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Copy URL Lawyers for Liberty has called for charges against social activist Heidy Quah dropped. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, July 29, 2021. LAWYERS for Liberty today called for charges against social activist Heidy Quah dropped, describing the government’s action as “utterly nonsensical”.   Quah, the founder of the non-governmental organisation, Refuge for the Refugees, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday with improper use of network facilities by initiating ...

Thursday, 29 Jul 2021 02:04 PM MYT BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID Maria says the government has again opted to take the path of oppression by conveniently abusing laws to suppress free speech. — Picture by Choo Choy May Follow us on Instagram and subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates. KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Several Opposition federal lawmakers raised concern today about the recent spate of police investigations against protest organisers and a member of the press, calling the mov...

COMMENT | Spicy smell emanates from the nasi ganja saga Modified12:36 am kap chai to Kuala Lumpur to tah pau (pack) your favourite mee goreng in Bangsar or siew yuk in Taman Kok Doh or Tiger Jeet’s chappati along Jalan San Peng. What would you have to do? You would have to fill up a form in duplicate (complete personal particulars with vehicle registration number) and submit it for the consideration of the police officer at the nearest police station. Your application to cross districts to b...

Published on: Wednesday, July 21, 2021 By: Bernama Text Size: Kuala Lumpur: The police have denied the claims that a man was injected with an empty syringe at the Bangi Avenue Convention Centre (BACC) vaccination centre (PPV) here on Saturday. Kajang district police chief Mohd Zaid Hassan said the allegation was due to a misunderstanding, and the individual had received the Sinovac vaccine. He said investigations found that the staff of the vaccination centre had contacted the man and explained...

Assistant manager pleads not guilty to posting offensive remarks on Twitter 18 Jul 2021 / 13:03 H. KOTA TINGGI: An assistant manager pleaded not guilty in Sessions Court here today to a charge of posting offensive remarks on Twitter in October last year. Mohamad Arif Ahmad, 29, made the plea after the charge was read out to him before Judge Wan Mohd Norisham Wan Yaakob. He charged with making and initiating the transmission of the offensive communications with intent to annoy others through ...

The accused, Mohamad Arif Ahmad, 29 (in white shirt) walking out of the Kota Tinggi Session court here on Sunday (July 18). KOTA TINGGI: A 29-year-old assistant manager has claimed trial here for allegedly insulting Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on social media. The accused, Mohamad Arif Ahmad, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read in front of Judge Wan Mohd Norisham Wan Yaakob at the Kota Tinggi Sessions Court here on Sunday (July 18). Acc...

ScreenGrab video from Facebook. SEREMBAN: Police here have detained a married couple here after a video recording of them drinking what they initially claimed to be poison went viral. In the 16-minute recording, the man can also be seen using a syringe to give his nine-month-old son the same liquid from a bottle. The couple had claimed they had to resort to this because they had been depressed after he lost his job due to the Covid-19 pandemic. District police chief ACP Mohd Said Ibrahim said t...

Silencing the media: Indonesia shooting reveals reporting risks Aisyah Llewellyn © Provided by Al Jazeera Indonesian journalists face an increasing risk of violence to report the news, with four attacks reported in the city of Medan since the end of May including a fatal shooting [File: Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters] Medan, Indonesia – Just a few days before he was fatally shot in the thigh, Indonesian journalist Mara Salem Harahap, who was known as Marsal, took his wife and ...

Medan, Indonesia – Just a few days before he was fatally shot in the thigh, Indonesian journalist Mara Salem Harahap, who was known as Marsal, took his wife and two children on a family outing to the city of Medan in North Sumatra, about two hours away from their home. During the trip, they took a family photograph together and Marsal shared the picture on social media. “This was highly unusual,” his friend and fellow journalist, Rencana Siregar, told Al Jazeera. “In the 12 years that w...

Media silencing: Indonesian shooting threatens press freedom News Medan, Indonesia – A few days before he was shot in the thigh, Indonesian journalist Mara Salem Harahap, known as Marsal, took his wife and two children on a family outing to the North Sumatra city of Medan, about two hours away. their house. During the trip, they took a family photo together and Marsal shared the photo on social media. “It was very unusual,” Rencana Siregar told her friend and journalist friend Al Jazeera....