Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has reneged on his promise to “respect human rights and liberties” which he said he would uphold when announcing the repeal of the Internal Security Act (ISA) and the Emergency Ordinance on Malaysia Day two years ago, said human rights group Lawyers for Liberty (LFL). LFL’s co-founder and adviser…
Press Statement 25 September 2013 PCA, Penal Code and CPC amendments are the most serious assault on human rights and established legal principles since 1988 Lawyers for Liberty is extremely shocked and concerned with the rash of proposed criminal law and procedure amendments with far reaching implications that were tabled in Parliament today. These amendments…
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 23): A criminal investigation officer confirmed today that a man who was killed in a controversial police shooting case in Ampang last year was carrying a weapon. ASP Jaswent Singh told the inquest into the death of D Dinesh that the deceased, who was shot by police on suspicion of being involved…
An unemployed woman told the High Court today that police intentionally shot her during a car chase four years ago. Norizan Salleh, 33, who is pregnant and due next month, also said she overheard a policeman saying that she and her three friends in the car would have been dead if the incident had not…
The legal action over citizenship filed by three Malaysian-born Indians against the government finally came to an end after both parties resolved the matter in the High Court today. The parties recorded the consent settlement in chambers before Judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof. Counsel Eric Paulsen and Latheefa Koya, who acted for S. Letchumy and her…
Press Statement Lawyers for Liberty is appalled at the conviction and two-year jail sentence of 13 pro-democracy protestors at the Kuala Kangsar Sessions Court yesterday for protesting against the swearing in of Zambry Abdul Kadir as Menteri Besar of Perak and the formation of a new “illegitimate” Perak government four years ago. To compound matters,…
PUTRAJAYA (Sept 6): It has been a 30-year-old wearying battle for Letchumy Suppiah, a Malaysian born, who has been fighting to be recognised as the citizen of this country along with her two daughters. And today, her decades of struggle – including a legal remedy – had finally paid off as the National Registration Department…
Parents … if your children have been questioned by police without your consent or without you being present, sue them. Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights coordinator Edmund Bon said parents should do so for the arbitrary and unlawful interference in the lives and privacy of their children. “They should also sue (to claim)…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Sessions Court here has fixed Oct 16 and 17 for the trial of PKR vice-president Chua Tian Chang, who is charged with sedition over his statement linking the Government to the Lahad Datu intrusion. Judge Norsharidah Awang fixed the date in chambers Wednesday after meeting deputy public prosecutor Mohd Farizul Hassan and…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — National laureate Datuk A. Samad Said was arrested and questioned for sedition late last night for allegedly flying the Sang Saka Malaya flag on the eve of Merdeka celebrations at Dataran Merdeka, according to his lawyer Latheefa Koya. Latheefa said Samad, known popularly as Pak Samad, was picked up by…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Nine individuals, including one PKR and six MIC Youth leaders, have been arrested so far in this morning’s standoff with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) over an allegedly “illegal” demolition of the 101-year-old Hindu temple on Jalan P. Ramlee. Temple lawyer N. Surendran also alleged that “three or four gangsters”,…
