Contributed by Chin Oy Sim, Deputy CEO, Bar Council, and photo by Shan Theivanthiran, Member, Perak Bar
This item has been updated since initial publication.
A brief summary of the highlights of the Malaysian Bar’s 67th Annual General Meeting (“AGM”), held on 16 Mar 2013 at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, follows below.
(1) Resolution to increase the annual subscription of the Sports Fund from RM10 to RM20: the motion was put to a vote and carried by a majority (289 votes in favour, 10 against, and five abstentions).
(2) Resolution regarding the e–filing system: the motion, as amended, was put to a vote and was unanimously carried.
President: Christopher Leong
Vice–President: Steven Thiru
Secretary: Richard Wee Thiam Seng
Karen Cheah Yee Lynn was appointed as Treasurer.
The remaining 32 members of the incoming Bar Council are:
(1) Andrew Khoo Chin Hock
(2) George Varughese
(3) Hendon Mohamed
(4) Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari
(5) Lim Chee Wee
(6) Low Beng Choo
(7) Ravi Nekoo
(8) Sulaiman Abdullah
(9) Syahredzan Johan
(10) Tony Woon Yeow Thong
(11) Yasmeen Mohd Shariff
(12) S Gunasegaran (Johore)
(13) K Mohan K Kumaran (Johore)
(14) Ramli Shariff (Kedah/Perlis)
(15) Burhanudeen Abdul Wahid (Kedah/Perlis)
(16) Abdullah Hamzah (Kelantan)
(17) Norazham Yahaya (Kelantan)
(18) Dipendra Harshad Rai (Kuala Lumpur)
(19) Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Kuala Lumpur)
(20) Desmond Ho Chee Cheong (Malacca)
(21) Indran V Kumaraguru (Negri Sembilan)
(22) Puspanathan Sellam (Negri Sembilan)
(23) Abdullah Johari Hamzah (Pahang)
(24) Hon Kai Ping (Pahang)
(25) Abdul Fareed Abdul Gafoor (Penang)
(26) Gnasegaran Egamparam (Penang)
(27) Vivekanandan AMS Periasamy (Perak)
(28) Kenny Lai Choe Ken (Perak)
(29) Vishnu Kumar (Selangor)
(30) Rajpal Singh Mukhtiar Singh (Selangor)
(31) Amirruddin Abu Bakar (Terengganu)
(32) Mukhtar Abdullah (Terengganu)