Have you notified police of your run?
My most recent column, a bit political, on fitness, the Peaceful Assembly Act and public policy.
Subscribe:
RSS feed
Potting the Plot
Browsing All posts tagged under »law«
Najib announces KPIs, lead ministers – Malaysiakini
July 27, 2009
He named Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as the lead minister for widening access to quality and affordable education, Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein for crime prevention, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Nazri Aziz for fighting corruption. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Jalil for raising the living standard of the low-income people,… [Read more…]
Blogger’s defamation liability ‘depends on existing statutory law’
July 24, 2009
Dr Iyer, who is also senior lecturer of the Univerisity of Ulster’s School of Law, United Kingdom, said: “Sometimes, the person who owns the blog site might not even be aware that the particular posting has been made. So, under those circumstances, you need to be careful not to penalise the editor. via themalaysianinsider.com Interesting,… [Read more…]
The death of a Penan mother
May 27, 2009
The villagers do not understand why the government accuses the Penan, the Kenyah, the Iban, and other natives of opposing the government when the natives protest against logging companies. The natives only erected a simple blockade of sticks and branches across the logging road, they said, because the company refused to negotiate with them. The… [Read more…]
Two nabbed for ‘going to attend’ vigil
May 27, 2009
The Pakatan leaders later went to the Ipoh police station to check on the status of the two who were arrested. The duo were freed on police bail at 11.35pm and told to report back to the Ipoh magistrate’s court on June 26 where they are expected to be charged with illegal assembly. Earlier, the… [Read more…]
The Nut Graph | Unclear if Penan report will be public
May 26, 2009
via thenutgraph.com Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said the report has reached her desk and was ready for circulation to the other ministries. “It will be tabled in the cabinet as soon as possible,” she said today at a press conference after launching a seminar at the Institute of… [Read more…]
Najib: Abolish NEP
May 22, 2009
via malaysiakini.com Abolish NEP? When? Personally, I am not against the NEP, except that it appears that those who really need it are not getting the help. Posted via web from Potted Plot
Plans to Register Bloggers?
May 22, 2009
Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said the proposal by some quarters for bloggers in Malaysia to be registered required indepth study. “The idea is good, but we have see it from the legal aspects and from the aspect of freedom of Internet use. “We have to see whether registering bloggers… [Read more…]
FOI for Selangor!
May 19, 2009
via thenutgraph.com Finally, some states in Malaysia (which coincidentally are opposition-led) making some global sense. Did I say global? Yes, “global” not “glocal”… See also Malaysiakini’s article here. Posted via web from Potted Plot
Nizar is only answerable to state assembly – High Court judge
May 19, 2009
via themalaysianinsider.com Interesting. And at the same time, PM Najib has deferred talks with Pakatan Rakyat on the ruling of Perak. I wonder what the public does not know… Posted via web from Potted Plot
GVA: RPK in hiding
April 27, 2009
Popular Malaysian blogger and editor of the Malaysia Today website, Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK), failed to attend his sedition trial on April 23, 2009. As a result, the Sessions Court in Petaling Jaya issued a warrant of arrest against RPK. News reports state that Sessions Judge, Rozina Ayob, issued the order after prosecutor, DPP Shahidani Abd Aziz, applied for the warrant due to his absence. DPP Shahidani was reported to have said that the prosecution had no choice but to get the order to proceed with the trial.
I Knew It! ‘Sub Judice’ Censoring Tool
April 13, 2009
Malaysian government censoring through the legal concept of 'sub judice'? Who would have thought?
Broadening Mainstream Media
March 24, 2009
The Harakah and Suara Keadilan banned for three months, Chinese edition of the Rocket having problems with renewing their annual permit. What now, Malaysian Press Freedom?
GVA: Rex Judicata
March 13, 2009
Six Malaysian Netizens will be charged on 13th March 2009 for allegedly insulting of Sultan Azlan Shah on the Internet.
Potted feeds
My Column in the Sun
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License
January 26, 2012
0