PETALING JAYA (July 22, 2013): Enforcement of standard operating procedures (SOP) for officers manning police lock-ups is the key to curb detainee deaths. Human rights groups said today that the current SOP is more than adequate and that the lack of enforcement is the actual issue. They were commenting on a statement made by Inspector-General…
KUALA LUMPUR: Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli, Seremban MP Anthony Loke Siew Fook and Pakatan Rakyat secretariat staff member Adib Ishar were charged for using Padang Merbok as a venue for a rally without permission. They were charged at the Jalan Duta Session court for failing to obtain the consent of Kuala Lumpur City Hall as…
Blogger Amizudin Ahmat today failed in his attempt to set aside a three-month jail sentence for contempt. The Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision, upheld the jail sentence after dismissing his appeal. Judge Datuk Zaharah Ibrahim, who led the three member-panel, said they were unable to find any error by the lower court in…
Press Statement 19 July 2013 Lawyers for Liberty are shocked and appalled by the heavy handed criminal prosecution of Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday that was further compounded when they were denied bail by judge Murtazadi Amran. They were charged under section 4 (1) (c) of the Sedition…
KUALA LUMPUR (July 17): A High Court judge has asked the National Registration Department (NRD) to try to reach a settlement with three stateless individuals who are demanding MyKads. Seventy-year-old Letchumy Suppiah and her daughthers Mala Kothandu, 45 and Sarojini Kothandu, 33 are seeking a court order to compel the NRD to issue them the…
After a month of public pressure to release details of the police officer wanted in connection with the murder of detainee N. Dharmendran, Kuala Lumpur police today released the suspect’s photograph and particulars on their Facebook page. The officer is identified as Inspector Hare Krishnan a/l K. Subramaniam (pic) from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters…
On 21 May 2013, the nation was shocked by news of N.Dharmendran’s death after being detained for 10 days at IPK Kuala Lumpur with his body showing clear signs of torture, having among others things staples still attached on his ears. Even though Kuala Lumpur CID Police Chief Ku Chin Wah initially tried to play…
Malaysian police acted unlawfully in arresting six human rights lawyers and activists who took part in the Human Rights Day Walk in 2007, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled in a civil suit today. High Court judge Datuk John Louis O’Hara awarded each plaintiff RM10,000 in general damages. He also awarded costs of RM60,000. The…
PETALING JAYA (July 9, 2013): As the government withdrew the controversial Administration of the Religion of Islam (Federal Territories) Bill 2013 relating to the conversion of minors yesterday, the Bar Council called on the government to streamline federal and state laws on the matter. The point of contention with the bill is that it allows…
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR MP for Bayan Baru, Sim Tze Tzin today urged the police to focus on reducing crime rate instead of harassing the opposition politicians. He said this at a press conference outside the Sentul police station when he and student activist Adam Adli’s father, Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid were called in to give…
A High Court judge who held that the nation’s current Inspector-General of Police was responsible for the death of detainee A. Kugan, said there was also suppression of evidence during the trial. Datuk V.T. Singham, who retired last month, said such an action amounted to undermining the judicial authority and ability of the court from…
Opposition MPs want answers from the home minister and inspector-general of police for the death of P.Karuna Nithi, who died in police custody on June 1, after he had surrendered for hitting his wife. Padang Serai MP N.Surendran told reporters at the Parliament lobby that the post mortem report revealed that the deceased had 61…
Lawyers for Liberty is extremely concerned and appalled with recent calls for a law to fill the gap that had allegedly been caused by the abolition of the Emergency Ordinance (EO) that had allowed for detention without trial and wide and arbitrary powers of arrest and detention by the police and the Home Minister. This…
PETALING JAYA, July 4 – PKR lawmaker Rafizi Ramli was granted temporary relief today from his charge of violating banking laws when the Court of Appeal agreed to put a pause on proceedings until he exhausts all legal options to strike out the case. PKR lawyer Latheefa Koya confirmed with The Malay Mail Online that…
KUALA LUMPUR: Keadilan Youth deputy information chief Rozan Azen Mat Rasip and Bersih 2.0 project officer Mandeep Singh were called up by the police this morning over their involvement in a peaceful protest last month. The duo showed up at the Sentul police station accompanied by two lawyers to have their statement recorded by the…