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TMI: PASOC Documenting History As It Happens (19 Dec 2010)

TMI: PASOC Documenting History As It Happens (19 Dec 2010)

Dina Zaman of TMI was at the 1212 PASOC launch. Here’s the review, appreciate it Dina and TMI!

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Remember, Review & Reclaim: The PASOC Editor’s Cut

Remember, Review & Reclaim: The PASOC Editor’s Cut

The book launches 1212 (that’s tomorrow) at 4pm. Meet the protagonists (politicians, contributors, writers and lawyers[LB]) at the LoyarBurokking session. Here, we prove ourselves right that there is indeed the Lord Bobo. Finally, after much persuasion, our editor-at-large (and an in-house banking legal counsel bigwig) gives us the lowdown on the book. And its her [...]

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The LoyarBurok Book Review: “Perak: A State Of Crisis” – Cascading Illegality

The LoyarBurok Book Review: “Perak: A State Of Crisis” – Cascading Illegality

The book launches 1212 at 4pm. Meet the protagonists (politicians, contributors, writers and lawyers[LB]) at the LoyarBurokking session. Here, read a review of the book to understand why you shouldn’t be missing the launch. The facts are well known. The spark was lit when four Pakatan Rakyat Perak State Assembly members defected from their coalition. [...]

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The LoyarBurok Book Review: “Perak: A State Of Crisis” – A Candle-Light Vigil To Democracy

The LoyarBurok Book Review: “Perak: A State Of Crisis” – A Candle-Light Vigil To Democracy

The book launches 1212 at 4pm. Meet the protagonists (politicians, contributors, writers and lawyers[LB]) at the LoyarBurokking session. Here, read a review of the book to understand why you shouldn’t be missing the launch. As time passes, some will cite Winston Churchill’s famous maxim about democracy being “the worst form of government except all those [...]

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Bon was right to bite, say lawyers

Bon was right to bite, say lawyers

Free Malaysia Today reports on lawyers supporting and echoing Edmund Bon’s criticism of the Bar being toothless in the face of injustice in his interview with FMT.

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Lawyers now harassed by Securities Commission

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

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

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 General lost the case.

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Written Judgments are Optional

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”

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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