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Comments on the amendment to the Government Proceedings Act

Ms Indranee Rajah, Senior Minister of State for Law On Monday at Parliament, MPs from the Workers' Party, Ms Sylvia Lim and Mr Low Thia Khiang took issue with Clause 9 in the Statues (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2016, which would see a change to Section 29(4) of the Government Proceedings Act (GPA). The two MPs argued that...

Questionable validity of the Court of Appeal in resentencing of death for Kho Jabing

Kho Jabing MADPET (Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture) is worried that Kho Jabing may be executed based on a possibly tainted or invalid Court of Appeal judgment, which reversed the High Court decision that commuted the death sentence to imprisonment and caning. COURT OF APPEAL JUDGMENT TAINTED AND/OR VOID Having...

Bukit Batok by-election clearly show that a minority candidate can win an election on his own

A victory for Multiracialism. The results of the Bukit Batok by-election clearly show that a minority candidate can win an election on his own. This win by Murali is significant because he won his seat as a member of a minority race in a predominantly (75%) Chinese constituency. And the win is even more telling because it was...