Saya dilahirkan ke dalam sebuah Malaysia yang aman. Malaysia yang membangun dengan pesat, mengejar modenasasi dan begitu mengidamkan status negara kelas pertama. Saya membesar di dalam sebuah Malaysia yang majmuk dengan pelbagai bangsa dan agama, sebuah Malaysia yang pada dasarnya bertoleransi terhadap kepelbagaian yang ada di kalangan rakyatnya. Saya lahir selepas tragedi 13 Mei 1969 […]
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Tell us why, please?
We hope that Judges should endeavour to write their grounds of decision and take delight in this aspect of judicial work as a matter of personal pride and satisfaction and not as a burden. Failure on the part of Judges to write their grounds of decision will certainly undermine their authority to insist upon Magistrates […]
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7 Mei 2009: Satu Pencabulan Satu Penghinaan
Satu hari panjang… Saya telah mengambil emergency leave pada hari tersebut gara-gara migraine yang sangat teruk tiba-tiba menyerang dari petang Rabu membawa sehingga ke pagi Khamis… ambil ubat..lelap untuk beberapa jam sebelum tersedar dengan pesanan ringkas yang masuk dari Latheefa Koya yang minta saya, Fadiah Nadwa, Puspa dan Radzlan untuk “be on stand by” kalau-kalau […]
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Get well soon Your Highness!
LoyarBurok wishes the Sultan of Selangor a speedy recovery.
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Walk for Justice Re-visited
KLue’s monthly Popcorn & Soda is back! Some of you may have seen, and bought, the Bar Council’s DVD on the historic Walk For Justice which took place on 26 September 2007. It was a memorable occasion where about 2,000 lawyers decided to walk the talk and expressed their outrage over the VK Lingam video […]
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Himpunan Hitam-Putih Seorang Peguam
Terkedu. Hanya itu yang mampu saya katakan ketika mana saya ditanya berkenaan dengan perasaan saya ketika ditangkap. Tidak pernah terlintas di dalam pemikiran waras saya bahawa seorang peguam di dalam menjalankan tugasnya atas tiket “IKHLAS” boleh ditangkap apabila membuat permintaan untuk berjumpa dengan anak guam. Pada Khamis malam, sebelum saya dan rakan-rakan seperjuangan yang lain […]
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It was indeed a Black Thursday
Why Black Thursday? Well, it was the one day in Malaysian history that lawyers were arrested while trying to see their clients – that sure seemed like a black day to me. On 7 May 2009 we attended court as usual that morning. I had a matter fixed for submission at the Sessions Court in […]
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Selangor World Press Freedom Day
9am – 1pm, Tuesday, 19th May 2009 Auditorium, Petaling Jaya Civic Centre, Petaling Jaya, Selangor ‘Freedom of Information: A Right to Reclaim’
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Notes of Grounds of Judgment in Nizar v Zambry Case
These are the handwritten notes of the High Court’s draft Grounds of Judgment in the MB v MB matter delivered orally on 11.5.2009, and recorded by my colleagues, Joanne Leong and Daniel Cheong, which I have vetted and edited. The learned Judge indicated that His Lordship’s full Grounds will be delivered soon. There may be […]
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A Mockery & A Blessing In Disguise
Following the arrests made on previous night on participants at the peaceful candlelight vigil in solidarity with Bersih activist Wong Chin Huat, my friends and I were informed to be on standby for possible new arrests on the night of 7 May 2009. I headed home after work and decided to go to the gym […]
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Filem Hitam: kisah penangkapan 5 orang peguam
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]