Irresponsible for PMO to put the burden and blame on the courts for sedition charges Press Statement 30 August 2014 We refer to the Prime Minister’s Office statement today “Government comments on replacement of Sedition Act”. We are astonished that the PMO would make such a blatantly misleading and even untrue statement that “until new…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 20 August 2014 Lawyers For Liberty is outraged by the Attorney General’s decision to charge Anwar Ibrahim’s lawyer and Padang Serai MP N. Surendran under Section 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act for a statement made while carrying out his duties as a lawyer. The allegedly ‘seditious’ statement was made in…
Merujuk kepada kenyataan peguam Abdul Khalid Ibrahim yang menyatakan bahawa Akuan Berkanun (Statutory Declaration) yang telah ditandatangani oleh 30 Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Selangor bukanlah satu bukti yang konklusif bahawa Abdul Khalid Ibrahim telah hilang kepercayaan majoriti sebagai Menteri Besar. Menurut beliau, Akuan Berkanun tersebut boleh ditarik dan dipinda pada bila-bila masa sahaja. Oleh…
Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail hari ini bersama-sama dengan 29 orang Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Selangor telah menyatakan bahawa mereka tidak lagi mempunyai kepercayaan kepada Abdul Khalid Ibrahim sebagai Menteri Besar Selangor. Khalid Ibrahim dalam jawapannya menyatakan bahawa dia akan terus berkhidmat sebagai MB Selangor sehingga satu undi tidak percaya dilakukan ke atasnya…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 31 July 2014 The police must stop misleading the public on a non-existent assembly offence Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled by ACP Asmawati Ahmad’s warning to groups assembling and protesting over a Muslim preacher’s “offensive” video clip (Bernama report 30 July 2014, “Police Advice Against Gatherings Over Video…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 3 July 2014 Do Not Criminalize the Existence of the Destitute and Homeless Lawyers for Liberty is appalled with Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Mansor’s ill-conceived and heavy-handed plan to crackdown and clear Kuala Lumpur of the destitute and homeless by criminalising begging and even those who sought to help…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 1 July 2014 Diplomatic Immunity is Not a Licence to Commit Crimes Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled that the Malaysian Government has asserted diplomatic immunity to protect Muhammad Rizalman from what is obviously a serious case of sexual assault and burglary, acts of which are unconnected with his diplomatic…
Lawyers for Liberty Press Statement 19 June 2014 MP N.Surendran’s six months’ suspension places the Speaker on a pedestal beyond reproach Lawyers for Liberty is extremely shocked and outraged at the six months’ suspension motion that was passed against Keadilan Member of Parliament N. Surendran in Parliament today. The motion, put forward…
Police can be held in contempt of court if they refuse to comply with a judge’s order to assist a woman to locate her son abducted by her convert ex-husband two months ago, lawyers said. They said the police, as a law enforcement agency, must act to execute the order without delay to enjoy…
PKR vice-president Tian Chua and two opposition activists have again failed in their bid to drop the sedition charge against them. Their application to dismiss the charge was rejected by High Court judge Kamardin after hearing submissions from deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Abazafree Mohd Abbas, and counsel N. Surendran, who represented Tian Chua, 51,…
De facto Minister of Law, Nancy Shukri defends the Sedition Act, and its use despite, an announcement by the Prime Minister in 2012 that a National Harmony Act would replace it. We ask why the new law is taking so long to enact and if the Sedition Act is being used against the ruling government’s…
Lawyers have ganged up against Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (pic) for urging the Attorney-General (A-G) to prosecute a DAP assemblyman under the controversial Sedition Act for his “Umno celaka” remark in the Penang state assembly earlier this week. They said RSN Rayer, the Seri Delima assemblyman, enjoyed immunity as he did not question the…
Lawyers for Liberty is shocked to learn that the AG’s Chambers have appealed against the Sessions Court’s “decision” on 5 May 2014 to give effect to the landmark Court of Appeal’s Nik Nazmi judgment in discharging and acquitting him from the charge under Section 9(1) and 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. Nik Nazmi’s solicitors Daim & Gamany received the Notice of Appeal today.
There are enough laws to prosecute those who make disparaging racial and religious remarks but selective investigation and prosecution is a cause for worry, a former attorney-general and lawyers said. Insisting that the Sedition Act be removed from the statute book, they said the law on sedition was stacked against an accused and it…
Press Statement The AG must stop undermining the Court of Appeal’s Nik Nazmi decision 20 May 2014 Lawyers for Liberty is extremely concerned with the Attorney-General’s response to the Court of Appeal’s landmark Nik Nazmi vs Public Prosecutor decision that declared section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 as unconstitutional and consequently null and…
