New Straits Times | Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin’s legal team told the KL Sessions Court that the defence may consider filing a representation after studying documents from the prosecution. The former political secretary to the Prime Minister is represented by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad and Joshua Tay.
Harian Metro | Yusmadi Yusof, peguam bela kepada bekas Setiausaha Politik Kanan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd memaklumkan bahawa surat rasmi telah dihantar bagi menarik perhatian pihak Peguam Negara terhadap beberapa komen awam yang dikhuatiri boleh menjejaskan prinsip perbicaraan adil. Tertuduh juga diwakili oleh Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad dan Joshua Tay.
AICHR | The dialogue focused on General Comment No. 17, which elaborates on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts. Discussions sought to deepen understanding of the importance of Article 31 of the Convention, in harmony with Article 32 of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration under Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The Edge Malaysia | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon said a regional plan of action is being developed to address the implementation of the recently adopted ASEAN declaration on environmental rights. He added that more buy-in is needed from ASEAN sectoral bodies, such as the environmental and economic bodies at national levels, to ensure the declaration is realised effectively.
Malay Mail | Malaysia’s courts handed down several landmark rulings in 2025 that touched on Malaysians’ rights. New Sin Yew was legal counsel in some of the cases, which involved the freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, and right of stateless persons in Malaysia to legally marry and register their marriages.
AICHR | The AICHR regional consultation held on 15 and 16 December 2025 marked an important step in moving the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment from political commitment to structured and practical implementation.
Free Malaysia Today | The magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur acquitted rapper Namewee of a drug use charge after his negative urine test. His drug possession case has been fixed for mention on 19 Jan 2026. Namewee is represented by lawyer Joshua Tay.
The Star | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon shared how ASEAN can move beyond words and build mechanisms that make peace and development real for its people. Bon outlined, among others, AICHR’s proposals to optimise and scale up its people-facing coordination efforts.
Kompas | Para pemerhati menilai bahawa pilihan raya di Myanmar hanyalah sandiwara yang direka untuk mengekalkan kuasa tentera. Edmund Bon, Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR, berkata tiada sesiapa pun seharusnya mengiktiraf pilihan raya tersebut, tanpa mengira siapa pemenangnya. Menurutnya, pilihan raya itu malah boleh memburukkan lagi perang saudara dan keganasan terhadap orang awam.
Kompas | Observers believe that the upcoming election in Myanmar is a charade designed to maintain military power. Edmund Bon, Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR, said that no one should recognise the election, regardless of who the winner is, and cautioned that the election could actually lead to the worsening of civil war and violence against civilians.
AICHR | At the AICHR workshop, national and regional views were shared on the implementation of economic, social, and cultural rights through the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration and the UN 2030 Agenda for SDGs in supporting poverty eradication among ASEAN Member States.
Free Malaysia Today | Namewee’s lawyer Joshua Tay informed the magistrate’s court that the defence received Wee’s urine test report from the prosecution today, showing a negative result. Regarding Wee’s drug possession charge, Tay said the defence had yet to receive the new chemist report from the prosecution.
Bernama | Separate Magistrate’s Courts in Kuala Lumpur postponed the mention proceedings of two drug cases involving rapper Namewee after he was unable to attend court due to being infected with Influenza A. He is represented by lawyer Joshua Tay.
Malay Mail | Namewee’s lawyer Joshua Tay said the deputy public prosecutor has told the Magistrate’s Court that the chemist report for the Malaysian rapper’s drug use case has been completed. The drug use case is scheduled for mention next on December 22.
中国报 | 黄明志代表律师 Joshua Tay 披露，控方告知黄明志的尿液检测结果对毒品呈阴性反应，因此认为控方很大可能将会撤回其当事人面对的吸毒控罪。
中国报 | 大马著名歌手黄明志因身体抱恙，没有如期为他被控1项吸毒罪的案件，到推事庭为案件过堂出庭；其代表律师 Joshua Tay 要求推事，择定此案在其当事人病假结束后过堂。
AICHR | Discussions at AICHR’s regional consultation on 8 December 2025 built on the recent adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, with a strong focus on integrating disability inclusion into environmental and climate-related policymaking.
AICHR | At AICHR’s regional consultation on 9 December 2025, meaningful representation, lifelong learning, digital skills development, and private-sector engagement were identified as essential to ensuring the equal participation of persons with disabilities in a resilient and inclusive ASEAN.
KPWKM | The 5th Interface Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was held online on 11 December 2025, and co-chaired by Edmund Bon, Chair of AICHR, and Wan Noraidah binti Wan Mohd Zain, Chair of ACWC.
Ke Alaka’i | Panellist Edmund Bon, AICHR Chair for 2025, said promoting peace goes beyond addressing physical harm, as it also deals with how different groups are depicted and perceived. Being dehumanised, he explained, is cultural violence, while stripping individuals of their citizenship is structural. He urged for more discourse around the existence of structural and cultural violence, saying these types of devastating atrocities often go unnoticed.
New Straits Times | Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin’s legal team told the KL Sessions Court that the defence may consider filing a representation after studying documents from the prosecution. The former political secretary to the Prime Minister is represented by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad and Joshua Tay.
Harian Metro | Yusmadi Yusof, peguam bela kepada bekas Setiausaha Politik Kanan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd memaklumkan bahawa surat rasmi telah dihantar bagi menarik perhatian pihak Peguam Negara terhadap beberapa komen awam yang dikhuatiri boleh menjejaskan prinsip perbicaraan adil. Tertuduh juga diwakili oleh Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad dan Joshua Tay.
AICHR | The dialogue focused on General Comment No. 17, which elaborates on the right of the child to rest, leisure, play, recreational activities, cultural life and the arts. Discussions sought to deepen understanding of the importance of Article 31 of the Convention, in harmony with Article 32 of the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration under Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
The Edge Malaysia | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon said a regional plan of action is being developed to address the implementation of the recently adopted ASEAN declaration on environmental rights. He added that more buy-in is needed from ASEAN sectoral bodies, such as the environmental and economic bodies at national levels, to ensure the declaration is realised effectively.
Malay Mail | Malaysia’s courts handed down several landmark rulings in 2025 that touched on Malaysians’ rights. New Sin Yew was legal counsel in some of the cases, which involved the freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly, and right of stateless persons in Malaysia to legally marry and register their marriages.
AICHR | The AICHR regional consultation held on 15 and 16 December 2025 marked an important step in moving the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment from political commitment to structured and practical implementation.
Free Malaysia Today | The magistrate’s court in Kuala Lumpur acquitted rapper Namewee of a drug use charge after his negative urine test. His drug possession case has been fixed for mention on 19 Jan 2026. Namewee is represented by lawyer Joshua Tay.
The Star | AICHR Chair Edmund Bon shared how ASEAN can move beyond words and build mechanisms that make peace and development real for its people. Bon outlined, among others, AICHR’s proposals to optimise and scale up its people-facing coordination efforts.
Kompas | Para pemerhati menilai bahawa pilihan raya di Myanmar hanyalah sandiwara yang direka untuk mengekalkan kuasa tentera. Edmund Bon, Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR, berkata tiada sesiapa pun seharusnya mengiktiraf pilihan raya tersebut, tanpa mengira siapa pemenangnya. Menurutnya, pilihan raya itu malah boleh memburukkan lagi perang saudara dan keganasan terhadap orang awam.
Kompas | Observers believe that the upcoming election in Myanmar is a charade designed to maintain military power. Edmund Bon, Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR, said that no one should recognise the election, regardless of who the winner is, and cautioned that the election could actually lead to the worsening of civil war and violence against civilians.
AICHR | At the AICHR workshop, national and regional views were shared on the implementation of economic, social, and cultural rights through the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration and the UN 2030 Agenda for SDGs in supporting poverty eradication among ASEAN Member States.
Free Malaysia Today | Namewee’s lawyer Joshua Tay informed the magistrate’s court that the defence received Wee’s urine test report from the prosecution today, showing a negative result. Regarding Wee’s drug possession charge, Tay said the defence had yet to receive the new chemist report from the prosecution.
Bernama | Separate Magistrate’s Courts in Kuala Lumpur postponed the mention proceedings of two drug cases involving rapper Namewee after he was unable to attend court due to being infected with Influenza A. He is represented by lawyer Joshua Tay.
Malay Mail | Namewee’s lawyer Joshua Tay said the deputy public prosecutor has told the Magistrate’s Court that the chemist report for the Malaysian rapper’s drug use case has been completed. The drug use case is scheduled for mention next on December 22.
中国报 | 黄明志代表律师 Joshua Tay 披露，控方告知黄明志的尿液检测结果对毒品呈阴性反应，因此认为控方很大可能将会撤回其当事人面对的吸毒控罪。
中国报 | 大马著名歌手黄明志因身体抱恙，没有如期为他被控1项吸毒罪的案件，到推事庭为案件过堂出庭；其代表律师 Joshua Tay 要求推事，择定此案在其当事人病假结束后过堂。
AICHR | Discussions at AICHR’s regional consultation on 8 December 2025 built on the recent adoption of the ASEAN Declaration on the Right to a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, with a strong focus on integrating disability inclusion into environmental and climate-related policymaking.
AICHR | At AICHR’s regional consultation on 9 December 2025, meaningful representation, lifelong learning, digital skills development, and private-sector engagement were identified as essential to ensuring the equal participation of persons with disabilities in a resilient and inclusive ASEAN.
KPWKM | The 5th Interface Meeting of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) with the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) was held online on 11 December 2025, and co-chaired by Edmund Bon, Chair of AICHR, and Wan Noraidah binti Wan Mohd Zain, Chair of ACWC.
Ke Alaka’i | Panellist Edmund Bon, AICHR Chair for 2025, said promoting peace goes beyond addressing physical harm, as it also deals with how different groups are depicted and perceived. Being dehumanised, he explained, is cultural violence, while stripping individuals of their citizenship is structural. He urged for more discourse around the existence of structural and cultural violence, saying these types of devastating atrocities often go unnoticed.
