Edmund Bon

Malaysiakini | MA Quayum yang diwakili peguam Edmund Bon menjadi pelarian di Malaysia sejak 2015 di bawah program Malaysia My Second Home. Bagaimanapun, pada 12 Jan lepas, dia ditahan dalam operasi bersama polis Malaysia dan Perisikan Keselamatan Negara Bangladesh di kediamannya di Ampang. Menurut salinan penghakiman persetujuan, pihak berkuasa Malaysia bersetuju membatalkan perintah bertarikh 24 Jan bagi penangkapan dan pengusiran Quayum.

Malaysiakini | The refugee filed an affidavit in support of a civil court action to obtain a prohibition order against the Home Minister and others from deporting him. He claimed the Bangladeshi administration filed politically motivated cases against him and harassed his family. Counsel Edmund Bon said the judicial review leave application has been vacated to another date.

Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom | FNF extended their congratulations to Edmund Bon on his appointment as the representative to the AICHR for the 2024-2026 term. Since 2021, Edmund has been collaborating closely with FNF to advance the Business and Human Rights agenda in Southeast Asia.

Wisma Putra Facebook Page | Foreign Minister Dato’ Seri Utama Haji Mohamad bin Haji Hasan met with newly appointed AICHR Representative Edmund Bon to discuss the importance of the role in advancing AICHR’s agenda and to explore potential initiatives to be taken under AICHR during ASEAN-Malaysia 2025.

BFM | BFM discussed what judges take into account when deciding a sentence and the state of access to justice in our legal system with lawyer Edmund Bon.

The Daily Star | The Shah Alam High Court ruled that an interim injunction should not be granted if the defendants were to justify the alleged defamatory statements at the trial. Lead defense counsel Edmund Bon lauded the “resounding victory” for human rights advocates, defenders, and vulnerable groups, who face personal danger and persecution by those who hold great power and have immense resources.

Berita Harian | Mahkamah Persekutuan meringankan hukuman mati ke atas seorang lelaki yang membunuh ahli perniagaan Australia kelahiran Jerman lebih dua dekad lalu kepada penjara 35 tahun. Peguam tertuduh, Edmund Bon, berkata hukuman mati harus dikhaskan hanya untuk kes paling jarang berlaku seperti pembunuhan bersiri atau rogol dan pembunuhan bayi.

Venture Capital Post | Justice Zabariah Yusof ordered 39-year-old Low Kian Boon to be given 12 strokes of the rotan for killing German-born Australian businessman Hans Herzog. Human rights lawyer Edmund Bon said that the death penalty should only be used for serial killers, rapists, murderers of babies, and other rarest of cases.

Malaysiakini | This case was brought before the apex court under the Revision of the Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Act 2023, following the abolition of the mandatory death penalty. Lawyer Edmund Bon asked the court to impose a jail term of between 30 and 32 years on his client, as the latter had already spent more than 20 years behind bars.

Free Malaysia Today | A youth who committed murder at 18 more than two decades ago has had his death sentence commuted to a 35-year jail term by the Federal Court. His lawyer, Edmund Bon, had argued, when the mandatory death penalty was abolished, Parliament intended for judges to lean in favour of the presumption of life, subject to extenuating circumstances.