Talking about a revolution
December 12, 2008
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.”
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.
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.