Posted inSelected Judgments

Kalimah Allah Federal Court Judgment

The grounds of appeal of the Federal Court We had previously uploaded the Grounds of Judgment of the Court of Appeal here. Today, about two weeks after delivering its decision on 24th June 2014, the Federal Court has released the Grounds of Judgment of the specially enlarged panel of 7 Judges who heard and dismissed […]

Posted inPusatRakyatLB, UndiMsia!

Malaysia’s open government conundrum

In 1996, MAMPU (or Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit) embarked on an ambitious e-government project in their effort to further improve service delivery amongst federal government agencies. Since then, Malaysian citizens have benefited tremendously from improvement in government services. Waiting and processing times at government departments and offices have also improved. And, thanks […]

Posted inSelected Exhortations

Baseline Study of Business and Human Rights in ASEAN: Malaysia

This baseline study looks specifically at the State Duty to Protect in the UN “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Framework (UN Framework). What government bodies have the responsibility to prevent, investigate, punish and redress business-related human rights abuses? There are no specific government body that is tasked with this responsibility. However, there are a number of […]