Are there really no lawyers willing to defend the Bar Council’s Red Book?

Surely the issue cannot be that the lawyers and pupils were “only detained for a few hours” as I was made to understand. The real issue is that constitutional and human rights have been violated and that this incident is not the case of a few bad apples but rather a wider and serious problem of the PDRM’s contempt for the Constitution and human rights and the role played by lawyers.

How does that reflect on the Bar Council and its various committees when nothing is offered to these lawyers and pupils other than a press statement? What message is being sent to them and other volunteers?

Anger over puppy abuse photo

The photograph, which has been widely distributed over the Internet, shows two men hanging a puppy with string. Both men were showing an obscene gesture with their fingers. Malaysian Animal Rights Society president N. Surendran said the photograph was one of the worst cases of animal abuse he had seen. “The fact that they were posing with the puppy shows they are confident no action will be taken against them,” he said after lodging a report at the Brickfields district police headquarters here.

Jet engine theft: Former sergeant opts out of prison

Tharmendran at secret location in fear of arrest by armed forces, says counsel MARHALIM ABAS Friday, October 1st, 2010 12:30:00 SHAH ALAM: N. Tharmendran, the former Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) sergeant charged in connection with the jet engine theft case in April 2008, has opted not to stay in Sungai Buloh Prison while awaiting…

Malaysian Cartoonist Seized for Sedition Out on Bail

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/world/malaysian-cartoonist-seized-for-sedition-out-on-bail/398213 Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian police have released a controversial political cartoonist after arresting him under a harsh sedition law, his lawyer said on Sunday. Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque — better known as Zunar — works for the news Web site Malaysiakini and uses cartoons to illustrate sensitive issues such as police shooting and the sodomy trial…

Defiant cartoonist released

Home > Breaking News > SE Asia > Story Sep 26, 2010 http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_583324.html Defiant cartoonist released Zunar (above) who is being investigated under the Sedition Act, was released late Saturday on bail. — PHOTO: AP KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIAN police have released a controversial political cartoonist after arresting him under a harsh sedition law, his…

Cartoonist Zunar freed after a day’s remand

Cartoonist Zunar freed after a day’s remand UPDATED @ 07:16:48 PM 25-09-2010 By Adib Zalkapli September 25, 2010 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cartoonist-zunar-freed-after-a-days-remand/ KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Political satirist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, or more popularly known as Zunar, was released today just hours after the police obtained a one-day remand order from the Sepang magistrate’s court. The release…

Cartoonist Zunar remanded for one day

Cartoonist Zunar remanded for one day UPDATED @ 01:50:23 PM 25-09-2010 By Adib Zalkapli September 25, 2010 http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/cartoonist-zunar-remanded-for-one-day/ KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — Political satirist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, who was arrested under the Sedition Act yesterday, has been remanded for one day. The remand order was issued by the Sepang Magistrate Court this morning, said…

Zunar to sue for harassment, detention

Political cartoonist Zunar was freed on police bail this evening after being detained overnight and taken on a run-around to seven police stations. He intends to sue the police over his treatment and for the return of 66 copies of his latest cartoon collection Cartoon-o-phobia. The books were seized in a raid on his office…

Kes Sosilawati: Jangan cepat memuji polis

Kes Sosilawati: Jangan cepat memuji polis 17 September 2010 Lawyers for Liberty amat khuatir kerana ramai ahli-ahli politik dan berbagai pihak lain terlalu cepat memuji pihak polis dalam menyelesaikan kes pembunuhan ngeri  Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya dan tiga orang rakannya yang lain. Apa yang diperlihatkan dalam kes ini sebenarnya amat jauh sekali daripada kecekapan, daya saing…

Sosilawati’s case: Don’t be so quick to praise the police

Sosilawati’s case: Don’t be so quick to praise the police 17 September 2010 Lawyers for Liberty is troubled that many politicians and others have been too quick to praise the police for solving the gruesome murder of Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three other associates. What this incident has shown – far from an effective, competent…

‘If Yong is hanged, I will return with a coffin!

By Patrick Lee (FMT) KUALA LUMPUR: A PKR leader promised that if convicted Malaysian drug mule Yong Vui Kong is hanged, it will have grave repercussions. “I warn the Singaporean government: if they hang Yong, I will come back and bring a coffin here! (Singapore High Commission),” said Kapar MP S Manikavasagam. He also took…

Group submits clemency appeal for Vui Kong

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Malaysian lawyers and parliamentarians has submitted a memorandum to the Singapore High Commission asking for the clemency of Malaysian citizen Yong Vui Kong, who is facing the gallows. Walter Chia, the High Commission’s first secretary, received the memo from Fadiah Nadwa Fikri of Lawyers for Liberty. Chia promised to convey…

Trader sues police, govt for RM2 million

Aleyasak’s counsel Fadiah Nadwa Fikri said the suit was being filed as nothing had been done since a police report was filed in 2007.

“We want the government to be responsible for the actions of the police,” she said.

“Police brutality can never have a place in Malaysia as they are supposed to protect peaceful demonstrators as urged by Suhakam,” added Fadiah.

Abolish noose and free Shadrake, S’pore urged

Activists from Malaysian NGO Lawyers for Liberty have demanded that the Singaporean government abolish the death penalty and withdraw all charges against British author Alan Shadrake.In a protest memorandum addressed to the Singapore High Commission, a group of about 10 activists led by lawyer N Surendran (centre in photo) called for judicial reform in the…