Sinar Harian | Mahkamah Sesyen menetapkan 27 Ogos sebagai tarikh baharu bagi prosiding pembacaan pertuduhan dan pengambilan pengakuan terhadap Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, yang dipercayai mengalami masalah degupan jantung tidak sekata sehingga terpaksa dikejarkan ke IJN. Peguam Ismail Sabri termasuk Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
AICHR | Discussions at the AICHR consultation emphasised that any future ASEAN Human Rights Index should strengthen evidence-based decision-making, identify implementation gaps, promote policy coherence across ASEAN sectoral bodies, facilitate peer learning, and reinforce ASEAN’s ownership of its human rights agenda. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
AICHR | On the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July 2026, observed under the theme “Trapped Behind the Scam”, AICHR reaffirmed its commitment to preventing and eradicating trafficking in persons. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
Free Malaysia Today | Rosmah Mansor will not get a retrial in the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project corruption case after the Federal Court dismissed her application to review its earlier decision to not disqualify the trial judge who convicted her. Her legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
AICHR | The workshop reaffirmed the importance of a human rights-based and multi-stakeholder approach to addressing forced labour and modern slavery and called for stronger regional cooperation to promote responsible business practices and ensure greater protection for migrant workers throughout ASEAN.
Free Malaysia Today | The Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the Government and police to pay 13 activists RM15,000 in damages each, totalling RM195,000, for wrongfully arresting them five years ago during a candlelight vigil for those who died from COVID-19. The legal team for the activists included New Sin Yew.
AICHR | At its Special Meeting 1/2026, AICHR discussed, among others, a proposed ASEAN Declaration on the Right to Mental Health of Children in the Digital Age, to address the profound and accelerating impact of digital technologies and their implications on children’s mental health. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, had an Interface with AICHR in Manila. The meeting exchanged views on AICHR’s ongoing work and priorities in advancing human rights cooperation and dialogue in ASEAN, in alignment with ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim participated in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Interface with Representatives of AICHR. The Interface saw candid exchanges between the Ministers and AICHR Representatives on human rights in the region, including efforts to strengthen regional cooperation and support the implementation of AICHR’s mandate and functions.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia said that AICHR could consider having “a more balanced discharge of its mandates in the promotion and protection of human rights and in the thematic areas including civil and political rights”.
Malay Mail | KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd’s RM800,000 donation in 2022 to political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia is related to a government project it had won under the Jana Wibawa programme, the High Court heard. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
The Edge Malaysia | KCJ Engineering finance manager Zuriedah Deres told the High Court that the company’s managing director, Datuk Azman Yusoff, had instructed her to prepare RM800,000 in cheques as a contribution to Bersatu. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | The Prime Minister’s Office did not interfere in the government’s payments to contractor KCJ Engineering for work done on a RM62 million project under the government’s Bumiputera contractors’ programme Jana Wibawa, the High Court heard. 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 | The High Court heard that the government had approved a RM62 million contract for construction of a new road, which later saw millions in progress payments and mobilisation funds disbursed to the main contractor, KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | Businessman Shahrin Shamsuddin told the High Court he only discovered his brother had used part of their family-operated company’s RM13.772 million to donate to Bersatu after the donations had already been made. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
New Straits Times | A director of a construction and engineering company told the High Court here that a portion of the funds he transferred to his brother’s company was subsequently donated to Bersatu without his knowledge. 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 | A Sutracom director told the High Court he had transferred RM13.77 million to his brother’s company, Mamfor, as a loan to settle old family debts, only to later discover that his brother had channelled a portion to Bersatu without his knowledge. 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 | A Nepturis Sdn Bhd director told the High Court that former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had no knowledge of the company’s private arrangements and no interest in the firm, which was awarded the RM141 million IPD Klang Utara contract. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad suggested that Aliza Abd Malek’s purported career progression to become a Nepturis director was because TC Lian did not want his name to be known as being involved with the company, but she disagreed. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | The hearing of former PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial was vacated today as he had to return to Johor to attend his brother-in-law’s funeral. The trial will resume on 13 July 2026. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Sinar Harian | Mahkamah Sesyen menetapkan 27 Ogos sebagai tarikh baharu bagi prosiding pembacaan pertuduhan dan pengambilan pengakuan terhadap Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, yang dipercayai mengalami masalah degupan jantung tidak sekata sehingga terpaksa dikejarkan ke IJN. Peguam Ismail Sabri termasuk Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay dan Tan Xu Yin.
AICHR | Discussions at the AICHR consultation emphasised that any future ASEAN Human Rights Index should strengthen evidence-based decision-making, identify implementation gaps, promote policy coherence across ASEAN sectoral bodies, facilitate peer learning, and reinforce ASEAN’s ownership of its human rights agenda. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
AICHR | On the occasion of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on 30 July 2026, observed under the theme “Trapped Behind the Scam”, AICHR reaffirmed its commitment to preventing and eradicating trafficking in persons. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
Free Malaysia Today | Rosmah Mansor will not get a retrial in the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid project corruption case after the Federal Court dismissed her application to review its earlier decision to not disqualify the trial judge who convicted her. Her legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin.
AICHR | The workshop reaffirmed the importance of a human rights-based and multi-stakeholder approach to addressing forced labour and modern slavery and called for stronger regional cooperation to promote responsible business practices and ensure greater protection for migrant workers throughout ASEAN.
Free Malaysia Today | The Kuala Lumpur High Court ordered the Government and police to pay 13 activists RM15,000 in damages each, totalling RM195,000, for wrongfully arresting them five years ago during a candlelight vigil for those who died from COVID-19. The legal team for the activists included New Sin Yew.
AICHR | At its Special Meeting 1/2026, AICHR discussed, among others, a proposed ASEAN Declaration on the Right to Mental Health of Children in the Digital Age, to address the profound and accelerating impact of digital technologies and their implications on children’s mental health. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | The Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dr. Kao Kim Hourn, had an Interface with AICHR in Manila. The meeting exchanged views on AICHR’s ongoing work and priorities in advancing human rights cooperation and dialogue in ASEAN, in alignment with ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future. Edmund Bon is the Representative of Malaysia to AICHR.
ASEAN | Secretary-General of ASEAN Dr. Kao Kim participated in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Interface with Representatives of AICHR. The Interface saw candid exchanges between the Ministers and AICHR Representatives on human rights in the region, including efforts to strengthen regional cooperation and support the implementation of AICHR’s mandate and functions.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia said that AICHR could consider having “a more balanced discharge of its mandates in the promotion and protection of human rights and in the thematic areas including civil and political rights”.
Malay Mail | KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd’s RM800,000 donation in 2022 to political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia is related to a government project it had won under the Jana Wibawa programme, the High Court heard. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
The Edge Malaysia | KCJ Engineering finance manager Zuriedah Deres told the High Court that the company’s managing director, Datuk Azman Yusoff, had instructed her to prepare RM800,000 in cheques as a contribution to Bersatu. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | The Prime Minister’s Office did not interfere in the government’s payments to contractor KCJ Engineering for work done on a RM62 million project under the government’s Bumiputera contractors’ programme Jana Wibawa, the High Court heard. 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 | The High Court heard that the government had approved a RM62 million contract for construction of a new road, which later saw millions in progress payments and mobilisation funds disbursed to the main contractor, KCJ Engineering Sdn Bhd. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | Businessman Shahrin Shamsuddin told the High Court he only discovered his brother had used part of their family-operated company’s RM13.772 million to donate to Bersatu after the donations had already been made. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
New Straits Times | A director of a construction and engineering company told the High Court here that a portion of the funds he transferred to his brother’s company was subsequently donated to Bersatu without his knowledge. 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 | A Sutracom director told the High Court he had transferred RM13.77 million to his brother’s company, Mamfor, as a loan to settle old family debts, only to later discover that his brother had channelled a portion to Bersatu without his knowledge. 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 | A Nepturis Sdn Bhd director told the High Court that former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had no knowledge of the company’s private arrangements and no interest in the firm, which was awarded the RM141 million IPD Klang Utara contract. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Malay Mail | Muhyiddin’s lawyer Datuk Amer Hamzah Arshad suggested that Aliza Abd Malek’s purported career progression to become a Nepturis director was because TC Lian did not want his name to be known as being involved with the company, but she disagreed. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
Free Malaysia Today | The hearing of former PM Muhyiddin Yassin’s corruption trial was vacated today as he had to return to Johor to attend his brother-in-law’s funeral. The trial will resume on 13 July 2026. Muhyiddin’s legal team includes lawyers Amer Hamzah Arshad, Joshua Tay, and Tan Xu Yin, and pupil in chambers Michelle Chew.
