Free Malaysia Today | A key agenda item for AICHR’s upcoming Special Meeting 1/2025 will be deliberations on measures to support a comprehensive and effective whole-of ASEAN response to the March 28 earthquake. An initiative to develop ASEAN conceptual frameworks on peace and conflict prevention, management, and transformation is also on the agenda.
BFM | A dispute between YP Olio Sdn Bhd and the Temoq Orang Asli community in Pahang has ended with a landmark settlement. Lawyer New Sin Yew, who represented the community, shared insights into the 728-hectare land agreement and ongoing efforts to protect the rights of Orang Asli.
Scoop | AICHR urged the safe, swift and uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid and relief services to all affected communities without disruption and discrimination, in line with international humanitarian response principles. AICHR Chair Edmund Bon added that human rights need to be prioritised, and internet restrictions should be lifted for a more open flow of information.
AICHR | AICHR emphasised that it is important that humanitarian assistance reaches all affected communities and areas equitably and indiscriminately without delay, with special attention to vulnerable and marginalised populations. Human rights must be upheld during emergency responses, and aid must be distributed equitably.
Free Malaysia Today | AICHR said it is vital for human rights to be upheld and aid to be distributed equitably to victims of the deadly earthquake in Myanmar. AICHR Chair Edmund Bon said there should be a humanitarian pause and ceasefire, for relief efforts to be more effective.
Free Malaysia Today | Seven Orang Asli from the Temoq tribe in Rompin settled a class action lawsuit brought against private company YP Olio Sdn Bhd and the Pahang government, and a consent judgment between the villagers and YP Olio was recorded in the High Court. New Sin Yew was one of the lawyers who represented the villagers.
BFM | The Madani Government is setting up a committee to review three major pieces of criminal legislation with an 18-month timeframe. Lawyer Edmund Bon of AmerBON, Advocates spoke to BFM about the key areas of reform that need urgent attention.
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat | Tujuan utama kunjungan hormat ini diadakan adalah untuk meneroka peluang kerjasama di antara ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) dan AICHR.
Free Malaysia Today | Amer Hamzah Arshad has been appointed to serve as a member of a committee that will identify provisions in the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, and Evidence Act that are outdated or no longer suitable. Federal Court judge Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal will head the 25-member committee, which will also propose reforms to these laws.
AICHR | The workshop provided a platform for government officials, national human rights institutions, civil society organisations, and external partners to exchange experiences, lessons learned, and best practices on implementing human rights treaties.
Free Malaysia Today | The High Court held that the Peaceful Assembly Act did not allow the police to stop an assembly — the Malaysian Bar’s “walk for judicial independence” — from being held. New Sin Yew, the Bar’s lawyer, informed the court that the Bar was only demanding RM1 as nominal damages since the suit was being brought as a matter of principle.
Malay Mail | The High Court ruled that the police had acted ultra vires (beyond powers) to impose a condition that absolutely prohibited the Bar Council’s assembly and march, dubbed the Walk for Judicial Independence, in 2022. The suit was filed through Messrs AmerBON, and New Sin Yew acted for the Malaysian Bar.
New Straits Times | Malaysian Bar President Mohamed Ezri Abdul Wahab said that the High Court decision regarding the Bar Council’s march for judicial independence in 2022 reaffirmed the fundamental right to peaceful assembly and served as an important precedent in upholding constitutional freedoms. Lawyer New Sin Yew acted for the plaintiffs.
The Jakarta Post | There are high expectations that the rights of indigenous peoples in ASEAN will be strengthened in the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights, currently being discussed by AICHR under Malaysia’s chairmanship. Advocacy groups are looking to AICHR Chair Edmund Bon to ensure that the new declaration will be fully centred on these rights and on environmental protection.
The Edge Malaysia | The Court of Appeal substituted the High Court decision that acquitted former Aker Engineering Malaysia manager Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman over a charge of giving false material information to SSM, with a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA). Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Michael Cheah acted for Ahmad Hatta.
The Edge Malaysia | Amer Hamzah Arshad, who appeared with Joshua Tay and Lee Yee Woei for S. Nimalan, said that his client could not be found guilty of the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kevin Morais. At most, S. Nimalan could be involved in the offence of abduction or disposing of evidence.
Monash University | Edmund Bon, Chair of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, encouraged the research team to make a formal submission of the research findings to AICHR and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
Harian Metro | Mahkamah Rayuan mengembalikan keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen yang menjatuhkan hukuman penjara sehari dan denda berjumlah RM2.25 juta terhadap Amirruddin Nin, bekas pengarah CTB Solutions Sdn Bhd kerana gagal menghadiri siasatan oleh Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia. Peguam Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay H’ng Foong dan Lee Yee Woei mewakili Amirruddin.
New Straits Times | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said no one emerged victorious in the case of six former UPNM students convicted for the death of a navy cadet officer. The six avoided the death penalty when the Federal Court upheld the High Court’s 18-year jail term for causing Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain’s death.
Malaysia Gazette | Pada 2 November 2021, Mahkamah Tinggi menjatuhkan hukuman penjara 18 tahun terhadap semua enam bekas pelajar UPNM itu, selepas mendapati mereka bersalah kerana menyebabkan kematian Zulfarhan tanpa niat membunuhnya.
Free Malaysia Today | A key agenda item for AICHR’s upcoming Special Meeting 1/2025 will be deliberations on measures to support a comprehensive and effective whole-of ASEAN response to the March 28 earthquake. An initiative to develop ASEAN conceptual frameworks on peace and conflict prevention, management, and transformation is also on the agenda.
BFM | A dispute between YP Olio Sdn Bhd and the Temoq Orang Asli community in Pahang has ended with a landmark settlement. Lawyer New Sin Yew, who represented the community, shared insights into the 728-hectare land agreement and ongoing efforts to protect the rights of Orang Asli.
Scoop | AICHR urged the safe, swift and uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid and relief services to all affected communities without disruption and discrimination, in line with international humanitarian response principles. AICHR Chair Edmund Bon added that human rights need to be prioritised, and internet restrictions should be lifted for a more open flow of information.
AICHR | AICHR emphasised that it is important that humanitarian assistance reaches all affected communities and areas equitably and indiscriminately without delay, with special attention to vulnerable and marginalised populations. Human rights must be upheld during emergency responses, and aid must be distributed equitably.
Free Malaysia Today | AICHR said it is vital for human rights to be upheld and aid to be distributed equitably to victims of the deadly earthquake in Myanmar. AICHR Chair Edmund Bon said there should be a humanitarian pause and ceasefire, for relief efforts to be more effective.
Free Malaysia Today | Seven Orang Asli from the Temoq tribe in Rompin settled a class action lawsuit brought against private company YP Olio Sdn Bhd and the Pahang government, and a consent judgment between the villagers and YP Olio was recorded in the High Court. New Sin Yew was one of the lawyers who represented the villagers.
BFM | The Madani Government is setting up a committee to review three major pieces of criminal legislation with an 18-month timeframe. Lawyer Edmund Bon of AmerBON, Advocates spoke to BFM about the key areas of reform that need urgent attention.
Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat | Tujuan utama kunjungan hormat ini diadakan adalah untuk meneroka peluang kerjasama di antara ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) dan AICHR.
Free Malaysia Today | Amer Hamzah Arshad has been appointed to serve as a member of a committee that will identify provisions in the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, and Evidence Act that are outdated or no longer suitable. Federal Court judge Harmindar Singh Dhaliwal will head the 25-member committee, which will also propose reforms to these laws.
AICHR | The workshop provided a platform for government officials, national human rights institutions, civil society organisations, and external partners to exchange experiences, lessons learned, and best practices on implementing human rights treaties.
Free Malaysia Today | The High Court held that the Peaceful Assembly Act did not allow the police to stop an assembly — the Malaysian Bar’s “walk for judicial independence” — from being held. New Sin Yew, the Bar’s lawyer, informed the court that the Bar was only demanding RM1 as nominal damages since the suit was being brought as a matter of principle.
Malay Mail | The High Court ruled that the police had acted ultra vires (beyond powers) to impose a condition that absolutely prohibited the Bar Council’s assembly and march, dubbed the Walk for Judicial Independence, in 2022. The suit was filed through Messrs AmerBON, and New Sin Yew acted for the Malaysian Bar.
New Straits Times | Malaysian Bar President Mohamed Ezri Abdul Wahab said that the High Court decision regarding the Bar Council’s march for judicial independence in 2022 reaffirmed the fundamental right to peaceful assembly and served as an important precedent in upholding constitutional freedoms. Lawyer New Sin Yew acted for the plaintiffs.
The Jakarta Post | There are high expectations that the rights of indigenous peoples in ASEAN will be strengthened in the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights, currently being discussed by AICHR under Malaysia’s chairmanship. Advocacy groups are looking to AICHR Chair Edmund Bon to ensure that the new declaration will be fully centred on these rights and on environmental protection.
The Edge Malaysia | The Court of Appeal substituted the High Court decision that acquitted former Aker Engineering Malaysia manager Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman over a charge of giving false material information to SSM, with a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA). Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Michael Cheah acted for Ahmad Hatta.
The Edge Malaysia | Amer Hamzah Arshad, who appeared with Joshua Tay and Lee Yee Woei for S. Nimalan, said that his client could not be found guilty of the murder of deputy public prosecutor Datuk Kevin Morais. At most, S. Nimalan could be involved in the offence of abduction or disposing of evidence.
Monash University | Edmund Bon, Chair of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, encouraged the research team to make a formal submission of the research findings to AICHR and the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC).
Harian Metro | Mahkamah Rayuan mengembalikan keputusan Mahkamah Sesyen yang menjatuhkan hukuman penjara sehari dan denda berjumlah RM2.25 juta terhadap Amirruddin Nin, bekas pengarah CTB Solutions Sdn Bhd kerana gagal menghadiri siasatan oleh Suruhanjaya Sekuriti Malaysia. Peguam Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay H’ng Foong dan Lee Yee Woei mewakili Amirruddin.
New Straits Times | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said no one emerged victorious in the case of six former UPNM students convicted for the death of a navy cadet officer. The six avoided the death penalty when the Federal Court upheld the High Court’s 18-year jail term for causing Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain’s death.
Malaysia Gazette | Pada 2 November 2021, Mahkamah Tinggi menjatuhkan hukuman penjara 18 tahun terhadap semua enam bekas pelajar UPNM itu, selepas mendapati mereka bersalah kerana menyebabkan kematian Zulfarhan tanpa niat membunuhnya.
