Press Statement The Egyptians deported by Malaysian govt have disappeared and their fates are unknown 15 March 2019 We refer to Malaysia’s deportation on 5th March 2018 of 6 Egyptians back to Egypt for alleged involvement in terrorism, despite serious concern that they would be persecuted by Egypt’s military regime. Since the deportation, the…
Press Release PH Govt’s u-turn on abolition of the death penalty is unprincipled & unjustified 13 March 2019 Today the Deputy Law Minister Hanipa Maidin confirmed that the government will only repeal the mandatory death penalty for 11 offences. Apart from this, the death penalty will remain as a punishment in Malaysia. This is a…
Press Release IGP’s defence of the deportation of 5 Egyptians are based on unproven allegations 10 March 2019 The IGP in a statement today confirmed the deportation of 5 Egyptian members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The IGP claims that they aided foreign terrorist elements in the country, and are thus suspected to have committed Offences…
Press Release Appointment of former CJ to head Wang Kelian RCI raises concerns 1st March 2019 We refer to the appointment of former CJ Tun Arifin Zakaria as head of the RCI into the Wang Kelian mass killings. The Wang Kelian RCI is of great importance as it deals with mass graves and cross-border human…
Press Release On Non-Malay AG, It Is Nazri who is racist not the Malays 26 February 2019 We refer to BN Sec-Gen Nazri Aziz’s statement yesterday that it is ‘ Malay sentiment that a non-Malay should not be Attorney-General’. Nazri’s claim is divisive, racist and an outrageous insult to all Malays in the country. While…
Press Release Judge Hamid Sultan’s disclosures proves the BN regime’s long-term interference with the judiciary 15 February 2019 We refer to the shocking revelation by Court of Appeal judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer confirming interference in judicial decisions. The interference was in favour of the then BN government and its leaders, and to the detriment…
Press Statement Home Ministry & AGC must drop objections to citizenship for stateless children in the Federal Court 12 February 2019 We refer to the final hearing at the Federal Court of the appeals of 3 stateless children for grant of citizenship which is to be heard on 14 February 2019. These cases are classic…
Press Statement PH government must make IRC reports public and initiate serious institutional reforms, with immediate effect 24 January 2019 We refer to law minister, Hanipa Maidin’s parliamentary written reply stating that the Institutional Reforms Committee (IRC) reports containing recommendations for institutional reforms, are currently being overseen by the National Centre for Governance, Integrity and…
Press Statement Abdul Aziz is wrong – no need for consent of Conference of Rulers to abolish Sedition Act 1948 21 January 2019 We refer to the statement by Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman yesterday that the Sedition Act 1948 cannot be abolished without the consent of the Conference of Rulers, and that calling…
Press Statement Najib’s govt was guilty of the worst abuse of the Sedition Act in M’sian history 12 January 2019 In his blog yesterday, former PM Najib Razak claimed that the PH government was going trigger-happy against the opposition with the Sedition Act and suggested that the BN government under him had been more restrained…
Press Statement Arrest of allegedly “insulting” social media posts made viral tantamount to mob rule 9 January 2019 Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) views with extreme concern the recent arrests of three persons by the police under the Sedition Act 1948 for alleged “insulting” social media comments regarding the YDP Agong’s recent resignation. The Sedition Act…
Press Statement The PH government must not backpedal on law reform relating to fundamental liberties 2 January 2018 Lawyers for Liberty refers to Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s statement on Sunday at the Bersatu annual general assembly that the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (POCA), Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA) and Prevention of Terrorism…
Press Statement Johor State govt cannot re-gazette Pulau Kukup as a national park whilst it remains sultanate land 13 December 2018 It has been confirmed that the Johor State Government has decided re- gazette Pulau Kukup as a national park under the National Parks ( Johor) Corporation Enactment 1989 [ the 1989 Enactment ]. It…
Press Statement Govt must not discriminate against ordinary rakyat by issuing support letters to party members 9 December 2018 We refer to disclosure yesterday that the DPM Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s political secretary had issued a ‘support’ letter for a company connected to a PKR party member to obtain a contract from the Education Ministry.…
Press Statement Johor State govt must stop evading responsibility for the de-gazetting of Pulau Kukup & act immediately to restore its status as a national park 6 December 2018 I refer to the statement by the senior Johor State Exco member Aminolhuda Hassan yesterday who attempted to blame the previous BN state government for the…