Press Statement Singapore must halt the execution of mentally disabled M’sian citizen Pausi Jefridin 14 February 2022 We refer to reports that Singapore will be proceeding with the execution of mentally disabled Malaysian citizen, Pausi bin Jefridin, on Wednesday, 16.02.2022. Pausi, who has an IQ of only 67, clearly comes within the threshold of…
Press Statement Government must halt plans to deport former Bangladesh High Commissioner Khairuzzaman back to Bangladesh 11 February 2022 We refer to the news report that a former Bangladesh High Commissioner, Mohammmed Khairuzzaman, is currently detained by law enforcement authorities in Malaysia. The Home Minister indicated that the arrest was made upon request of…
Press Statement Home Minister must stop dilly dallying in resolving Rohana Abdullah & other stateless cases 18 January 2022 We refer to the statement issued by the Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin yesterday where he stated that a thorough investigation and further documents are necessary before Rohana Abdullah can be declared a citizen. It is shocking…
Press Statement Home Minister must resolve Rohana’s case immediately, institute widespread reforms needed to end statelessness in Malaysia 17 January 2022 We refer to the statement issued by the Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin stating that he is looking into the case of Rohana Abdullah, a 22 year old who is stateless who was raised…
Press Statement Home Minister’s Attack upon Rohingya Community Amounts to Racism 11 January 2022 We refer to Home Minister’s threat to Rohingya refugees to not be “big headed” and to keep in mind that they are refugees in this country. It is astonishing that the Home Minister finds it necessary to comment on a viral…
Press Release: S’pore govt & judiciary must ensure a fair hearing in Nagaenthiran’s appeal to set aside his death sentence & must cease intimidation & harassment of his lawyer M Ravi The application to set aside the death sentence of M’sian citizen Nagaenthiran Dharmalingam at the Singapore court of appeal is fixed on 24 January…
Press Statement The Government has an obligation to raise the minimum marriage age for Muslim girls 20 December 2021 We refer to statement given by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad that the government will be maintaining the minimum marriage age Muslim girls at 16 years old. With…
Press Statement Singapore PM’s claim that Nagaenthran got “due process” is false; arrest, investigation & trial processes did not make accommodations for his mental disability 13 November 2021 I refer to news reports on 12th November that Singapore’s prime minister and foreign minister have said that Nagaenthran Dharmalingam “ has been accorded full due…
Press Statement Rushed Appeal Hearings in Nagaenthran’s case fixed for 9th November through late evening court directions are a blatant denial of due process 8 November 2021 I refer to the stay of execution granted by the Singapore High Court in Nagaenthran’s case staying the 10th of November execution date. We are dismayed…
Press Release Singapore Home Ministry’s latest statement on Nagaenthran is Goebbels-like in its repetition & contains outright falsities 6 November 2021 We refer to the latest statement issued by the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA) on 6th Nov 2021 on the impending execution of mentally disabled Malaysian citizen Nagaenthran Dharmalingam. The MHA…
Press Statement Singapore’s response to public pressure on Nagaenthran’s case provides no justification for executing a person with mental disability 4 November 2021 We refer to the statement issued on 3 November 2021 by the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs ( MHA ) in response to widespread public pressure on the planned execution of…
Press Release: Singapore must halt Nov 10 execution of mentally disabled M’sian citizen Nagaenthran Dharmalingam 28 October 2021 I refer to the imminent execution of Malaysian citizen Nagaenthran a/l K Dharmalingam who is on death row in Singapore’s notorious Changi prison. Nagaenthran was convicted in 2011 of illegally importing 42.72 grams of diamorphine and sentenced…
Press Statement Performative religious enforcement & lack of humanity drove Nur Sajat into permanent exile 19 October 2021 We refer to news reports that cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat has now settled down in Australia, having fled Malaysia as she felt unsafe after being charged in the Syariah Court for ‘dressing up as a woman’. The…
Press Statement Draconian laws should be repealed, not strengthened 29 September 2021 We refer to the 12th Malaysian Plan (12MP) which stated that the government intends to review and amend notoriously draconian laws to ‘strengthen the governance and security in the country’. These laws which include the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (POCA),…
Press Statement There is no need to buy time to amend the constitution to confer Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses the right to give citizenship to their children born overseas 23 September 2021 We refer to statement given by the Home Minister yesterday where he informed the Dewan Rakyat that the government will be proposing…