Posts Tagged ‘ Amer Hamzah Arshad ’

Lawyers now harassed by Securities Commission

2 July, 2010
By Shanmuga K
Lawyers now harassed by Securities Commission

Not content with harassing journalists, the Securities Commission now hops on the bandwagon of other law enforcement agencies by trying to harass lawyers accompanying the journalists.
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LoyarBurok 3 – 0 Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia

29 June, 2010
By Fahri Azzat
LoyarBurok 3 – 0 Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia

After losing two cases against two of LoyarBurok's founding members, the Attorney General's Chambers gives up and concedes defeat before even a witness is tendered. It's good to know the Attorney General Chambers are improving their abilities.
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LoyarBurok 2 – 0 Attorney General’s Chamber of Malaysia

21 June, 2010
By Fahri Azzat
LoyarBurok 2 – 0 Attorney General’s Chamber of Malaysia

On 9 December 2007 the eve of World Human Rights Day, the Malaysian government arrested and charged a few lawyers and politicians for being a member of an unlawfully assembly. On this occasion the police and prosecution made one fatal mistake - they also arrested LoyarBurokker Amer Hamzah Arshad. So of course, the Attorney...
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Written Judgments are Optional

1 June, 2010
By Fahri Azzat
Written Judgments are Optional

A follow up to Amer Hamzah's piece "Ducking at the Court of Appeal?" The Court of Appeal has finally replied the request for its written judgment.
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Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “You got me wrong”

9 April, 2010
By Aston Paiva

Last week lawyers protested in Bukit Aman against police abuse of power. Since then comments from within the legal fraternity on Rostrum e-group surfaced at a frenzied pace. This is the final instalment of this series. We will take the strength of each argument and take activism to a higher level.
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Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “But it is a question of perception too”

8 April, 2010
By Syahredzan Johan

Last week lawyers protested in Bukit Aman against police abuse of power. Since then comments from within the legal fraternity on Rostrum e-group surfaced at a frenzied pace. After minor editing for language and to put the posts in context, LoyarBurok, with writers' consent, presents: "Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series"
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Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “It’s the principle”

7 April, 2010
By Latheefa Koya

Last week lawyers protested in Bukit Aman against police abuse of power. Since then comments from within the legal fraternity on Rostrum e-group surfaced at a frenzied pace. After minor editing for language and to put the posts in context, LoyarBurok, with writers' consent, presents: "Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series"
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Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “Don’t ask irrelevant questions”

6 April, 2010
By Fadiah Nadwa Fikri

Last week lawyers protested in Bukit Aman against police abuse of power. Since then comments from within the legal fraternity on Rostrum e-group surfaced at a frenzied pace. After minor editing for language and to put the posts in context, LoyarBurok, with writers' consent, presents: "Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series"
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Lawyers Call for End to Police Abuse of Authority – Bukit Aman, 31 March

1 April, 2010
By Ong Jo-Lene
Lawyers Call for End to Police Abuse of Authority – Bukit Aman, 31 March

Lawyers and concerned citizens gathered at Bukit Aman for a peaceful show of protest against the manhandling and obstructing of lawyers in performing their duties and the blatant abuse of oppressive preventive detention laws which allows for detention without trial.
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Memorandum of Protest to the IGP on the Police’s Manhandling and Brief Arrest of Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad

31 March, 2010
By Lord Bobo

Memorandum of Protest to the IGP on the Police’s Manhandling and Brief Arrest of Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad at the Jalan Duta Court Complex, Bukit Aman, 31 March 2010 Introduction On 25th March 2010, Khaeryll Benjamin Ibrahim@ Benjy was charged for drug possession of 0.24 gram methametphamine under Section 12(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 at...
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