Christopher Leong

COMMENT | Is there a handy backdoor exit from Parliament?

COMMENT | Is there a handy backdoor exit from Parliament?

A proclamation or ordinance must be laid before Parliament, even if revoked, to ensure accountability.

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Parliament, too, should keep hands off the judiciary

Parliament, too, should keep hands off the judiciary

The announcement by the PM indicating a proposal that the prime minister would no longer...

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Cease the Sedition Act onslaught

COMMENT 'Authorities mustn't use colonial law to protect themselves from flak.'

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Bar: Azmi Sharom not seditious by any stretch

COMMENT Concerns that Malaysia may be turning into an authoritarian state.

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M'sian Bar joins all on day of mourning for MH17

In mourning our loss, let us work to preserve life and promote peace, unity.

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Jamil Khir 'erronous, unfortunate, regrettable'

COMMENT The Bar president says this of the statement on unilateral conversions.

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Bar hails stay on Obayangbon’s execution

The Malaysian Bar is heartened by, and welcomes, the stay of execution of the death penalty on Osariakhi Ernest Obayangbon (aka Philip Michael), originally scheduled for 6am today.

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Justice not seen to be served in Sodomy II

COMMENT Why only Anwar punished for Section 377 when hardly anyone else is?

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Stand up against ethnic and religious extremists

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the recent call by the prime minister for all Malaysians not to pay heed to the extremist elements in Malaysia.

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Stand up against ethnic and religious extremists

The Malaysian Bar welcomes the recent urging by the prime minister for all Malaysians not to pay heed to the extremist elements in Malaysia.

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Gov't should not be exempted from CIPAA

The Malaysian Bar urges the government to implement the Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA) as soon as possible.

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Bar questions premise for 'Allah' judgment

COMMENT 'It's contrary to the constitutional scheme that a fundamental liberty is liable to be denied on the basis some person would be confused.'

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Preventive detention laws make mockery of judiciary

COMMENT Apart from other concerns, the amendments are alarming as they remove the power of the judiciary and hand it to a select few.

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Recent arrests closing democratic space

COMMEN T The Bar calls upon the new gov't to demonstrate commitment to a course of transformation by genuine action.

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Malaysian Bar will help Ops Daulat detainees

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12 reasons why Philippines can't claim Sabah

COMMENT The VP of the Malaysian Bar explains how the Sulu Sultanate had ceded rights over Sabah between 1851 and 1946.

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Cops' response at Bersih excessive

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