Press Statement Lawyers For Liberty condemns the arrest and prosecution of whistleblowers Rafizi Ramli, PKR Strategic Director and Johari Osman, former Public Bank clerk under sections 112(1)(c) and 97(1) of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA) following a series of revelations of corruption related to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) and its chairperson…
Reporters Without Borders is disappointed by the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s ruling today in the civil suit that Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, the political cartoonist better known as Zunar, brought against the Malaysian authorities. The suit accused them of acting illegally and causing him material losses in September 2010 by arresting him and confiscating copies of…
KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — The High Court here today ruled that the arrest and detention of cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaqur, popularly known as Zunar, by police two years ago was lawful. However, Judicial Commissioner Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera said the seizure of 66 of his books and a painting was unlawful. The court…