KUALA LUMPUR: Four lawyers from Lawyers for Liberty who were arrested when trying to provide legal aid to detainees three years ago, have filed a suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Malaysian Government claiming they were wrongfully arrested. Their counsel Farhana Abd Halim said they had filed the suit to make a…
KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — A quartet of lawyers are suing the police and government for their wrongful arrests while attempting to provide legal representation to activists detained after a candlelight vigil in 2009, Bernama Online reported today The four — Fadiah Nadwa Fikri, 29, Murni Hidayah Anuar, 28, Puspawati Rosman, 31, and Syuhaini Safwan,…
Eight Bersih 3.0 participants who claimed to be assaulted by the police on Saturday lodged reports on the matter. PETALING JAYA: Eight participants of the recent Bersih 3.0 rally lodged police reports today claiming they were assaulted by the police during the rally. The victims, accompanied by Suaram’s executive director E Nalini and Lawyers for…
PUTRAJAYA (May 3, 2012): Saudi Arabian columnist Hamza Kashgari, who claimed he was unlawfully arrested and deported from Malaysia, failed in his appeal today at the Federal Court here for reinstatement of his habeas corpus application. A five-man panel led by Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum unanimously dismissed his appeal…
I refer to the recent controversy generated by the protest of some 200 Malaysians of Indian origin outside Parliament demanding for the blue MyKad that would certify them as citizens. While the actual number is subject to “guesstimate” – a not uncommon challenge having regard to the nature of the problem, whether the number is…
The four were detained for obstructing DBKL officers from carrying out their duties. KUALA LUMPUR: The four detained yesterday for not allowing City Hall (DBKL) officers to carry out their duties have been allowed bail by magistrate Nur Azura Murah. The four, including two students, were detained at Dataran Merdeka. They face a charge under…
Four Occupy Dataran activists have been arrested while a student leader claims that the cash collected from supporters has been stolen. FULL REPORT KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officers detained three Occupy Dataran activists while another was held by an unidentified plainclothes officer. A student leader also claimed that the DBKL officers…
KUALA LUMPUR: A student activist claimed trial today to obstructing a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcement officer from arresting another activist at Dataran Merdeka yesterday. Umar Mohamad Azmi, 23, was charged in the magistrate’s court with intentionally preventing Mohd Masran Mamat, 33, from arresting 34-year-old Mohd Fahmi Reza Mohd Zarin at Dataran Merdeka, Jalan Raja, Dang…
Lawyers For Liberty condemns the tabling of the Securities Offences (Special Measures) Bill on 10 April 2012 in the Dewan Rakyat as the bill clearly appears to be an affront to the fundamental liberties guaranteed under Part II of the Federal Constitution. While we note that the bill has repealed the archaic Internal Security Act…
Photo: David Swanson/IRIN Only a fraction of the Rohingyas who have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh are registered BANGKOK, 29 March 2012 (IRIN) – As Myanmar gears up for a by-election on 1 April, experts and community leaders are divided over what the ongoing reforms may hold for the Rohingya people, a stateless Muslim ethnic group living…
The Malaysian Bar condemns the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (“MACC”) for ordering Latheefa Koya and Murnie Hidayah Anuar, the two lawyers who acted as legal counsel for Shamsubahrain Ismail and accompanied him during his questioning by MACC, to be similarly questioned, in the name of assisting an investigation into an offence. The presence of a lawyer…
Lawyers for Liberty has obtained photographs that affirmatively showed Hamza Kashgari was actually in the country for a couple of days before his arrest on 9 February 2012 (please see the attached photos). The Home Minister and the police had continuously maintained that Hamza was arrested upon his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport…
MACC Notice Once again the MACC has shown its utter contempt for the Constitution, basic legal principles and seems to operate in a realm of lawlessness. On 19 March, two lawyers, Latheefa Koya and Murnie Hidayah Anuar (who were representing their client, Shamsubahrain Ismail over the NFC scandal) were themselves served with a notice under…
Dalam konteks Malaysia, berdasarkan metodologi tahun 2005, pendapatan garis kemiskinan (PGK) adalah setara dengan pendapatan minimum yang diperlukan oleh sesebuah isirumah bagi mencapai taraf hidup minimum, cukup untuk menampung perbelanjaan membeli atau menikmati keperluan asas sama ada makanan dan bukan makanan. PGK makanan, yang digunapakai bagi definisi kemiskinan tegar adalah berdasarkan keperluan diet/nutrisi asas rakyat…
Mungkin ramai penganalisis ekonomi antarabangsa dan tanahair, penggubal dasar ekonomi di peringkat pusat mahu pun di peringkat negeri, para pejuang hak asasi manusia dan aktivis sosial malah rakyat Malaysia secara umumnya bingung dan termangu-mangu dengan dakwaan PM Najib bahawasanya Sabah bukan lagi negeri termiskin di Malaysia hanya berdasarkan kepada purata pendapatan per kapita negeri tersebut…