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Fair trial and due process rights

Did Not! Did Too! Don’t Really Care

28 February, 2010
By Camillia Soong
Did Not! Did Too! Don’t Really Care

An afterthought from being in a road accident on how each and every one of us needs get on the road to responsibility and instead of leaning on the myopic excuse, "nothing to do with me wat."
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Sodomy2: Why is AG’s Chambers refusing to release evidence?

4 February, 2010
By Art Harun

The refusal by the AG's Chambers to release some evidence requested by the defence team in the Sodomy 2 trial - and the consequent refusal by the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court to order the release of such evidence - brings to the fore questions pertaining to the right to a fair...
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ISA: Kita masih perlu lawan!

16 September, 2009
By Syahredzan Johan

Dilaporkan oleh Malaysian Insider bahawa 5 tahanan ISA termasuk Mat Sah Satray yang telah ditahan lebih 7 tahun telah dibebaskan. Malam ini, seorang suami pulang ke pangkuan isteri. Seorang ayah pulang ke dakapan anak. Malam ini, tangisan hiba selama tujuh tahun bertukar kepada jemari yang mengangkat syukur ke hadrat-Nya.
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Sorry Datuk, I have misunderstood the ISA!

4 August, 2009
By Art Harun

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
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16 July = R. Gunasegaran died, Teoh’s body found

28 July, 2009
By Lord Bobo

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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RCE v IOD

24 July, 2009
By Edmund Bon Tai Soon

Many have asked why civil society is objecting to the “cause of death” question being carved out of the Royal Commission of Enquiry (RCE)’s terms to be left to a Magistrate in an Inquiry of Death (IOD) held under Chapter XXXII of the Criminal Procedure Code. Here’s why.
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Royal Commissions of Enquiry

23 July, 2009
By Lam Wai Loon

Originally published in Skrine’s Legal Insights, Issue 3/2008 (October Issue), and updated in Issue 4/2008 © Skrine. Reproduced with permission. Introduction The recent findings of the Royal Commission of Enquiry into the V.K. Lingam Video Clip have brought Royal Commissions (often called “royal commissions”) into the limelight. This article seeks to provide an overview of the...
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I Dreamt of Beng Hock

20 July, 2009
By Yeo Yang Poh

Written on July 17, 2009 in Chinese and published in Sin Chew today (July 20, 2009). This is the English translation. I dreamt of Teoh Beng Hock. He was looking at me, silently.
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Macdeth Act II – an open letter to Berita Harian

20 July, 2009
By Art Harun

I read with disbelief – and not to mention, a certain degree of disgust – your article titled “Kematian Teoh timbulkan pelbagai spekulasi politik” appearing in your newspaper yesterday.
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Macdeth

17 July, 2009
By Art Harun
Macdeth

I am outraged!!! I was having a meeting at Bangsar when I received a text message at about 5pm yesterday about the death of Teoh Beng Hock. He was found dead, apparently “on the roof of an adjoining building next to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s building.”
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