March 17, 2017

Former detainee sues Prisons Department following assault by inmates

NewsMarch 17, 2017

KUALA LUMPUR: A former detainee is suing the Prisons Department for negligence. In his civil suit filed at the High Court registry today, V. Shashitheran, 35, claimed that prison authorities did not take action when he was assaulted by a group of detainees during his 14-day incarceration while awaiting trial for a charge under Section…

LFL: Stateless children with genuine and effective link to Malaysia should be recognised as citizens

StatementsMarch 17, 2017

Press Statement Stateless children with genuine and effective link to Malaysia should be recognised as citizens 17 March 2017 Lawyers for Liberty urgently calls on the government to relook at its citizenship policies that have rendered thousands of rightful Malaysians as stateless. The two decisions at the Court of Appeal on 16 March 2017 have…