Rethinking Punishment for Environmental Offences
People are punished, but the environment remains polluted.
Bila di Bawa Bincang | Episod 9 dan 7
So there was this time a couple of years ago, I was invited to be on one out of 13 episodes for a talk show series called Bawa Bincang. It was made for RTM TV1. The show featured lawyers discussing legal aspects of ‘topical issues’. Nothing heavy of course, but riveting stuff… You know, issues that get the heart pumping and the blood boiling. My interview was about car park issues. The show was in …
The Ayer Molek Case | Part Three
On 4 September 1995, the Bar Council issued a further statement: The Bar Council notes the comments attributed to Chief Justice Tan Sri Eusoff Chin in today’s newspapers. We would like an opportunity of putting the record straight. First, despite numerous efforts, the office bearers of the Bar Council have not been able to meet the Chief Justice. In fact, since the present office bearers took office on 18th March 1995, they have only seen …
The Ayer Molek Case | Part Two
Preface: Some time ago, some friends and I noticed there is no comprehensive account of our Malaysian legal history available. There is a void in our national consciousness about the history and developments of its laws, the legal environment and culture in which those developments took place in relation to the bar and bench and its significant personalities. Below is my experiment at writing a chapter about a case I thought was significant in Malaysian legal …
The Ayer Molek Case | Part One
Preface: Some time ago, some friends and I noticed there is no comprehensive account of our Malaysian legal history available. There is a void in our national consciousness about the history and developments of its laws, the legal environment and culture in which those developments took place in relation to the bar and bench and its significant personalities. Below is my experiment at writing a chapter about a case I thought was significant in Malaysian …