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Anwar Ibrahim

Anwar Ibrahim

Judicial Review On Legality Of BERSIH 2.0

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT

BERSIH 2.0 has previously filed an application for a judicial review to challenge the Home Minister’s order declaring BERSIH 2.0 as an illegal organisation. This is to inform you that the hearing will take place as follows:

Date : 17 August 2011
Time : 9.00am
Venue : Rayuan dan Kuasa-kuasa Khas 2, Level 3, High Court, Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur

Should you have any queries, please contact Temme Lee at 016-2208784.

We look forward to seeing you/your representative at the hearing. BERSIH 2.0 Steering Committee members will be present to speak to the press after the hearing.

Lawyers For Liberty Condemns MCMC Scare Tactics: Questioning of Blogger Hanief’s Parents

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Press Release
16 August 2011

On 15 August 2011, parents of Blogger Mohd Nur Hanief Abdul Jalil, 27 were called in for questioning by the Malaysian Communication and Media Commission (MCMC) over a blog entry posted by Hanief on 1 March 2011. Hanief was arrested and questioned by the police under the Sedition Act 1948 on 18 March 2011. He was also questioned by the MCMC after his house was raided and two computers belonging to him and his father were confiscated.

Parents of Blogger Hanief, Abdul Jalil Ashaari, 61 and Kamalia Bint Chek, 60 were accompanied by two lawyers from Lawyers for Liberty, Farhana Binti Abdul Halim and Fadiah Nadwa Binti Fikri to MCMC Investigation Division office in Jalan Raja Kuala Lumpur at 2.30pm. Before the parents were taken in for questioning, a woman officer in charge of the case informed the lawyers that the presence of lawyers was not allowed during the questioning.

The lawyers then decided to have a brief meeting with Hanief's parents before they were taken in for questioning. While discussion was ongoing, a woman officer instructed the security to disrupt thediscussion between Hanief's parents and their lawyers despite being informed that the lawyers were in the midst of giving legal advice to their clients.
The security tried to grab Hanief's parents' hands away from the lawyers in a rough manner. The lawyers protested and stated their objections to such highhandedness displayed by the MCMC officials in denying the right to legal counsel as enshrined under Article 5(3) of the Federal Constitution and in disrespecting the duty of lawyers, being officers of the court who were merely discharging their statutory duties to their clients.

The continuing descent of various governmental agencies into lawlessness has been graphically demonstrated by the actions of the MCMC officials who blatantly denied the right to legal counsel by resorting to desperate and unbecoming move to disrupt communication between the lawyers and their clients. Lawyers for Liberty condemns the highhandedness of the behaviour of the MCMC officials in denying the basic right to legal counsel which is guaranteed under the Federal Constitution.

The lawyers were also informed by their clients that the questions posed by the MCMC officials were not relevant to the allegation leveled against Hanief .The questioning of Hanief's parents is a form of harassment and intimidation.

JK Khas Parlimen,Helah Penguasa Alih Tekanan Atas SPR

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim menuduh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak mahu mengalih tekanan ke atas Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya (SPR), dengan mengumumkan penubuhan jawatankuasa khas parlimen untuk mengkaji cadangan bagi mengadakan reformasi sistem pilihan raya negara ini.

Anwar berkata pada prinsipnya, Pakatan Rakyat bersetuju dengan penubuhan jawatankuasa tersebut, tetapi mendakwa kerajaan
Anwar mempunyai lebih banyak ‘sebab tidak elok’ untuk mengambil langkah berkenaan.

Semalam, Najib mengumumkan rancangan kerajaan menubuhkan jawatankuasa untuk membincangkan semua reformasi sistem pilihan raya yang diperlukan supaya tidak ada pihak lagi syak wasangka terdapat manipulasi kerajaan.

Anwar menegaskan bahawa pengumuman tersebut mencerminkan pengakuan bahawa Pakatan and BERSIH 2.0 adalah betul bahawa terdapat kecacatan yang serius dalam sistem pilihan raya negara.

"… (Najib) telah mengakui (BERSIH 2.0 betul), dan rakyat telah membayar harga untuk itu – dipukul dan semua itu,” katanya ketika dihubungi.

Katanya, isu sekarang ialah untuk kerajaan berusaha menjadikan SPR benar-benar bebas supaya suruhanjaya itu boleh mula memenuhi tanggungjawabnya.

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