New Straits Times | Gay is OK! publisher Gerakbudaya Enterprise and author Ngeo Boon Lin filed a judicial review leave application to revoke the ban order dated Nov 27 last year, represented by lawyers Edmund Bon and Michael Cheah.
The Sun Daily | The High Court judge said the government failed to show evidence of prejudice to public order by the book. A total ban under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, without the author being given the right to be heard to counter the allegations against the book, is irrational and a violation of freedom of expression and fairness. Lawyers Edmund Bon and Michael Cheah represented the
Malaysiakini | Lawyer Michael Cheah confirmed that judge Noorin Badaruddin allowed the judicial review application by his two clients. He said the court ruled that there was no evidence and/or factual basis for the home minister’s justification for the ban, and the government failed to give the author the right to be heard.
Malaysiakini | Peguam Michael Cheah mengesahkan bahawa Hakim Noorin Badaruddin membenarkan permohonan semakan kehakiman oleh pengarang buku Ngeo Boon Lin serta penerbit Gerakbudaya Enterprise untuk membatalkan perintah larangan ke atas buku Gay is OK!.
Malay Mail | According to the grounds of judgment shared by lawyer Michael Cheah, the KL High Court found that there was no “evidence or legal factual basis for the minister’s justification which forms the basis of the ban”. The court awarded RM5,000 in costs to the applicants.
The Vibes | The KL High Court allowed a legal challenge to the government’s prohibition of the book and ordered the Malaysian government and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin to pay RM5,000 in costs to the applicants. Lawyer Michael Cheah acknowledged tha the book can technically be sold again in the Malaysian market.
Free Malaysia Today | Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman pleaded not guilty to a charge under section 68 of the Companies Act of furnishing a false statement to SSM in June 2017. Hatta was represented by lawyers S. Devanandan and Amer Hamzah Arshad while Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Chin How appeared for the prosecution.
Kosmo | Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Mohamed Zaini Mazlan membenarkan permohonan bekas Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangladesh ke Malaysia Mohamed Khairuzzaman untuk mendapatkan perintah penggantungan sementara (interim) bagi menghalang Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia menghantarnya pulang ke negara asal. Peguam Edmund Bon mewakili Khairuzzaman.
Harian Metro | Bekas Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangladesh ke Malaysia, Mohamed Khairuzzaman, berjaya memperoleh perintah penggantungan sementara bagi menghalang Jabatan Imigresen menghantarnya pulang ke negara asal. Peguam Edmund Bon berkata penangguhan itu perlu dibenarkan kerana terdapat risiko anak guamnya dihantar pulang sebelum permohonan habeas corpus didengar pada 20 Mei.
The Daily Star | Former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohammed Khairuzzaman’s wife contended that his arrest was politically motivated by the Bangladesh government. His legal team including lawyer Edmund Bon said Khairuzzaman’s detention was unlawful as he was a political asylum seeker with a UNHCR card and had not committed any immigration violations.
The Business Standard | Lawyer of former Bangladeshi High Commissioner, Edmund Bon, brought up the issue of immigration officers deporting Myanmar detainees last year, despite a court order barring the government from doing so. “I hope the immigration (department) doesn’t take matters into their own hands,” Edmund said.
The Edge Markets | Counsel Edmund Bon, whose firm Messrs AmerBON filed a habeas corpus application to free the former Bangladeshi diplomat from detention, told the High Court that the lawyers did not have access to the detained man and that his family who are in the US were concerned over his safety.
Free Malaysia Today | In granting former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman’s application for an interim order against deportation, High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said: “I don’t want to hear that he has been deported against this court order that I have granted.” Khairuzzaman’s lawyer, Edmund Bon, had brought up the deportation of Myanmar detainees last year despite a court order.
Malaysiakini | Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan allowed Mohamed Khairuzzaman’s interim stay application against deportation following lawyer Edmund Bon saying there was a risk of his client being deported at any time. Khairuzzaman allegedly faced persecution in Bangladesh, and was arrested by Malaysian police despite being a recognised UNHCR refugee.
Malay Mail | The High Court warned the Immigration Department not to disobey an interim order granted by the court against the deportation of former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman. Khairuzzaman was represented by Edmund Bon, Ngeow Chow Ying, and Yew Ding Wei.
BFM | The CJ said in a speech that while a judge must remain apolitical when interpreting the Federal Constitution, they cannot afford to ignore politics; there is a difference between politics and political context. New Sin Yew gave his views on what this means, drawing from quotes by constitution expert Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi and author Lewis Carroll.
Malaysiakini | Penglibatan anak jutawan Dian Lee dalam MUDA telah mencetuskan perdebatan di media sosial. Setiausaha Agung MUDA Amira Aisya membalas, “Lazimnya, saya kagum terhadap mereka yang berkebolehan dalam MUDA tanpa ambil kira latar belakang mereka. Dian, Dr Thanussha, Afiqah Zulkifli, Beatrice Chin, Cikgu Ayu, dan ramai lagi wanita berkebolehan dalam MUDA. Saya bangga dapat bersama mereka.”
Malaysiakini | In response to criticism over the membership of Dian Lee, daughter of property tycoon Lee Kim Yew, in newly-formed youth-based political party MUDA, Secretary-General Amira Aisya Abd Aziz expressed her pride in working alongside all the capable women in the party, including Dian Lee, Dr Thanussha, Afiqah Zulkifli, Beatrice Chin, and Cikgu Ayu.
Sosialis | Peguam hak asasi manusia New Sin Yew dan Beatrice Chin mengutarakan bahawa dua orang pemandu lori mempunyai kelayakan untuk memfailkan tuntutan gaji, elaun, dan cuti di Jabatan Tenaga Kerja. Majikan tidak setuju dan membawa kes ini ke Mahkamah Tinggi dengan alasan mereka ialah kontraktor bebas, walaupun ciri-ciri kerja menunjukkan mereka lebih menyerupai pekerja.
Malaysiakini | Counsel Michael Cheah Ern Tien confirmed that the KL High Court has fixed Feb 22 for a decision on the judicial review bid by Ngeo Boon Lin and Gerakbudaya Enterprise over a book ban. The book’s author and publisher contended that the ban was irrational as there have been no untoward incidents since its publication eight years ago.
New Straits Times | Gay is OK! publisher Gerakbudaya Enterprise and author Ngeo Boon Lin filed a judicial review leave application to revoke the ban order dated Nov 27 last year, represented by lawyers Edmund Bon and Michael Cheah.
The Sun Daily | The High Court judge said the government failed to show evidence of prejudice to public order by the book. A total ban under the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984, without the author being given the right to be heard to counter the allegations against the book, is irrational and a violation of freedom of expression and fairness. Lawyers Edmund Bon and Michael Cheah represented the
Malaysiakini | Lawyer Michael Cheah confirmed that judge Noorin Badaruddin allowed the judicial review application by his two clients. He said the court ruled that there was no evidence and/or factual basis for the home minister’s justification for the ban, and the government failed to give the author the right to be heard.
Malaysiakini | Peguam Michael Cheah mengesahkan bahawa Hakim Noorin Badaruddin membenarkan permohonan semakan kehakiman oleh pengarang buku Ngeo Boon Lin serta penerbit Gerakbudaya Enterprise untuk membatalkan perintah larangan ke atas buku Gay is OK!.
Malay Mail | According to the grounds of judgment shared by lawyer Michael Cheah, the KL High Court found that there was no “evidence or legal factual basis for the minister’s justification which forms the basis of the ban”. The court awarded RM5,000 in costs to the applicants.
The Vibes | The KL High Court allowed a legal challenge to the government’s prohibition of the book and ordered the Malaysian government and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin to pay RM5,000 in costs to the applicants. Lawyer Michael Cheah acknowledged tha the book can technically be sold again in the Malaysian market.
Free Malaysia Today | Ahmad Hatta Kamaruzzaman pleaded not guilty to a charge under section 68 of the Companies Act of furnishing a false statement to SSM in June 2017. Hatta was represented by lawyers S. Devanandan and Amer Hamzah Arshad while Deputy Public Prosecutor Law Chin How appeared for the prosecution.
Kosmo | Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Mohamed Zaini Mazlan membenarkan permohonan bekas Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangladesh ke Malaysia Mohamed Khairuzzaman untuk mendapatkan perintah penggantungan sementara (interim) bagi menghalang Jabatan Imigresen Malaysia menghantarnya pulang ke negara asal. Peguam Edmund Bon mewakili Khairuzzaman.
Harian Metro | Bekas Pesuruhjaya Tinggi Bangladesh ke Malaysia, Mohamed Khairuzzaman, berjaya memperoleh perintah penggantungan sementara bagi menghalang Jabatan Imigresen menghantarnya pulang ke negara asal. Peguam Edmund Bon berkata penangguhan itu perlu dibenarkan kerana terdapat risiko anak guamnya dihantar pulang sebelum permohonan habeas corpus didengar pada 20 Mei.
The Daily Star | Former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohammed Khairuzzaman’s wife contended that his arrest was politically motivated by the Bangladesh government. His legal team including lawyer Edmund Bon said Khairuzzaman’s detention was unlawful as he was a political asylum seeker with a UNHCR card and had not committed any immigration violations.
The Business Standard | Lawyer of former Bangladeshi High Commissioner, Edmund Bon, brought up the issue of immigration officers deporting Myanmar detainees last year, despite a court order barring the government from doing so. “I hope the immigration (department) doesn’t take matters into their own hands,” Edmund said.
The Edge Markets | Counsel Edmund Bon, whose firm Messrs AmerBON filed a habeas corpus application to free the former Bangladeshi diplomat from detention, told the High Court that the lawyers did not have access to the detained man and that his family who are in the US were concerned over his safety.
Free Malaysia Today | In granting former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman’s application for an interim order against deportation, High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said: “I don’t want to hear that he has been deported against this court order that I have granted.” Khairuzzaman’s lawyer, Edmund Bon, had brought up the deportation of Myanmar detainees last year despite a court order.
Malaysiakini | Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan allowed Mohamed Khairuzzaman’s interim stay application against deportation following lawyer Edmund Bon saying there was a risk of his client being deported at any time. Khairuzzaman allegedly faced persecution in Bangladesh, and was arrested by Malaysian police despite being a recognised UNHCR refugee.
Malay Mail | The High Court warned the Immigration Department not to disobey an interim order granted by the court against the deportation of former Bangladeshi Ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman. Khairuzzaman was represented by Edmund Bon, Ngeow Chow Ying, and Yew Ding Wei.
BFM | The CJ said in a speech that while a judge must remain apolitical when interpreting the Federal Constitution, they cannot afford to ignore politics; there is a difference between politics and political context. New Sin Yew gave his views on what this means, drawing from quotes by constitution expert Prof Shad Saleem Faruqi and author Lewis Carroll.
Malaysiakini | Penglibatan anak jutawan Dian Lee dalam MUDA telah mencetuskan perdebatan di media sosial. Setiausaha Agung MUDA Amira Aisya membalas, “Lazimnya, saya kagum terhadap mereka yang berkebolehan dalam MUDA tanpa ambil kira latar belakang mereka. Dian, Dr Thanussha, Afiqah Zulkifli, Beatrice Chin, Cikgu Ayu, dan ramai lagi wanita berkebolehan dalam MUDA. Saya bangga dapat bersama mereka.”
Malaysiakini | In response to criticism over the membership of Dian Lee, daughter of property tycoon Lee Kim Yew, in newly-formed youth-based political party MUDA, Secretary-General Amira Aisya Abd Aziz expressed her pride in working alongside all the capable women in the party, including Dian Lee, Dr Thanussha, Afiqah Zulkifli, Beatrice Chin, and Cikgu Ayu.
Sosialis | Peguam hak asasi manusia New Sin Yew dan Beatrice Chin mengutarakan bahawa dua orang pemandu lori mempunyai kelayakan untuk memfailkan tuntutan gaji, elaun, dan cuti di Jabatan Tenaga Kerja. Majikan tidak setuju dan membawa kes ini ke Mahkamah Tinggi dengan alasan mereka ialah kontraktor bebas, walaupun ciri-ciri kerja menunjukkan mereka lebih menyerupai pekerja.
Malaysiakini | Counsel Michael Cheah Ern Tien confirmed that the KL High Court has fixed Feb 22 for a decision on the judicial review bid by Ngeo Boon Lin and Gerakbudaya Enterprise over a book ban. The book’s author and publisher contended that the ban was irrational as there have been no untoward incidents since its publication eight years ago.
