3 hari lepas, aku telah menulis tentang Drama Hitam. Kali ni, aku akan menulis tentang Filem Hitam pulak. Kenapa dah naik taraf? Sebab… kali ini, aku pula yang ditangkap. Cerita Luar Balai Kisah bermula apabila kawan aku Hong Siang menelefon aku pada 7hb Mei kira2 pukul 9 mlm memaklumkan bahawa 12 orang telah ditangkap kerana […]
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Proselytization by US Military in Afghanistan poses death threat to many
“Just as the Special Forces are hunting down al-Qaeda, we’re hunting down people for Jesus.” I shuddered as I listened to what the uniformed man (who appeared to be leading an evangelical worship session in Baghram where the US military force is based in Afghanistan) said in firing enthusiasm to his congregation on TV the […]
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Judgment Day for Nizar and Zambry: What will happen tomorrow?
Post by a “Court Observer” received by LB.com just now: IT is judgment day tomorrow for ousted Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and his successor Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir. The Kuala Lumpur High Court will deliver tomorrow afternoon the much awaited ruling whether Nizar or Zambry is the rightful chief […]
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Hadir Beramai-ramai: Mesyuarat Luar Biasa Badan Peguam membantah tangkapan peguam-peguam, 15 Mei 2009, 3 petang
Semua peguam-peguam Malaysia dan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar: HADIR BERAMAI-RAMAI DAN PAKAI BAJU HITAM!! Sasaran: 2000 peguam/pelatih. Satu mesyuarat luar biasa Badan Peguam akan berlangsung pada 15 Mei 2009, 3 petang di Dewan Sivik, Petaling Jaya. Mesyuarat ini dipanggil oleh Majlis Peguam untuk merakamkan bantahan keras terhadap tangkapan peguam-peguam Pusat Bantuan Kuala Lumpur pada 7 Mei […]
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Lawyers whisper when they say the word “human rights”
(This is the English translation of the Danish article in relation to the 2008 Bar Council’s International Human Rights Day celebrations which appeared here.) The absence of functional jurisdiction allows the law to be used for oppression in a number of Asian countries. Malaysia has a strong Bar Association and recently put focus on the […]
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Nobody but US can save Malaysia: The opposite of white – 1FEAR MALAYSIA
What is happening to our country is getting from the ridiculous to the insane. If we slide further, it will be much harder to climb. Everyone has to make a conscious effort to take on some responsibility to persuade as many others as possible to act and bring about change. It is not an ideal. […]
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Our World. Your Move: Celebrating World Red Cross/Red Crescent Day
“All can, in one way or another, each in his own sphere, and within his own limitations, do something to help move the good work forward.” These powerful words were uttered by Henry Dunant following the Battle of Solferino 150 years ago. The founder of the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement was one who believed that […]
Posted inBolehland
The Perak ‘May’hem – a simplistic view
Manchester United vs Barcelona. The best proponents of the beautiful game in the UCL final. Just imagine. 65000 spectators. 22 players on the field. One football. The atmosphere in Rome is electric. Banners and flags. Trumpets and drums. Riot police and pitch marshals. All the trappings of a top notch game are there. Barcelona starts. […]
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Hari Yang Begitu Gelap
Pada ketika saya menulis artikel ini, “Speaker” yang “dilantik” oleh ADUN Barisan Nasional telahpun “menangguhkan” persidangan DUN Perak kepada satu tarikh yang tidak ditetapkan. “Penangguhan” tersebut merupakan babak akhir rentetan peristiwa yang berlaku di Ipoh pada hari ini (Mei 7). Bermula dengan penangkapan begitu ramai rakyat Malaysia yang berkumpul di Ipoh, kemudiannya “perlantikan” “Speaker” haram […]
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A reason why corroboration is required for proof of rape
In the Federal Court decision of Din v Public Prosecutor [1964] MLJ 300, Thomson LP who wrote the leading judgment discussed the necessity of corroboration for the proof of rape. In that discussion, His Lordship wrote the following: But the desirability for corroboration of the evidence of the prosecurtrix in a rape case (which in […]
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The Wolf and the Silence of the Lamb
We have to admit it. That democracy is a flawed system within a bigger political pool consisting of systems which are even more flawed is a fact. That we live within a flawed system out of necessity or the lack of a better alternative – as all the other systems are thought to be worse […]
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A thought about Article 11(2) of the Federal Constitution
A thought about Article 11(2) of the Federal Constitution
Posted inBolehland
Dear Mr Todt,
I am an average Malaysian busybody. And also a petrol head. I am about to shower on you the usual Malaysian hospitality. On behalf of all average Malaysians, I would like to congratulate you on being accepted by our Government into the Malaysian 2nd Home scheme. I could see that you are well pleased as […]
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Siapakah pilihan ANDA sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia?
LB.com telah memulakan satu tinjauan pendapat awam (poll) baru-baru ini untuk pilihan ANDA sebagai Perdana Menteri Malaysia – lihat sebelah kanan di sini.
Posted inLet's Get Together
BEBAS!
Pada 9 Disember 2007, aku dan beberapa kawan-kawan loyar telah bercadang untuk jalan-jalan sambil ambil angin pagi sebagai menyambut Hari Hak Asasi Manusia Sedunia. Kawan-kawan kami yang bukan loyar juga turut serta untuk sama-sama memanaskan badan. Bagi memeriahkan keadaan, kami sempat buat banner lagi :p Bersiap untuk berjalan (pakai topeng tu bukan apa… KL-kan banyak […]
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Resist twitter!
It intensifies the fragmentation and superficiality of our information landscape and hence knowledge.
Posted inJudging the Judges
When a judge is plainly wrong, especially when he claims to interpret the obvious, it is not wrong for any right-thinking member of the public to criticise him
In the New Sunday Times of April 19, 2009 there appears this astonishing remark (because it is erroneous in law) which was attributed to a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department: KUALA KANGSAR: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohammed Nazri Abdul Aziz has hit out at Perak DAP chairman Datuk Ngeh Koo […]
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What is going on in this country?
Someone asked, on an e-group, for an explanation of the recent court decisions in the Perak cases. I replied as follows, and thought I should share it with you (with minor editions), considering also the statements made yesterday by certain leaders of the “ruling” class about the state of our country: All the on-going developments […]
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Forum: “Krisis BerPerlembagaan Perak”, 25 April 2009
Majlis Peguam akan menganjurkan satu forum berkenaan krisis berPerlembagaan Perak pada 25 April 2009 pukul 12.00 – 2.00 petang di Auditorium Majlis Peguam. Tajuknya Perak Crisis: Constitutional, Legal or Political? Ahli-ahli panel forum ini yang telah dijemput adalah saudara-saudara Dr Subramaniam Pillai, Tommy Thomas dan Dato’ Shafee Abdullah. Semua dijemput hadir. Sila daftarkan diri di […]
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Bangkitlah, Anak-anak Malaysia
Bangkitlah, anak-anak Malaysia. Mari kita semua bangkit. Sudah terlalu lama kita semua tidur. Enak dan selesa dibuai janji-janji lemak merdu sekian hari dan masa. Itu semua mimpi-mimpi belaka wahai anak-anak Malaysia. Itu semua angkara tiupan jentera-jentera propaganda yang saban hari, saban jam dan minit, mencandui hidup kita dengan kata-kata kosong dan kiasan syair-syair yang sesungguhnya […]