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An ex-judge turned lead prosecutor in the ongoing 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) case against former prime minister Najib Razak and a criminal lawyer who defended him have teamed up to appeal against a young driver's prison sentence for killing eight teenage cyclists. The guilty verdict reached last month for Sam Ke Ting's 2017 reckless driving manslaughter case made big waves.
Gopal Sri Ram, the main prosecutor in Malaysia’s 1MDB trial, to lead Sam Ke Ting’s appeal against a conviction for reckless driving that killed and injured a group of teenagers riding illegal, modified bikes.
Six Malaysian mothers are seeking to challenge provisions in the Constitution that they claim are sexist and deny them equal rights to confer citizenship on their children.
COMMENT | We should not be the world s dumping ground!
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COMMENT | Prominent human rights activist Firdaus Husni recently tweeted: “Why are we making a big brother out of one country and taking the trash back from another?”
This is a perplexing question indeed.
Let’s start with the matter of accepting a container full of plastic trash from America.
On March 20, it was reported: “Malaysia will be detaining a container from Los Angeles, US, suspected to be carrying commercial plastic waste when it arrives at Port Klang on Monday (March 22). Environment and Water Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man in a statement said the Department of Environment (DOE) had received the information from Sahabat Alam Malaysia on March 12 that a container from Los Angeles is believed to be containing plastic waste.