KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 Lauding the government’s move to abolish the mandatory death penalty, two ex-Bar Council presidents said they want to see the details of the proposed.
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 07:42 PM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
Lawyer Goh Cia Yee (left) handing the petition and signatures to National Young Lawyers and Pupils’ Committee chairman Yusfarizal Yusoff (right), outside the Wisma Badan Peguam building in Kuala Lumpur December 16, 2020. Picture by Firdaus Latif
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 A group of lawyers spoke out today to defend the rights of trainee lawyers in Malaysia to fair pay and humane work conditions.
The group of eight comprising young and senior lawyers stood outside Wisma Badan Peguam on Leboh Pasar Besar here, the headquarters of the Malaysian Bar the statutory body representing all lawyers in the peninsula demanding minimum wage for the trainees who are also known as chambering students or pupils.