May 3, 2014

The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) must resort to legal recourse against the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) for refusing to return the Bibles which they had seized four months ago, a lawyers group said.   Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen said BSM must go to court to obtain a declaration that the…

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Lawyers renewed calls today for amendments to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA), saying the security law should focus exclusively on arresting terrorists and not activists like Saiden Ismail.   The 24-year-old Saiden from student activist group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) was among the 11 hauled up…