Pakatan delay in law reforms, judicial misconduct RCI top lawyers’ AGM today
Malaysian Bar President George Varughese speaks to Malay Mail at the Bar Council in Kuala Lumpur. — Picture by Choo Choy May
In the same motion, George proposed that the Malaysian Bar resolve to call for the “immediate abolition” of eight laws — Sedition Act, Prevention of Crime Act, Universities and University Colleges Act, Printing Presses and Publications Act, Dangerous Drugs Act, Security Offences Act , Prevention of Terrorism Act and the National Security Council Act.
In his proposal, George noted “with regret” that the federal government has not released the final report or provide any updates on the status of implementation of the reforms in the report. The trio also proposed that the Malaysian Bar resolve, among other things, to call on the government to immediately commute the sentence of convicts on death row to imprisonment, and to push for MPs and members of the Dewan Negara to support and ensure the abolition of the death penalty.
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