TR EMERITUS

Following an fatal accident earlier this year, SMRT and 2 of its staff were charged in court today (1 Dec) under Section 12 of the Workplace Safety and Health Act. The Act states that it is the duty of every employer to take measures necessary to ensure the safety and health of employees at work so far as is reasonably practicable. The... 

In Parliament on 9 November, I asked if the People’s Action Party’s goal was to win 100% of fully elected Parliamentary seats, leaving the Opposition only as NCMPs. DPM Teo Chee Hean’s reply, as recorded in the Hansard (the transcript of Parliamentary speeches), was: “On the NCMPs, we go into an election with the intention... 

Kuala Lumpur, 21 November 2016 - The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD), Fortify Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), and Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), acting as international observers of the Bersih...