The new webportal for the Malaysian Judiciary is a vast improvement on its predecessor. Equipped with the latest Judgments from the higher appellate courts, and links to State Court websites (some of which are still in development), the new website offers a fresh new look to the content that was already there before. But there’s […]
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1Malaysia Dalam Kenangan
Saya seorang Melayu. Bapa dan ibu saya orang Melayu. Jua ibubapa mereka. Saya dilahirkan di awal 60an di sebuah kampung terpencil di Kedah, yang rata-rata penduduknya dibelenggu kemiskinan dan kerumitan. Boleh dikatakan semua penduduk Melayu di kampung tersebut mengusahakan sawah bendang, samada yang memiliki tanah ataupun yang menyewa tanah.
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In the matter of Datuk R. Ganesan (Defendant)
Media Statement by Mr Speaker V. Sivakumar regarding the Report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges, Perak State Assembly (1) The first question facing the Committee was to determine its own status. Can it still sit after the 7th May Assembly? (2) The second question was whether the proceedings can elect a new Speaker […]
Posted inPray For Me
Umrah – A Holy Invitation to Peace
I don’t know how to begin because I was not sure whether I wanted to go at first. I wanted to visit a friend overseas and I was bummed that the plan didn’t work out since I had been saving and planning for a whole year. If I had stayed in KL, I would have […]
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People of Malaysia: 3 Cultures
The people of Malaysia comprise of three distinctive cultures. Not the Malays, Chinese and Indians.
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Tidak, Melayu tidak bacul!
Sekiranya matlamat Utusan Malaysia adalah untuk membangkitkan kemarahan orang ramai dengan menyiarkan rencana bertajuk “Melayu jangan jadi bacul” tulisan Noor Azam, maka akhbar tersebut telah berjaya mencapai matlamatnya. Rencana tersebut telah membuatkan saya begitu marah sehinggalah saya menyumpah dan mencela skrin komputer saya.
Posted inTry Me-lah
Sorry Datuk, I have misunderstood the ISA!
Art Harun: Finally, I am in agreement with an UMNO leader. On the issue of the Internal Security Act, no less. Read more at LoyarBurok.com
Posted inLet's Get Together
GMI should thank police
GMI, thank the police – you would never have got this kind of publicity with a proper police force cognizant of their role in a democracy.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Media Statement: “Kempen PerlembagaanKu” / “MyConstitution Campaign”
Bar Council ConstiLC has released the following statement found here. For the first time in the history of the Malaysian Bar, the Bar Council this term (2009/2010) formed a Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC) to entrench constitutional study and promote constitutionalism as part of the Bar’s already wide-ranging initiatives in society.
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A Reply to Americk
This was a post that I wrote sometime in middle/late 2007 in reply to Americk Sidhu’s (yes, the same one who shared with us a few lovely articles not too long ago) post in one of two online forum’s that I co-moderate. Though I do not harbour such sentiments (abandoning my country) any more in my weaker moments (it’s amazing how just how much hope can be unleashed when BN’s majority was reduced from 2/3rd to about 11/20), I thought I’d share this posting because the sentiments expressed in there with respect to being a Muslim in this country is still valid if not intensified. Also there is my rather raw and brief analysis on the rise of the Islamist in our country, which I have made explicit for comment, criticism or contemplation – all are welcome.
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Of Half-Past Six Muslims
The following is an edited reproduction of a posting that I made on Lawyerstalk, an online forum comprising of lawyers only in both East and West Malaysia with a membership of 8000+, in reply to a remark by a lawyer in his posting in reply to someone else. It is edited to allow it to be more coherently reproduced here. His remark was this: ‘Who are we, half past six Muslims who are so uneducated in Islam that we have to refer to translations rather than original works, to question eminent jurists like Al-Shafi’ie or Abu Hanifah?’
Posted inNowhere To Run
On Refugees
The author wrote a small piece to inform the public of the plight of refugees in Malaysia while referring to a few international reports, surveys and publications. The article was edited down owing to space constraints before being sent to the local press. It was published in the on July 23, 2009. This is the […]
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The Reporter
I would like to report a death, An unfortunate suicide I must confess, The newspaper fell from the 14th floor, Now it tells the truth no more.
Posted inJudging the Judges
A Meditation about Portraits Hung On the Walls in the Courts and its Premises Sometimes
Loyarburok strongly believes that it is unhealthy to force lawyers to wait too long for the hearing or mentions simply because it may at some point force them to think, or worse think critically. Encik Fahri Azzat who was recently in the Penang High Court for a winding up hearing was afflicted with both these sorry diseases after approximately 2 1/2 hours of sitting down and listening to other cases being disposed of. You may read the thoughts the wait provoked here.
Posted inTry Me-lah
16 July = R. Gunasegaran died, Teoh’s body found
Joint statement by Civil Society On The Death in Police Custody Of R. Gunasegaran 1. Brief Facts R. Gunasegaran, aged 31, was arrested on the evening of 16th July, 2009 in Sentul.
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2007 Bar Resolution on Legal Aid Files
At the 61st AGM of the Malaysian Bar held on March 17, 2007, the following resolution proposed by by Latheefa Koya and Renuka T Balasubramaniam was unanimously passed. Write your hands how many lawyers/legal firms have since followed through on this resolution?
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Beware: Sex Mad Devils in Malaysia
You know Loyarburok had to cover it. Yes, it’s coverage of that news report about the women requesting their husbands for a divorce because they wanted sex more than 10 times a day.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Reducing Too Business-Oriented Sentiment From Clever Lawyer
Written by Vicheka Lay, Legal Consultant, Cambodia. Originally published here at IBA’s Pro Bono blog. See here for IBA’s Pro Bono Declaration approved in October 2008. The corporate world has made the business lawyers too business-oriented, this means that business lawyers would only work for financially lucrative case and not bothering working for pro bono […]
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Tidak wajar!
Di dalam catatan bertajuk “Wajarkah?” yang terpapar pada blognya, penasihat undang-undang UMNO, Datuk Hafarizam Harun telah mengadaptasikan emel yang beliau terima (daripada seseorang yang meminta agar identiti beliau tidak dinyatakan), dan menyatakan persetujuannya (100%) dengan kandungan emel tersebut.
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LoyarBurok 1 – 0 Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia
Mr. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, a founding member of Loyarburok, was charged for driving under the influence of alcohol on 3 April 2005 at approximately at 2:15 a.m. on Jalan Ampang from Jalan Sultan Ismail heading towards Leboh Ampang vide Kuala Lumpur Criminal Magistrate Court Charge No. T1 – P83 – 357 – 2005 pursuant to section 45A(1) the Road Transport Act 1987 (RTA87). Fellow founding member of Loyarburok, Encik Amer Hamzah in his customary manner defended him and successfully persuaded the Magistrate, Tuan Syed Adam AlHabshi. Encik Fahri Azzat discusses the Magistrates decision and explains how close the Attorney General Chambers’ came to proving a prima facie case against Mr. Edmund Bon and having his defence called, and how they eventually lost it. Though this is merely a Magistrate decision, it is the first case in Malaysia in which sections 45A, 45B and 45C RTA87 is considered at length.