Considering the “relevance” of the OA community’s demands from the government’s perspective following a historic OA protest walk in Putrajaya on March 17, 2010.
Posted inBolehland
MyKid You Not!
Approximately 13,000 MyKid cards have not been collected and why they should remain so.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Tracked Off
A generally accurate description of what the track system is like for lawyers who use the system day in day out and raises the question of what or whom exactly is being tracked by the tracking system. You track what we’re saying?
Posted inGreen-World
Go Nude, Not Nuke
Are you and I, normal everyday household consumers, ready to go nude in the battle for a greener, safer, less controversial, energy source? Green Ink – LB’s fresh, new, green column tells you how.
Posted inThe Lobby
KL Bar Charity Night 2010 Auditions
Hear all legal eagles! The KL Bar is on a lookout for performers for Charity Night 2010: GOSH! Still Legally Talented – Too Legit To Quit! happening on 2nd July, 2010 @ Gosh, Heritage Row. AUDITIONS will be held on 19th June, 2010 at KL Bar Auditorium, 11 am onwards.
Posted inJudging the Judges
Written Judgments are Optional
A follow up to Amer Hamzah’s piece “Ducking at the Court of Appeal?” The Court of Appeal has finally replied the request for its written judgment.
Posted inStupid Me!
[UPDATED] The UKM 4: Bangkit Mahasiswa!
[Updated with Bar Council President’s press release calling for action against UKM 4 to be dropped.] A student speaks out against the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA), recently used to charge 4 UKM students for showing support or sympathy to a political party during the Hulu Selangor by-election.
Posted inBolehland
You are at the Mercy of the System
You are at the mercy of the system. Do you not want to make sure it is does not oppress you?
Posted inTry Me-lah
Bangladesh Yes, Nepal Maybe, Lao PDR Maybe, Malaysia?
A consideration of Malaysia’s “wait and see” approach to accession to the Rome Statute that governs the International Criminal Court (ICC) as Bangladesh acceded on Mar 23, 2010 and other developing nations are actively considering ratification.
Posted inSave The Children
Rights Beyond Borders
Considering preemptive legal steps in preventing your scumbag of an ex-spouse from leaving the country with your child.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Integration with integrity
A consideration of lessons on racial integration from the Middles Ages and how present day efforts on the same in Malaysia lack integrity – yes, we’re talking about you 1Malaysia.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
Let’s have KRS in my backseat
A critique of the government’s sex education plan, PKRS, so shrouded in taboo that the word “sex” did not even make it into the plan’s name.
Posted inThe Lobby
Super LoyarBurok strips to the rescue!
A new superhero’s in town and LB is giving you the exclusive, an intimate peek into Super LoyarBurok’s diary.
Posted inThe Lobby
Appeal for Funds: Yaacob Merican asks Foo to pay RM80k
An appeal for contributions towards a fund to help Benson Foo bear the RM80,000 in costs sought by Dr. Yaacob Merican.
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Loh shee fun? So racist!
Is “loh shee fun” food first or of Chinese origin first? Two friends hash it out, mediated by liberal with no Asian values.
Posted inSelected Exhortations
Bercakap-cakap dalam The Fairly Current Show
Beberapa hari lepas, si pengarang yang juga seorang peguam dijemput oleh Fahmi Fadzil untuk muncul dalam rancangan The Fairly Current Show di PopTeeVee untuk bercakap mengenai kes adik Aminulrasyid.
Posted inThe Lobby
The LB Tee Party
Come party with us tonight, 6pm onwards, for your exclusive chance to grab The Only Tee You’ll Need – The LB Tee. Read more for our party hopping location details.
Posted inBolehland
[UPDATED] Never before in Sibu
(UPDATED with photos from the ground) A musing on the many firsts for Sibu that took place in the few weeks leading up to last Sunday’s by-election, that reflects a changed Malaysia.
Posted inThe Lobby
Remember the dead in Sri Lanka – 18 May
Thousands died because of war crimes in Mullivaikal, Sri Lanka a year ago. Attend a Remembrance Event tonight at Brickfields Girls Guide Hall (or at least light a lamp at home). Sign Amnesty’s petition.
Posted inPray For Me
Churches must return election grants
An appeal to the churches that were reported to have allegedly received “special grants” totalling RM1.75 million from the Federal Government in the final hours of the Sibu by-election campaign.