Maria Chin Abdullah

LETTER | Everyone has right to legal representation without fear, favour

LETTER | Everyone has right to legal representation without fear, favour

The abuse of power by enforcement agencies must stop.
LETTER | Custodial deaths: Govt must review policing system

LETTER | Custodial deaths: Govt must review policing system

'For over 60 years, beatings and inhumane treatment seem to be SOP.'
MP SPEAKS | Poverty, corruption still major issues after 65 years of Merdeka

MP SPEAKS | Poverty, corruption still major issues after 65 years of Merdeka

Govt needs leadership with the guts to gather rakyat to bring structural changes. 
MP SPEAKS | Merdeka: Long journey still ahead for M'sia

MP SPEAKS | Merdeka: Long journey still ahead for M'sia

We have come so far but much more needs to be achieved.

MP SPEAKS | Lives matter, including prisoners

MP SPEAKS | Lives matter, including prisoners

Overcrowded prisons are not surprising incubators of Covid-19.

COMMENT | Time to implement online reforms to eliminate sexual harassment

COMMENT | Time to implement online reforms to eliminate sexual harassment

The right to be protected against sexual harassment must be institutionalised.
MP SPEAKS | No excuse for violation of human rights during MCO

MP SPEAKS | No excuse for violation of human rights during MCO

And the gov't dumps its pledge not to persecute migrants, especially undocumented workers and refugees, during this period.

MP SPEAKS | Set up cross-cutting council to ensure food security for all

MP SPEAKS | Set up cross-cutting council to ensure food security for all

The vision of 'Shared Prosperity' is tested when aid becomes politicised.
Why we need to pass the IPCMC Bill in Parliament

Why we need to pass the IPCMC Bill in Parliament

MP SPEAKS | With a lot of resistance to the IPCMC, we must first make a serious effort to restore public confidence in the police force. And to do this...

Thinking about poverty in real terms

Thinking about poverty in real terms

MP SPEAKS | Any assessment must take into account the ability to live healthily and participate in society.

Right to education must cut across all backgrounds

Right to education must cut across all backgrounds

MP SPEAKS | It's our obligation to provide equitable access to higher education for all M'sians.

Peaceful Assembly Act must be abolished, not strengthened

Peaceful Assembly Act must be abolished, not strengthened

MP SPEAKS | The Pakatan Harapan government must continue to promote human rights as promised.
My 2018 year-end report for PJ

My 2018 year-end report for PJ

MP SPEAKS | This is to increase the accountability and the quality of service that we provide for the people of Petaling Jaya.
Local council elections are part of institutional reform

Local council elections are part of institutional reform

MP SPEAKS | The government can select an election model that reflects the complexity and diversity of our nation.

Hard to prove or not, marital rape must still be criminalised

Hard to prove or not, marital rape must still be criminalised

MP SPEAKS | This will only take a simple amendment – delete the exception to Section 375 of the Penal Code.

Syariah judges should be made aware of the effects of child marriage

Syariah judges should be made aware of the effects of child marriage

MP SPEAKS | They must not be swayed by parents who claim they are providing a better future for their child.

100 days on, the people’s movement is still alive

100 days on, the people’s movement is still alive

MP SPEAKS | As such, we must press for a moratorium on oppressive laws like Sedition Act and others.

Create safe spaces for victims to report sexual harassment

Create safe spaces for victims to report sexual harassment

LETTER | The number of sexual harassment cases points to the real problem in Malaysia: under-reported cases.

More needs to be done to put end to child marriages in M'sia

More needs to be done to put end to child marriages in M'sia

MP SPEAKS | Openness about the extent of child marriages are absent in certain quarters of our society.

Arrests and police reports over ‘insulting the PM’ must stop

Arrests and police reports over ‘insulting the PM’ must stop

MP SPEAKS | Don't ape the previous gov’t’s disgraceful methods when dealing with criticism.

Polling dos and don'ts for the EC

Polling dos and don'ts for the EC

COMMENT | It must be resolute in its commitment to stamp out fraud, corruption and bias.

Existing laws already allow gov’t to stop the spread ‘fake news’

Existing laws already allow gov’t to stop the spread ‘fake news’

LETTER | There is absolutely no need for the new Anti-Fake News Bill 2018.

Why I resigned as Bersih 2.0 chairperson

Why I resigned as Bersih 2.0 chairperson

COMMENT | I will enter the political arena to continue the work, using a different space to advance democracy.

No need for spoiled votes with electoral system reform

No need for spoiled votes with electoral system reform

COMMENT | If we don’t vote, then we have no one to blame but ourselves when things get worse.