On governance of our happening country by Government and Parliament, and anything else related
Considering the implications of the presumption of innocence on the process of arrest, charge and remand in the criminal legal system, in two parts. The first part considers the process of arrest and charging of an accused and the conditions of remand.
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Tags: Accused, Conditions of Remand, Handcuffs, Presumption of Innocence, Prison, Remand
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Malaysians of Chinese and Indian heritage often view themselves as second class citizens because of their marginalization where it concerns government economic, educational and societal policies as compared to those of Malay heritage. But they don't know that a certain category of Malays form the third class citizens of Malaysia.
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Tags: Chinese, Dispossessed, Indian, Malay, Malaysians, Marginalized, Second Class Citizen, Third Class Citizen
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Pendedahan oleh Menteri Dalam Negeri berkenaan dengan pengenaan hukuman sebat ke atas 3 orang wanita atas kesalahan persetubuhan luar nikah selaras dengan seksyen 23 Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1997 (”Akta”) telah menimbulkan pelbagai kontroversi di kalangan rakyat Malaysia. Ia adalah salah satu daripada pelbagai isu-isu kontroversi yang timbul sejak kebelakangan ini dan...
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Tags: 3 Wanita Dituduh Persetubuhan Luar Nikah, Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, Menteri Dalam Negeri, Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri (JPM), Sebatan, seksyen 133 Akta Tatacara Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah Persekutuan) 1997, seksyen 23 Akta Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah (Wilayah-wilayah Persekutuan) 1997
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An opinion on why the High Court was correct in its application of the law in respect of the 'Allah' issue and the Court of Appeal should affirm that decision.
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Tags: Allah Issue, Court of Appeal, High Court, Home Ministry of Malaysia, Power to Ban Words
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Ruminating the necessity of People Power and some thoughts on how to foster such a creation in Malaysia
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Tags: accountability, Centre for Independent Journalism, Corruption, Government, Merdeka Review, People Power
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Considering the significance of MARA's scholarship/loan evaluation and selection process of viable students and enforcement policies and execution after perusing its list of defaulters published in the newspapers every now and again.
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Tags: Article 8(2) Federal Constitution, List of Shame, Majlis Amanah Rakyat, MARA, Nurturing Youth Education, student
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A comprehensive consideration scintillatingly written of Dr. Munawar Anees’ legal battle to clear his name in the Malaysian courtrooms and is left with what passes off for Justice in Malaysia – Injustice. This is the concluding part.
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Tags: Attorney-General, Court of Appeal, Federal Court, High Court, Manjeet Singh Dhillon, Munawar Anees, Section 313(2) Criminal Procedure Code
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A comprehensive consideration scintillatingly written of Dr. Munawar Anees' legal battle to clear his name in the Malaysian courtrooms and is left with what passes off for Justice in Malaysia - Injustice. This article is published in two parts and the concluding part will be published tomorrow.
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Tags: Abdul Gani Patail, Balwant Singh Sidhu, Charge of Sodomy, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Dr. Munawar Anees, Injustice, Karpal Singh, Malaysian Justice, Manjeet Singh Dhillon, Nallakaruppan, Sukma Darmawan, The Attorney General of Malaysia
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Bolehwood productions in the late 1990's launched its grand drama known as 'Anwar Ibrahim and the Charge of Sodomy', which failed spectacularly in the media, society and courtrooms. A pre-launch review explains why Bolehwood's sequel has all the trappings of an equally spectacular failure.
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Tags: Anwar Ibrahim, Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, Attorney-General, Black Eye Incident, Charge of Sodomy, Department for Islam and Islamic Affairs in Kuala Lumpur, Dr Mahathir Mohamed, Dr. Munawar Anees, Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan, Najib Razak, Pakatan Rakyat, Political Conspiracy, Prime Minister, Rahim Noor, Rosmah, Saiful Bukhari, Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja v PP, Zainur Zakaria v PP
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I have seen firsthand what "dialogue" means to some - you do not talk, you only talk on our terms, you listen to us and don't talk, and if you are allowed to talk, you can only say what we want to hear.
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Tags: Ambiga Sreenevasan, Apostasy, Article 11, Bar Council, Datuk Seri Sharizat Abdul Jalil, Double Standards, Government Mala Fides, Human Rights Commissioner, Interfaith Commission, Interfaith Dialogue, Islamist non-Governmental Organizations, MCCBCHST, R Subashini, S. Shamala
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