An examination of privacy laws and the recently passed Personal Data Protection Bill by the Dewan Rakyat in Parliament and its application, enforcement, and implications for Malaysia.
Posted inHuman Rights
Awakening to A New Dawn (Part 1)
An examination of privacy laws and the recently passed Personal Data Protection Bill by the Dewan Rakyat in Parliament – its application, enforcement, and implications for Malaysia.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
[UPDATED] LoyarBurokker honoured with Young Professional Integrity Award
(Updated with citation for Lifetime Professional Integrity Award recipient, Raja Aziz Addruse) LoyarBurokker Edmund Bon Tai Soon was honoured with the Young Professional Integrity Award – to raucous applause and cheers (provided by the decorum-challenged LoyarBurok team). He accepted the award with a rather stimulating speech.
Posted inTry Me-lah
Matthias Chang: Martyr Without A Cause? (Part 2)
A deliberation on whether Matthias Chang was a victim of judicial oppression through an examination of the law of contempt; from its coming to being to its evolution to what it is today and how it applies to Matthias Chang’s unruly behaviour in court – in 2 parts.
Posted inTry Me-lah
Matthias Chang: Martyr Without A Cause? (Part 1)
A deliberation on whether Matthias Chang was a victim of judicial oppression through an examination of the law of contempt; from its coming to being to its evolution to what it is today and how it applies to Matthias Chang’s unruly behaviour in court – in 2 parts.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
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.
Posted inTry Me-lah
Penjara kerana miskin & bujang?
Adakah patut seorang yang miskin, yang tidak mampu membayar denda, sebaliknya dipenjarakan untuk 1 tahun dan disebat 6 kali kerana kesalahan pertama meminum arak di khalayak ramai?
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “But it is a question of perception too”
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”
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “It’s the principle”
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”
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Peguam Rakyat Protest: The Fallout Series – “Don’t ask irrelevant questions”
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”
Posted inTry Me-lah
A Grave Injustice
Lives are lost but there is no recourse, thanks to diplomatic immunity under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Hit-and-run victim Tong Kok Wai, 30, died on Christmas Day last year after being hit by an Audi A6 driven by Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu, who is yet to stand trial for causing Tong’s death and grevious injuries to two others.
Posted inSelected Judgments
RK Nathan Kena Kantoi
Can a judge who previously presided over a matter then take up the case as counsel after his retirement from the bench? If you don’t know the answer because you recently had a lobotomy, consider the High Court decision of Perbadanan Pembangunan Pulau Pinang v Tropiland Sdn Bhd [2010] 2 CLJ 1061.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
The New York Times: Malaysian Custody Dispute Lost Between Courts
The NY Times has again quoted LoyarBurokker K.Shanmuga in its coverage of the Indira Gandhi custody case where recently a civil court overruled the decision of a syariah court. This latest article reports on her ex-husband’s failed attempt in getting a stay order on that ruling and her plans to contest her children’s conversion.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
MAKE A DIFFERENCE TODAY – Join The Constitutional Law Committee (Term 2010/2011)
Make a difference today – Join the Constitutional Law Committee (Term 2010/211) and contribute to the MyConstitution campaign! Anyone may join us, everyone has a role to play. Sign up today and do your bit for society. Together we will rock the nation!
Posted inPray For Me
Luang Pu Mee Chai
A meditation on “Luang Pu Mee Chai”, the latest entry in the “faith folder” in the filing cabinet of my mind – a totally environmental-friendly system managed by little mice of a not so organised breed.
Posted inThe Lobby
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.
Posted inThe Lobby
Memorandum of Protest to the IGP on the Police’s Manhandling and Brief Arrest of Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad
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 […]
Posted inTry Me-lah
Any Law that Goes Against Human Rights Ceases to be Lawful
Elza Irdalynna’s letter about her brother Khaeryll Benjamin Ibrahim @ Benjy’s ordeal – from his impeded access to counsel to his re-arrest under preventive detention laws; where on the same day his lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad was manhandled and briefly arrested by the police.
Posted inJudging the Judges
From Judges To Gestapo Type Police: Tyranny of abuse of powers
When powers are abused there is no tyranny like them. The abuse of powers by police is a consequence of the bad example set by judges when they refuse to apply the law as it stands or when they apply double standards in their judgments.
Posted inThe Lobby
Lawyers To Deliver Memorandum of Protest To IGP – 31 March 2010, 12pm
In response to lawyer, Amer Hamzah Arshad being manhadled and briefly arrested by police outside court last week, come Wednesday 31st March at 12pm, lawyers will deliver a Memorandum of Protest to the IGP at Bukit Aman. All are welcome to join in this peaceful protest against police brutality and preventive detention laws.