Malaysia is well-positioned to take up the leadership of Free Access to Law movement in the ASEAN, said Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria. The judiciary, he added, is open to explore the possibilities of a closer collaboration on such a strategic move with Malaysian Legal and Tax Information Centre (MLTIC) and other interested stakeholders.
In this article exclusively written for MLTIC, Mr. Indran Shanmuganathan, a partner with Shearn Delamore & Co, briefly examines the long anticipated Personal Data Protection Act 2010 that came into force on 15 November 2013.
SHAH ALAM: The backlog of cases in courts can be reduced if more people resorted to mediation as an alternative to resolve disputes, said Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria.
KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum threshold for property acquisition by foreign interests has been raised to RM1mil per unit from RM500,000 effective tomorrow, the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister's Department said.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- The High Court here Monday set three days starting June 9 for the hearing on the RM100 million defamation suit filed by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- A former lawyer pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court Monday to criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM654,280.25 two years ago.
KOTA BAHARU, March 3 (Bernama) -- Barisan Nasional's (BN) Tan Sri Annuar Musa has been upheld as the Ketereh member of parliament by the Election Court here Monday which struck out Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) petition challenging his win at last ye
PUTRAJAYA, March 3 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim Monday failed for the third time to disqualify Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah from leading the prosecution team in its appeal against the opposition leader's acquittal on a sodomy charge.
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KUALA LUMPUR: A security guard was sentenced to 16 years jail and 20 lashes of the rotan for raping his younger sister twice.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- The High Court here today decided in favour of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who had sued blogger 'Papa Gomo' for linking him to a man in a sex video.
KUCHING: The High Court here has dismissed an ex-parte application by Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei for an injunction against outgoing Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud from accepting his appointment as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri (TYT).
SHAH ALAM: A Nigerian private college student was sentenced to death by a High Court here for trafficking 9,189 grams of cannabis at an apartment in Gombak in 2011.
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SHAH ALAM: The backlog of cases in courts can be reduced if more people resorted to mediation as an alternative to resolve disputes, said Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria.
In this article exclusively written for MLTIC, Mr. Indran Shanmuganathan, a partner with Shearn Delamore & Co, briefly examines the long anticipated Personal Data Protection Act 2010 that came into force on 15 November 2013.
KUALA LUMPUR: The minimum threshold for property acquisition by foreign interests has been raised to RM1mil per unit from RM500,000 effective tomorrow, the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) in the Prime Minister's Department said.
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