Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon, the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, said a lasting solution to the transboundary haze requires regional cooperation as national measures are insufficient on their own. He added that haze-related problems must be seen from a human rights lens.
Free Malaysia Today | The Malaysian Bar and four former Bar Council Office Bearers were awarded a total of RM59,449 in damages after the Court of Appeal found that police breached their constitutional rights by imposing unlawful restrictions on a 2022 march for judicial independence. The Bar’s legal team was led by New Sin Yew.
Berita Harian | Mahkamah membenarkan Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin, seorang pengerusi sebuah badan berkanun di Pulau Pinang, diikat jamin RM300,000 selepas beliau mengaku tidak bersalah atas 15 pertuduhan menerima rasuah berjumlah lebih RM800,000 antara Jun 2025 hingga Julai 2026. Pihak pembelaan tertuduh diketuai Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
New Straits Times | Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin was charged in the Sessions Court with 15 counts of corruption involving more than RM800,000 in bribes linked to a hostel construction project, and claimed trial to all the charges. His team of lawyers is led by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
The Edge Malaysia | PERDA chairman Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of receiving bribes totalling nearly RM850,000. The judge set bail at RM300,000 with one surety after the defence, led by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, objected to the high proposed bail amount of RM1 million, and proposed RM200,000 bail.
Utusan Malaysia | Pengerusi PERDA Datuk Dr. Shaik Hussein Mydin mengaku tidak bersalah ketika dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen Khas Rasuah atas 15 pertuduhan iaitu menerima suapan membabitkan projek pembinaan asrama berjumlah lebih RM800,000. Pasukan pembelaan beliau diketuai oleh Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Edmund Bon highlighted that measures to strengthen migrant workers’s rights include the development of an ASEAN framework for the meaningful participation of people in vulnerable situations; and ASEAN guidelines on business and human rights, and also for handling grievances.
AICHR | AICHR urged ASEAN Member States to strengthen the implementation of environmental laws and policies addressing activities that contribute to agricultural land, peatland, and forest fires. It stressed the responsibility of business enterprises and non-State actors to respect the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, shared the ASEAN Secretariat’s experience in supporting coordination among ASEAN’s organs, bodies, and mechanisms in developing ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future. Edmund Bon Tai Soon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
Astro Awani | Peguam Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad berkata permohonan untuk mencabar pertuduhan tidak mengisytiharkan harta yang dihadapi Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob akan difailkan selepas pihak pembelaan menerima dan meneliti semua dokumen berkaitan kes. Peguam Ismail Sabri termasuk Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
The Star | Lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad told the press that the application to challenge the charge against former PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob relating to an alleged failure to declare assets would be filed after the defence has received and studied the documents. The lawyers include Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Former PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s lead defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad said he hoped the prosecution can provide complete documents before the next case management, to ensure that any defence application can be filed in advance, but he did not disclose the nature of the potential application. The defence team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
The Star | Edmund Bon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, highlights that the haze illustrates the limitations of treating environmental harm as something confined within individual countries. The issue exposes where the non-interference principle breaks down despite ASEAN’s emphasis on unity, respect and collaboration.
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights | The high-level expert meeting provided a space to compare approaches to minority protection, identify common challenges and good practices, and explore opportunities for stronger cooperation between regional mechanisms themselves and with the United Nations.
AICHR | AICHR emphasises that persistent poverty, inequality, discrimination, exclusion, marginalisation, corruption, unequal access to justice and opportunities, and limited participation in public life heighten tensions and increase the risk of violence and instability. Addressing these underlying conditions is therefore integral to advancing sustainable peace.
Malay Mail | Defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad confirmed that the defence did not object to the prosecution’s application to stay the hearing of additional evidence from a key prosecution witness in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s corruption case. Rosmah’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s counsel, Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, said that the defence did not object to the stay application in order to ensure the entire process is done efficiently, and the prosecution had agreed to try to expedite the appeal at the apex court. Rosmah’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
Malay Mail | The High Court decided not to begin contempt of court proceedings against MACC investigation officer Mazery Mohd Zaini, as it accepted his explanation about his MACC colleague’s police report. Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, who was named in the police report, had earlier said he reserved his rights to take legal action against Mazery.
Sabah Media | Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, peguam Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, menegaskan bahawa pernyataan saksi yang dikemukakan dalam perbicaraan jenayah pemimpin itu diperoleh melalui saluran undang-undang yang sah, bukannya dicuri, dibocorkan atau diperoleh secara sulit. Pihak pembelaan Muhyiddin termasuk Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
Malay Mail | Former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad today told the High Court that an MACC officer had allegedly attempted to intimidate him and tarnish his reputation as a lawyer, based on the officer’s MACC colleague’s police report. Amer told the High Court that he is considering various legal actions, and reserves all his rights.
Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon, the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, said a lasting solution to the transboundary haze requires regional cooperation as national measures are insufficient on their own. He added that haze-related problems must be seen from a human rights lens.
Free Malaysia Today | The Malaysian Bar and four former Bar Council Office Bearers were awarded a total of RM59,449 in damages after the Court of Appeal found that police breached their constitutional rights by imposing unlawful restrictions on a 2022 march for judicial independence. The Bar’s legal team was led by New Sin Yew.
Berita Harian | Mahkamah membenarkan Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin, seorang pengerusi sebuah badan berkanun di Pulau Pinang, diikat jamin RM300,000 selepas beliau mengaku tidak bersalah atas 15 pertuduhan menerima rasuah berjumlah lebih RM800,000 antara Jun 2025 hingga Julai 2026. Pihak pembelaan tertuduh diketuai Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
New Straits Times | Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin was charged in the Sessions Court with 15 counts of corruption involving more than RM800,000 in bribes linked to a hostel construction project, and claimed trial to all the charges. His team of lawyers is led by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
The Edge Malaysia | PERDA chairman Datuk Dr Shaik Hussein Mydin pleaded not guilty to 15 counts of receiving bribes totalling nearly RM850,000. The judge set bail at RM300,000 with one surety after the defence, led by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, objected to the high proposed bail amount of RM1 million, and proposed RM200,000 bail.
Utusan Malaysia | Pengerusi PERDA Datuk Dr. Shaik Hussein Mydin mengaku tidak bersalah ketika dihadapkan ke Mahkamah Sesyen Khas Rasuah atas 15 pertuduhan iaitu menerima suapan membabitkan projek pembinaan asrama berjumlah lebih RM800,000. Pasukan pembelaan beliau diketuai oleh Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad.
Edmund Bon highlighted that measures to strengthen migrant workers’s rights include the development of an ASEAN framework for the meaningful participation of people in vulnerable situations; and ASEAN guidelines on business and human rights, and also for handling grievances.
AICHR | AICHR urged ASEAN Member States to strengthen the implementation of environmental laws and policies addressing activities that contribute to agricultural land, peatland, and forest fires. It stressed the responsibility of business enterprises and non-State actors to respect the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | The Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Political-Security Community, H.E. Dato’ Astanah Abdul Aziz, shared the ASEAN Secretariat’s experience in supporting coordination among ASEAN’s organs, bodies, and mechanisms in developing ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future. Edmund Bon Tai Soon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
Astro Awani | Peguam Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad berkata permohonan untuk mencabar pertuduhan tidak mengisytiharkan harta yang dihadapi Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob akan difailkan selepas pihak pembelaan menerima dan meneliti semua dokumen berkaitan kes. Peguam Ismail Sabri termasuk Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
The Star | Lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad told the press that the application to challenge the charge against former PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob relating to an alleged failure to declare assets would be filed after the defence has received and studied the documents. The lawyers include Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Former PM Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s lead defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad said he hoped the prosecution can provide complete documents before the next case management, to ensure that any defence application can be filed in advance, but he did not disclose the nature of the potential application. The defence team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
The Star | Edmund Bon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR, highlights that the haze illustrates the limitations of treating environmental harm as something confined within individual countries. The issue exposes where the non-interference principle breaks down despite ASEAN’s emphasis on unity, respect and collaboration.
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights | The high-level expert meeting provided a space to compare approaches to minority protection, identify common challenges and good practices, and explore opportunities for stronger cooperation between regional mechanisms themselves and with the United Nations.
AICHR | AICHR emphasises that persistent poverty, inequality, discrimination, exclusion, marginalisation, corruption, unequal access to justice and opportunities, and limited participation in public life heighten tensions and increase the risk of violence and instability. Addressing these underlying conditions is therefore integral to advancing sustainable peace.
Malay Mail | Defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad confirmed that the defence did not object to the prosecution’s application to stay the hearing of additional evidence from a key prosecution witness in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s corruption case. Rosmah’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s counsel, Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, said that the defence did not object to the stay application in order to ensure the entire process is done efficiently, and the prosecution had agreed to try to expedite the appeal at the apex court. Rosmah’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
Malay Mail | The High Court decided not to begin contempt of court proceedings against MACC investigation officer Mazery Mohd Zaini, as it accepted his explanation about his MACC colleague’s police report. Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, who was named in the police report, had earlier said he reserved his rights to take legal action against Mazery.
Sabah Media | Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, peguam Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, menegaskan bahawa pernyataan saksi yang dikemukakan dalam perbicaraan jenayah pemimpin itu diperoleh melalui saluran undang-undang yang sah, bukannya dicuri, dibocorkan atau diperoleh secara sulit. Pihak pembelaan Muhyiddin termasuk Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
Malay Mail | Former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad today told the High Court that an MACC officer had allegedly attempted to intimidate him and tarnish his reputation as a lawyer, based on the officer’s MACC colleague’s police report. Amer told the High Court that he is considering various legal actions, and reserves all his rights.
