Press Statement The suspension of The Edge is a most serious assault on press freedom 24 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty condemns in the strongest possible terms the Home Ministry’s three-month suspension order against The Edge Weekly and The Edge Financial Daily for their reporting of the 1MDB scandal. This is a most serious assault on…
Press Statement Travel ban is unconstitutional and a blatant abuse of power 22 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled that members of Parliament Tony Pua, Rafizi Ramli and The Edge Media Group owner Tong Kooi Ong have been barred from leaving the country. The immigration authorities stopped Tony Pua today at KLIA 2…
Press Statement MCMC’s blocking of Sarawak Report is crude and backward 20 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission’s (MCMC) order to block Sarawak Report’s website, on the ground of ‘national stability’ for publishing ‘unverified’ news that were pending investigations. Although MCMC does not refer to Sarawak Report’s…
Press Statement Banking confidentiality does not apply to criminal investigations 14 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty is appalled that the authorities seem more concerned in investigating those responsible for leaking information relating to the 1MDB scandal rather than the extremely serious exposé implicating Prime Minister Najib Razak in connection with RM2.6 billion which was allegedly deposited in…
Press Statement Government must explain purchase and use of spyware 8 July 2015 Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern reports that Malaysian enforcement authorities and the Prime Minister’s Office have acquired intrusion or malicious spyware from Hacking Team, a notorious Italian company known for dealings with repressive regimes or states with dubious human rights…
Press Statement 1 July 2015 Explain 1MDB scandal instead of retaliating against The Edge Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern the Home Ministry’s action of issuing a show cause letter to The Edge over what Putrajaya deemed to be “unverified” news that was published by the newspaper on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal. This…
Press Statement 5 June 2015 Prosecute police personnel responsible for the deaths of Karuna Nithi and C. Sugumar Lawyers for Liberty is extremely concerned with the police and Attorney-General’s Chambers conspicuous inaction after the landmark Coroner Court’s verdict finding police personnel to be responsible or criminally concerned with the deaths of Karuna Nithi and…
The Shah Alam High Court today found Putrajaya and the police liable for the unlawful shooting of a container equipment operator six years ago and awarded him RM30,000 in costs. Judge Datuk Hanipah Farikullah said it was unreasonable for police constable Mohd Bukhari Mat Noh to shoot Shahril Azlan Ahmad Kamil as there was no…
The Shah Alam High Court today found Putrajaya and the police liable for the unlawful shooting of a container equipment operator six years ago and awarded him RM30,000 in costs. Judge Datuk Hanipah Farikullah said it was unreasonable for police constable Mohd Bukhari Mat Noh to shoot Shahril Azlan Ahmad Kamil as there was no…
Press Statement 25 May 2015 Malaysia must seriously address human trafficking, not deny or pay lip service Lawyers for Liberty is shocked and appalled at the discovery of more than a hundred mass graves of suspected human trafficking victims and dozens of human trafficking camps in the jungles of Perlis, bordering Thailand. While the news…
KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The High Court here today dismissed a stateless boy’s application for a judicial review against the government’s decision to deny him Malaysian citizenship. Judge Datuk Asmabi Mohamad said the boy’s mother was a Thai citizen and he should therefore adopt her nationality, when dismissing the application with costs. “In the…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The High Court rejected today a father and his adopted son’s attempt to apply for the child’s citizenship, alleging that they had not exhausted all attempts to prove the child is stateless. Under Schedule 2 Part 2 of Article 14 (1) (b) section 1 (e) of the Federal Constitution, citizenship…
Press Statement 21 May 2015 The police should investigate real crimes, not name-calling Lawyers for Liberty views with extreme concern report that the police plan to record statements from Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali and several individuals to complete investigation over Azmin who had alleged called Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar as “Barua…
Rakhine, one of the poorest and most isolated states in Myanmar, is ‘home’ to some 800,000 Rohingya, who surely count as the world’s most persecuted people. They have remained stateless for decades, with neither home nor citizenship, popping up on the world’s consciousness only when a humanitarian crisis strikes – like the ongoing reality drama…
KUALA LUMPUR: A self-employed man has lost his RM2mil civil claim against the police and the Government for wrongfully identifying his attacker during a Bersih rally in 2007. Aleyasak Hamid @ Hassan, 39, had claimed that he was attacked by Federal Reserve Unit (FRU) personnel during a protest rally in Jalan Tun Perak on Nov…