Malaysian Bar site syndication http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:39:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.malaysianbar.org.my Malaysian Bar site syndication http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/cabinet_approves_judicial_appointments_commission.html ©The Malaysian Insider (http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/) (Used by permission) NOV 22 — Without much fanfare, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s final push to reform Malaysia’s institutions before stepping down in March seems to be coming along. Legislation to set up a more independent Anti-Corruption Commission will be tabled in a couple of weeks while the more controversial Judicial Appointments Commission was given the green light by the Cabinet at its weekly meeting yesterday. News - Legal/General News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:44:59 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/fatwa_council_says_yoga_with_worshipping_chanting_is_prohibited.html ©The Star (http://www.thestar.com.my) (Used by permission) by Mazwin Nik Anis PUTRAJAYA: The National Fatwa council has declared that the yoga practice which involves three elements of physical movements, worshipping and chanting as haram (prohibited) in Islam. Its chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said although merely doing the physical movements of yoga minus the worshipping and chanting might not be wrong in the eyes of the religion, it should be avoided as “doing one would lead to another”. News - Legal/General News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:39:06 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/human_rights/human_rights_watch_malaysia_drop_case_against_labour_activist.html Country’s longest-running case is set to resume (New York, November 22, 2008) – The Malaysian government should exonerate Irene Fernandez, a leading labour activist convicted in 2003 on politically motivated charges of “publishing false news,” Human Rights Watch said today. The Kuala Lumpur High Court has scheduled hearings next week in the criminal case against Fernandez, which has continued for more than 12 years. In July 1995, Fernandez, the director of TENAGANITA, a nongovernmental organization that exposes the abuse of migrant workers in Malaysia, sent a public memorandum to the Malaysian government, titled “Abuse, Torture and Dehumanized Conditions of Migrant Workers in Detention Centers.” Committees - Human Rights Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:50:59 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/cops_not_protecting_bala_says_syed_hamid.html ©New Straits Times (http://www.nst.com.my) (Used by permission) by Joseph Sipalan KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers is studying the possibility of charging private investigator P. Balasubramaniam with giving a false statement. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said investigations into the private-eye's two statutory declarations had been completed. News - Legal/General News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:27:53 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/extension_for_2_federal_court_judges.html ©New Straits Times (http://www.nst.com.my) (Used by permission) PUTRAJAYA: Two Federal Court judges who are to retire next month have been given a six-month extension by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Datuk Nik Hashim Nik Abdul Rahman and Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamad will remain on the Bench until next June. News - Legal/General News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:21:10 +0100 http://www.malaysianbar.org.my/legal/general_news/rocked_by_global_crisis.html ©The Star (http://www.thestar.com.my) (Used by permission) Insight: Down South by Seah Chiang Nee The US financial meltdown has made Singaporeans a lot less rich, including 10,000 who lost RM1.2bil of their savings, leading to vocal displays of anger by ordinary investors. News - Legal/General News Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:14:03 +0100