Free Malaysia Today | Several lawyers have voiced their support for Bar Council member Edmund Bon who criticised the council for being toothless and not standing up for the rights of the people. Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said, “The ear of a leader must ring with the voices of the people.”
Free Malaysia Today | Since it was launched in July last year, the national campaign by the Bar Council to bring the Federal Constitution to the people has “taken on a life of its own”. Edmund Bon, the lawyer-activist who heads the campaign, said in spite of differences in ideology and opinion, everyone agreed that the people have to be educated on the Federal Constitution.
Free Malaysia Today | LoyarBurokker and Constitutional Law Committee chairperson, Edmund Bon, spoke to Free Malaysia Today about his frustration with the Bar Council’s failure to effectively voice out against injustices in the nation and take care of its fellow lawyers. Bon also revealed that this will be his last term in the Bar Council.
M Star | Pihak pendakwaan telah menarik balik rayuannya terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi yang memerintahkan supaya kes dakwaan memandu secara melulu dan berbahaya dibicarakan semula. Keputusan pihak pendakwaan itu adalah akibat daripada representasi daripada peguam pihak tertuduh, Edmund Bon, kepada Pejabat Peguam Negara.
The Star | The MyConstitution campaign was mooted by the Bar Council to educate and empower the people and to create greater awareness about the Federal Constitution. Constitutional Law Committee Chairman Edmund Bon said the campaign will also cover the roles, functions, and powers of constitutional institutions such as the legislature, the executive, the judiciary, the monarchy, and the public service.
The Nut Graph | The Fairly Current Show host Fahmi Fadzil spoke with human rights lawyer Edmund Bon about legislation that allows for detention without trial. Edmund explained that many more Malaysians were detained without trial under the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance and the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act, not under the Internal Security Act.
LoyarBurok | After losing two cases against two of LoyarBurok’s founding members, the AGC wised up and withdrew the charge without tendering a witness. Who dares claim the AGC is not improving?
LoyarBurok | On 9 December 2007, World Human Rights Day, the Malaysian government arrested and charged a few lawyers and politicians for being members of an unlawful assembly despite knowing of a command to disperse. They arrested and charged founding LoyarBurokker, Amer Hamzah Arshad, along with six others. So of course, the Attorney General lost the case.
Bernama | Majlis Peguam telah menghantar memorandum bantahan kepada Polis Diraja Malaysia atas insiden salah guna kuasa. Amer Hamzah Arshad, yang mewakili pelakon Khaireyll Benjamin Ibrahim, mendakwa beberapa orang lelaki telah menahan dan menghalangnya daripada melakukan tugas sebagai peguam apabila anak guamnya ditahan semula selepas mengikat jamin.
Malaysiakini | Ten law students including second-year law student Joshua Tay have joined the Bar Council’s Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC), led by lawyer Edmund Bon, for its MyConstitution Campaign to create awareness on the Federal Constitution.
Malay Mail | A two-year nationwide MyConstitution Campaign has been planned and is ready to be launched by the Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC), formed in July 2009 and headed by Edmund Bon. The focus of the campaign is to explain important concepts and themes of the Federal Constitution, including the relationship between the federal government and state governments, and the rights and fundamental liberties protected under the Constitution.
LoyarBurok | Edmund Bon was charged for driving under the influence of alcohol pursuant to section 45A(1) the Road Transport Act 1987 (RTA87). Amer Hamzah Arshad defended him and successfully persuaded the Magistrate. The AGC came close to proving a prima facie case against Edmund but eventually lost it. Sections 45A, 45B, and 45C of the RTA87 were considered at length.
Malaysiakini | The KL Sessions Court acquitted seven people, including lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, for participating in an alleged illegal human rights march two years ago, and for disobeying police orders to disperse. The judge stated that the oral permission granted by the police was consequentially sufficient to meet and satisfy the requirements of section 27(2) of the Police Act.
Off The Edge | Amer Hamzah Arshad on what is to be done. “We should have a revolution in our legal system. A revolution of the mindset: lawyers, judges, all of us have to go through it.”
Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon spoke to Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob in a no-holds-barred interview about human rights, detention without trial, internet censorship, communal interests, the Bar Council, cultural relativism, and Malaysian politics.
The Star | The Shah Alam High Court set aside the conviction of a woman whose car ploughed into several diners outside a restaurant in Petaling Jaya five years ago, killing a sales promoter, and ordered a retrial of her reckless driving charge. Counsel Edmund Bon sought an adjournment to seek instructions from his client.
New Sunday Times | With so many pressing causes to fight for, the last thing Edmund Bon Tai Soon, the youngest legal counsel on the Bar Council of Malaysia, wants is to bring the spotlight to himself, writes Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal.
Singapore Democratic Party | An interview with Edmund Bon, then chair of the Human Rights Committee in the Malaysian Bar, on the use of non-violent action – litigation, demonstration and legislation – to effect political change.
The Star | The Bar Council will lodge a report at the Dang Wangi police station today against City Hall officers for manhandling human rights lawyer Edmund Bon, removing banners placed at the council’s premises, and trespassing. Edmund tried to stop the officers from removing the banners.
The Malaysian Bar | At the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where lawyers were charged over the Human Rights Day events, the entire Bar was kept apprised of the proceedings in court by minute-to-minute real-time reporting. Edmund Bon was released on RM1,000 bail while others, including Amer Hamzah Arshad, were released on RM2,000 bail.
Free Malaysia Today | Several lawyers have voiced their support for Bar Council member Edmund Bon who criticised the council for being toothless and not standing up for the rights of the people. Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said, “The ear of a leader must ring with the voices of the people.”
Free Malaysia Today | Since it was launched in July last year, the national campaign by the Bar Council to bring the Federal Constitution to the people has “taken on a life of its own”. Edmund Bon, the lawyer-activist who heads the campaign, said in spite of differences in ideology and opinion, everyone agreed that the people have to be educated on the Federal Constitution.
Free Malaysia Today | LoyarBurokker and Constitutional Law Committee chairperson, Edmund Bon, spoke to Free Malaysia Today about his frustration with the Bar Council’s failure to effectively voice out against injustices in the nation and take care of its fellow lawyers. Bon also revealed that this will be his last term in the Bar Council.
M Star | Pihak pendakwaan telah menarik balik rayuannya terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi yang memerintahkan supaya kes dakwaan memandu secara melulu dan berbahaya dibicarakan semula. Keputusan pihak pendakwaan itu adalah akibat daripada representasi daripada peguam pihak tertuduh, Edmund Bon, kepada Pejabat Peguam Negara.
The Star | The MyConstitution campaign was mooted by the Bar Council to educate and empower the people and to create greater awareness about the Federal Constitution. Constitutional Law Committee Chairman Edmund Bon said the campaign will also cover the roles, functions, and powers of constitutional institutions such as the legislature, the executive, the judiciary, the monarchy, and the public service.
The Nut Graph | The Fairly Current Show host Fahmi Fadzil spoke with human rights lawyer Edmund Bon about legislation that allows for detention without trial. Edmund explained that many more Malaysians were detained without trial under the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance and the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act, not under the Internal Security Act.
LoyarBurok | After losing two cases against two of LoyarBurok’s founding members, the AGC wised up and withdrew the charge without tendering a witness. Who dares claim the AGC is not improving?
LoyarBurok | On 9 December 2007, World Human Rights Day, the Malaysian government arrested and charged a few lawyers and politicians for being members of an unlawful assembly despite knowing of a command to disperse. They arrested and charged founding LoyarBurokker, Amer Hamzah Arshad, along with six others. So of course, the Attorney General lost the case.
Bernama | Majlis Peguam telah menghantar memorandum bantahan kepada Polis Diraja Malaysia atas insiden salah guna kuasa. Amer Hamzah Arshad, yang mewakili pelakon Khaireyll Benjamin Ibrahim, mendakwa beberapa orang lelaki telah menahan dan menghalangnya daripada melakukan tugas sebagai peguam apabila anak guamnya ditahan semula selepas mengikat jamin.
Malaysiakini | Ten law students including second-year law student Joshua Tay have joined the Bar Council’s Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC), led by lawyer Edmund Bon, for its MyConstitution Campaign to create awareness on the Federal Constitution.
Malay Mail | A two-year nationwide MyConstitution Campaign has been planned and is ready to be launched by the Constitutional Law Committee (ConstiLC), formed in July 2009 and headed by Edmund Bon. The focus of the campaign is to explain important concepts and themes of the Federal Constitution, including the relationship between the federal government and state governments, and the rights and fundamental liberties protected under the Constitution.
LoyarBurok | Edmund Bon was charged for driving under the influence of alcohol pursuant to section 45A(1) the Road Transport Act 1987 (RTA87). Amer Hamzah Arshad defended him and successfully persuaded the Magistrate. The AGC came close to proving a prima facie case against Edmund but eventually lost it. Sections 45A, 45B, and 45C of the RTA87 were considered at length.
Malaysiakini | The KL Sessions Court acquitted seven people, including lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, for participating in an alleged illegal human rights march two years ago, and for disobeying police orders to disperse. The judge stated that the oral permission granted by the police was consequentially sufficient to meet and satisfy the requirements of section 27(2) of the Police Act.
Off The Edge | Amer Hamzah Arshad on what is to be done. “We should have a revolution in our legal system. A revolution of the mindset: lawyers, judges, all of us have to go through it.”
Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon spoke to Imran Imtiaz Shah Yacob in a no-holds-barred interview about human rights, detention without trial, internet censorship, communal interests, the Bar Council, cultural relativism, and Malaysian politics.
The Star | The Shah Alam High Court set aside the conviction of a woman whose car ploughed into several diners outside a restaurant in Petaling Jaya five years ago, killing a sales promoter, and ordered a retrial of her reckless driving charge. Counsel Edmund Bon sought an adjournment to seek instructions from his client.
New Sunday Times | With so many pressing causes to fight for, the last thing Edmund Bon Tai Soon, the youngest legal counsel on the Bar Council of Malaysia, wants is to bring the spotlight to himself, writes Intan Maizura Ahmad Kamal.
Singapore Democratic Party | An interview with Edmund Bon, then chair of the Human Rights Committee in the Malaysian Bar, on the use of non-violent action – litigation, demonstration and legislation – to effect political change.
The Star | The Bar Council will lodge a report at the Dang Wangi police station today against City Hall officers for manhandling human rights lawyer Edmund Bon, removing banners placed at the council’s premises, and trespassing. Edmund tried to stop the officers from removing the banners.
The Malaysian Bar | At the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court where lawyers were charged over the Human Rights Day events, the entire Bar was kept apprised of the proceedings in court by minute-to-minute real-time reporting. Edmund Bon was released on RM1,000 bail while others, including Amer Hamzah Arshad, were released on RM2,000 bail.
