[Post updated with workable links and pdf download] My first front page, which is exciting. I worked with Sheila Rahman on this, and it has honestly been such a privilege. The hearing by the Criminal Bench of the High Court at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur, before Justice Datuk Mohamad Apandi Ali, is scheduled for… [Read more…]
October 18, 2008
One was in the Star on Sunday, about censorship. Written by Dzof Azmi, he talks about censorship, self-censorship, its impact on the entertainment industry and in journalism: I consider self-censorship to be potentially detrimental to the work we produce. We want to say something, but we stop ourselves and keep quiet. It cuts the flow… [Read more…]
October 15, 2008
Ten years ago, fresh from the Bar and newly thrown into the legal fraternity, I met Irene Fernandez. “I am the accused,” she introduced herself to us, chambering students, who were called to help in her case, to take notes on all that was said during her trial. Meeting Irene Fernandez would be one of… [Read more…]
October 8, 2008
It appears that Utusan Malaysia has landed itself quite a number of legal problems this year. Karpal Singh has filed a defamation law suit against Utusan in late September. Karpal is pursuing legal redress notwithstanding the newspaper’s apology. Karpal was reported to have said: An apology is only mitigating (the damages). In fact, they already… [Read more…]
September 29, 2008
I have a ton of books to read but I managed to finish off this booklet over the weekend. It’s well worth the read, short juicy and really affordable as well. Published by Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia, “Instant Expert: The Malaysian Media” by Sonia Randhawa points out just how much of a democracy Malaysia… [Read more…]
September 29, 2008
At lunch with some lawyers and chambering students yesterday, I re-lived the horror of legal practice I experienced almost a decade ago. Long-winded jargon, excessive red tape, clumsy processes and long waits for extraction of legal documents, lost files, cases not listed, and “missing” or moody court personnel: just the usual day-in-the-life of anyone using… [Read more…]
November 3, 2008
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