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PETALING JAYA: Input and views on the proposed Public Defender’s Act for criminal cases in Malaysia were gathered during an engagement session to improve legal aid services in the country, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

Some have hoped that Malaysia’s move to abolish the mandatory death penalty last week would put pressure on Singapore to soften its notoriously hardline stance on capital punishment.

Minister says matter is under chief justice’s purview.

Bill, stalking, disturbance, Penal Code, offence

KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — Only the judiciary has authority to evaluate alleged breaches of ethics involving Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali, the trial judge in ex-prime minister...

KUALA LUMPUR: Any individual who uses a fake account to stalk another person may be subject to action if the identity can be traced through the system of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has told lawyers representing Datuk Seri Najib Razak in his SRC International Sdn Bhd case linked to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) controversy to apply directly to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) if they wish to obtain the results of its investigation related to judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Ghazali.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has allocated RM5mil under the 2023 Budget for upgrading and providing of infrastructure for courts hearing cases under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, the Senate was told.

After being tabled for its third reading in Parliament today, a Bill proposing to make the death penalty optional rather than mandatory was passed by voice vote. Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Alice Lau called for the vote after Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Ramkarpal…

The Bill was tabled for its third reading in the August House today, afterwhich MPs participated in a voice vote