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- Bar Council wants Govt to provide full protection to refugees
- Salim Parlan khalwat case fixed for July 26
- Nazri: EC probing claims there are phantom voters
| Bar Council wants Govt to provide full protection to refugees Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:44 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council Malaysia has called on the Government to provide a holistic protection of refugees in the country, covering healthcare, education and livelihood. Malaysian Bar president Lim Chee Wee said refugees and asylum-seekers in the country were often subjected to physical and emotional abuse, inhumane treatment and extremely poor living and sanitation conditions. He added that close to 20% of the nearly 100,000 refugees and asylum-seekers were of school-going age but not given access to formal education. "The Government must agree to be a signatory to the 1951 (United Nations) Convention (relating to the Status of Refugees) as we do not have an administration framework for the treatment of these asylum-seekers. "We also call on the police, immigration authorities, and Rela members to stop harrassing them (the refugees) and violating their human rights," Lim said at the Bar Council office in conjunction with World Refugee Day 2011 on Monday. Lim added that Malaysia must ensure protection of this basic human right (for the refugees) to reflect its intention to become a leading democratic country in the Islamic world. "It is rather embarrassing that Malaysia's poor human rights track record was highlighted in Australia recently," Lim said, referring to the two countries' agreement in a refugee swap deal announced on May 7 last month. Under the agreement, Australia will resettle 4000 refugees currently residing in Malaysia over a period of four years. In return, Malaysia will accept for processing in Malaysia 800 persons who had been intercepted by the Australian authorities as they attempted to reach Australia. Bar Council Law Reform and Special Areas Committee chair Datuk M. Ramachandran said the Council will submit a memorandum relating to the protection of refugees rights to the relevant ministries soon. "We have drafted short to long term recommendations, including the Government to take full responsibility of children of refugees and asylum seekers and for them to be integrated into the mainstream education system," Ramachandran said. He added that close to 92% of the registered refugee population in Malaysia was from Myanmar. Other sizeable nationalities that made up the remaining of the refugee population were persons from Sri Lanka, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. The majority of the refugees and asylum-seekers were known to be located in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Baru. More in The Star on Tuesday Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Salim Parlan khalwat case fixed for July 26 Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT GEORGE TOWN: The Lower Syariah Court here set July 26 for the hearing of the khalwat case against Youth and Sports Ministry Deputy Secretary-General (Strategic) Datuk Salim Parlan (pix) and his companion, Nur Diayana Norslan. Syariah Judge Nik Bukhari Hashimy Nik Yahaya denied on Monday defence cousel Wan Faridulhadi Mohd Yusoff's application for a re-mention of the case while awaiting the Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court's verdict on consent for polygamy and confirmation of marriage in South Thailand. But lead Syariah prosecutor Mohd Zulkhairi Aziz objected saying that the case could not be delayed while waiting for the earlier application. On April 19, Salim, 51, and Nur Diayana, 30 pleaded not guilty to a charge of committing khalwat at a hotel room in Batu Ferringhi. Salim, who was also a former Deputy Director-General of the Road Transport Department, was charged under Section 27(a) of the Penang Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment 1996 while Nur Diyana was charged under Section 27(b) of the same act. - Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Nazri: EC probing claims there are phantom voters Posted: 20 Jun 2011 05:42 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Election Commission (EC) has been asked to probe allegations of the existence of phantom voters as claimed by the Opposition. "I will ensure that the EC will look into the matter," he told the Dewan Rakyat on Monday. Nazri was responding to Azmin Ali (PKR - Gombak), who claimed that almost 100 phantom voters were registered in a Malay village in his constituency. Azmin said no action was taken on the matter although he had lodged a complaint with the EC in 2006. He added 48 non-Malays were registered at Kampung Kelang Gates Baru in his constituency despite the village consisting of only ethnic Malays. "We also found voters who were registered with addresses of condominiums, and the village does not have any such building," he said. More in The Star on Tuesday Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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