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…
PETALING JAYA, May 16: The Petaling Jaya Sessions Court today postponed its decision on the case of Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) activist Badrul Hisham Shaharin or Chegubard, who was recharged under the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012. This, pending a mention on May 27 in the Federal Court, as to whether Section…
KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): The Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today granted a temporary stay for the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012 trial of Pandan MP, Rafizi Ramli and three others. The stay was granted pending the outcome of the Attorney General Chamber’s appeal on the Court of Appeal’s landmark decision which declared that organisers…
The basic rights of Malaysians as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution have been undermined over the years due to a weak judiciary, a civil rights lawyer said yesterday. N. Surendran, who is also PKR vice-president, said one such example was the freedom to assemble peacefully but this right was denied in the repealed Police…
KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Solidariti Anak Muda Malaysia (SAMM) president Badrul Hisham Shaharin @ Chegubard and two others have been once again granted a discharge not amounting to acquittal for not giving adequate notice to the police for their public assembly on New Year’s eve. Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court judge Ahmad Bachek decided that…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 — Anti-government and even racist views must be protected under provisions for free speech in the National Harmony Act which is set to replace the Sedition Act, as long as they do not incite violence, lawyers said. Civil liberties lawyers argued that two recent cases suggest that the scope of free…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Authorities did not investigate single mother Norizan Salleh’s claim of attempted murder after she was shot five times by the police five years ago, the High Court was told today. ASP Tan Chek Yang, who was the senior investigating officer in the case, testified today that he did not…
It is wrong of the Attorney-General to recharge any person for an offence that does not exist following a superior court ruling, criminal lawyers said, as three more activists are expected to be charged again tomorrow under the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 with the same “offence”. The lawyers said Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail…
AMPANG, May 7 – The Coroner’s Court today ruled that Dinesh Dharmasena, who was shot to the head in an alleged “extra-judicial” killing by the police in 2012, had died of misadventure due to gunshot wounds. Magistrate Noor Farahazwani Osman said her decision was based on the forensic team’s inability to identify the gun…
PETALING JAYA, May 6 — A Sessions Court granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal to Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad this afternoon, barely two hours after the Selangor lawmaker was charged with violating an assembly law — the same charge he was freed of recently. Judge Yasmin Abdul Razak said the lower court…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Putrajaya is targeting the federal opposition by abusing court processes, human rights’ lawyers said as two Pakatan Rakyat (PR) lawmakers face the courts for separate offences today. Seputeh DAP MP Teresa Kok is expected to be charged with sedition at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court for her controversial Chinese…