incident involving the blatant rape of a student in a school bus in front of other students and the public. The rising incidence of rape and violence against children and women is truly alarming, and indicates a deep-seated malaise in our society, a malaise that can be traced to our education system, the incoherent rules by which we live, the lack of respect for the Rule of Law, how our social and economic policies have abandoned large sections of our citizens to a hopeless, dehumanising and wretched poverty. Our policing have gaping holes. People have no confidence in our policing; that i
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