PETALING JAYA: The government will not condone excessive action or harassment against those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT), says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
PETALING JAYA: Press freedom is essential for a country that practises a democratic system of governance as the media is the fourth estate that plays the role as check-and-balance against any excesses by any agency, person or government, said Chan Quin Er, MCA’s publicity bureau chairperson and central committee member.
The Malaysian government says it has no plans to scarp controversial security legislation adopted to fight terrorism but used to repress all forms of dissent. Disappointed, ASEAN parliamentarians for human rights call for a “stop [to] the use of draconian measures that curtail fundamental freedoms.”
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 The High Court here today allowed Swatch group to continue its lawsuit against the government in connection with the Home Ministry’s (KDN) seizure of 172.