KUALA LUMPUR: Dog trainer Maznah Mohd Yusof is now in Segamat and will be remanded till tomorrow afternoon after having spent a night in police lockup here. Her counsel Latheefa Koya, in a text message this morning, said: “She has been brought to Segamat…just spoke to (Investigating Officer) Inspector Othman. “He confirms she (is) currently…
KUALA LUMPUR (July 31, 2013): Dog trainer Maznah Mohd Yusof was arrested today over a video clip of herself with dogs that has drawn public anger three years after it was uploaded. She was brought to Bukit Aman’s Commercial Crime Division to have her statement recorded as part of investigations over the video. However, her…
PETALING JAYA (July 31, 2013): Gerakan and Umno are at loggerheads over the issue of whether Guneswari Kelly should be charged with sedition for uploading on Facebook photographs of the “shower room canteen” at her daughter’s school. Selangor Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Seri Noh Omar’s call for the whistleblower to be brought to book…
KUALA LUMPUR: A group of 33 activists who had gathered outside Parliament on June 24 were charged with illegal assembly at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday. They were accused of causing a public nuisance under Section 143 of the Penal Code, and 17 of them were also charged with rioting under Section 147 of…
PETALING JAYA, July 26 — Several Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs want Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2013 to be held in Sri Lanka and sever ties with the country following revelations of alleged war crimes in a controversial documentary. At a screening of the film…
“The anguished voices of the dead, the dying and those left behind might yet be heard – and justice may yet catch up with Sri Lanka’s war criminals.” – Callum Macrae Carefully evidenced and powerfully measured, ‘No Fire Zone’ is a feature length film about the final awful months of the 26 year long Sri…
PETALING JAYA, July 23 — Efforts to resurrect preventive detention from the Emergency Ordinance (EO) to address a purported spike in crime are misplaced, according to lawyers who point out that the repealed law was introduced to combat communist insurgents rather than common criminals. Repealed in 2011 as part of the Najib administration’s raft of…
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…