While we strongly condemn the unprovoked aggression against Malaysia by the self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu’s band of militants, we are nonetheless concerned with reports that at least 107 individuals have been arrested under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (hereinafter known as SOSMA) – a security law that falls far short of international standards…
KUALA LUMPUR: Suara Keadilan, the official mouthpiece of PKR, was raided this morning by a group of six policemen. The web portal reported that six policemen raided its office, checking computers at about 10.15 this morning. “They [the police] are an investigating team from Johor Baru,” the website said, adding that the raid was in…
KUALA LUMPUR (March 14): A slight tussle broke out between PKR members and police at the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Jalan Duta today when a police officer tried to escort PKR vice president Tian Chua to the court’s holding room while his sedition case was being registered. The tussle began when Johor Baru Criminal…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 ― PKR’s Chua Tian Chang claimed trial today to sedition for allegedly linking Umno to the on-going Sulu intrusion into Sabah. “This is a politically-motivated charge. I will fight this slander to clear my name,” the PKR vice-president, popularly known as Tian Chua, told the Sessions Court. Chua did not enter…
LFL is extremely concerned with the on-going witch-hunt against Tian Chua, PKR Member of Parliament following the report “Insiden tembakan di Lahad Datu konspirasi terancang Umno – Tian” published in PKR news portal Keadilan Daily on 1 March 2013 which has since been exaggerated and spun incessantly by senior government leaders, the mainstream media especially…
PETALING JAYA: 10 Mac 2013, Editor KeadilanDaily, Fazallah Pit hari ini mendakwa wartawannya, Aisha Geoffrey melaporkan berita yang betul dan selari dengan kenyataan Ahli Parlimen Batu, Tian Chua bersabit isu pencerobohan bersenjata tentera Sulu di Lahad Datu. Malah Fazallah mendakwa kenyataan Tian Chua yang dilaporkan KeadilanDaily pada 1 Mac lalu diputarbelit blogger Umno, sehingga ia…
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): The mood may have been somber at the Elephant Fountain in Brickfields tonight, but the loud call for justice could be heard clearly throughout the busy area Organised by the Stop State Violence Coalition, comprising 42 non-governmental organisations, the “Justice for Sugumar, Najib Don’t Stop Porntip!” candlelight vigil was attended…
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 15): Though it has been almost a decade since the proposal for the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) was first mooted, civil society continues to push for its implementation, especially in light of several high-profile cases of deaths in police custody recently. The Stop State Violence Movement today said that…
Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and outraged at Malaysia’s involvement in a CIA extraordinary rendition process that was recently revealed in Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition, a report by Open Society Justice Initiative. Extraordinary rendition is the transfer without legal process of a detainee, often “suspected terrorists” to the custody of a…
Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand has agreed to perform a second autopsy on security guard C Sugumaran who allegedly died from a police beating, Sugumaran’s family lawyers said today. Dr Pornthip is the Thai forensic pathologist who had observed Teoh Beng Hock’s second post-mortem and testified at a royal inquiry that foul play was likely involved in…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has no power to record statements from lawyers accompanying their clients during questioning, a High Court here held Wednesday. High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Zaleha Yusof granted an order to quash MACC’s notices dated March 19 last year which demanded that two lawyers be present…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission has no power to record statements from lawyers who accompany their clients during interviews with the commission, the High Court held. Judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof also quashed two notices issued by the MACC to two lawyers to record their statements in relation to a corruption case. She also allowed…
PETALING JAYA: The family of C Sugumaran has declined to participate in the inquest called by the attorney-general to determine the security guard’s cause of death. According to lawyers N Surendran and Latheefah Koya, the family is vexed that Selangor police Tun Hisan Tun Majid had rejected the call to initiate a murder investigation. Describing…
Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled by the death of C.Sugumaran, 40 – all the more shocking and appalling since he was publicly beaten to death while still handcuffed. Despite public outcry, the police have claimed he died from a heart attack and have now proposed that a judicial inquest be set up to…
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — The family of C. Sugumaran has rejected suggestions to hold an inquest into last week’s death of the security guard and will press for a murder investigation instead, says lawyer N. Surendran. The PKR vice-president said in a text message to The Malaysian Insider that this was because the Sugumaran’s next of…