Press Statement MKN must immediately abandon proposal to close UNHCR office in Malaysia 9 September 2022 Rodzi Md Saad, Director-General of the National Security Council (MKN) has proposed shutting down the United Nations High Commission for Refugees’ (UNHCR) office in Malaysia. According to him, the Malaysian government should instead manage refugees and undocumented migrants…
Press Statement Hamzah’s threat against the public for recording or live-streaming police during raid/arrest is unlawful & an abuse of power 2 August 2022 We refer to the written reply given by the Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin in Parliament in which he claimed that the act of recording videos or live broadcast of police…
Press Statement Inquests must be held into the deaths of 6 children and others in Immigration Depots 22 July 2022 We refer to the statement to Parliament by Home Minister, Hamzah Zainuddin, on 20 July 2022, in which he disclosed that there have been 298 deaths, which includes 6 children, in Immigration…
Press Statement Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin is unlawfully punishing innocent children for non-registration of their parents’ marriage 16 July 2022 We refer to the statements made by Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin on 13th and 15th July 2022 where he warned the rakyat to register their marriages to ensure their children are not denied citizenship.…
Press Statement Singapore must halt 7th July 2022 execution of M’sian citizen Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh 30 June 2022 Malaysian citizen Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh has been scheduled to hang next Thursday, 7th July 2022 at Singapore’s notorious Changi prison. He was convicted and sentenced to death on 24th October 2013 for…
Press Statement Legalising undocumented workers is not “stupid” as suggested by Minister M Saravanan 21 June 2022 We refer to the recent statement issued by the Human Resources Minister, M Saravanan, that legalising undocumented migrants for the workforce is a “stupid” idea. This is outrageous and disappointing to say the least, as the…
Press Statement Standing in the way of total abolition of death penalty is not something for the MCA to be proud of 12 June 2022 We refer to the statement issued by MCA Youth leader Heng Zhi Li, who lauded its president, Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong, for the cabinet’s decision not to fully…
Press Statement Singapore government must stop the intimidation & harassment of human rights lawyer M Ravi over his outspoken defence of Malaysian death row prisoners in Singapore 5 May 2022 We refer to the numerous disciplinary actions, contempt of court actions as well as police investigations taken against prominent Singapore human rights lawyer M Ravi…
Press Statement Malaysian citizen Datchinamurty Kataiah legal suit to stay his execution will be heard on Thursday 28th April 2022 on the eve of his execution 27 April 2022 Datchinamurthy Kataiah, the Malaysian citizen who is scheduled to be executed on Friday 29th April 2022 at Singapore’s deadly Changi Prison has filed in court…
Press Statement Singapore’s sudden plan to execute M’sian Datchinamurthy Kataiah on 29th April 2022 despite ongoing court case is in contempt of court & unlawful 22 April 2022 Malaysian citizen Datchinamurthy Katiah is now scheduled to be executed on Friday 29th April 2022 in Singapore. This shocking news was conveyed today to Datchinamurty’s family by…
Press Statement Rohingya refugees and asylum seekers should not have been detained in the first place 21 April 2022 We refer to shocking news that over 528 Rohingyans have fled the Temporary Immigration Detention Depot in Relau, Bandar Baharu, Kedah, yesterday. The elephant in the room that needs to be addressed is the…
Press Statement Amendment bill to Constitution on party-hopping undermines parliamentary democracy & will be political hara-kiri by MPs 10 April 2022 We refer to the government’s move to table constitutional amendments purportedly to enable future legislation to prevent members of parliament from hopping between political parties. Since the fall of the PH government in…
Press Statement Singapore blatantly ignoring its obligation under CRPD 29 March 2022 We refer to the Singapore Court of Appeal’s decision today dismissing mentally disabled Malaysian citizen Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s legal challenges against his death sentence. We are shocked that the Courts even refused to allow an independent psychiatric assessment of Nagaenthran’s current mental state…
Press Statement Punishing lawyer M Ravi for representing M’sians on death row in S’pore is an outright denial of right to legal representation 17 March 2022 We refer to the various applications by the Singapore Law Society and the Attorney General to stop M Ravi from practicing law in the country. M Ravi,…
Press Statement: Authorities should work with civil society to combat human trafficking 4 March 2022 We refer to the statement by the Director of Criminal Investigations Department of Bukit Aman, Abdul Jalil Hassan (when) where he stated that enforcement agencies are working to combat human trafficking to improve its ranking in the US State…