AICHR | The two new regional tools validated by ASEAN aim to prevent victims of trafficking for forced criminality from being wrongly treated, prosecuted, or punished as offenders for acts committed as a direct consequence of their exploitation. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
AICHR | The 4th ASEAN Consultation on the Human Right to Development to Enhance and Strengthen the ASEAN Community and Its Implementation provided a platform for stakeholders to provide recommendations on follow-up actions on the ASEAN Declaration on Promoting the Right to Development and the Right to Peace Towards Realising Inclusive and Sustainable Development.
The Edge Malaysia | In a first in Malaysia’s political history, three former Prime Ministers walked into the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Thursday to face their own legal battles. The respective legal teams for Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin include lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
Free Malaysia Today | A businessman who claimed to have met former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin at a golf club in 2020 was unable to confirm to the High Court exactly when the meeting took place. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | A key prosecution witness, Datuk Seri Azman Yusoff, today agreed that he had come to court to testify against former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in order to save himself from being charged in his own corruption case. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
The Edge Malaysia | Former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s defence counsel questioned the timeline discrepancies in key prosecution witness Datuk Azman Yusoff’s written statements regarding an alleged meeting at a golf tournament. The legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | Lawyers for former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob are mulling a challenge to the charge against their client, saying the assets he allegedly failed to declare are in the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad said that the charges brought against his client, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri, were peculiar, as the cash amounts were already within the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
CodeBlue | Prof Dr Murallitharan M., present Chairperson of Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control — one of the three NGOs that brought the nicotine case as a matter of public interest — reflects on what happened surrounding the case, the people who carried different parts of this journey, and what it has taught him about how public health actually moves forward.
Bendito Freitas (Facebook) | In his high-level address, Timor Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Bendito dos Santos Freitas, reaffirmed that ASEAN’s progress must ultimately be measured by its impact on people, including ensuring that the benefits of regional integration are shared by all.
CodeBlue | Edmund Bon explained to CodeBlue that “anxious scrutiny” in issues of human rights was a new test for public interest cases that has now been adopted by the High Court. The lawyers who represented the three NGOs that brought the case included Kee Shu Min.
Malay Mail | Malaysian Chinese businessman Lian Tan Chuan today said he was not intentionally hiding his name from official records on who actually owned the Bumiputera contractor Nepturis Sdn Bhd, claiming that “nobody” had asked about it. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | Metrasys director Lian Tian Chuan admitted in the High Court that he used his other firm, Nepturis, which was structured as a wholly Bumiputera-owned firm, as a vehicle to secure government projects allocated to Bumiputera contractors. Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
In Diplomacy | At the AICHR event held in Dili on 20 and 21 August, Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas said development should go beyond economic growth, national income and infrastructure, emphasising opportunities, human dignity, reduced inequality and public participation. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ANTIL | Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas delivered a high-level address at the 4th ASEAN Consultation on the Human Right to Development to Enhance and Strengthen the ASEAN Community and Its Implementation, held in Dili from 20 to 21 August 2026.
The Star | A businessman who contributed RM1mil to Bersatu told the High Court that party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin never sought contributions for himself or the party, as he did not know the former Prime Minister personally. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Rafa 103.5 FM | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEC), Bendito dos Santos Freitas declared that the right to development must become an important part of ASEAN’s efforts to build an inclusive, sustainable, and people-centred regional community. He said this at the opening of the 4th ASEAN Consultation on Human Right to Development held in Dili.
The Edge | During cross-examination by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, a key prosecution witness in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s trial conceded that an assertion in his written statement claiming that the former PM had minuted a support letter for his company was factually inaccurate. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
BFM | The Government has dropped its appeal against a High Court ruling that found the 2023 decision to remove liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons List unlawful. BFM spoke to lawyer Kee Shu Min about what the decision means for the regulation and sale of nicotine-containing vape products.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | AICHR will convene the 4th ASEAN consultation on the human right to development in Dili, jointly led by Malaysia and Timor-Leste. The consultation will feature, among others, interventions by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
AICHR | The two new regional tools validated by ASEAN aim to prevent victims of trafficking for forced criminality from being wrongly treated, prosecuted, or punished as offenders for acts committed as a direct consequence of their exploitation. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
AICHR | The 4th ASEAN Consultation on the Human Right to Development to Enhance and Strengthen the ASEAN Community and Its Implementation provided a platform for stakeholders to provide recommendations on follow-up actions on the ASEAN Declaration on Promoting the Right to Development and the Right to Peace Towards Realising Inclusive and Sustainable Development.
The Edge Malaysia | In a first in Malaysia’s political history, three former Prime Ministers walked into the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on Thursday to face their own legal battles. The respective legal teams for Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin include lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
Free Malaysia Today | A businessman who claimed to have met former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin at a golf club in 2020 was unable to confirm to the High Court exactly when the meeting took place. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | A key prosecution witness, Datuk Seri Azman Yusoff, today agreed that he had come to court to testify against former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in order to save himself from being charged in his own corruption case. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
The Edge Malaysia | Former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s defence counsel questioned the timeline discrepancies in key prosecution witness Datuk Azman Yusoff’s written statements regarding an alleged meeting at a golf tournament. The legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | Lawyers for former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob are mulling a challenge to the charge against their client, saying the assets he allegedly failed to declare are in the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
The Edge Malaysia | Defence counsel Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad said that the charges brought against his client, former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri, were peculiar, as the cash amounts were already within the Government’s possession. Ismail Sabri’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay and Tan Xu Yin.
CodeBlue | Prof Dr Murallitharan M., present Chairperson of Malaysian Council for Tobacco Control — one of the three NGOs that brought the nicotine case as a matter of public interest — reflects on what happened surrounding the case, the people who carried different parts of this journey, and what it has taught him about how public health actually moves forward.
Bendito Freitas (Facebook) | In his high-level address, Timor Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, H.E. Bendito dos Santos Freitas, reaffirmed that ASEAN’s progress must ultimately be measured by its impact on people, including ensuring that the benefits of regional integration are shared by all.
CodeBlue | Edmund Bon explained to CodeBlue that “anxious scrutiny” in issues of human rights was a new test for public interest cases that has now been adopted by the High Court. The lawyers who represented the three NGOs that brought the case included Kee Shu Min.
Malay Mail | Malaysian Chinese businessman Lian Tan Chuan today said he was not intentionally hiding his name from official records on who actually owned the Bumiputera contractor Nepturis Sdn Bhd, claiming that “nobody” had asked about it. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | Metrasys director Lian Tian Chuan admitted in the High Court that he used his other firm, Nepturis, which was structured as a wholly Bumiputera-owned firm, as a vehicle to secure government projects allocated to Bumiputera contractors. Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
In Diplomacy | At the AICHR event held in Dili on 20 and 21 August, Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas said development should go beyond economic growth, national income and infrastructure, emphasising opportunities, human dignity, reduced inequality and public participation. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ANTIL | Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Bendito Freitas delivered a high-level address at the 4th ASEAN Consultation on the Human Right to Development to Enhance and Strengthen the ASEAN Community and Its Implementation, held in Dili from 20 to 21 August 2026.
The Star | A businessman who contributed RM1mil to Bersatu told the High Court that party president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin never sought contributions for himself or the party, as he did not know the former Prime Minister personally. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Rafa 103.5 FM | Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MNEC), Bendito dos Santos Freitas declared that the right to development must become an important part of ASEAN’s efforts to build an inclusive, sustainable, and people-centred regional community. He said this at the opening of the 4th ASEAN Consultation on Human Right to Development held in Dili.
The Edge | During cross-examination by Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, a key prosecution witness in Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s trial conceded that an assertion in his written statement claiming that the former PM had minuted a support letter for his company was factually inaccurate. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
BFM | The Government has dropped its appeal against a High Court ruling that found the 2023 decision to remove liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons List unlawful. BFM spoke to lawyer Kee Shu Min about what the decision means for the regulation and sale of nicotine-containing vape products.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | AICHR will convene the 4th ASEAN consultation on the human right to development in Dili, jointly led by Malaysia and Timor-Leste. The consultation will feature, among others, interventions by H.E. Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
