The Taiwan Bar Associaton is proud to support the Malaysian Bar's "Walk for Peace and Freedom 2014."
Attorneys should strive to promote social justice, protect human rights, contribute to the rule of law, and reform the judiciary and the legal system. The TBA applauds the Malaysian Bar's efforts to protect the fundamental rights of speech and expression, the democratic principles and the rule of law. our Malaysian colleagues' pursuit of such noble goals has won not only our admiration but our endorsement.
The TBA urges the Malaysian government to abide by the Prime Minister's and the Deputy Prime Minister's public announcement and repeal the Sedition Act 1984 as soon as possible. No government should enact a law to repress the fundamental rights of the freedom of speech and expression, or abuse or arbitrarily exercise its power.
Kuo–Ming LIN
President
TAIWAN BAR ASSOCIATION
October 18, 2014