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Legal commentary, firm publications and selected developments from the courts.
Minister Yeo Bee Yin and Red Shirts leader Jamal Yunos at the mediation session today. KUALA LUMPUR: Red Shirts leader Jamal Yunos has yet to resolve the RM5 million lawsuit filed against him by Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin. She sued Jamal last year for alleging she had abused […]
Read insightS N Nair. PETALING JAYA: A lawyer who once represented Anwar Ibrahim in his sodomy trial has been made a member of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Advisory Board. S N Nair and eight others received their appointment letters from KL mayor and board chairman Nor Hisham Ahmad Dahlan. The appointments, which took effect […]
Read insightMuhammad Zahid Arip was named as the person who collected money on behalf of Isa Samad. (Bernama pic) PETALING JAYA: The Attorney-General has the power to name anyone as witness to prove a criminal charge against an accused person, a lawyer said, after an opposition leader questioned Pakatan Harapan’s silence over the involvement of an […]
Read insightDutch model Ivana Smit was found dead on a balcony of a condominium in Kuala Lumpur.(Instagram pic) PETALING JAYA: A year ago today, Dutch model Ivana Smit was found dead on a balcony of a condominium in Kuala Lumpur. Her death hogged headlines after it was revealed that the 18-year-old model was found in the […]
Read insightModel Ivana Smit, 18, had fallen to her death from 20th-floor condo unit in KL on Dec 7 last year. (Instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A family lawyer for Dutch model Ivana Smit told the inquest into her death at the Coroner’s Court here today that the investigating officer (IO) and police tasked with handling the […]
Read insightSenior investigating officer Faizal Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness in the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year told the Coroner’s Court here today he found it suspicious that the couple who were the last people to see the Dutch model said she had left the unit where the trio were on the afternoon […]
Read insightLuna Almaz (left) and Alex Johnson were detained for eight days after Smit’s death. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness told the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year that the couple who last saw the Dutch model alive could not be detained much longer while the authorities were awaiting the reports of various investigations. Faizal […]
Read insightSenior investigating officer Faizal Abdullah. KUALA LUMPUR: A police witness in the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year told the Coroner’s Court here today that there was no broken glass bottle when he arrived at the condo unit from which the Dutch model is believed to have fallen. Despite photos showing otherwise, Faizal Abdullah, […]
Read insightDutch model Ivana Smit’s family claims there are elements of foul play and a cover-up in her death. (instagram pic) KUALA LUMPUR: A witness at the inquest into the death of Ivana Smit at the Coroner’s Court here disagreed today with the family’s counsel that the police were wrong in not opening an investigation paper […]
Read insightPETALING JAYA: A lawyer has urged the police to investigate claims that an audit report on 1MDB was tampered with, saying the alleged offence is beyond the jurisdiction of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) alone. SN Nair called on the police to open an investigation paper under Section 218 of the Penal Code which deals […]
Read insightSenior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah is representing former prime minister Najib Razak in his criminal cases. PETALING JAYA: Members of the legal community have hit out at their colleague Muhammad Shafee Abdullah over his remarks against the prosecution in his defence of former prime minister Najib Razak, saying the lawyer breached the profession’s code of […]
Read insightForensics expert Dr Nurliza Abdullah has taken part in 6,000 post-mortems. KUALA LUMPUR: A pathologist testifying in the inquest into Ivana Smit’s death last year told the Coroner’s Court here today that the conclusions reached in the Dutch model’s post-mortem were drawn from police evidence and similar cases of victims falling from a height. Forensic […]
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