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Subra: No increase in number of workers retrenched PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:10

Tue, May 26 2009 - KUALA LUMPUR: The number of workers expected to be retrenched in the second half of the year is about the same as in previous years.

 

“There has been no extraordinary increase. Only 4,000 workers are expected to be retrenched, based on the request from the employers,” said Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 May 2009 09:14
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Cabbies want RM4 base fare PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 22 May 2009 09:11

Fri, May 22 2009 - KUALA LUMPUR: Luxury cab owners want a RM2 cut in starting fares while budget taxis are demanding their starting fares be increased by a similar amount.

 

Federal Territory and Selangor Taxi Operators Association president Datuk Aslah Abdullah said Malaysians were becoming thrifty in their spending and were turning away from luxury taxis.

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Bar Council submits memo PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 21 May 2009 08:55

Thu, May 21 2009 - KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council has submitted a memorandum to the Human Rights Commission on the arrest of five lawyers at the Brickfields police station on May 7.

 

The lawyers had been trying to provide legal aid to those detained at a candlelight vigil in support of Bersih activist Wong Chin Huat.

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MEMORANDUM TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION (SUHAKAM) PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 16:59

ABUSE OF POLICE POWERS AND ARBITRARY ARRESTS

 

Amnesty International Malaysia, Education and Research Association for Consumers, Malaysia (ERA Consumer) and Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) strongly condemns the arrest of on Wong Chin Huat under the Seditions Act on 6 May 2009 and the abuse of police powers in cracking down peaceful candlelight vigils that was held at Brickfield Police Station with the detention of 5 Malaysian Bar Council legal aid lawyers who presented themselves at the Brickfield police station to provide legal assistance to detainees held there. We also take concern of another series of arrest on 6 and 7th May 2009 in Penang and Kuching on 7th May 2009.

 

On May 6th we record the arrests of 3 youths Sani Mohd Shah, Saufi Mihat, and Yasir Sheikh Abdul Rahman in Putrajaya and arrest made. We also condemns the mass arrests of members of Parliament and State Assembly civilians and civil society in Ipoh on 7th May 2009.

 

These arrests are clearly a blatant disregard to the fundamentals of human rights in Malaysia as enshrined in Federal Constitution and the Malaysian criminal justice system. It is also a case of abuse of power by the government machineries and a failure to protect and upheld the fundamental rights enshrined in the Federal Constitution.We are deeply shocked and disturbed by this blatant transgression of the rule of law.

Last Updated on Monday, 18 May 2009 10:54
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Suhakam:Credibility of the courts at stake PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 13 May 2009 10:41

Wed, May 13 2009 - KUALA LUMPUR: The credibility of the courts is at stake in the Nizar-Zambry saga, said Suhakam chairman Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman.

 

“This is a matter of great public importance,” he added.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 May 2009 10:46
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