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PM: Parliamentary committee to be formed to discuss electoral reform
PM: Media censorship no longer effective
National Legal Aid to begin operation in Oct

PM: Parliamentary committee to be formed to discuss electoral reform

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 06:32 AM PDT

Published: Monday August 15, 2011 MYT 7:36:00 PM
Updated: Monday August 15, 2011 MYT 9:32:10 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: A parliamentary select committee will be formed to discuss issues related to electoral reform before the next general election.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Monday that the committee would comprise representatives from the Government, as well as opposition parties, in response to calls for free and fair elections.

The aim of the committee was to come up with electoral reforms acceptable to both sides, he said in a speech at a 'buka puasa' function at the headquarters of the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) in Kuala Lumpur.

"The committee will discuss all electoral reform issues so that when the next general election is held, there will be no suspicion that there is any manipulation.

"We will only want to form a government if the rakyat truly choose Barisan Nasional. This is a message to all and I do not want any misconception that we do not want free and fair elections.

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PM: Media censorship no longer effective

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 06:29 AM PDT

Published: Monday August 15, 2011 MYT 7:57:00 PM
Updated: Monday August 15, 2011 MYT 9:29:46 PM

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will review its current censorship laws as the current method is no longer effective, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

"I have decided the old ways of censorship need to be studied. It is no longer effective and should be reviewed.

"As a government, we need to change policies and act accordingly so that we are not seen as a government that does not understand today's landscape," he said at the breaking of fast with the media hosted by Bernama last night.

If stories published about the Government were wrong, the publication in question could be sued, he said.

Najib admitted that the Government's censorship of The Economist's article on Bersih last month was ineffective and said that its censorship methods would be reviewed.

"Only one line was censored, but the act of censoring made more news than the news itself," he said.

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National Legal Aid to begin operation in Oct

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 06:21 AM PDT

PUTRAJAYA: The National Legal Aid Foundation (NLAF), where the needy can go to for free legal advice, is expected to be operational nationwide in October.

Its deputy chairman, K. Ragunath, said that, for a start, more than 1,000 volunteer lawyers, including the syariah lawyers, would offer free legal advice to the low income earners, comprising those with household income of less than RM2,000 a month or RM25,000 a year.

"About 80 percent of the accused charged in court for criminal cases are not represented.

"Hence, the formation of this foundation is timely because it will ease the burden of those from poor families," he told reporters at a media conference here on Tuesday.

He believed that the setting up of the foundation would meet the government's aspiration to ensure justice for all Malaysians.

The foundation was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak last Feb 25 with a launching fund of RM5 million from the government.

Those with income of between RM25,000 and RM36,000 a year will be charged a minimum fee of RM300.

Ragunath said 15 NLAF branches would be set up nationwide and that the foundation could be reached at toll free number 1-800-889245 and 1-300-88-9245 (fax). - Bernama

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Isnin, 15 Ogos 2011