Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Ng Chin Yang and Lim Zhi Ying Introduction In Malaysia’s journey towards reforming the policies of mandatory death penalty and life imprisonment, two Acts, namely, the Abolition of Mandatory…
Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Lim Zhi Ying Introduction On 12 June 2023, the Ministry of Health (MOH) tabled The Control of Smoking Product for Public Health Bill 2023 in the Parliament. The…

Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail The new amendment for the Penal Code went through the first reading on 4 April 2023. The Bill seeks to amend the Penal Code to substitute and remove certain sections in…

Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Nurul Athirah Ja’afar Introduction On 15 March 2023, the Ministry of Youth and Sports recently published its first edition of the Safe Sports Code, also known as “Kod…

Copyright by LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Reproduced with permission of LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Kimberly Chan and Tee Jae Ei In a previous article Deep Dive into Gene-Editing, we have given a brief but…

Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail The Sexual Harassment Act 2022 (“the Act“) has recently received Royal Assent on 8 October 2022 and has been published on 18 October. Sections 1, 2, 24, 25, and…

Copyright by LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Reproduced with permission of LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd. By Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail, Kimberly Chan and Tee Jae Ei GENE-EDITING Gene-Editing (also fondly known as ‘Genome Editing’) is a powerful tool that…

Written by Richard Wee and Fatin Ismail The new amendment for the Penal Code went through the first reading on 16 March 2023 and the second reading on 29 March 2023. It was later passed…

Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Yashila Kesavan They are the backbone of the family and community — Deputy Human Resources Minister, Awang Hashim Introduction The Housewives’ Social Security Bill was enacted to provide social security to…

Written by Richard Wee, Fatin Ismail and Yashila Kesavan These days, workplace disagreements are so common that, in the worst circumstance, they might lead to legal proceedings. These employment-related conflicts could be brought on by…