Membantah penahanan tanpa bicara Muhamad Arif, 19 tahun, dibawah Ordinan Darurat

MEMBANTAH PENAHANAN MUHAMAD ARIF BIN ABU SEMAH DIBAWAH  SEKSYEN 3 (1) ORDINAN DARURAT (KETENTERAMAN AWAM PENCEGAHAN JENAYAH 1969) DAN MENUNTUT AGAR TAHANAN DIBERIKAN RUANG UNTUK MENDAPAT BANTUAN GUAMAN KENYATAAN MEDIA: 28 APRIL 2011 Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) dan Lawyers for Liberty (LFL), serta anggota keluarga Muhamad Arif Bin Abu Semah (19 tahun) mengecam penangkapan dan…

Bukit Jalil’s residents get two-week reprieve

G Vinod | April 27, 2011 www.freemalaysiatoday.com The KL High Court delays DBKL’s plans to demolish the Ladang Bukit Jalil houses. KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur High Court will decide on the injunction sought by the residents of Ladang Bukit Jalil against Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) on May 10. The judge, Zabariah Mohd Yusof, said…

Refugees International Field Report : Malaysia

Malaysia: Invest in Solutions for Refugees April 19, 2011 Malaysia has taken significant steps forward in improving refugee rights. In the past year, there have been no reported attempts to deport Burmese refugees to the border with Thailand and a decrease in immigration raids and arrests of registered refugees. But these advances have not yet…

Students’ Rights To Legal Representation : A Farce?

Fadiah Nadwa Fikri On 10 April 2011, eight university students who participated in “Jelajah Mahasiswa Selamatkan Rakyat”, a campaign against lewd politics were arbitrarily arrested by the police in Kuala Lumpur public transport hub while they were dispersing. In fact, the students were on their way home when the Police highhandedly arrested them and confiscated…

Disabled ISA detainee denied right to counsel

Bukit Aman says he was planning to bomb Putrajaya and Bukit Aman and the matter is still under investigation. KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Aman today denied disabled PKR youth member Kadir Hashim, who is being held under the ISA, access to his lawyers. His family members were, however, allowed to see him under strict supervision. Kadir,…

73 NGOs demand RCI into Ahmad Sarbani death, urges setup of IPCMC

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 7 – Scores of civil society groups and non-governmental organizations gathered at the Kuala Lumpur-Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall to express deep regret on the untimely death of Ahmad Sarbani Mohamed. Ahmad Sarbani, 56, who was recently promoted to the position of assistant director in the Selangor Customs Department, was found sprawled on…

Injunction granted, demolition thwarted

G Vinod |freemalaysiatoday.com March 15, 2011 The Bukit Jalil estate residents obtained an interim injunction for 21 days from the court, thwarting DBKL’s plan of evicting them. FULL REPORT KUALA LUMPUR: Bukit Jalil estate residents scored a minor victory this morning when the court granted an injunction against the demolition of their houses. When lawyers…

Chaos at DBKL, boy and woman punched, KL mayor hides

Philip Ho www.klik4malaysia.com Friday, 11 March 2011 13:36 Kuala Lumpur, Mar 11 – Residents of the former Bukit Jalil rubber estate located at 6 ½ mile of the Bukit Jalil highway, turned up in force earlier this morning in the hopes of meeting the Kuala Lumpur City Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail. Two buses ferrying…

Bkt Jalil residents warn DBKL of legal action

G Vinod | March 8, 2011 freemalaysiatoday.com The Bukit Jalil estate residents have given City Hall 48-hours to explain the eviction notices, failing which an application for an injunction will be filed. KUALA LUMPUR: Ladang Bukit Jalil residents are planning to file an injunction to stop the City Hall (DBKL) from evicting them on March…

Serdang Kitten Killer Must Be Prosecuted

PRESS RELEASE : The torture and killing of a kitten in Serdang recently has shocked the nation. The sickening scene was captured on CCTV and widely distributed on the internet. The perpetrator has since confessed to the crime and is identified as 21 year old Chow Xiao Wei. However, we are appalled by the conduct of two…

AG has failed Kugan’s case

(The Malay Mail) – The Attorney-General’s (AG) Chambers was today slammed for allegedly “failing to investigate freely and thoroughly” the death of suspected car thief A. Kugan, who died in police custody, after a police constable was acquitted from the charge this morning. Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice president, N. Surendran, said since 2009, the…

NGOs tell police: Let’s see 90 days of no death in custody

As many as 147 deaths in police custody have been reported since 2000 and NGO activists today demanded guarantees from the home ministry and the police force that such deaths will no longer occur.Lawyers for Liberty representative N Surendren and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) co-founder R Sivarasa also insisted that investigations into the cause of…

PKR threatens mass demo over custodial deaths

PETALING JAYA: PKR vice-president N Surendran has threatened to hold a mass demonstration if the police and the government fail to address the issue of custodial deaths. He accused the government of  practising a “culture of neglect and abuse” against detainees. “A total of 147 people had died in custody since 2000, according to statistics…

Police agree to second post-mortem on Krishnan

KUALA LUMPUR: A second post-mortem is set to be conducted on M Krishnan, a 37-year-old wire-man who died in police custody last Friday, police confirmed today. Kuala Lumpur CID chief Senior Assistant Commissionner II Ku Chin Wah told FMT that an application would be made through the court. “We will be applying for a second…