The Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) is deeply perturbed by the statements made by two members of parliament as reported by the Malay Mail Online on June 27th, namely Zairil Khir Johari of DAP and Nur Jazlan Mohamed of Umno. The former was reported to have questioned the existence of the Federal Department of Islamic…
Reading the news these days it would seem that we are not short of controversy. As if existing controversies were not bad enough, certain irresponsible quarters have taken to reviving settled issues, such as the Bible Society of Malaysia (Bsm) with its sudden expression of indignation over the stamping of Bahasa Melayu Bibles that had…
It is with grave concern that the Concerned Lawyers for Justice (CLJ) read the statement issued by Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) alleging that “implementing hudud would destroy the Constitution,” and that hudud is “out of place in this day and age … as they constitute torture, cruel and unusual punishment.” Not only are such allegations…
1. The concept of free speech – or the freedom to express words as well and deeds in accordance with one’s own will and belief and conscience – has a long history. Some say that the seed of such an idea runs back thousands of years ago, way back during the time of the ancient…
One need not be a political scientist to note that more often than not the polemic on the alleged secular nature of the Federal Constitution, and by virtue of which, the supposed secular status of Malaysia as a nation, are tainted by political prejudices. So much so that even a cursory glance on the issue…
