KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 13, 2012): A former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee has questioned the continued detention of 30 people at the Kamunting detention centre in Perak despite the repeal of the draconian law last April. Fadzullah Abdul Razak, who was among 12 people released from Kamunting on Aug 17, said the question is pertinent…
PETALING JAYA: A government-endorsed parenting guide that describes symptoms of homosexuality has kicked up a storm on the Internet, with human rights and sexuality activists expressing shock and disgust. Sin Chew Daily today reported that the Education Ministry had endorsed the guide as helpful to parents and teachers. It was launched during a seminar in…
KUALA LUMPUR: A former detainee under the Internal Security Act (ISA), Fadzullah Razak, recalls with bitterness the day the prime minister announced the repeal of the act exactly one year ago. “When we found out the ‘amazing’ news through NST and Utusan – the only newspapers detainees are provided with – everyone was shocked and…
We, the undersigned NGOs, are gravely concerned with the comments made by the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ismail Sabri Yaakob regarding human rights organisation SUARAM. The Minister is reported to have said that the financial accounts of Suara Inisiatif Sdn. Bhd, which is linked to SUARAM and currently undergoing investigation, are “highly…
SHAH ALAM, Sept 10 ― PKR strategy chief Rafizi Ramli sought today the dismissal of charges against him under the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA), claiming the prosecution was abusing its power to gag him from further exposés on the National Feedlot Centre (NFC) scandal. Defence lawyer N. Surendran informed a Sessions Court…
SHAH ALAM, Sept 10 ― Charged with violating banking laws for his whistleblowing, PKR’s Rafizi Ramli now plans to turn the spotlight on past abuses of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act (BAFIA) in fresh campaign that threatens to open up a can of worms over years of alleged corruption in the banking sector. Rafizi…
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 ― Police have detained the two youths who courted controversy during Merdeka Day eve when they raised the Sang Saka Malaya flag, the pre-independence nationalist banner that served as the model for the flags of Umno, Indonesia and Singapore. Sang Saka Merah-Putih, Indonesia’s national flag. Kuala Lumpur CID deputy chief Aziz…
KUALA LUMPUR 7 September: Keluarga mendiang D Dinesh, mangsa tembakan rambang polis di Ampang bulan lalu menolak sebarang cadangan inkues oleh pasukan itu, yang disifatkan peguam, N Surendran sebagai percubaan supaya kes ini ditutup. “Polis kata nak inkues. Prosedur pun sudah salah. Inkues hanya dibuat apabila tiada kepastian. Dalam kes ini, jelas berlaku pembunuhan dan…
Bukit Aman, 7 September 2012 Introduction The quest for justice for the recent police shooting of Dinesh Darmesena, 26, in Ampang continues due to the shocking failure by the Police to take seriously the allegation that the deceased was killed while unarmed and in cold blood. We are gravely concerned over the shooting of the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Sasterawan Negara Datuk A Samad Said hadir di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Dang Wangi di sini hari ini selepas diarah memberi keterangan tentang perhimpunan Janji Bersih di Dataran Merdeka pada malam 30 Ogos lalu. Samad, lebih mesra dipanggil Pak Samad dan Pengerusi bersama Bersih Datuk S Ambiga hadir kira-kira 2.30 petang tadi…
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 3, 2012): Two lawyers were granted leave for a judicial review to quash a notice issued to them by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in connection with investigations into a case involving the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC). High Court judge Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim made the decision in chambers after dismissing…
Lawyers for Liberty views with concern the controversy surrounding the recent statutory rape of two girls, age 13 and 12 where the perpetrators, age 19 and 21 respectively were not imprisoned but sentenced to a bond of good behaviour by the courts. It goes without saying children and young people count as among the…
SHAH ALAM (Aug 29, 2012): Book publisher and activist Faisal Mustaffa will be charged in the syariah court over Irshad Manji’s banned book, Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta (Allah, Liberty and Love). Faisal was told by the Selangor Religious Department (Jais) that he was under arrest and would be charged for failing to answer the questions of religious…
Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS) today arrested Faisal Mustaffa, Managing Director of independent book distributor Merpati Jingga in connection with Irshad Manji’s Bahasa Melayu translation of Allah, Liberty & Love – Allah, Kebebasan dan Cinta. Faisal who was today summoned for questioning, on advice by his lawyer Afiq M. Noor of Lawyers for Liberty…
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 — The High Court today granted blogger Amizudin Ahmat’s application for a stay of execution of his three-month jail sentence imposed by the court for contempt of court after he continued to publish articles on Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim. Justice Datin Zabariah Mohd Yusof made…