THE family of the late Selangor Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed is seeking a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into his death. Rejecting court findings that the death was “accidental”, the family claimed that there were elements of foul play in the incident. The deceased’s cousin Mokhtar Mansor said the family was willing to…
The opposition takes a swipe at Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for his response to the shooting of the three teenagers at Glenmarie last year. KUALA LUMPUR: Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein’s one-paragraph written reply to a question seeking an update of the Glenmarie shootings involving three teenagers has drawn the ire of opposition parliamentarians. Puchong MP,…
Lawyers For Liberty strongly condemns the suspension of Prof Aziz Bari’s duty as professor of constitutional law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia regarding his comments on the scope and limitations of constitutional powers of the King. This is clearly a denial of his basic right to freedom of speech guaranteed under Article 10…
PETALING JAYA: The family of Customs assistant director Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed yesterday rejected the coroner’s court’s verdict that his death was accidental. Instead, they called for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to be set up to probe into his death. Lawyer N. Surendran, who represented the family during a press conference in Merchant Square here, said…
Surendran menegaskan tindakan itu bukan bertujuan untuk menentang sesiapa tetapi demi menuntut keadilan di atas kematiannya. PETALING JAYA: Keluarga Allahyarham Ahmad Sarbaini Mohamed yang ditemui mati April lalu menuntut agar Suruhanjaya Siasatan Diraja (RCI) ditubuhkan untuk mengendalikan inkuiri berhubung kematian Penolong Pengarah Kastam Selangor terbabit. Tuntutan itu disuarakan peguam yang mewakili keluarga, N Surendran meminta…
Lawyers For Liberty calls on the Government of Malaysia to immediately abolish the death penalty which resonates the global call to end the death penalty as a form of punishment. The Government of Malaysia is urged to immediately abolish the death penalty, in line with its re-election as a member of the UN Human Rights…
Myanmar refugees and local civil society groups held a demo outside the Myanmar embassy to protest against the military oppression against ethnic minorities in Myanmar. VIDEO INSIDE KUALA LUMPUR: Over 200 Myanmar refugees, including women and children, gathered today near the Myanmar Embassy here to protest against the ongoing military oppression against ethnic minorities back…
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The Kuala Lumpur High Court, today dismissed the Police and Government’s application to strike out Bersih 2007 police brutality suit brought by Aleyasak Bin Hamid @ Hassan. On 12 August 2010 Aleyasak sued the Police and the Government for unlawful arrest, unlawful detention and assault by the FRU personnel during the Bersih 2007 peaceful…
Mothers of the three boys who were shot dead by the police in Glenmarie want the cops involved to be charged. KUALA LUMPUR: Disappointed with the lack of official response over their sons’ deaths, the mothers of the allegedly executed Glenmarie trio have demanded justice. Nor Hafizah Mohd Razali, mother of Syamil Hafiz Shafie, 15,…
Memorandum of Protest to the Home Minister Putrajaya, 6 October 2011 Introduction The quest for justice for the police shooting victims at Glenmarie continues due to shocking failure by the police to investigate or take any action on the unlawful killings by the police at Glenmarie on 13.11.2010 including a 15 year old. Lawyers for…
I refer to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s statement in the Dewan Rakyat today that the two new laws intended to replace the ISA will ” provide a balance between civil liberties and safeguarding public order.” This is a hollow and misleading statement designed to persuade the people of this country that detention without trial…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has applied to strike out a suit filed by a self-employed man, who claimed to have been assaulted by a Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) team during a Bersih demonstration in 2007. Senior Federal Counsel Isnan Ishak, who is representing the defendants, in his submission to the High Court here sought to…
“Court’s decision underscores the most significant aspects of civil society’s campaign against the refugee-swap deal”
LFL lawyer is outraged over MCMC’s insinuation that it is above the law. PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) today questioned a journalist over a picture she had taken during the Bersih 2.0 rally. But according to Lawyers For Liberty (LFL) coordinator, Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, the officials had behaved like thugs in…