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Malaysiakini | Peguam Edmund Bon memberitahu hakim bahawa notis pengusiran JIM terhadap seorang pemimpin pembangkang Bangladesh boleh dianggap sebagai menghina mahkamah. Peguam memohon mahkamah mengarahkan JIM menarik balik notis pengusiran, atau membuat aku janji untuk tidak bertindak atas perintah pengusiran itu. Tegas Bon, kebimbangan itu bukanlah sesuatu yang remeh kerana sebelum ini pernah berlaku pengusiran individu oleh pihak berkuasa ketika permohonan pembebasan yang dikemukakan di mahkamah belum diputuskan.

Malaysiakini | Bangladeshi opposition politician MA Quayum’s lawyer Edmund Bon said he reserve the right to file a contempt application against the Immigration Department, adding that they cannot allow law enforcement to disobey court orders “willy-nilly”. Human rights organisation SUARAM alleged that Quayum’s detention was part of a systematic crackdown by the Bangladeshi government.

Scoop | Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has assured that the Immigration Department is committed to adhering to court directives against deporting Bangladeshi opposition politician M.A. Quayum, who is represented by lawyer Edmund Bon.

Astro Awani | Menteri Dalam Negeri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail memaklumkan JIM akan patuh dan menunggu keputusan mahkamah terhadap seorang pemimpin pembangkang Bangladesh, MA Quayum. Persetujuan JIM itu direkodkan di Mahkamah Tinggi KL melalui aku janji diberikan wakil dari Jabatan Undang-undang JIM, Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Nor Amalina Ismail. Peguam Quayum, Edmund Bon memohon aku janji berkenaan bagi membolehkan mereka menunggu keputusan permohonan habeas corpus ahli politik terbabit itu.

BFM | In light of a series of high-profile misconduct cases involving murder and rape by the police force in recent weeks, lawyer Edmund Bon shared about the role of the Independent Police Conduct Commission in tackling gross misconduct by the police and steps that need to be taken to enhance accountability within the law enforcement agency.

CNA | A slew of scandals involving the Malaysian police, including allegations against one for raping a foreign student, has cast the spotlight on the membership of an independent body tasked to probe complaints against the men in blue. Malaysian lawyer Edmund Bon said that the IPCC wields very limited power, and is in essence more of a referral commission.

BFM | South Africa is taking Israel to the International Court of Justice, claiming the Gaza attacks amount to genocide and are in contravention of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. BFM spoke to human rights lawyer Edmund Bon to understand the processes involved in this.

Free Malaysia Today | Following the Perak crisis in 2009 when three state assemblymen defected, the Federal Court ruled in 2010 that statutory declarations of elected representatives may be used to gauge support for a PM or state MB. Nevertheless, Edmund Bon, who was on the team of lawyers representing the ousted Perak MB, said a vote in Parliament is better as it will show clear support in numerical terms.