Day: 11 January 2019

14 posts

Blogger Roy Ngerng feels PM Lee Hsien Loong should be penalised for unfairly targeting Leong Sze Hian

Taiwanese-based Singaporean activist and blogger Roy Ngerng Yi Ling wrote on his…

Aetos auxiliary police officer found dead with a gunshot wound to his head at the Woodlands Checkpoint

An Aetos auxiliary police officer was found dead with a gunshot wound…

Singapore and Vietnam might be on the shortlist for the second Trump-Kim summit this year

According to the South Korean Foreign affairs Ministers, Singapore and Vietnam are…

Mahathir and Sultan of Johor meet for the first time in 20 years

It appears Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and the Sultan of…

Rather than trying to control “fake news” why not prevent it from surfacing in the first place by making everything open and above board?

According to reports, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (PM Lee) has, through…

Lee Hsien Yang questions AGC’s need to waste public resources on a private matter

On 10 January, Lee Hsien Yang (LHY) took to his personal Facebook…

The Prime Minister who advocates care for fellow citizens but personally adopts the mantra of winning at all cost

Last week, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong encouraged parents to nurture “intangible…

Looking beyond Seletar Airport…

by Prithpal Singh The recent controversy over Seletar Airport has placed this…

High Court has jurisdiction to hear patent revocation applications brought as counterclaims in infringement actions: Court of Appeal

Does the High Court have jurisdiction to hear applications for patent revocation,…

马律师公会：希盟应实践诺言废恶法

马来西亚律师公会呼吁希盟政府兑现竞选宣言，尽快废除《1948年煽动法令》、《2012 年国家安全罪行（ 特別措施） 法令》（SOSMA）、《2013年防范罪案法令》（POCA），以及《2015年反恐法令》等压迫性恶法。 该公会主席乔治瓦鲁格斯律师指出，上述四大恶法允许执法者未审先扣和豁免司法审查（ouster clause）条款，形同停留在殖民时期。 他认为，现有法令已经足够应付犯罪和恐怖主义的威胁。如果觉得不足，理应修改现有法令，或草拟符合法治的新法。 他也提及过去一些法令在没有经过适当辩论或测试，就匆匆在国会通过，《2018假新闻法令》就是一例，它的内容、意图和影响都有疑问和缺陷。 马内政部长吁保留恶法 早前，马内政部长募尤丁宣布该国政府将保留SOSMA和POCA法令，指出二法若废除，恐怖分子和罪犯可恣意威胁国家安全。 律师公会对此发文抨击，指希盟竞选宣言承诺废除上述严厉条例，表示“政府应尊重法治”，“不应享有绝对自主权（carte blanche），剥夺人民在宪法享有的权利和公民自由。”…