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Sedition Dragnet Prompts Lawyers To Hold Peaceful March
Submitted by newsteam on Sun, Sep 14, 2014 - 9:41 pm
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 13, 2014 (The Malaysian Insider) --
The Malaysian Bar will debate a resolution at its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on Friday whether lawyers should hold a peaceful march, after a spate of prosecutions under the Sedition Act 1948.
Sources said the Bar Council was not against the motion seconded by 121 lawyers who included retired federal court judge, Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram and former head of prosecution in the attorney-general's chambers, Datuk Stanley Isaacs. Read more »
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Viewpoint: Merdeka Is Coming But How United Are We? – By Mariam Mokhtar
Submitted by newsteam on Sat, Sep 13, 2014 - 12:50 pm
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 22, 2014 (FMT News) --
Are Malaysians aware of the significance of Aug 31? Are they puzzled that Sept 16 is also an important milestone in Malaysian history? So, which day carries more weight for Malaysians?
There is rising discontent among both Sabahans and Sarawakians over several issues, such as freedom of religion, allocation of funds for infrastructure, and the provisions for education and medical care.
We think Selangor has a problem with its menteri besar sitting on a RM3 billion stockpile. Read more »
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Judges Slam Islamic Authority For Premature Raid On Borders
Submitted by newsteam on Sat, Sep 13, 2014 - 12:44 pm
Putrajaya, Malaysia, Aug 22, 2014 (Malay Mail Online) —
A panel of judges at the Court of Appeal today lambasted an Islamic authority for raiding a bookstore for a book that only got banned weeks later, with one judge labelling the action as self-indulgent.
In a high profile case, the Federal Territory Islamic Affairs Department (JAWI) prematurely raided a branch of Borders bookstore in May 2012 for Irshad Manji’s “Allah, Liberty and Love”, a book banned by the Home Ministry three weeks later. Read more »
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Not NRD’s Place To Query Religious Status Change, Lawyers Say
Submitted by newsteam on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 - 11:08 am
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 14, 2014 (Malay Mail Online) --
Lawyers are disputing the National Registration Department’s (NRD) requirement of a Shariah court order before it will remove the status “Islam” from the records of Malaysians, contending that the rule was arbitrary and unconstitutional.
Although acknowledging a Federal Court decision that says the NRD has the right to impose the requirement, the lawyers stressed that bureaucracy should not prevent anyone from exercising their constitutional right to religious freedom.
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Two Judges Recuse Themselves From Contentious Interfaith Custody Cases
Submitted by newsteam on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 - 11:01 am
Putrajaya, 24 Jul, 2014 (The Malaysian Insider) --
The two judges who had advised the attorney-general (A-G) on unilateral child conversions have disqualified themselves from hearing two contentious interfaith custody cases.
Datuk Linton Albert, who chaired the three-man bench, told the Court of Appeal that Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh and Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid had opted out to avoid conflict of interest.
"I have consulted them and they have recused themselves because justice must also be seen to be done." Read more »
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Hamid Revealed Racial Prejudice In High Court Judgment, Says Retired Judge
Submitted by newsteam on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 - 10:58 am
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 24, 2014 (The Malaysian Insider) --
Former chief justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, who has come under fire for his incendiary comments that the position of Islam is under threat in Penang, had revealed his racial and religious prejudice in a decision on a civil case which he heard as a High Court judge in the 90s, says a former federal court judge.
Retired Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram said he had sat on a Court of Appeal bench in 1996 which came across Hamid’s decision in a civil case that belied his prejudice. Read more »
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High Court Orders Return Of “Allah” CDs
Submitted by newsteam on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 - 10:46 am
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 21, 2014 (Free Malaysia Today) --
The High Court today ordered the eight “Allah” CDs which the Home Ministry confiscated more than six years ago to be returned to clerk Jill Ireland.
Kuala Lumpur High Court (Appellate and Special Powers) judge Justice Zaleha Yusof quashed the Home Minister’s decision to seize the religious CDs on the grounds that the CDs used prohibited terms and breached Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) guidelines.
She also ordered the CDs returned to the owner. Read more »
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No Survey Will Stop Us From Enforcing Hudud, It’s God’s Orders, Says PAS
Submitted by newsteam on Thu, Jul 31, 2014 - 10:25 am
Kelantan, Malaysia, Jul 17, 2014 (The Malaysian Insider) --
PAS will remain undeterred in their move to enforce hudud in Kelantan, despite the latest survey by an independent pollster showing Malaysians were not in favour of it, the party’s vice-president said today.
“No matter how many surveys are conducted, hudud is still compulsory for Muslims.
“PAS wants to implement hudud not because of any surveys or research but because it is God’s orders,” Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man told The Malaysian Insider. Read more »
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CLS Press Statement: CLS Welcomes New Archbishop Of Kuala Lumpur
Submitted by newsteam on Mon, Jul 21, 2014 - 9:08 am
Kuala Lumpur, Jul 20, 2014 (Press Statement) --
The Catholic Lawyers’ Society, Kuala Lumpur congratulates and welcomes our new Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, Archbishop Elect Most Rev. Julian Leow Beng Kim.
On 3 July, 2014 Pope Francis appointed Father Julian Leow Beng Kim, 50, as the new archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.
His Excellency, Archbishop Joseph Marino, the Apostolic Nuncio to Malaysia made the announcement at the archbishop’s residence in Kuala Lumpur. Read more »
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