Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail The new amendment for the Penal Code is currently at the first reading. The new Bill seeks to amend the Penal Code to introduce a new section, to provide for…
By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Faith Chow & Yashila Kesavan Introduction The much-awaited Anti-Sexual Harassment Bill 2021 (“the Bill”) was passed on 20 July 2022 by the Dewan Rakyat with three main goals in mind; to provide a…
Written by Ashley Yip, Richard Wee & Indthu Selvamuthu This article is related to a previous article related to the Constitutional Right to legal representation if detained by authorities. Introduction It is often said that a citizen has…
Written by Richard Wee & Jacob Wong Introduction From Konami Code in 1986 to the famous GTA code and today evolving into various types of different codes that could break the overall fairness of video games, distinctions…
Written by Richard Wee, Wendy Ho, Ian Phua, Low May Ping and Ashley Yip Legal impact of the proposed Covid-19 Bill of Malaysia Introduction The Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Bill 2020…
Written by Richard Wee & Daniel Tan Introduction In this never-before-seen digitalised era where people are accustomed to storing a wealth of their personal information in their mobile phones and laptops, cyberattacks and/or cybercrimes such as hacking…
Written by Richard Wee & Ashley Yip Rights of a detained person under Laws of Malaysia. Introduction “I want to call my lawyer!” seems to be the key phrase uttered by detained persons and etched in the…
Written by Richard Wee & Daniel Tan Introduction “I also regret all the harm I did to soccer, which is the sport that I love…” said Alfredo Hawit, the former president of the Confederation of North, Central…
Written by Richard Wee and Ian Phua The Previous Law Section 27 of the Police Act 1967 confers the power to the Police to grant permits/license for assemblies & meetings. The Police must be satisfied that the proposed assembly/meeting…
JOINTLY WRITTEN BY RICHARD WEE (MESSRS RICHARD WEE CHAMBERS) AND BRYAN BOO (MESSRS BRyAN & CO). ASSISTED BY WENDY HO (MESSRS RICHARD WEE CHAMBERS) In our previous article, we discussed the 5 core principles encapsulated in the ‘Guidelines on Adequate…