http://blawg.joshua3.com Agree, for the law is costly Tue, 20 May 2008 14:50:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Legallyblawghttp://feedburner.google.com The Star often feature "Articles of Law" by Bhag Singh and today there is an article on Seditious Statements. The following is a brief extract of the local decisions on Sedition from the article. ARTICLES OF LAW By BHAG SINGH "But what is meant by “to question”? Statements made by a Member of Parliament ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/Usz0-gx46K0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/Usz0-gx46K0/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=15 Excerpt from BRAVE NEW WORLD WITH AZMI SHAROM SEDITION! What does it mean? The word has been floating around for the past couple of weeks. Raja Petra the (in) famous blogger of Malaysia Today is being charged with sedition and Karpal Singh the (in)famous MP is being threatened with the charge ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/h66EGbYBIKU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/h66EGbYBIKU/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=14 According to Malaysiakini today:"De facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim today announced that the Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) will be abolished and replaced with Common Bar Course (CBC). He added that details of implementation will be revealed in two months. CLP is a compulsory requirement for law students with Bachelor of Laws ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/xnBMPfFHxMA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/xnBMPfFHxMA/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=13 A friend sent me this link of a short video of Haris Ibrahim speaking in a forum on sedition laws. Click this link to YouTube.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/t0X5ikriRZ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/t0X5ikriRZ0/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=12 Defamation in a layman’s term means the damaging of someone’s good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them. In law, defamation is saying or writing something about a person which is untrue and the thing said or written has lowered his/her reputation in the eyes of right thinking ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/mA75AdU0LQc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/mA75AdU0LQc/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=11 Taking the cue from Lulu's blog that Lulu's VERY Concerned For The Churches In Subang Jaya, where it was revealed that churches operating out of shop houses need to apply for an annual licence from the local council. Therein, a question was raised - "I would like to know under what ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/nT31S5PnH2I" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/nT31S5PnH2I/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=10 According to a study by Pew International, more than 50 million Internet users read blogs regularly. There are more than 12,000 new blogs created every day and about 10,800 blog updates per hour. Blogs have become one of the drivers of Internet growth. Blogs are gaining popularity and following because it ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/iaJJFU9kUbU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/iaJJFU9kUbU/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=9 CARDHOLDERS need not pay more than RM250 whenever their lost or stolen credit cards are used by others. Yet, oftentimes, they end up paying much more. This is because Bank Negara has not informed cardholders that they do not have to pay more than RM250 for fraudulent transactions carried out using ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/-Kp91tyuEfo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/-Kp91tyuEfo/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=8 A friend remarked: "Freedom of speech? Of course we have it in Malaysia! You can say anything you want in your speech. Its your freedom after your speech that is in question!" Lets read what the Article 10 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia states: (1) Subject to Clauses (2), (3) and ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/BCPWu56BWOE" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/BCPWu56BWOE/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=5 People change their names for various reasons. Some have awful names like Lim Ah Kau (Mr dog) or Tan Ah Gu (Mr Cow) or plain silly names like Lim Ko Pee (translated as drink coffee in Hokkien). I am not joking, there is a person with that name. Often, the approach ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~4/TA2FGCLFuis" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Legallyblawg/~3/TA2FGCLFuis/ http://blawg.joshua3.com/?p=7