Press Statement Net freedom coalition condemns arrests under the CMA 6 June 2016 We, the coalition members of Net Merdeka, are greatly concerned with the recent string of arrests for alleged offences under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998. Between 25 and 31 May, individuals from different parts of the country…
Press Statement Police must refocus their resources to prevent sexual crimes against children 3 June 2016 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked at news reports of Richard Huckle, currently undergoing sentencing hearing in the UK over charges of sexually abusing children, many of them believed to be from poor communities in Kuala Lumpur. It was also…
Press Statement Independence of the Malaysian Bar under serious threat from proposed amendments to the Legal Profession Act 1 June 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the government’s wide ranging proposal to amend the Legal Profession Act 1976 as a serious threat to the independence of the Malaysian Bar. The proposed amendments reportedly are…
Press Statement Serious concerns on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code 18 May 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Criminal Procedure Code amendment bill that is listed to be tabled in the current parliamentary sitting. Of utmost concern is the new sections 265A, 265B and 265C that had previously been…
Press Statement The EAIC’s report into Dharmendran’s death is an urgent reminder for the government to implement the IPCMC 29 April 2016 On 28 April 2016, the Enforcement Agency Integrity Commission (EAIC) released its investigative report into the death of N. Dharmendran on what must be one of the most shocking custodial death in recent…
Press Statement Prosecute the police personnel responsible for the custodial death of Karuna Nithi 20 April 2016 Today, the Seremban Coroner Court delivered the verdict by Dato’ Jagjit Singh a/l Bant Singh after further evidence was introduced in the re-opened inquest into the death of Karuna Nithi a/l Palani Velu at the Tampin police…
Press Statement Stop misusing the OSA and drop all investigations against Rafizi Ramli 6 April 2016 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled at Rafizi Ramli’s arrest outside Parliament gates yesterday for breaching the Official Secrets Act 1972 when he allegedly revealed excerpts from the Auditor General’s Report on the misuse of the Armed…
Press Statement Investigation into lawyers’ AGM motion a serious attack on the independence of the Bar 29 March 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the sedition investigation against three lawyers who submitted a motion to discuss Attorney-General Mohamad Apandi Ali’s refusal to prosecute Prime Minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal and…
Press Statement The IGP should do the honourable thing and resign after Aminulrasyid’s verdict 25 March 2016 Lawyers for Liberty welcomes the High Court verdict yesterday in the civil suit by the family members of Aminulrasyid Amzah, who was shot dead by the police on 26 April 2010, when he was just 14 years…
Press Statement Government should embrace the Internet, not impose more restrictions to stifle news portals and blogs 23 March 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Communications and Multimedia Ministry’s proposal for online news portals and political blogs to be registered with the government, thus effectively restricting further the ever-shrinking democratic space…
Press Statement Cease the harassment and unconditionally release both Australian journalists 13 March 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the arrest of Australian journalist Linton Besser and camera operator Louis Eroglu from the ABC Four Corners current affairs show last night in Kuching, Sarawak. Although both of them have been released, their passports were seized…
Press Statement Migrant workers are in Malaysia to work, not commit crimes or misbehave 17 February 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the rising xenophobic and racist sentiments expressed against the government’s plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers over the next three years. While they are right to question…
Press Statement Federal Court’s compromised justice in S. Deepa’s custodial dispute 11 February 2016 Lawyers for Liberty welcomes the Federal Court ruling yesterday in S. Deepa’s case that the civil court has exclusive jurisdiction to grant divorce, including custody, care and access of children where one spouse has unilaterally converted to Islam. In addition, the…
Press Statement Laws should not be amended or enforced arbitrarily to protect the government 10 February 2016 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern Attorney General Apandi Ali’s suggestion to amend the Official Secrets Act 1972 (OSA) to include life imprisonment and 10 strokes of the cane as punishment against whistle-blowers and members of…
Press Statement On the one year anniversary of Anwar Ibrahim’s imprisonment 9 February 2016 Tomorrow, 10 February 2016 is the one year anniversary of Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy charge conviction at the Federal Court, after a trial and appeal process that were widely condemned, sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment. Anwar’s incarceration at Sungai Buloh prison remains…