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Response to AGC’s “self-serving” statement on lawyers acting on Kho Jabing’s behalf

Two of the three lawyers who have represented Kho Jabing, a Malaysian national who is convicted of murder and sentenced to death, spoke out in response to the media statement issued by the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) alleging that the lawyers abused the process of court. (Read AGC's media statement here) Ms Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss's...

AGC: Abuse of process of court in Kho Jabing’s case

Ms Jeanette Chong-Aruldoss It is a cherished principle in our legal tradition that a legal practitioner must do his utmost to uphold the administration of justice. He must also conduct proceedings before a court in a manner that maintains the fairness, integrity and efficiency of those proceedings. In this context, it is important...

MHA: Sole purpose of the applications by Kho’s counsels was to try and delay his execution

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued a media statement on 26 May 2016 stating that there had been several inaccurate points made in relation to the legal process in the case of Kho Jabing, a Malaysian national who has been executed on 20 May 2016. It went on to state that sole purpose of the applications by Kho's counsels...