AMPANG, May 7 – The Coroner’s Court today ruled that Dinesh Dharmasena, who was shot to the head in an alleged “extra-judicial” killing by the police in 2012, had died of misadventure due to gunshot wounds. Magistrate Noor Farahazwani Osman said her decision was based on the forensic team’s inability to identify the gun…
PETALING JAYA, May 6 — A Sessions Court granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal to Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad this afternoon, barely two hours after the Selangor lawmaker was charged with violating an assembly law — the same charge he was freed of recently. Judge Yasmin Abdul Razak said the lower court…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Putrajaya is targeting the federal opposition by abusing court processes, human rights’ lawyers said as two Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers face the courts for separate offences today. Seputeh DAP MP Teresa Kok is expected to be charged with sedition at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for her controversial Chinese…
The Bible Society of Malaysia (BSM) must resort to legal recourse against the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) for refusing to return the Bibles which they had seized four months ago, a lawyers group said. Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen said BSM must go to court to obtain a declaration that the…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — Lawyers renewed calls today for amendments to the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (SOSMA), saying the security law should focus exclusively on arresting terrorists and not activists like Saiden Ismail. The 24-year-old Saiden from student activist group Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) was among the 11 hauled up…
Judgement by Mohd Ariff Md Yusoff Part 3 of 3 of the Court of Appeal’s Decision for Nik Nazmi’s Constitutional Challenge Judgement by Mohd Ariff Md Yusoff, JCA
Part 2 of 3 of the Court of Appeal’s Decision for Nik Nazmi’s Constitutional Challenge Judgement by Mah Weng Kwai, JCA
Part 1 of 3 of the Court of Appeal’s Decision for Nik Nazmi’s Constitutional Challenge Judgement by Hamid Sultan Bin Abu Backer, JCA
Press Statement Landmark Court of Appeal judgment in Nik Nazmi vs Public Prosecutor 25 April 2014 Lawyers for Liberty welcomes the Court of Appeal’s landmark Nik Nazmi vs Public Prosecutor decision today that declared section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012, a provision that penalises organisers of peaceful assemblies with a fine of up…
The Court of Appeal judges involved, Balia Yusof, Aziah Ali and Mohd Zawawi Salleh surely must be remembered as being responsible for one of the worst miscarriages of justice in recent memory. Their names will live in infamy together with other infamous judges like Augustine Paul and Arifin Jaka who similarly perverted the law in…
Press Statement Implementing hudud would be unconstitutional Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern PAS’ attempt to table a private member’s bill in Parliament in order to implement the Sharia Criminal Code (II) Enactment 1993, or hudud, in Kelantan. This is an extremely irresponsible act of political grandstanding, calculated to burnish PAS’ Islamic credentials, to…
Imagine my surprise when I read Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukri’s sudden announcement of the commencement of the Coroner’s Court to replace the inquest system (New Straits Times, 3 April 2014 – “Nancy: Coroner’s Court starts April 15”) when there was no consultation with the Malaysian Bar or civil society on a…
It was truly shocking and heartbreaking to hear of Mr Karpal Singh’s sudden death this morning, a man whom I still refer to as “Boss” even though I left his law firm almost 15 years ago. It was only last night that I regaled my younger colleagues with anecdotes of my time working with him…
Press Statement AG’s appeal against Anwar aimed at ending political career 14 April 2014 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled at the Attorney-General’s Chambers for appealing to enhance the five-year jail sentence imposed by the Court of Appeal against Anwar Ibrahim in what was clearly a trumped up and politically motivated conviction that has…
Press Statement: IGP must serve all Malaysians, or else resign 14 April 2014 Lawyers for Liberty is appalled at IGP Khalid Abu Bakar’s refusal to act against Muslim convert Izwan Abdullah when he snatched his son from his estranged wife S.Deepa who was recently granted custody by the Seremban High Court. The IGP should not…