CodeBlue | Health and child rights NGOs have filed for a judicial review to stop the government’s removal of liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons List under the Poisons Act 1952. This would legalise any level of nicotine content and the sale of nicotine vape products to anyone, including underage children, due to the lack of regulation. Edmund Bon has been engaged as counsel for this case.
The Edge Malaysia | The KL High Court quashed a fine imposed on a company director for failing to appear before the SC, but upheld the one-day jail sentence and RM100,000 fine under section 32(8)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. Joshua Tay represented the accused.
Malaysiakini | The KL Sessions Court set the decision date on the former Bersatu information chief’s bid on the grounds that graft charges against him were defective after hearing oral submissions from counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad and the DPP.
Utusan Malaysia | Peguam Amer Hamzah Arshad berhujah, pertuduhan terhadap Wan Saiful Wan Jan hanya menyebut sekitar bulan tertentu tanpa menyertakan butiran yang lengkap bagi mengaitkan anak guamnya dengan kesalahan meminta dan menerima rasuah. Pertuduhan itu tidak berasas menyebabkan anak guamnya dinafikan hak untuk menyediakan pembelaan dan alibi.
The Edge Malaysia | Amer Hamzah argued that the application to strike out the charges can be made at any point in time and not just limited to the end of the prosecution’s stage of a trial. Should the court find the charges defective at the beginning of a case, the court has the discretion to give an order of DNAA.
Free Malaysia Today | Wan Saiful’s lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad told the Sessions Court the charges against his client were defective as the prosecution did not pinpoint the exact date the offences allegedly occurred. Amer asked for a DNAA until everything is in order under section 173(g) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Utusan Malaysia | 29 wanita warga China didakwa atas pertuduhan gagal mengemukakan dokumen perjalanan yang sah, di bawah seksyen 6(1)(c) ) Akta Imigresen 1959/1963 Pindaan 2002, dan tinggal lebih masa di negara ini, di bawah seksyen 15(1) akta yang sama. Peguam Siti Summaiyah Ahmad Jaafar mewakili kesemua tertuduh merayu agar anak guamnya dikenakan jaminan yang rendah.
Sinar Harian | Seramai 29 wanita warga China dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Majistret Seremban berasingan atas pertuduhan berada di negara ini tanpa pas yang sah dan tinggal lebih masa. Peguam Siti Summaiyah Ahmad Jaafar merayu kesemua tertuduh diberi jaminan atas alasan mereka mempunyai visa perubatan dan ketika ditahan pasport mereka masih belum tamat tempoh.
The Edge Malaysia | Revenue Group Bhd’s former director and co-founder has been charged in the Sessions Court with forgery of invoices and purchase orders. He claimed trial to all charges under section 468 of the Penal Code. Amer Hamzah Arshad and New Sin Yew represented the accused.
Free Malaysia Today | A businessman claimed trial in the sessions court here today on 12 charges of using false documents to cheat three firms of RM13 million. If found guilty, he faces a jail term of up to seven years and a fine. He was represented by lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad and New Sin Yew.
Securities Commission Malaysia & Bursa Malaysia | Effective 1 August 2023, first-time directors of Public Listed Companies and directors of listing and transfer applicants must complete a new onboarding programme on sustainability. Edmund Bon has been engaged to develop and deliver three modules (anti-corruption, labour practices and standards, and data privacy and security) for the programme.
Malay Mail | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad confirmed that Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd director Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul filed a notice to strike out a corruption charge against him. The charge did not meet the requirements for the offence under section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act, and failed to comply with the provisions of sections 152, 153, and 154 of the CPC.
New Straits Times | Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd managing director was charged with offering RM500,000 per year for 15 years to a Datuk for the benefit of the then communications and multimedia minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa. He has applied to quash the charge. Amer Hamzah Arshad appeared for the accused.
Free Malaysia Today | Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan has filed an application to strike out the bribery charges against him on grounds that they are defective, with no date and time. He faces up to 20 years’ jail and a fine of no less than five times the amount of gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted. He was represented by defence lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Berita Harian | Muhyiddin Yassin, ketika menjadi Perdana Menteri kelapan, didakwa menggunakan kedudukan beliau untuk suapan berjumlah RM232.5 juta daripada tiga syarikat. Beliau memohon untuk membatalkan empat tuduhan itu dan diwakili peguam bela, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, K. Kumaraendran, dan Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Sinar Harian | Amer Hamzah Arshad yang mewakili Wan Saiful Wan Jan berkata, pembelaan telah memfailkan permohonan bantahan awal terhadap pertuduhan suapan terhadap anak guamnya. Sudah berbulan-bulan Wan Saiful didakwa, tetapi pihak pendakwaan memerlukan lebih banyak masa untuk memberikan dokumen lengkap.
Bernama | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who represented Wan Saiful, told the Sessions Court that the defence has filed the application under section 173(g) of the CPC. Wan Saiful is seeking the court’s order for the two charges of soliciting and accepting bribes to be dismissed, on the grounds that the charges are defective.
The Edge Malaysia | Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan filed an application to strike out charges against him, stating that the charges don’t reveal any wrongdoing of bribery under section 16 (a)(A) of the MACC Act. Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said the charges with no specific date and time of the offence severely prejudice Wan Saiful’s constitutional right to a fair trial.
Malay Mail | What is the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984? Does it grant the home ministry power to legally seize watches? Human rights lawyer New Sin Yew explained that it was possible for a watch to be considered a “publication” according to the wide definitions under section 2, but this does not mean the seizures were legal.
Malaysiakini | Lawyer New Sin Yew said the home minister must first make an order that the Swatch Pride Collection is a “prohibited publication” and the order would then be open to challenge in court for being “irrational, arbitrary and unconstitutional”. This order must then be published in the gazette, before a raid can be carried out.
CodeBlue | Health and child rights NGOs have filed for a judicial review to stop the government’s removal of liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons List under the Poisons Act 1952. This would legalise any level of nicotine content and the sale of nicotine vape products to anyone, including underage children, due to the lack of regulation. Edmund Bon has been engaged as counsel for this case.
The Edge Malaysia | The KL High Court quashed a fine imposed on a company director for failing to appear before the SC, but upheld the one-day jail sentence and RM100,000 fine under section 32(8)(a) of the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. Joshua Tay represented the accused.
Malaysiakini | The KL Sessions Court set the decision date on the former Bersatu information chief’s bid on the grounds that graft charges against him were defective after hearing oral submissions from counsel Amer Hamzah Arshad and the DPP.
Utusan Malaysia | Peguam Amer Hamzah Arshad berhujah, pertuduhan terhadap Wan Saiful Wan Jan hanya menyebut sekitar bulan tertentu tanpa menyertakan butiran yang lengkap bagi mengaitkan anak guamnya dengan kesalahan meminta dan menerima rasuah. Pertuduhan itu tidak berasas menyebabkan anak guamnya dinafikan hak untuk menyediakan pembelaan dan alibi.
The Edge Malaysia | Amer Hamzah argued that the application to strike out the charges can be made at any point in time and not just limited to the end of the prosecution’s stage of a trial. Should the court find the charges defective at the beginning of a case, the court has the discretion to give an order of DNAA.
Free Malaysia Today | Wan Saiful’s lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad told the Sessions Court the charges against his client were defective as the prosecution did not pinpoint the exact date the offences allegedly occurred. Amer asked for a DNAA until everything is in order under section 173(g) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Utusan Malaysia | 29 wanita warga China didakwa atas pertuduhan gagal mengemukakan dokumen perjalanan yang sah, di bawah seksyen 6(1)(c) ) Akta Imigresen 1959/1963 Pindaan 2002, dan tinggal lebih masa di negara ini, di bawah seksyen 15(1) akta yang sama. Peguam Siti Summaiyah Ahmad Jaafar mewakili kesemua tertuduh merayu agar anak guamnya dikenakan jaminan yang rendah.
Sinar Harian | Seramai 29 wanita warga China dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Majistret Seremban berasingan atas pertuduhan berada di negara ini tanpa pas yang sah dan tinggal lebih masa. Peguam Siti Summaiyah Ahmad Jaafar merayu kesemua tertuduh diberi jaminan atas alasan mereka mempunyai visa perubatan dan ketika ditahan pasport mereka masih belum tamat tempoh.
The Edge Malaysia | Revenue Group Bhd’s former director and co-founder has been charged in the Sessions Court with forgery of invoices and purchase orders. He claimed trial to all charges under section 468 of the Penal Code. Amer Hamzah Arshad and New Sin Yew represented the accused.
Free Malaysia Today | A businessman claimed trial in the sessions court here today on 12 charges of using false documents to cheat three firms of RM13 million. If found guilty, he faces a jail term of up to seven years and a fine. He was represented by lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad and New Sin Yew.
Securities Commission Malaysia & Bursa Malaysia | Effective 1 August 2023, first-time directors of Public Listed Companies and directors of listing and transfer applicants must complete a new onboarding programme on sustainability. Edmund Bon has been engaged to develop and deliver three modules (anti-corruption, labour practices and standards, and data privacy and security) for the programme.
Malay Mail | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad confirmed that Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd director Abdul Hamid Shaikh Abdul filed a notice to strike out a corruption charge against him. The charge did not meet the requirements for the offence under section 16(b)(B) of the MACC Act, and failed to comply with the provisions of sections 152, 153, and 154 of the CPC.
New Straits Times | Hydroshoppe Sdn Bhd managing director was charged with offering RM500,000 per year for 15 years to a Datuk for the benefit of the then communications and multimedia minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa. He has applied to quash the charge. Amer Hamzah Arshad appeared for the accused.
Free Malaysia Today | Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan has filed an application to strike out the bribery charges against him on grounds that they are defective, with no date and time. He faces up to 20 years’ jail and a fine of no less than five times the amount of gratification, or RM10,000, whichever is higher, if convicted. He was represented by defence lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Berita Harian | Muhyiddin Yassin, ketika menjadi Perdana Menteri kelapan, didakwa menggunakan kedudukan beliau untuk suapan berjumlah RM232.5 juta daripada tiga syarikat. Beliau memohon untuk membatalkan empat tuduhan itu dan diwakili peguam bela, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, K. Kumaraendran, dan Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Sinar Harian | Amer Hamzah Arshad yang mewakili Wan Saiful Wan Jan berkata, pembelaan telah memfailkan permohonan bantahan awal terhadap pertuduhan suapan terhadap anak guamnya. Sudah berbulan-bulan Wan Saiful didakwa, tetapi pihak pendakwaan memerlukan lebih banyak masa untuk memberikan dokumen lengkap.
Bernama | Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad, who represented Wan Saiful, told the Sessions Court that the defence has filed the application under section 173(g) of the CPC. Wan Saiful is seeking the court’s order for the two charges of soliciting and accepting bribes to be dismissed, on the grounds that the charges are defective.
The Edge Malaysia | Tasek Gelugor MP Wan Saiful Wan Jan filed an application to strike out charges against him, stating that the charges don’t reveal any wrongdoing of bribery under section 16 (a)(A) of the MACC Act. Lawyer Amer Hamzah Arshad said the charges with no specific date and time of the offence severely prejudice Wan Saiful’s constitutional right to a fair trial.
Malay Mail | What is the Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984? Does it grant the home ministry power to legally seize watches? Human rights lawyer New Sin Yew explained that it was possible for a watch to be considered a “publication” according to the wide definitions under section 2, but this does not mean the seizures were legal.
Malaysiakini | Lawyer New Sin Yew said the home minister must first make an order that the Swatch Pride Collection is a “prohibited publication” and the order would then be open to challenge in court for being “irrational, arbitrary and unconstitutional”. This order must then be published in the gazette, before a raid can be carried out.
