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WEDNESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2011
02:00 PM @ AUDITORIUM, WISMA MCA
JALAN AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR
KUALA LUMPUR BAR COMMITTEE
2010/11
L to R (Front):
Pushpa Ratnam, Khaizan Sharizad Ab. Razak, Dipendra Harshad Rai (Honorary Secretary)
Anand Ponnudurai (Chairman), Mary Tan (Executive Secretary), Nurul Muhaniza Hanafi
(Back):
Richard Wee Thiam Seng, Muhendaran Suppiah, Brendan Navin Siva (Rep. to Bar Council)
Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal, Jeremiah R. Gurusamy, Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu
Roger Chan Weng Keng, Lai Chee Hoe
Not in picture:
Choo Dee Wei
CONTENT
1Agenda
2 – 8
Minutes of the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar held on 23rd
February 2010
9 – 14
Chairman’s Report
15 – 67
Reports of Sub-Committees
15 – 17
Civil Court Liaison
18 – 20
Conveyancing Practice
21 – 22
Criminal Practice
23 – 24
Environmental & Humanities
25 – 26
Information Technology
27 – 31
Professional Development
32Publications
33 – 34
Pupils Welfare
35 – 36
Social, Arts & Culture
37 – 38
Sports
39 – 43
Young Lawyers
44 – 67
Legal Aid
68 – 73
Laporan Pengerusi
74 – 125
Laporan-laporan Jawatankuasa Kecil
74 – 76
Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil
77 – 79
Amalan Konveyansing
80 – 81
Amalan Jenayah
82 – 83
Alam Sekitar & Kemanusiaan
84 – 85
Teknologi Maklumat
86 – 89
Pembangunan Profesional
90Penerbitan
91 – 92
Hal Ehwal Pelatih-Dalam-Kamar
93 – 94
Sosial, Kesenian & Kebudayaan
95 – 96
Sukan
97 – 100
Peguam Muda
101 – 125 Bantuan Guaman
126 – 137 Audited Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2010
19th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar
to be held on Wednesday 23rd February 2011 at 2.00 p.m.
in the Auditorium, Wisma MCA, Kuala Lumpur
AGENDA
1
To confirm and adopt the minutes of the 18th Annual General Meeting held on 23rd February 2010.
2
Matters arising.
3
To consider, and if thought fit, to adopt the Annual Report 2010/11.
4
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the Audited Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2010.
5
To fix subscription for the year 2011.
6
To elect the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2011/12.
7
To elect ten (10) members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2011/12.
8
To elect one (1) member to represent the Kuala Lumpur Bar on the Bar Council for 2011/12.
9General.
Dipendra Harshad Rai
Honorary Secretary
Agenda
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18TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
KUALA LUMPUR BAR
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE KUALA LUMPUR
BAR HELD ON 23RD FEBRUARY 2010 AT 2.00 P.M. AT THE AUDITORIUM,
LEVEL 3, WISMA MCA, NO. 163 JALAN AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR.
I.
Anand Ponnudurai, as Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, chaired this meeting and called the meeting
to order at 3.10 p.m. when the quorum of 328 was reached at 3.00 p.m. He then requested all members to rise and
observe one-minute silence in memory of the following members who passed away during the year under review:
1.
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Mohamed Yusoff Bin Haji Mohamed
2.
Au Yeong Khuen
3.Noeline Lei Lin Cheah
4.
Govin Sreedharan
5.
Mohd Rezal bin Haron
6.
M. Thiruchelvasegaram
7.
Ganesan Govindasamy
I.1
The Chairman informed the house that the Reference Proceedings for the abovementioned departed members will be
held the following morning (24.02.2010) at 10.30 a.m. before Y.A. Dato’ Haji Mohamed Apandi Bin Haji Ali.
II.
The Chairman said that before proceeding with the meeting, he would like to inform members who were used to
attending the AGM at the Legend Hotel for the past ten years or so, that a move was made by the Committee this
year to change the venue to this Auditorium at Wisma MCA and by making this move, the Committee had saved no
less than RM15,000 for the KL Bar. (The house applauded the move.)
ITEM 1 OF AGENDA:
To confirm and adopt the minutes of the 17th Annual General Meeting held on 26th February 2009
The minutes were confirmed and adopted as proposed by Felix Raj Arokiasamy and seconded by Ravi Nekoo.
ITEM 2 OF AGENDA:
Matters arising
2.1
The Chairman referred to page 6 of the Minutes and pointed out that GK Ganesan had at the last AGM requested the
Committee to stop using the term “Long Call” when referring to Admissions to the Bar. He would like to report that
the Committee had duly taken note of that request and no longer uses the said term. It is now officially referred to as
“Admission to the Bar”.
ITEM 3 OF AGENDA:
To consider, and if thought fit, to adopt the Annual Report 2009/10
3.1
The Chairman took the Meeting through the Annual Report 2009/10 (pages 8 to 69).
3.2
The Chairman said that to paraphrase his Chairman’s Report, the Committee had a busy term. A considerable amount
of the Committee’s time was taken up in dialogues with the Courts pertaining to the implementation of the tracking
system at both the High Court and Lower Court. He thanked members for the regular feedback that they had given
which the Committee had raised with the Judiciary. He was certain that there were still existing problems and assured
members that they would be looked into regularly. He asserted that all complaints would be looked into and raised with
the relevant authorities with the hope of achieving the desired result of making practice a lot smoother for members.
3.3
The Annual Report 2009/10 was approved and adopted as proposed by Koh Yew Chong and seconded by Peter
Skelchy.
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ITEM 4 OF AGENDA:
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the Audited Accounts for the year ending 31st December
2009
4.1
The Chairman took the Meeting through the Accounts. He was pleased to report that the Committee was still healthy
financially and had managed to have a surplus of RM83,782 at the closing of the financial year on 31.12.2009 with
approximately RM1 million in Fixed Deposits and Investment in Amanah Raya Berhad. He pointed out that however, it
must be noted that the subscriptions of RM636,250 received for the year just barely covered salaries, bonuses, rental
of premises and basic expenses for the day to day running of the secretariat. He said that the Committee had certainly
endeavoured to generate non-subscription income by looking at sponsorships and had also derived a fair amount of
income from a number of its activities. Another source of income was from the BC Box rental where approximately
RM140,000 was collected last year.
4.2
The Audited Accounts were approved and passed as proposed by Shaikh Abdul Saleem and seconded by Srividhya
Ganapathy.
ITEM 5 OF AGENDA:
To fix subscription for the year 2010
5.1
The Chairman said that having taken into account the remarks that he had made under Item 4 of the Agenda, the
Committee proposed that the subscription for the year 2010 remained at RM100 per member. There was no intention
yet to increase the subscription which, he had been informed, had been the same since 1980 but an increase would
be inevitable in the future.
5.2
As there were no comments from the floor, the Chairman announced that the subscription for the year 2010 will remain
at RM100 per member.
ITEM 6 OF AGENDA:
To elect the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2010/11
6.1
Anand Ponnudurai was proposed by Christopher Leong and seconded by Felix Raj Arokiasamy.
6.2
There being no other nominations, Anand Ponnudurai was declared elected as the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar
Committee for the year 2010/11.
ITEM 7 OF AGENDA:
To elect ten (10) members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2010/11
7.1
The following names were proposed and seconded:1.
Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal
Proposer
:
S.S. Muker
Seconder
:
Ragunath Kesavan
2.
Proposer
:
Seconder
:
Christopher Leong
Felix Raj Arokiasamy
3.
Roger Chan Weng Keng
Proposer
:
Siti Zabedah Kasim
Seconder
:
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
4.
Richard Wee Thiam Seng
Proposer :
Lee Shih
Seconder
:
Siti Zabedah Kasim
5.
Muhendaran Suppiah
Proposer
:
Seconder
:
6.
Felix Raj Arokiasamy
Koh Yew Chong
Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu
Proposer
:
Chong Wai Kuan
Seconder
:
Amy Too
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7.
Jeremiah Gurusamy
Proposer
:
Seconder
:
Lim Chee Wee
Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah
8.
Khaizan Sharizad Ab. Razak
Proposer
:
Syahredzan Johan
Seconder
:
Siti Zabedah Kasim
9.
Lai Chee Hoe
Proposer
Seconder
:
:
Siti Zabedah Kasim
Tharminder Singh
Pushpa Ratnam
Proposer
Seconder
:
:
R. Ravindra Kumar
Hendon Haji Mohamed
10.
11.Nurul Muhaniza Hanafi
Proposer
:
Seconder
:
Sri Rahayu Mohamad
Chong Wai Kuan
7.2
The Chairman said that he had been requested by one of the Committee members to enquire from the eleven
candidates whether any one of them had the intention of declining his/her nomination to save the Meeting the process
of going through an election. The member who declined the nomination can then be co-opted to the Committee.
However, he was not going to agree to that and would proceed with the election process.
7.3
Chris Leong suggested that perhaps all the eleven candidates be accepted to serve on the Committee.
7.3.1 The Chairman pointed out that under the Legal Profession Act, the Meeting cannot elect more than ten members
to form the State Bar Committee. The State Bar Committee however has the power to co-opt not more than two
members of the State Bar to serve as members of the Committee.
7.4
The Chairman asked that it be placed on record that he was not compelling any of the candidates to decline his/her
nomination. It was merely a suggestion put forward by a member of the outgoing Committee.
7.5
Jeremiah Gurusamy voluntarily declined his nomination reducing the number of nominations to ten. There were
no further nominations and the remaining ten members were declared elected to serve on the Kuala Lumpur Bar
Committee for the year 2010/11.
ITEM 8 OF AGENDA:
To elect one (1) member to represent the Kuala Lumpur Bar on the Bar Council for 2010/11
8.1
Brendan Navin Siva was proposed by Felix Raj Arokiasamy and seconded by Shaikh Abdul Saleem.
8.2
There being no other nominations, Brendan Navin Siva was declared elected as the KL Bar Representative to the Bar
Council for the year 2010/11.
ITEM 9 OF AGENDA:
General
9.1
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64th AGM of the Malaysian Bar
The Chairman announced that the 64th AGM of the Malaysian Bar will be held on 13.03.2010 at 10.00 a.m. at the
Legend Hotel Kuala Lumpur. He said that following the difficulty in obtaining a quorum for this afternoon’s AGM, he
would like to urge every member present at this meeting to make every effort to attend the said AGM of the Malaysian
Bar and to also get as many other members (those who were not present at this AGM) as possible to attend to ensure
that the quorum is achieved.
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9.2
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Proposed Revamp of the Third Party Bodily Injury and Death Scheme
I
G. Naidu said that he had been hearing quite a lot about the so called new proposal in respect of the insurance
industry in relation to personal injury but everyone that he had asked had been giving him a different version.
No one seemed to know what it was exactly yet but everyone was so sure that come 1st July 2010, that
system would be in place. He just wanted to know whether the Chairman could enlighten him on that particular
aspect.
II
The Chairman told G. Naidu that just like him, he too had heard many different versions. He had also heard
the said date been bandied around. However, learning from the compendium issue that he (G. Naidu) had
raised at the last AGM of the Malaysian Bar, he (Chairman) had decided that matters such as this ought to
be undertaken by the Bar Council and had in fact spoken to the President of the Malaysian Bar, Ragunath
Kesavan, about it. He felt that perhaps it would be best to invite the President who is present at this meeting
to address the house on the issue and clear the air.
III
Ragunath Kesavan said that as much as everybody else is in the dark, the Bar Council too is in the dark. The
proposed scheme was first raised by the Prime Minister in his budget speech; a one-liner that there would be a
revamp of the insurance scheme for third party motor insurance coverage. Subsequently the Governor of Bank
Negara had at an Annual Dinner of one of the insurance companies mentioned that it was work in progress;
everything had been finalised and they were scheduled to reform the motor insurance scheme in respect of
third parties by June. That was the second time the Council had heard about the scheme. The third time the
Bar Council had heard of the scheme was sometime last month. There was an interview conducted on BFM of
the CEO of Chartis (formerly AIG) and he had mentioned that representations had been made to Bank Negara
and Bank Negara had agreed to revamp the scheme.
III.1
Ragunath Kesavan pointed out that a team of about 20 lawyers had since been set up to look into the matter.
A meeting had been scheduled for the following day at 5.30 p.m. at the Bar Council Secretariat and any
member who is interested can attend the meeting. He said the concerns were manifold: (i) There is going to be
a limit on the claim for personal injury. Going back to history on the amendments to the Civil Law Act; anyone
above 55 years of age could no longer make a claim for loss of income at that age; (ii) Limitation of claims for
personal injuries to RM100,000. Every citizen in the country therefore may have to resort to obtaining personal
insurance to claim for any excess; (iii) There would no longer be Court proceedings vis-à-vis personal injury
claims. It would probably go to a mediation bureau or a tribunal; (iv) They were in the final stages of formulating
the laws with the relevant stakeholders excluding the Bar, consumer groups and every other interest bodies
representing everybody else except insurers. The group that had been set up by Bank Negara driving the
change comprised insurance companies. The Bar Council had written to Bank Negara raising all the concerns
but the response from Bank Negara was non committal. There was no denial whatsoever of any of the issues
that the Bar Council had raised implying that the change was going to take place. Bank Negara had told the
Bar Council that they would be notified when the scheme is finalised and that was an indication that Bank
Negara would not be seeking any input from the Bar Council but rather would merely inform the Bar Council
what was going to happen. The term used by Bank Negara was, “when it is finalised we shall consult you”. It
was not even a situation where before it was finalised, they would seek input from the Bar Council.
III.2
Ragunath Kesavan said that despite the fact that many of the members of the Bar do practise in this area, the
Bar Council’s biggest concern was that there is going to be a huge impact on the public. Firstly, everybody
would be compelled to take up private insurance. Secondly, the abrogation of duties by those insurance
companies. Insurance licence is a controlled commodity and very expensive. When one gets an insurance
licence, one has a public duty as well. There are ten sectors within the insurance industry and they seemed to
suggest that they were losing money in one sector and that is third party motor insurance. However, in the other
nine sectors, they were making huge amount of profit and thus why should this responsibility be taken away
from the insurance companies. The Bar Council therefore is calling a press conference on 6th March 2010
and hoped to receive support from members. He said that the press conference is opened for all members
to attend. He stressed that the matter is of serious concern as it would mean changing completely the way
lawyers practise. Today, they are taking away the runners sector. Tomorrow, they would take away another
sector as well. Lawyers are already being excluded from so many of the tribunals for instance the Customs
Tribunal.The Bar thus must show force and attend the press conference on 6th March and the meeting that he
had mentioned earlier that is scheduled for the following day. He commented that the saddest part was that
there was no consultation whatsoever with the important stakeholders such as lawyers, consumer bodies and
the public at large.
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IV
9.3
9.4
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The Chairman thanked the President of the Malaysian Bar for giving some insight into the issue. He said that,
as indicated by the President, the Bar Council had written to Bank Negara asking for the Bar to be consulted
and the concern was that the Bar might not be consulted and just be “thrown” with the scheme. He assured
members that if that happens, the Bar will fight it all the way. Whether it would be a successful fight or not is
another issue but, he reiterated and stressed, the Bar will fight it all the way.
MyConstitution Campaign
I
Edmund Bon said that he had noted for the past few years in the Annual Reports that the KL Bar was “flushed”
with money (the Chairman commented that he would not use the word “flushed”) and to him that was a good
thing. He believed that the KL Bar is the richest Bar amongst all the State Bars and from murmurings that
he had heard, the KLBC was not sure how to use the money. He thus would like to raise it at this meeting
that the MyConstitution Campaign needed funds. He hoped the incoming KLBC would give its commitment
to support the Campaign. He pointed out that a number of other State Bars had in fact assisted in financing
the Campaign in their States. He hoped the KLBC and the MyConstitution Team could work together on the
Campaign this entire year.
II
The Chairman believed that Edmund would know for a fact that the KLBC is committed to programmes
run by the Bar Council. He gave his commitment to Edmund that the incoming KLBC would support the
MyConstitution Campaign though he would not commit any particular amount. He reiterated that the incoming
KLBC would fully support the Campaign which is a highly commendable Campaign.
III
Richard Wee clarified that it was not true that the KLBC did not know what to do with its money. The KLBC
had actually planned to utilise the money to buy a building as the KL Bar was one of the few States left without
a building of its own. With the Courts now relocated from Jalan Raja to Jalan Duta, the KLBC had wanted to
move closer to the Courts to better serve its members and was making an effort to look for a building in that
area. However, the Bar Council had wanted the KLBC to move with them and discussions were underway to
jointly buy a building. That money therefore would eventually be used for the purpose of buying a building. It
thus was a misconception that the KLBC was not sure how to use the money. In any event he was certain that
the KLBC would do what it could for the MyConstitution Campaign.
IV
The Chairman echoed Richard’s remark that the KL Bar was one of the few State Bars that did not have a
building of its own. He said that whatever that had been mentioned about the reserves, the KLBC would
certainly have to earmark it towards the purchase of a building, whether on its own or with the Bar Council.
Attendance at Annual General Meetings, Appreciating good Judges and Compendium of Personal Injury
Awards
I
G. Naidu said that he would like to raise three issues. The first issue was with regard to attendance at Annual
General Meetings. He wanted to know to what extent was the KLBC willing to accept responsibility for the
poor attendance. He felt that it was time that the issue must be looked at seriously and proactive steps be
taken to get members to attend the Annual General Meetings of the Bar. The poor attendance was certainly
disappointing as the State Bar Committee had taken up many issues, even issue of the runners’ practice and
the effect it would have on lawyers and the public at large. When he looked around the hall, he was saddened
by the fact that the very few lawyers whom he normally saw at Sessions Court 3 and 4 were not present at this
meeting. Perhaps members were just insensitive to the fact that they have to attend Annual General Meetings.
I.1
His second issue was that he would like to register his appreciation to certain Judges in the Sessions Court.
He believed that most of the lawyers are either too afraid or reluctant to criticise and even more afraid and
reluctant to praise a Judge. He had very often appeared before Sessions Court 4 and must say that, in his
view, the said Sessions Court Judge, Puan Unaizah, has such admirable capacity and ability to handle her
work exceptionally well. He could not speak about the Judge of Sessions Court 3 as he does not appear often
in that Court. What he wanted to say was that if someone really does a good job, whether that person is a
Judge or a lawyer, the Bar must give due recognition to the person for the good job done. He would want that
concern of his to be recorded.
I.2
His third issue was pertaining to the Compendium of Personal Injury Awards. He recalled raising the issue at
last year’s Annual General Meeting and saying that it was an insidious way to rob away the independence of
the Judiciary. His observations had been, when it comes to a political case, the outcome is predictable. He
was sure that the latest sea of cases would give that particular feeling. Same would go for runner matters
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where he could tell what would in fact happen. He would say that in the last one or one and a half years, the
Judges had become very conservative in respect of liability and quantum. When one goes back to as far as
2002 or 2003, one would notice there were sufficient High Court decisions clearly stating how flexible quantum
should be. Things had now changed and he could only point his finger at the compendium which certainly had
a tremendous impact on the manner in which awards had been made. He added that it could also be said that
the result would be predictable in matters where big corporations in particular Banks are involved. Eventually,
one would find that the entire independence of the Judiciary would be lost before our very eyes. He would not
know whether the Bar sees the trend but he just wanted to share his apprehension.
II
The Chairman said that he would take the issues raised by G. Naidu one by one. In respect of G. Naidu’s
point on the Bar having to recognise good Judges, he (Chairman) was totally in agreement; we must not just
complain about Judges who are not performing but should also compliment Judges who do a good job. He
pointed out that the KLBC does do that and had in fact given input that certain Judges were good when its
views were sought as to the quality of Judges. Perhaps the manner in which it was done might not be how
G. Naidu thought it should be but it had been communicated that certain Judges were good and the Bar was
happy with them.
II.1
On the issue of difficulty in getting a quorum, the Chairman pointed out that over the last two weeks, the
Committee members had been making numerous telephone calls to get members to attend this meeting.
Sufficient e-mail blasts had also been sent out. He felt that one of the causes for the poor turnout perhaps was
the amendment to the Legal Profession Act reducing the quorum to 5% of the membership. Many members
had the perception that since only about 300 odd people were needed to make the quorum, there should
be no problem achieving it. They thus felt that there was no necessity for them to make an effort to turn up
for the meeting. It would appear that it had come to a stage where some issues had to be created to stir up
attendance but he believed that was not the way to go about in trying to achieve the quorum. However, he
had no idea as to what should be done to encourage members to be committed to such an important matter
as attending Annual General Meetings and would welcome ideas from members.
II.2
Pertaining to the issue of the compendium, the Chairman clarified that it was raised at the last Annual General
Meeting of the Malaysian Bar and not the Kuala Lumpur Bar. He pointed out that the KL Bar was involved in the
drawing up of the compendium as it was thought that the compendium was only going to be limited to the KL
Bar and the KL Courts. It only came to light that the compendium was circulated to all the Courts throughout
the country when the issue was raised (by G. Naidu) at the last Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar
that there was unhappiness among some State Bars over the compendium. He had to agree with G. Naidu
that while the compendium was meant to be a guide, some Judges were taking it not as a guide but as cast
in stone. He informed G. Naidu that pursuant to his comments made at the last Annual General Meeting of the
Malaysian Bar, the Bar Council had appointed R.Ravindra Kumar to head an ad hoc committee to re-look into
the compendium. He then invited R.Ravindra Kumar to brief on the status of the review of the compendium by
the ad hoc committee.
III
R.Ravindra Kumar said that the ad hoc committee had met five times thus far and had invited representatives
from all the State Bars including G. Naidu for the meetings to provide input and feedback. The review of the
compendium is still work in progress. He pointed out that by and large, the position of the Bar Council was to
keep the guidelines but there may be a need to review the amount of the awards. At the moment, the ad hoc
committee had identified certain aspects of the guidelines that needed to be reviewed. The ad hoc committee
had also taken the position that perhaps it was only fair to inform the Chief Justice that the compendium
was merely a guide and not something cast in stone and not meant to fetter the discretion of the Judges. He
commented that even in the United Kingdom, which position was somewhat similar to what that had been
done here, there is a certain amount of discretion for the Judges to depart from the guidelines. He believed that
the fear of most running down lawyers was that there might be difficulty in applying to appeal on the quantum
seeing that the Judges would possibly be bound by the guidelines. The biggest fear that the lawyers have was
that when one goes up on appeal, the Appellate Judges might not want to interfere because the figure was
within the framework of the guidelines. The figures therefore were being re-looked at by the ad hoc committee
which also felt that the guidelines must be subjected to review from time to time and cannot be static. As far
as G. Naidu’s concern that Judges were religiously following the guidelines which was affecting this area of
practice, he would like to say that as pointed out by the Chairman, when the KL Bar was tasked to compile the
compendium, it was meant to confine only to the KL Bar. There was thus no input from any other State Bars
when the compendium was originally compiled. However, after having completed the task, the Chief Justice
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had found it fit to distribute the compendium to all the other States. He assured members that adjustments
would certainly be made to the compendium after gathering the input and feedback from all the State Bars.
Ragunath Kesavan moved a vote of thanks to the outgoing Chair and his Committee for a job well done in the last term.
The Chairman thanked Ragunath Kesavan for his vote of thanks and all the members who had made an effort to attend this
meeting. There being no other matters, he declared the 18th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar closed at 3.50
p.m.
Honorary Secretary
Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee
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Chairman’s Report
Anand Ponnudurai
Chairman
A.INTRODUCTION
I am pleased and honoured to have been given the opportunity to serve the KL Bar for a second term and it has
indeed been another busy and productive term. I must say that the work that had been carried out would not have
been possible without the untiring commitment and support I got from each individual Committee member and their
team of members working in the various sub-committees and the many other volunteers who had sacrificed their time
for the KL Bar.
I am pleased to report that having the last Annual General Meeting at the Auditorium in Wisma MCA had saved the
KLBC approximately RM13,000. The KLBC has therefore decided to hold the 19th Annual General Meeting at the
same venue. As reported in my last Report, producing the Annual Report on CD Rom and providing limited hardcopies
for the AGM had also saved the KLBC a considerable amount of money and this practice would continue.
B.
HONORARY SECRETARY AND CO-OPTED MEMBERS
At its first meeting in March 2010, the KLBC appointed Dipendra Harshad Rai as its Honorary Secretary for the term
2010/11. Jeremiah R. Gurusamy and Choo Dee Wei were co-opted as members of the KLBC under Section 73(vii) of
the Legal Profession Act 1976.
C.
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
i)
Annual Meet between the KLBC and Selangor Bar Committee (“SBC”)
The Annual Meet between the KLBC and SBC was held on 09.04.2010 and this term, it was hosted by the
KLBC. The Meet was for the office bearers of the KLBC and SBC for the new term to get to know each other
and to discuss how to work more closely to cater to the mutual needs of members of both the KL Bar and
Selangor Bar.
ii)Meetings
•
The KLBC was involved in many meetings with the Judiciary to iron out problems encountered by
members at the KL Courts.
iii)
•
The KLBC had also joined the Bar Council Specialist Committee in the meeting with the Heads of the
respective Divisions of the KL High Court.
•
Arranged by the Civil Court Liaison Committee, the Honorary Secretary and I met up with DSP Ng
Fook Long of the Kuala Lumpur Traffic Police on 04.10.2010 at the KL Bar Secretariat to discuss
parking problems and traffic congestion around the KL Court Complex especially during high profile
cases.
Other Events
Besides participating in the many events organised by the Bar Council, the KLBC also participated in the
following events at the invitation of the respective Bodies:
•
Bahagian Cukai Dalam Negeri Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Briefing on Custom Appeal Tribunal on 26.07.2010.
•
Judiciary
Official Launch of the New Civil Courts (NCvC) at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on 24.09.2010.
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iv)
•
Wilayah Land Office
Official Opening of the Land Management Seminar 2010 on 20.10.2010.
•
SUHAKAM
Forum on Abandonment of Babies on 15.12.2010.
MyConstitution Campaign
The KLBC together with the Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee and in collaboration with HELP
University College will be launching the MyConstitution Campaign for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur in
early 2011.
v)
Updates from KLBC
The KLBC continued with the practice of sending a general statement after each KLBC meeting to update
members on the activities of and work that was being carried out by the KLBC and its Sub-committees.
vi)
Bar Room
When the KL Courts moved to the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex in 2007, two Bar Rooms were allocated to
the KL Bar, one on the right wing of level 5 and another on the left wing of the same level. However, in the
last one year, one had to be vacated and the other relocated to make way for additional Courts to be set up
to handle the increasing number of cases. The Bar Room is now located at the end of the corridor of the left
wing of level 5.
vii)New Court Building
The KLBC, on learning that there was a plan to build an additional Court building at Jalan Duta, had written
to the Legal Affairs Department at the Prime Minister’s Department asking for the KLBC to be included in their
planning/designing of the new Court building to provide input so that the new Court building would be built
with specifications and facilities that meet the requirements of the Judiciary, the Bar and the public. The Legal
Affairs Department had replied indicating that the proposed project is awaiting approval by the Unit Perancang
Ekonomi and once approved the KLBC would be invited to provide views and comments for the proper
planning and designing of the new Court building.
viii)
Bank Negara Malaysia’s Proposed Revamp of the Third Party Bodily Injury and Death Scheme
Representatives from the Bar Council Motor Insurance Review Ad Hoc Committee met the KLBC on
17.06.2010 to explain the proposed BNM scheme and the Bar Council’s concern. There were plans to hold
roadshows throughout the country to educate members of the Bar and the public on BNM’s proposal and the
KLBC was requested to assist in organising one in Kuala Lumpur. This however had been put on hold as it was
learnt that the proposed scheme had been shelved.
ix)
Press Statements
The KLBC issued a press statement on 31.03.2010 condemning the action of the Royal Malaysian Police in
restraining Amer Hamzah Arshad, a member of the Kuala Lumpur Bar, against his will whilst discharging his
duties as an Advocate & Solicitor at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex at Jalan Duta.
The KLBC further supported the Memorandum of Protest issued by fellow lawyers, N Surendran and Latheefa
Koya and joined them in the handing over of the Memorandum to the Inspector General of Police on 31.03.2010.
x)
Sponsorship to attend the 15th Malaysian Law Conference
The KLBC sponsored 7 young practitioners and 9 pupils-in-chambers to attend the 5th Malaysian Law
Conference held from 29 to 31.07.2010 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
xi)Collaborations
•
CrimsonLogic
The collaboration with CrimsonLogic, initiated by the 2008/09 KLBC (through the Professional
Development Committee), to introduce and promote Legal Workbench to members of the KL Bar
had entered into its 3rd year. Besides monetary sponsorship, CrimsonLogic had also provided 2
complimentary user IDs of Legal Workbench which are installed in the computers at the KL Court Bar
Room for members’ use.
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DiGi
The KLBC, as part of its continuing efforts to improve non-professional services to KL Bar members,
had through the Information Technology Committee entered into a collaboration with DiGi to bring to
members Exclusive Mobile and Internet (Blackberry and iPhone) Packages. In trying to reach more
members, DiGi held several promotions of the exclusive packages at the Cafeteria of the KL Courts.
DiGi had also through this collaboration accepted the KLBC’s invitation to advertise on the KL Bar
Website.
•
xii)
LexisNexis Malaysia
The KLBC once again collaborated with LexisNexis to organise the LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt
2010 and the project was undertaken by the Social, Arts & Culture Committee. Held on 24.10.2010,
it managed to raise RM10,000 (KL Bar’s share of the proceeds) for the KLBC to utilise to fund a
community development project of its choice.
Committee Meetings
As at 31.12.2010, the KLBC met 10 times and the attendance of each member was as follows:
Anand Ponnudurai
Lai Chee Hoe
Muhendaran Suppiah
Pushpa Ratnam
Nurul Muhaniza Hanafi
Khaizan Sharizad Ab Razak
Jeremiah R. Gurusamy
Choo Dee Wei
- 10
- 10
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 9
- 4
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 5
Brendan Navin Siva, KL Bar’s representative to the Bar Council, was invited to attend the KLBC meetings as
observer and also to report to the Bar Council on relevant matters as and when pertinent and necessary. He
attended all the meetings and worked closely with the KLBC.
xiii)
Finance, Subscriptions and Non-subscription Income
The financial position of the KLBC remains stable with a sum of RM784,170 in Fixed Deposit and RM324,632
in Trust Account with Amanah Raya Berhad. Details of the financial position are set out in the Audited Accounts
ending 31.12.2010.
The subscription for the year 2010 was fixed at RM100 at the last AGM on 23.02.2010. At the closing of the
KLBC’s financial year on 31.12.2010, 124 members were in arrears of the 2010 subscription.
For the year 2010, the KLBC managed to raise a total of RM117,572 from sponsorships, website and
newsletter advertisements, seminars, workshops and the Legal Career Fair.
D.SUB-COMMITTEES
12 Sub-committees were established to facilitate the organisation of the KLBC’s various activities and to cater to the
needs of members. The Sub-committees were ably led by the following members:
i)
Civil Court Liaison Committee
Pushpa Ratnam
ii)
Conveyancing Practice Committee
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iii)
Criminal Practice Committee
iv)Environmental & Humanities Committee
v)Information Technology Committee
vi)
Legal Aid
vii)
Professional Development Committee
viii)
Publications Committee
ix)
Pupils Welfare Committee
Choo Dee Wei
x)
Social, Arts & Culture Committee
xi)
Sports Committee
Muhendaran Suppiah
xii)
Young Lawyers Committee
Lai Chee Hoe
The accompanying reports of the various Sub-committees are a reflection of the activities undertaken by the Subcommittees and these include:
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•
YLC Charity Nite 2010
Our Young Lawyers Committee must once again be commended for their efforts in making this year’s YLC
Charity Nite yet another huge success and raising a record sum of RM63,486.95 for charity.
•
KL Bar Annual Dinner & Dance
I must also congratulate our Social, Arts & Culture Committee for bringing an enjoyable and “glamorous”
evening to all who attended this year’s Annual Dinner & Dance. Themed, “Legally Glamorous”, the event was
held on 13.11.2010 at Prince Hotel Kuala Lumpur and graced by many Judges and former Chairmen of the
Kuala Lumpur Bar besides other distinguished guests.
•
Legal Career Fair 2011
Now into its 4th year and scheduled to be held on 12.02.2011 at the Corus Hotel Kuala Lumpur, the Legal
Career Fair, a project of our Pupils Welfare Committee, continues to be a platform for legal firms to meet
potential pupils as well as to recruit lawyers.
•
IT Law Forum
Having organised a few “mini” Forums in the last one or two years, our IT Committee this term embarked
on a full-day Forum with the primary purpose of creating a platform for exchange of views and expansion of
knowledge on areas of law related to IT. This one-day Forum was successfully held on 12.11.2010 at the KDU
Law School and the success must be attributed to the efforts of the IT Committee.
•
Dialogue on “State of our Practice” held on 26.10.2010
Credit must go to our Civil Court Liaison Committee for organising the Dialogue on “State of our Practice”
which provided members the opportunity to discuss relevant issues pertaining to the current Court system. It
was well attended with a turnout of approximately 120 members. The two Managing Judges of the Civil and
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Commercial Courts, YA Tan Sri James Foong and YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Sharif were also present to hear
first-hand the problems faced by members. It was indeed a productive dialogue.
•
Seminar on the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendments 2010) held on 30.11.2010
Credit must also go to our Criminal Practice Committee for organising a highly informative Seminar on the
Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code.
•
Forum on Climate Change
Doing our part for the environment, our Environmental & Humanities Committee is organising a Forum on
Climate Change led by Chew Swee Yoke who had undergone training by Al Gore and his team on Climate
Change. The Forum is targeted to be held on 22.02.2011
E.OBITUARIES
We record with deep sorrow the passing of the following members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar during the year under
review:
Sng Kim Kuay on 01.01.2010
Ngae Koh Hieng on 15.05.2010
Rajasingam A/L V Ratnasingam on 19.06.2010
Satish P.S. Nair on 24.10.2010
The Reference Proceedings in memory of the abovenamed members and Mohamed bin Dato’ Mahbob who departed
on 31.10.2008, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Mohamed Yusoff on 04.03.2009 and Leong See Ming on 12.06.2009 is
scheduled to be held on 10.02.2011 at 2.30 p.m. The Proceedings will be presided by Y.A. Dato’ Aziah bt Ali.
F.SECRETARIAT
The Secretariat staff continues to play an active role in the carrying out of the policies and activities of the KLBC and its
sub-committees and be the moving force in support of the KLBC and its sub-committees. With a strength of just 10
persons, the Secretariat staff had worked tirelessly to ensure that all projects and activities were successfully carried
out besides performing other regular functions such as keeping records of meeting proceedings, processing Petitions
for Admission to the Bar, collection of annual subscriptions, BC Box rental, maintaining the accounts, register of
members and BC Box system, attending to day-to-day enquiries from members of the Bar, pupils-in-chambers and
members of the public, just to name a few.
I must say that the KLBC is fortunate to have a group of loyal and dedicated staff, majority of whom have served the
Committee for many years.
G.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONCLUSION
I wish to record and acknowledge the co-operation and assistance received from the Judiciary at all levels and other
stakeholders who had always met us, sometimes at short notice, to discuss the various issues that have arisen this
term.
I enjoyed my second term of service to the KL Bar and like my first term, my task as Chairman was made easier by
the dedication, commitment and sacrifice demonstrated by each and everyone of my Committee members and it has
indeed been my privilege to have worked and served the KL Bar with them.
My thanks also goes to the Honorary Secretary, Dipendra Harshad Rai and Mary Tan the Executive Secretary who
have both worked tirelessly to ensure smooth administration of the Secretariat. Thank you too to the staff of the KL
Bar Secretariat for their continued commitment to the Secretariat.
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Finally, I offer my sincere apologies if there has been any shortcomings during this term and any criticism of the KLBC
must be borne by me alone. I wish the incoming committee all the best and I am confident that they will strive to
serve members in the best possible way and that members will continue to encourage and support them as you have
supported and encouraged us this term.
Anand Ponnudurai
Chairman
Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2010/11
Secretariat Staff
L. to R.
Masni, Kartini, Norhafizah, Rajan, Indira, Melissa, Mary, Yazid, Siti, Rosilawati, Norhayati, Salmah
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Civil Court Liaison
Committee
Pushpa Ratnam
Chairperson and Head, Family Courts Unit
For this term, the KL Bar Civil Court Liaison Committee (CCLC) had decided to retain
the sub-units to better cover the specific Divisions of the Courts namely Federal/
Appellate, Civil, Commercial, the New Commercial Courts, Appellate & Special
Powers, Family, Bankruptcy, Subordinate Courts and Selangor Bar Liaison. However
a new unit overseeing the car park issues was created to effectively cover problems
faced by KL Bar members in regard to the car park at the KL Court Complex.
Beginning this term, 2 survey forms were distributed i.e. one on the general practice of
the Civil Courts and the other specifically targeted on the problems at the Subordinate
Courts. There were minimal responses on the general survey. The survey done on the
Subordinate Courts was highlighted during a meeting with YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin
Sharif, the Managing Judge for the Subordinate Courts.
Head, NCC and Car Park Unit
Head, Subordinate Courts Unit
Jennifer J Chandran
Head, Federal and
Appeal Courts Unit
Colin Andrew Pereira
Head, Selangor Bar Liaison
Dato’ Kerry Sin Yoong Ming
The CCLC has also had meetings and discussions with the various Divisions of the
Kuala Lumpur Courts and amongst the issues raised with the various Divisions were
the Case Management procedures, cause lists, uniformity of practices amongst the
Courts, uniformity in procedures, filing system, draft orders and extraction. Meetings
were also held with representatives from the Traffic Police and the Insolvency Office.
Head, Commercial Courts Unit
Himahlini Ramalingam
The CCLC has had the following meetings/discussions:•
Discussion with Puan Rodziyah Bt Ab. Halim, Administration Officer of the
Kuala Lumpur Courts on 22.03.2010 on matters of car parking at the KL
Court.
Head, Civil Courts Unit
Wilson Heng
•
Meeting with Puan Ong Wee Ching, Senior Registrar of the KL Subordinate
Courts on 06.04.2010 on the operations and administrations of the
Subordinate Courts.
•
Meeting with YA Datin Yeoh Wee Siam and Puan Rumaizah Bt Baharom,
Judge and Deputy Registrar of the KL Family Court on 24.05.2010. As a
result of this meeting, lawyers need to only submit 3 copies of the Decree Nisi
and 4 copies of the Decree of Absolute and no longer need to file CTCs later
as they would receive back two sets of sealed copies of the Decrees from the
Court.
•
Meeting with the Director of Insolvency Malaysia and the various Insolvency
department heads on 11.05.2010. Members attending were mostly informed
of the latest updates in the Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI)
administration. The Meeting generally agreed that there was a need for a
separate meeting to discuss in detail the problem of private liquidators.
•
Meeting with YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin Sharif, Managing Judge for the
KL Subordinate Courts on 07.07.2010. Issues raised during the meeting
were feedback from members derived from the survey done earlier. Meeting
also discussed the arising issues on the documentations/filing problems,
Head, Bankruptcy Unit
Annou A. Xavier
Committee Members
Balbir Singh
Chan Yat Hee
Kunasekaran A/L Sevanthi
Michelle Rossana Usman
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compliance of the Subordinate Courts Rules, car park problems, online cause lists and other related matters.
•
Meeting with the Traffic Police on 04.10.2010 on parking problems and traffic congestion around the KL Court
Complex. Discussions centered on the problems of parking when high profile cases were heard in the KL Courts and
to ease the traffic congestion, we had requested that a traffic police officer be stationed at the junction of the access
road leading to the Court Complex during peak hours.
•
Meeting with the Managing Judges of the Civil and Commercial Courts on 22.10.2010 at the KL Court Complex.
Various issues were raised during the meeting which included filing of draft/fair copies of Orders, filing of documents,
fixing of hearing dates, Injunctions, Court administrations, Audio Conferencing, Court facilities, to name a few. At the
end of the meeting, the Managing Judges suggested a follow-up meeting to be scheduled to ensure actions were
taken on the issues raised during the meeting.
•
The follow-up meeting with the Managing Judges of the Civil and Commercial Courts was held on 26.11.2010. The
Meeting discussed actions taken on issues raised at the previous meeting including several additional issues amongst
which were differing Court commencement time, postponements, parking problems and submissions. A briefing/
discussion was also held after the meeting on the audio conferencing system to clarify to members how the system
works.
The notes of the various meetings had been circulated to members by email and posted on the notice board at the Bar Room
as well as at the KL Bar website.
Apart from the meetings initiated by the CCLC, representatives from the CCLC also attended meetings initiated by the Bar
Council Court Liaison Committee where most of the issues raised at the State level were also discussed at the national level.
CCLC Dialogue on ‘State of our Practice’ on 26.10.2010
In addition to the meetings, CCLC had successfully organised a dialogue on ‘State of Our Practice’ where members were
invited to share and discuss their experiences on the changes implemented by the Judiciary i.e. the Tracking System. The
Dialogue was well received with the participation of members of the Bar and also the attendance of YA Tan Sri James Foong
Cheng Yuen and YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin Sharif, Managing Judges who were personally in charge of the implementation
of the Tracking System.
The Dialogue was moderated by Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan with three prominent Bar members as the invited speakers; Mr
Tommy Thomas, Mr Fahri Azzat and Mr Lim Chee Wee speaking on topics of Speed over Justice, Efficiency and Quality of the
Judiciary and Is Council meeting its responsibility to the Bar, respectively.
Members of the Bar gladly shared their experiences on the implemented Tracking System and freely criticised the new system
as well as approved the overall changes initiated by the Judiciary.
Conclusion and Acknowledgement
This term has been marked with its continued challenges with the implementation of the new tracking system. The issue of the
car park remains unresolved, despite several brainstorming sessions with various parties concerned. The CCLC did organise
for a shuttle service from Matrade to the Court Complex in order to facilitate parking at the Matrade car park itself. Sadly this
facility was not favourable to our members. The Managing Judges have, through the CCLC, advised members of the KL Bar
to be patient until the extension to the existing Court Complex, which would include additional car park spaces, is done.
We believe that continuous discussions and meetings with the Court Administrators, the Managing Judges have helped both
ways in improving the present tracking system. The latest enhancement to the Judicial administration is the introduction of the
Audio Conferencing System. As much as it is in its infant stages, members are urged to cooperate in giving this new system
its intended purpose i.e. amongst others, to assist members from having to attend Court and to save them ancillary issues
such as costs and car park.
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I wish to record my appreciation and gratitude to the staff of the KL Bar Secretariat especially Mary and Yati, to the members
of the KL Bar Committee especially the Chairman, Anand Ponnudurai for his continued support and most importantly the
members of CCLC. I especially thank Jennifer, Himah, Wilson Heng, Dato’ Kerry Sin and Annou for their special efforts and
support in the activities of this committee.
Pushpa Ratnam
Chairperson
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Conveyancing Practice
Committee
Nurul Muhaniza Binti Hanafi
Chairperson
The Conveyancing Practice Committee (CyPC)’s main objective was to resolve issues
and problems faced by the members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar with other related
agencies that are involved in the conveyancing practice.
CyPC to date had met 6 times since taking office and had attended/been invited to
attend briefings, meetings and events by various related agencies which were as
follows:
•
Forum at the Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) on the Real Property
Gain Tax Act (RPGT) on 26.03.2010. Issues discussed related to the Cukai
Keuntungan Harta Tanah (CKHT) forms and procedure.
•
Courtesy Call/Meeting with the Director General of Malaysian Department of
Insolvency (MdI) on 11.05.2010 jointly held with the Bankruptcy Unit of the
Civil Court Liaison Committee.
•
Follow-up meeting with MdI Legal Department on 03.06.2010 - The main
issue discussed was regarding the Private Liquidators on whether they are
entitled to charge administrative fee of 2%-3% of the prevailing purchase
price.
•
Briefing and Presentation of Documents Ceremony at the Wilayah Land
Office on 11.06.2010. CyPC was briefed on the new operational procedures
at the Wilayah Land Office.
•
On 17.06.2010, discussion was held with Wilayah Land Office regarding
consent to transfer on appeal cases - whether it would be mandatory to
attach photographs of the property. CyPC had requested WLO not to impose
such regulation pending decision by of the Exco meeting.
•
Briefing by LHDN on RPGT on 02.07.2010. All conveyancing practitioners
of the State Bars were invited to provide feedback, which was raised at the
briefing by the Bar Council.
•
Members of CyPC attended a briefing by the Jabatan Penilaian dan Pentaksir
Harta (JPPH) Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur on e-stamping and JPPH’s
procedures which was held on 14.07.2010.
•
Follow-up meeting on 14.07.2010 with the Wilayah Land Office with regard
to the consent to transfer for appeal cases.
•
Meeting between LHDN and Association of Bankers held on 19.07.2010 at
the LHDN office at Jalan Duta.
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Deputy Chairperson
Margaret KH Koh
Committee Members
Ahmad Khusyri Bin Abdul Majid
Agnes Chan
Cecilia Thong Shean Tyng
Chong Wai Kuan
Dennis Teoh
Grace Chin
Hanna Binti Ambaras Khan
Jerome Peter Pagadala
Kong Kai Jye
Lee Choi Wan
Rita Sabrina Wong Kee Ling
Sia Yeak Koon
Sri Rahayu Binti Mohamad
Syahizan Amir Bin Abdul Wahab
•
Members of the CyPC attended a briefing between the Bar Council and LHDN on 20.08.2010. This was a follow-up
meeting by both parties on issues raised in 2009.
•
On 24.08.2010 the CyPC had a discussion with the Registrar of the Selangor Land Registry in which it was announced
that the Selangor Land Registry will process the registration of transfer for landed property within 3 working days.
•
On 08.10.2010 the Wilayah Land Office called for a meeting requesting CyPC’s help to promote their annual Land
Management Seminar. CyPC also took the opportunity in raising issues concerning consent and appeal.
•
Chair and some members of CyPC attended the Land Management Seminar organised by the Wilayah Land Office
which was held on 20.10.2010 at Legend Hotel Kuala Lumpur.
•
CyPC was invited by the Bar Council to attend PEMUDAH (Pasukan Petugas Khas Pemudahcara Perniagaan) monthly
meeting on 19.11.2010 which was held at the National Productivity Centre, Petaling Jaya. CyPC clarified various
issues arising at the Wilayah Land Office to the Meeting.
•
CyPC Chair had met with the Selangor Land Registry’s Registrar on 23.11.2010 to clarify problems concerning the
3-day process of registration of transfer as complaints were received by lawyers that the registration process took
more than the announced 3-day period. Matters were then successfully resolved.
•
Wilayah Land Office organised a dialogue with lawyers on 29.11.2010 in which CyPC was invited. Lawyers were
briefed on the recently updated procedures at the Wilayah Land Office. A document presentation ceremony was also
held for the second time. Specific law firms with uncollected documents were invited and were presented with their
bundles of documents which were collected by their respective representatives.
•
The Selangor Bar Committee invited the CyPC to attend a meeting at the Petaling Land Office at Subang Jaya on
03.12.2010. The Petaling Land Office had announced that lawyers/despatch that came to collect Title Document
must provide their thumb print.
•
The Selangor Land Registry invited the Chair for a meeting on 09.12.2010 to discuss and resolve problems arising on
matters pertaining to issuance of AA Titles.
•
The Wilayah Land Office called for a meeting on 16.12.2010 to discuss the Final Acceptance Test for the implementation
of myForms (applications via internet which include Memorandum of Transfers, Forms 16S, 16M, 19G and 14A).
Discussions also included MAMPU - the government agency responsible for creating the system. CyPC made a few
suggestions which had been accepted and will be incorporated into the system before the implementation of the trial
run.
•
The Wilayah Land Office invited the CyPC for the launching ceremony of ‘Jom Bayar dan Menang 2011’ on 21.12.2010
which was officiated by Y.B. Dato’ Raja Nong Chik Bin Dato’ Raja Zainal Abidin, Minister of the Federal Territories and
Urban Well Being.
Upcoming activity
Conveyancing Hi-tea and Get-together 2011
CyPC is organising a hi-tea and get-together for the conveyancing practitioners in Kuala Lumpur. This event is proposed to
be held on 25.01.2011. Main objective of the get-together was to create an event where the conveyancing practitioners can
mingle around and exchange ideas. All the relevant heads of related agencies involved in conveyancing matters will also be
invited for the event.
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Conclusion
CyPC had managed to resolve most of the arising issues and had build a good relationship with various related agencies within
the conveyancing practice. It is hoped that CyPC will continue to strengthen these relationships by working together to resolve
issues through open discussions and mutual cooperation. Unfortunately, some of these meetings with the related agencies
coincided with some of the monthly meetings of the KLBC and as these meetings were vital and required immediate attention
in order to resolve arising issues, I had to give the KLBC meetings a miss.
Lastly but not least, I would like to record my sincerest thanks and appreciation to the CyPC members for their continuous
support and cooperation to enable CyPC to accomplish much of its objectives this term.
Chairperson
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Criminal Practice
Committee
Chairperson
The Criminal Practice Committee (CPC)’s main purpose was to focus on issues or
problems faced by members of Kuala Lumpur Bar with other bodies that involved in
the practice of criminal law.
CPC had met 3 times since taking office and had carried out the yearly routine of paying
courtesy calls and had meetings with the agencies involved in the administration of
Criminal Justice in Kuala Lumpur which amongst others included the following:•
Courtesy Call/Meeting with Head of Prosecution Unit, Attorney General’s
Chambers Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur on 05.05.2010. Matters
discussed included matters regarding documents under Section 51A of the
Criminal Procedure Code, fresh charges and touting problems at the KL
Courts.
•
Courtesy Call/Meeting with the Managing Judge of the Criminal Courts,
Y.A. Tan Sri Zulkefli Bin Ahmad Makinudin in his chambers at Putrajaya on
14.05.2010. Main issue discussed was the new Kuala Lumpur Remand
Centre at the Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Bukit Jalil.
•
Visit to the Kuala Lumpur Remand Centre at IPD Bukit Jalil was done on
17.05.2010. The visit was to ensure proper facilities were allocated for
lawyers.
•
Courtesy Call/Meeting with the Sungai Buloh Prison Administration was held
on 09.06.2010. CPC was informed of the facilities and schedules of the
prison. CPC requested a larger appointment area and extension of visiting
hours for lawyers to see their clients which later was granted by the Prison
Authority.
•
Meeting to discuss the Launching of Tracking System for the Kuala Lumpur
and Shah Alam Criminal High Courts on 06.12.2010. The meeting was
chaired by the Managing Judge of the Criminal Courts, Y.A. Tan Sri Zulkefli
Bin Ahmad Makinudin.
Committee Members
Abdullah bin Ahmad
Azreen Zainal Anuar
Boo Yang Huay
Datin Daljit Kaur
Fadzila Haji Said
Farah Nadiah Binti Zainudin
Fong Fook Chuen
Khairul Anwar Rahmat
Lee Teong Hooi
Lim Suek Woo
Md. Radzi Mustafa
Moghan Ramachandran
Natarajan A/L Chinnaswami
Ravindran Selvaraj
Shamsul Sulaiman
Siti Nor Rahayu Binti Baharin
Notes of the above meetings had been circulated to members by email and
posted at the KL Bar website.
Criminal Procedure Code (Amendments 2010) - An Overview
CPC had also successfully organised an Overview of the Criminal Procedure Code
(Amendments 2010) on 30.11.2010. Speakers were Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu and
Datuk V. Sithambaram.
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The programme was very well received with 97 participants comprising 46 members of the Bar, 46 students and 5
from the academic/private sectors. Most of the participants commented that the programme had clarified what to be
expected with the amended Act and were very grateful with the practical tips and information given by the speakers.
Appreciation
I would like to record my deepest thanks and appreciation to the members of the Criminal Practice Committee 2010/11 for
their support and cooperation in ensuring all activities were successfully carried out.
Chairperson
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Environmental and
Humanities Committee
Chairperson
Environmental and Humanities Committee (EHC) started the term by continuing the
‘old/used paper collection day’ in conjunction with the Earth Day on 22.04.2010. This
year, 270 kg of old/used paper was collected with the support of EHC members,
several legal firms and the KL Bar Secretariat. Proceeds from the sale of the used/old
paper will be utilised for the Children’s Nature Camp project.
EHC has also undertaken a major initiative in promoting the Climate Change
Programme which is led by Ms Chew Swee Yoke. The programme started with the
training of Climate Change Connectors from amongst members of EHC who after
training, will be registered as Connectors at the Australian Conservation Foundation
(ACF) regional headquarter in Australia, under The Climate Change Programme. This
inaugural training has been successfully carried out on 06.08.2010. EHC hopes to
organise subsequent trainings of a similar nature in future. The upgrading of as many
Connectors to Presenters of the Climate Change agenda will be another level that
EHC plans to achieve. All this would be meaningful in terms of effectively raising the
level of cognitive awareness on climate change issues, from a long- term perspective.
To date EHC had met 5 times. Several other activities which were diligently planned
and successfully implemented by the EHC include:
•
UiTM Law Week 01-05 March 2010 which was organised by the Environmental
Law and Awareness Club (EnLac) of the Law Faculty. EHC had been invited
to open a booth during the week and several EHC members had voluntarily
manned the booth.
•
A 2-day trip to Cherating Turtles Sanctuary was organised on 17 and
18.07.2010 to enable members and their families to gather hands-on
knowledge of the importance of saving and protecting the turtles. 35
members of the Bar and family members had an informative trip and the
highlight of the trip was releasing turtle hatchlings to the sea.
Deputy Chairperson
Saha Deva Arunasalam
Deputy Chairperson
Head of Climate
Change Campaign
Chew Swee Yoke
Committee Members
Abdullah Khubayb Bin Awaluddin
Amanda Man
Aw Ee Va
Cahan Khoon Moh
Chen Sue Ann
Dennis Teoh
Fadzila Binti Haji Said
Fida Izrina Izhar
Haryati Yusoff
Hoi Jack S’ng
Kartina Mohd Sobri
Kenneth Seet Wen Zheng
Kahizan Sharizad Binti Ab Razak
Lilian Siew Pul Mai
Mohd Izzi Bin Talha
Noortasha Dewi Paramaswaran
Ong Shih Wei
Shanti Abraham Mathew
Thirunavakarasu Vijayan@Ganesan
Yohendra Nadarajan
Upcoming events
•
Children’s Nature Camp
EHC is currently working together with the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) to
organise a 3D 2N Children’s Nature Camp. Arrangements are being finalised
and dates are being fixed.
•
Climate Change Forum
EHC is planning to organise a 1-day forum in February 2011 on Climate
Change. The main objective of the forum is to increase participation and
heighten the level of awareness amongst members of the Bar and public
on the effect of climate change to the Earth and our daily life. The forum is
also meant to be an eye-opener to the challenges ahead in reducing carbon
emission to the atmosphere.
Environmental and Humanities Committee
Observing Member /
Climate Change spokesperson
Maya Karin Roelcke
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Conclusion
EHC had planned many activities and some of them are still pending implementation.
Lastly, I would like to record my thanks and appreciation to all members of EHC for their continuous support and cooperation,
without which, the abovementioned projects would not have been possible.
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Information Technology
Committee
Richard Wee
Chairperson
The Information Technology Committee (ITC) continues to push for reforms and
changes within the KL Bar’s IT framework. The KL Bar Website was successfully
revamped at a reasonable cost in 2009. Further, a KL Bar Blog, Facebook page,
Twitter account and a Flickr page were all set up at no charge. This has placed KL
Bar at the corridors of internet windows, giving members better access to the KL Bar
Committee and vice versa.
Using these Internet Tools, ITC continues to explore advertising incomes on our
website and blog in order to bring more income to the KL Bar. Additional nonsubscription income would only mean non increment of the current KL Bar
Subscription of RM100.
In addition, ITC continues to promote freedom of speech on the Net. With that in mind,
we organised a few public forums since 2008. Forums on Blogging & Defamation
Laws; and Identity Theft on the Net, were held.
Deputy Chairperson
Foong Cheng Leong
Committee Members
Anita Kaur Gerewal
Aw Ee Va
Chong Jia Ling
Edwin Lee Yong Cieh
Gary Lim
Judy Lim Chu Dee
Justine Chew Bee Ling
Krishna Roy Sreenivasan
Lee Shih
Marlyn Perone
Roland Kual
Steven Wong
This year, ITC organised a 1-day IT Law Forum on 3 major topics. Speakers invited
included drafters of the Personal Data Protection Act; prominent bloggers and
Editors of major News Portal. The 1-day forum was hosted with our partner, KDU
Law School and was graced by the Deputy Minister of Information Communications
and Culture, YB Dato’ Maglin Dennis D’Cruz.
The Forum was well received and the delegates indicated that another Forum of
similar nature would be welcomed. It is hoped that future ITC members will continue
to organise this 1-day Forum as an annual IT Law event.
Over and above that, ITC maintains positive relations with other IT related authorities
and bodies. Dialogues with organisations including Malaysian Communications And
Multimedia Commission (MCMC), Cyber Security and many others, were held every
now and then, where issues of IT Laws affecting the public were usually addressed.
Another project which was initiated last term, was finally launched in the middle of
2010. KLBC and DiGi entered into a collaboration wherein members signing up with
DiGi, would join a DiGi/KL Bar Community. Calls amongst these members are free
and SMS is at better rates. Smartphones and even free phones were offered to
our members, in deals especially for members only. It is hoped, if this DiGi/KL Bar
Community continues to grow, KLBC would be able to bargain better and more
beneficial deals for our members in future. We encourage members to consider DiGi
and join that community if members wish to switch telecommunication providers.
The collaboration with DiGi also bore some sponsorship fruits. DiGi has offered special
internet package to the KL Bar secretariat and the Bar Room at very low rates. DiGi
has also sponsored some of KL Bar’s events by offering free Smartphone or free
usage of DiGi broadband. Over and above that, DiGi continues to pay advertisement
fees to KL Bar Committee to advertise on the KL Bar Website.
Information Technology Committee
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These projects cannot be carried out without the strong and genuine interest of our committee members. Our Deputy Chair,
Foong Cheng Leong, continues to assist and work behind the scenes to get projects running and going. The ITC members
have continued to be supportive and helpful. Many thanks to you all!
As always, the KL Bar Secretariat, led by Mary Tan and the EO in charge of ITC, Melissa Dass; have been the strong people of
our projects. They continue to be the glue which brings all the parts of the projects together. ITC is grateful to our Secretariat,
whom on many occasion, put their heart into their work, showing great desire to ensure all projects succeed.
On a personal note, this is likely to be my final report as a KL Bar Committee Member. Serving the KL Bar since 2005, it has
been an enjoyable experience. I apologise for any error on my part, and hope members would continue to serve and support
projects of the KL Bar in the future.
Richard Wee
Chairperson
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Professional Development
Committee
Chairperson
The Professional Development Committee (PDC)’s main objective was to continue to
offer members and pupils, through its legal education programmes, the opportunity
to fortify their basic legal skills and to keep themselves abreast of developments in
various areas of practice. Continuing from last term, the PDC embarked on various
legal education programmes for both members of the Bar and pupils-in-chambers.
This term, the PDC organised 31 events between March 2010 to February 2011,
covering a wide area of Litigation, Conveyancing and Corporate Law topics such
as Drafting Commercial and International Contracts, Shipping Finance, Privileged
Communications, Tax, Medicine and the Law, Islamic Banking and Trade Marks, to
name a few.
Committee Members
Annie Yin
Aufa Radzi
Balbir Singh
G. Nanda Goban
Jayaram Sankaran
Justin Johari
S.Saravana Kumar
Sunita Sankey
Wong Tat Chung
To date, the response for the PDC events has been rather encouraging and it is
our hope that members will continue to benefit from the programmes lined-up for
the remainder of the term. We hope to see a continued support and increased
participation from members and pupils alike.
The PDC is also working with the KL Bar Secretariat in improving the facilities in the
KL Bar Auditorium. In line with this, the PDC has from August 2010 revised its fees for
the Seminars and Workshops conducted. The Seminars have now been categorised
in 3 main target groups namely, Fundamentals, Specialist and Master Class Series.
Some of the reasons discussed when considering the increase include:
•
It would be reflective of the value of the seminars.
•
The increase is only minimal and will not tax our members.
•
Private corporations are charging between RM1,000 to RM4,000 for a 1-day
seminar.
•
Help to generate more income for the KL Bar in order to better serve the
members.
•
Funds are also needed to refurbish the KL Bar Auditorium which badly needs
an uplift as some invited speakers have complained about the conditions of
the Auditorium.
•
There has been no increase in the rates for the last 6 years.
For a change, the PDC is also looking at organising a 2-day conference specifically
targeting the corporate sector.
Chairperson
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The Programme for the 2010/11 term is as follows:
Date
Seminar/Workshop
Speaker
10.03.2010 (Wednesday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Drafting International
Contracts - Dealing with Cross
Border Transactions
26.03.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Privileged
Communications - Current Trends
Sudhar Thillainathan
Jeremy Lee Pheng Yau
16.04.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Highlights of Recent
Tax Cases
S. Saravana Kumar
08.05.2010 (Saturday)
9.00am
WORKSHOP : Modern Legal
Writing (Basic)
Jackie Yeoh
4.30pm
SEMINAR: Medicine and the Law
P S Ranjan
Manmohan S. Dhillon
26.06.2010 (Saturday)
9.00am
Writing (Advanced)
Jackie Yeoh
06.08.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Islamic Banking in
Malaysia: Syariah Concept in
Islamic Banking
Mohamed Ridza
Annie Yin
13.08.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Laws on Gated and
Guarded Communities
Andrew Wong
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Date
Seminar/Workshop
Speaker
Moderator
20.08.2010 (Friday)
4.00pm
TALK: Humour and the Law
P S Ranjan
Lee Choi Wan
24.09.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Tax Issues in Land and
Property Transactions - Strategies
to Minimise Tax
S. Saravana Kumar
21.10.2010 (Thursday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: The Rights of Unwed
Mothers
Vicky Alahakone
27.10.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Joint Ventures &
Strategic Alliances
19.11.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Understanding Trade
Marks
Camilla Anastasia Alim
Janet Toh
26.11.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Winding-Up: The
Voluntary and Court Liquidation
Process
Lee Shih
01.12.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Syariah Wills
Mohd Amir Shahril Bahari
16.12.2010 (Thursday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Understanding
Shipping Laws in Relation to
Acquisition and Finance of Ships
Joanne Long
Aufa Radzi
S. Saravana Kumar
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Date
Seminar/Workshop
Speaker
17.12.2010 (Friday)
2.30pm
SEMINAR: Restrictive Covenants
and Confidential Information in
Employment Relationships
Edward Saw
18.01.2011 (Tuesday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Enforcement
of Foreign Judgments and
Foreign Arbitral Awards: Recent
Developments
Shara Ann Isaacs
3.00pm
Border Transactions
17.02.2011 (Thursday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Preparation and
Conducting Trials
18.02.2011 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Recent Tax Cases
S. Saravana Kumar
Siti Fatimah Mohd
Shahrom
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Jayaram Sankaran
The PDC has also continued with its pupils programme covering the following:
Date
Seminar/Workshop
Speaker
18.06.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Fundamentals of Civil Litigation
Mohd. Izral Khairy
Tharminder Singh
22.06.2010 (Tuesday)
1.30pm
SEMINAR: Human Rights Law, Advocacy and
Activism
Edmund Bon
29.06.2010 (Tuesday)
2.00pm
SEMINAR: An Introduction to S.218 Winding Up
Petitions
Alex Chang
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Fundamentals of Conveyancing
23.07.2010 (Tuesday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Fundamentals of Bankruptcy
Proceedings
GK Ganesan
3.00pm
SEMINAR: Drafting Commercial Contracts
07.10.2010 (Thursday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: The Fundamentals of Criminal Litigation
– Arrest, Remand and Bail
Amer Hamzah Arshad
12.10.2010 (Tuesday)
2.00pm
Activism
Edmund Bon
15.10.2010 (Friday)
3.00pm
SEMINAR: The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy
Proceedings
28.01.2011 (Friday)
3.00pm
Proceedings
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H R Dipendra
Chairperson
The Publications Committee continued to experience a decline in the number
of contributions from members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar in the form of articles,
commentaries or opinions. This trend had been highlighted in the reports by the
Chairpersons of the Publications Committee in the last 3 terms. For the term 2010/11,
the Publications Committee decided to publish articles and materials online on the KL
Bar Blog at http://www.klbar.blogspot.com as and when they were made available.
There were several reasons for this change of approach. The first was a commercial
one. The costs of publication of Relevan for the previous years were off-set largely
by advertisement revenue, thereby making the publication, printing and posting
of Relevan justifiable from a commercial point of view. The last 2 years made it
increasingly difficult to sustain advertisement revenue. The costs of publishing Relevan
would therefore have been greater than previous years. Secondly, the proliferation of
many recent online websites dedicated to legal issues has made it difficult to source
for contributions from lawyers who preferred real-time publication of articles.
The increased workload from the reforms initiated by the Judiciary also made it
difficult for usual writers to contribute in terms of articles. Be that as it may, members
were encouraged to submit their articles and contributions even if the same had been
published somewhere else originally.
Plans are afoot to publish a 20-year commemorative issue of Relevan in light of the
20-year anniversary of the founding of the Kuala Lumpur Bar in 1992. This project will
be spearheaded by the incoming committee and is slated for publication at the end
of 2011 or early 2012.
Publication online at the KL Bar Blog also allowed us to publish material in a timely
manner and it enabled us to archive all articles and contributions from members in a
more organised and user friendly manner. Members were informed by e-mail when
such articles are posted on the blog. Relevan online would not have been possible
without the time and effort of its committee members and I thank them for their
efforts.
H R Dipendra
Chairperson
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Committee Members
Mahendran Gnasamoothy
Choo Dee Wei
Chairperson
Civil and Criminal Litigation Workshops
The Pupils Welfare Committee (PWC) continues to organise monthly civil litigation
and criminal litigation workshops for pupils, the aim of which was to introduce pupils
to basic legal practice. This was very much a hands-on workshop in which pupils
were confronted with various practical tasks and legal issues. The areas covered
in the criminal workshop were client interview, mitigation, bail application and trial
process. As for the civil litigation workshop, pupils were trained in the drafting of
opinions and pleadings and how to present a case in Court. The response to these
workshops had been extremely encouraging. I am most grateful to practitioners such
as Datuk Sivananthan, Sreekant Pillai, Colin Andrew Pereira, Richard Wee Thiam
Seng, Mohd Izral, Tharminder Singh and Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah for having made
these sessions enjoyable and beneficial to pupils.
Committee Members
Darshendev Singh
Lee Li Hoong
Tan Yat Ngi
Teoh Choon Hui
Alex Anton Netto
Farah Adlin Binti Embong @ Ahmad
Dialogue on the Ethics and Professional Standards
(EPS) Examinations
The PWC also organised monthly dialogues on the Ethics and Professional Standards
(EPS) Examination where pupils were briefed on the purpose for the EPS course
and the usual problems relating to the exam failure. Valuable tips were also offered
to pupils sitting for the exam. I take great pleasure in thanking Puan Hendon Haji
Mohamed and Sheila De Costa who had rotated among themselves in assisting the
PWC during the Ethics dialogue sessions.
Pupillage Handbook and Directory
The PWC is in the midst of launching the Pupillage Handbook & Directory which will
serve to guide pupils during their pupillage. The Pupillage Handbook & Directory was
conceptualised as many pupils were unaware of what was required of them as pupils.
Legal Career Fair
The Legal Career Fair, organised annually by the PWC, is scheduled to be held on
12.02.2011 at the Corus Hotel, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
E-mail Group
The PWC is also considering setting up an e-mail group for pupils to raise their
provenances or any problems that they may have.
Acknowledgement
I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the PWC who have worked
diligently and assisted namely Darshendev Singh, Jason Teoh, Lee Li Hoong, Alex
Netto, Farah Adlin and Tan Yat Ngi as well as the secretariat of the Kuala Lumpur Bar
Committee.
Choo Dee Wei
Chairperson
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Social, Arts & Culture
Committee
Khaizan Sharizad Binti Ab. Razak
Chairperson
To-date, the Social Arts and Culture Committee (SAC) had organised the following
events for members of the KL Bar and their friends and families:
Blood Donation Drive
The SAC organised a Blood Donation Drive on 28.06.2010 at the Kuala Lumpur
Court Complex, Jalan Duta. There were 50 donors registered, 13 of whom were
rejected because they were either under 45 kg in weight, having high blood pressure
or low blood pressure or/and have lived in the United Kingdom from 1980 till 1996
and in Europe from 1980 till to date. A total of 37 units of blood were collected from
generous donors.
Charity Go Kart Race
Committee Members
Farah Intan Burhanudin
Azrin Razman Bin Suleiman
Imran Ismail
Janet Chai
Seira Sacha
Noor Arianti Binti Osman
Thirunavakarasu
Tengku Nur Azura binti Tengku
Safiyuddeen
Nurul Shuhada Ahmad Zaki
Ahmad Aizat bin Ab Rahman
The SAC held its inaugural Charity Go Kart Race on 07.08.2010 at the Sepang Go
Kart Circuit. About 40 people participated in the race, which included members of
the public, pupils-in-chambers and practising lawyers. The nett proceeds of the
collection from the event will be donated to the Orang Asli Settlement in Kg. Bertang,
Raub, Pahang.
LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt
The Annual LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt, co-organised by LexisNexis and the
KL Bar and participated by members of the public and practising lawyers from Klang
Valley, was held on 24.10.2010.
68 teams participated in the Treasure Hunt of which 7 teams were from the closed
category (staff of LexisNexis and members of KL Bar). RM25000 was raised.
Altogether there were 25 prizes for the winners of the open category and 7 prizes
for the closed category. Participants also took back prizes from the lucky draw. The
grand prize was an iPod Touch. 9 other prizes were 3 iPod Shuffles, 5 digital photo
frames and an Olympus camera.
Annual Dinner and Dance
The SAC organised the KL Bar Annual Dinner & Dance, which was held at Prince
Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 13.11.2010. It was attended by 350 guests which included
Judges and practising lawyers from the Klang Valley. This year, there was a fashion
show performance by local and upcoming designers, singing performance by
Nadhira and a comedy act by Comedy Court.
Movie Night
The SAC organised a Movie Nite - a private screening of Harry Potter And The Deathly
Hollows : Part 1 on 18.11.2010 at Golden Screen Cinemas, Pavillion. The event was
well received by members of the Bar and their families and friends.
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Miscellaneous
The SAC is organising a visit to the Orang Asli Settlement in Kg. Bertang, Raub, Pahang in January 2011.
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Sports Committee
Muhendaran Suppiah
Chairperson
Malaysian Bar Inter-State Bar Games
The Malaysian Bar Inter-State Bar Games was hosted by the Pahang Bar over two
days on 26.02.2010 and 27.02.2010 in Kuantan. KL Bar took part in this Inter-State
Bar Games and won in netball (champion), volleyball (1st runner-up) and golf (2nd
runner-up).
Convenors /
Committee Members
Anand Ponnudurai
Snooker / Pool
A I Nathan
Badminton
Selangor Bar Ruby Cup - Netball
The Ruby Cup, a Netball Tournament, hosted by the Selangor Bar was held on
26.06.2010 at Kompleks Sukan Negara Matsushita, Shah Alam. The KL Bar Netball
Team participated in the Tournament and emerged as champions winning the
challenge trophy.
20th “Sports Carnival” - KL Bar v Royal Selangor Club
(RSC)
This “Sports Carnival” Series was inaugurated in 1985 wherein several sports are
played for the overall challenge trophy donated by the late Tan Sri Dato’ Harun
Hashim. There is also a challenge trophy for each sport donated by senior members
of the Bar / RSC members. The Series this year was held on 08 and 10.07.2010
and once again, KL Bar and RSC were declared joint Champions with both sides
winning 3 games each and drew at 1 game. KL Bar won at badminton, cricket and
netball whilst RSC emerged victorious in soccer, hockey and billiards/pool. We drew
at tennis. The End-of-Games Dinner and Prize-Giving was well attended. The Boat
race was held during the dinner. Though a non-competitive event, it was closely
fought and won by RSC.
Alex Nandaseri De Silva
Cricket
Khairul Idham
Hockey
Robert Low
Soccer & Futsal
Yeoh Cho Kheong
Tennis
Wan Syarihah Binti Razman
Netball
Chin Yeow Chong
Volleyball
Kuala Lumpur/Selangor Bar Games - 10th Series
This Series was inaugurated after the split between the Selangor and Federal Territory
Bar and both teams played various sports for the Lall Singh Muker Trophy, which is
donated by Mrs Lall Singh Muker, mother of a senior member of the Bar, Mr S.S.
Muker who is a member of both the Selangor Bar and KL Bar. This year’s Series was
hosted by the Selangor Bar. 5 games were played in this year’s series which was held
on 11.12.2010. The 5 games were hockey, football, volleyball, netball and golf. KL
Bar won at netball and golf whilst Selangor Bar won at hockey, soccer and volleyball.
Selangor Bar beat KL Bar 3-2 to become the overall champion regaining the trophy
that it lost in the last series.
Sivaruben A/L R Balasekaran
Darts
Shanmugam A/L Ganesan
General
The KLBC continues to maintain a badminton court at the SBA hall in Kampung
Attap every Thursday from 6.00pm to 8.30pm to enable members and pupils to play
the sport on a regular basis and to interact with other members.
Muhendaran Suppiah
Chairperson
Sports Committee
Sports Committee
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Sports Committee
Lai Chee Hoe
Chairperson
The Kuala Lumpur Bar Young Lawyers Committee (“YLC”) for the term 2010/2011
continues to strive to create a platform for young lawyers to contribute to the Bar.
The YLC continues to grow this term but we are still on a lookout for more young
lawyers to join us.
The YLC has 4 sub units which are headed by the Deputy Chairs respectively and
this year, we have 2 YLC representatives who sit in the National Young Lawyers
Committee; and they are:
(a)
Community Projects Unit - Kenneth Wong Poh Lim and Siti Fatimah Mohd
Shahrom
Deputy Chairpersons
Chan Kit Kheong
Professional Networking Unit
Fam Yu Min
External Liaison Unit
Sandesh Kabir Singh
Kenneth Wong Poh Lim
Community Projects Unit
(b)
Practice Management Unit - Ruth Maran
(c)
Professionals Networking Unit - Chan Kit Kheong
(d)
External Liaison Unit - Fam Yu Min and Sandesh Kabir Singh
(e)
YLC Representatives to NYLC - Aston Philip Paiva and Syahredzan Johan
We called our 1st meeting on 07.04.2010 at Wisma Kraftangan followed by the 2nd
on 24.04.2010 at The Ascott, 3rd on 20.07.2010 at Wisma Kraftangan and 4th on
25.09.2010 at the Old Town White Coffee at Bangsar South.
The Activities carried out for this term were:
YLC Futsal at Padang OU on 21.05.2010
The tournament attracted participation of 8 teams. There were also special
appearances from the junior members of the Bar Council football team. It was a
joyful event be it on or off the turf. The goal of such tournament was to encourage the
participants to congregate and be acquainted with one another.
Trip to SPCA on 05.06.2010
YLC, in wanting to provide more avenues for legal eagles to give back to society,
formed an Ad Hoc Animal Welfare Committee earlier this year and paid a visit to
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) on 05.06.2010. The
SPCA is an animal welfare organisation that aims to protect animals and to alleviate
their suffering. The objective was to raise awareness amongst lawyers in respect of
animal welfare. It was a touching sight as plenty of excitement was soon generated
amongst the animals as the lawyers helped to clean the animal enclosures by
changing newspapers and removing wastes, replacing bowls with fresh food and
water, feeding, bathing and spending time with the animals. Many of those who could
not make it for the visit donated items to the SPCA through calls for donations by the
YLC. Items included necessities such as food and disinfectants, as well as clothes,
household items, books, toys etc for the SPCA Jumble Sale and Charity Shoppe.
The visit was reported in the Chinese Presses of Sin Chew Jit Poh and Guangming
Daily, as well as The Star and New Straits Times. The YLC hopes to continue its
Siti Fatimah Mohd Shahrom
Ruth Garnet Maran
Practice Management Unit
Representatives to
National Young Lawyers
Committee (NYLC)
Syahredzan Johan
Aston Philip Paiva
Committee Members
Alvin Khoo Nee Jian
Aric Wong
Benjamin Sathyanandam
Cara Yasmin Kamaruddin
Casey Cheng Khang Chween
Chan Khoon Moh
Chang Lih Yik
Choo Dee Wei
Choo Mun Wei
Chrissie Lim Wen Hsin
Christine Ooi Wai Ching
Clarice Ngan
Daniel Albert
Daphne Chia
Daron Wong Horng Yang
Darren Malis
Edmund Bon Tai Soon
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efforts to raise awareness on animal welfare and to encourage more lawyers to be
part of its animal welfare programme.
Jamuan Buka Puasa at Ali Baba’s Kebab on 18.08.2010
This event is aimed at fostering ties between lawyers in the Holy Month of Ramadhan.
This year, the YLC decided to add a twist to the annual regime and changed the
venue from last year’s Restaurant Kampung Baru Ikan Bakar to Ali Baba’s Kebab
Restaurant along Jalan Ampang and from the normal buffet to a Set menu. The
sets were reasonably priced at RM28 per person. The event was a success as
several attendees were newcomers who had never attended a YLC event. The event
lasted through the night with most attendees using the event to catch up with fellow
Learned Friends.
Visit to Parliament on 11.10.2010
8 YLC members attended the third session of the 12th Parliament. Member of
Parliment (“MP”) for Rembau, YB Khairy Jamuluddin, was one of the earliest to
arrive and very kindly took the time to greet each and every YLC member personally,
where he subsequently ran through the agenda for the day with us. YLC also paid a
courtesy call to MPs of DAP. The meeting, which was held at the Opposition’s Office
located at the 13th floor was attended by YB Kulasegaran, YB Teo Nie Ching, YB
Tony Pua, YB Ngeh Koo Ham, YB Anthony Loke, YB Liew Chin Tong, YB Wong Ho
Leng and YB Chong Chieng Jen. We were given a surprise visit by YB Lim Kit Siang
during the meeting.
YLC Sports Carnival on 31.10.2010
In an effort to promote sports and foster closer ties amongst lawyers, the YLC had
organised a Sports Carnival consisting of Badminton and Futsal. The Challenger
Sports Centre Petaling Jaya was the venue fixed to hold the event. The carnival
managed to draw in an encouraging number of participation for both badminton and
futsal. All in all, badminton managed to attract a pool of 45 individuals for the singles
and doubles events and for futsal, 16 teams roughed it out on the turf for the oneday event. Amongst others, the sports carnival saw participation from the Attorney
General’s Chamber whom had accepted our invitation to join this event. The games
began at 10.00am and went on until 4.00pm with plenty of action in between. With
this effort, the YLC had managed to set-up an environment for individuals within the
industry to mix around and share their passion for sports and it is hoped that in the
future this carnival could incorporate more sports to cater to a wider interest and be
utilised as a platform to further its objectives.
YLC Candidate Watch of the Bar Council Elections 2011/2012
The Bar Council Elections takes place every year during the month of November. The
purpose of the Elections is to elect members who will sit in Council and tasked under
the Legal Profession Act to manage the affairs of the Malaysian Bar and to carry
out various functions as specified under the Act. Candidates for the Elections are
nominated by at least 3 members. The YLC embarked on a first-of-its-kind initiative
to create awareness amongst the members of the Bar on the Bar Council Elections
called the ‘Candidate Watch’. It is hoped that with this initiative, more members will
vote in the Elections, instead of throwing their ballot papers away.
Charity Night Auditions on 19.06.2010
The KL Bar Auditorium was abuzz with talent on 19.06.2010 when auditions were
held for the upcoming Charity Night 2010. The ‘presiding judges’ were Seira Sacha,
Siti Shahrom, Melissa Sasidaran and Christine Ooi. In total, 6 acts turned up for the
auditions and 4 acts submitted their videos audition for consideration.
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Committee Members
Elyne Choo Yee Leng
Esther Chow Ruen Xin
Farah Nadiah Zainudin
Fatin Nabilah Abu Samah
Foo Siew June
Foong Cheng Leong
Giri Raj
Haraesh Singh Kelly
James Ding Tse Wen
James Ong
Janet Chai
Janet Olivia Tang Mou Lung
Joachim Leong Ming Yoong
Joanne Leong Pooi Yaen
Joe Teoh Zhuo Wei
Johana Rosli
Johnson Lim Fung Tat
Josephine Chin Fong Leng
Karthigaibalan
Kelly Khoo Seo Ju
Kenneth Seet Wan Zheng
Khaizan Sharizad Abd Razak
Kok Wen Ying
Kong Teng Mun @ Jason Kong
Linda Lee Ching Ching
Mak Kah Keong
Malini Madiyazhagan
Melissa Sasidaran
Mohd Khairil Izzi bin Talha
Muhamad Anwar B. Zamree
Muthuveeramani Nadesan
Ng Su-San
Noraliana Zainal Abidin
Nurul Hidayah Abdull Rahim
Ong Hwee Koon
Regina Chin Ming Ling
Seira Sacha Binti Abu Bakar
Sharolyn Jeyanthi A/P Selvaraj
Siti Munirah Maarof
Sujintana Mongkolthanit
Tan Aimee
Tracy Hah Yan Shan
Vince Chong Khin Young
Wan Farhanim bt Wan Muhd Shukeri
Wan Norizzati binti Wan Idris
Yau Khai Ling
Yeoh Tung Seng
Yohendra Nadarajan
Charity Night at GOSH on 02.07.2010
The most anticipated annual event returned with the theme “Still Legally Talented – Too Legit to Quit” held on 02.07.2010 at
Gosh! Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur. The event witnessed talented lawyers (and non-lawyers) in showcasing their skills
in singing, acting, and dancing in 10 performances throughout the night. Guests started to fill in the venue from 7.00pm and
the event officially started at 8.15pm, when our emcees, Cara and Joseph, called for the guests’ attention to the stage and
welcomed our performers on stage to kick off the night. DiGi, the official sponsor of the event, auctioned off a BlackBerry Bold
9000 and a Nokia E52 which managed to fetch a healthy sum for charity. More than 900 tickets were sold and a total amount
of RM48,070.60 was received from the donations collected on the night alone!
Charity Night Appreciation Dinner at Malaya’s Bistro on 13.08.2010
A dinner was organised to thank all the young lawyers in organising and the performers in making the Charity Night 2010 a
successful one.
Cheque Presentation to Marginal Youth Centre on 28.08.2010
After having a promising Charity Night 2010 on 02.07.2010 held at Gosh, the YLC honoured its promises by presenting the
donations to the respective homes. The Marginal Youth Centre was presented with a cheque for RM20,000.00. The Centre
shelters 31 children of whom are either homeless or come from a single parent family.
Cheque Presentation to Selangor Handicapped and Mentally Retarded Children Centre on 04.09.2010
The Selangor Handicapped and Mentally Retarded Children Centre was presented with a cheque for RM20,000.00. This
Home takes care of children and adults who have special needs and require special attention. The Home comprises of
persons with various disabilities such as down syndrome, autism, physical disabilities and blindness.
Professional Networking Unit
Professionals Connect - Public Forum & Exhibition on 15 to 16.05.2010
A public forum and exhibition entitled “Professionals Connect” was organised by Balai Ikhtisas Malaysia (“BIM”), also known
as the Malaysian Professional Centre, with the assistance of the Young Professionals Alliance (YPA) of which the YLC is a part
of. Launched by BIM President, Dr. Tan Yoke Sing, this event was the first of its kind by BIM aimed at raising awareness on the
issues and challenges facing Malaysia in its path to nationhood and maturation as a developing country. BIM was established
on 21.01.1973 with the functioning purpose of encouraging good relationships and understanding between members of the
different professional bodies and the public. Held at the Dewan Auditorium Tunku Abdul Rahman of the Malaysian Tourism
Centre, the forum saw many professional organisations coming together to discuss and gain insight on current issues and
challenges we face as Malaysians in trying to cope with the uncertainties and the ever changing environment.
Traffic Light Party on 24.09.2010 at Changkat Bukit Bintang
The YLC had its first Young Lawyers Drinks themed, “Traffic Light Party” on 24.09.2010 at Finnegan’s @ Changkat Bukit
Bintang as an avenue for members of the Bar to mingle in an informal setting and to meet with members of other professional
bodies. A few curious guests peeked in at 7:30pm but the pace started to pick up from 9:00pm onwards with crowds spilling
down to the ground floor. The event saw many new faces with the traffic light dress code setting up interesting conversation
pieces and introductions. The success of the format promises a second Young Lawyers Drinks.
A Day with the Young Lawyers at KDU on 26.06.2010
The session started off with a short welcoming speech delivered by Fam Yu Min to the students explaining the objectives of
the visit. A brief introduction of the volunteers from the YLC soon ensued. Students were then segregated into different tutorial
halls and the volunteer lawyers were despatched into the respective halls to proceed with the workshop. The students were
apprehensive at first but went along with the session. During the workshop, students were welcomed to ask any questions
related to chambering, practice, in-house practice, areas of laws, contentious legislation and legal issues pertaining to the
industry. Volunteers likewise shared their insights and experiences maneuvering the often-rough seas of the trade. All keen,
enthusiastic and eager, the students were full of queries.
A Day with the Young Lawyers at INTI, Nilai on 02.10.2010
The event started off with a welcoming speech by the representative from INTI and a brief introduction of the YLC volunteer
lawyers. Thereafter students were divided into 4 groups, each comprising 6-7 students. 2 volunteer lawyers were assigned to
each group to share their experience with the students. Along the 1.5 hours discussion, students were actively participating
and asking questions. It was a rather rewarding experience to the students who were eager to know what it is like working
as a lawyer, working hours, remuneration, experience, etc. More importantly, the volunteer lawyers got to see the students’
passion, enthusiasm and sense of justice. Towards the end of the session, each group appointed a representative to provide
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feedback. The students showed their gratitude and expressed their will of having us back again in the near future.
Similar workshops were also conducted at KDU University College on 09.10.2010, International Islamic University Malaysia on
16.10.2010 and Taylor’s University College on 30.10.2010.
Upcoming Projects:
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Donation to Orang Asli Settlement
Dialogue with Youth Wing of Political Parties
Speedtrack Course
YLC Retreat
Lai Chee Hoe
Chairperson
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Bar Council Legal Aid
Centre (Kuala Lumpur)
Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Ravin Singh)
Chairperson
INTRODUCTION
THE PANEL
2010 for the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) “BC LAC (KL)” has been
an eventful and unprecedented year.
There was once a time when the BC LAC (KL) was a re-active body that looked only
into representing people who came to the BC LAC (KL) for assistance.
This mind-set has evolved with time and today I can safely claim that the BC LAC (KL)
is a pro-active Centre which looks more into the rights of Malaysians than ever before.
Today Legal Aid is not confined to those who reach out to us, but also to those who
we are able to reach out to.
With the exception of the number of clients from Tenaganita programme, all our
Committees continue to serve roughly the same number of clients if not more. The
drop in the number of clients in the LAC/Tenaganita clinic is mainly due to a shift in
Tenaganita’s programme and also to the emergence of other organisations dealing
with migrant issues.
The following is a more in-depth look at some of the more prominent projects during
the past year.
SUHAKAM REPORT - 23rd April, 2010
The year began with pleasant news when SUHAKAM found that the Arrest of five
lawyers on 7th May, 2009 was a violation of human rights.
The commission found that the arrest under Section 27 of the Police Act 1967 was
not justified or necessary. SUHAKAM further found that the lawyers were not present
at the scene to participate in the cause of their clients, but were simply performing
their duties as legal practitioners in defense of the 14 people arrested. This was
explained in detail in SUHAKAM’s 42 page report.
While BC LAC (KL) would have preferred recommendations to be made by
the SUHAKAM panel on the necessary action that should be taken against the
wrongdoers, the BC LAC (KL) still welcomed the finding by SUHAKAM.
URGENT ARREST TEAM
With its experience from the HINDRAF Gathering, BERSIH Gathering, GMI Gathering
as well as the May 7th Arrest, the Urgent Arrest Team has progressed into a proactive group aimed at assisting the rakyat in the event of mass arrests.
The Urgent Arrest Team’s assistance in the 1st August, 2010 GMI (Anti ISA Protest)
arrests in Petaling Jaya as well as the recent arrests during the “Water Protest” on 5th
of December 2010 has proved the Urgent Arrest Team to be reliable when dealing
with such situations.
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Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur)
Honorary Secretary
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Asst. Honorary Secretary
Harleen Kaur
Treasurer
Khor Xiou Shan, Valen
Committee Members
Ravi Nekoo
Renuka T Balasubramaniam
Latheefa Koya
Ramesh Lachmanan
Sa’adiah Din
Preetam Kaur
Abd Shukor Tokachil
Rajesweri Paramasevam
Murnie Hidayah Anuar
Jason Kong Teng Mun
Adlan Hadi Mohd Yusof
OCTOBER 10TH ARREST OF 4 LEGAL AID VOLUNTEERS
While most of us would have thought that the Polis Diraja Malaysia would have realised that arresting of Lawyers is frowned
upon, we were proven wrong on 10th October, 2010.
Four legal aid volunteers, who were trying to educate the public on their basic rights by distributing the Bar Council’s RED
BOOK, were faced with the police when they themselves were briefly detained by the police for distributing the book to the
public.
Two lawyers and two chambering students had been handing out the Bar Council’s “Red Book: Police and Your Basic Rights”
to members of the public in Bukit Jalil when they were arrested.
The four were taken to Sungai Besi district police headquarters at around 3.00pm for disseminating the supposed “anti-police”
publication.
Although they were released some three hours later without being charged, the BC LAC (KL) condemns the said arrest and
will continue to insist on an explanation from the Polis Diraja Malaysia.
REMAND TASK FORCE
The BC LAC (KL) conducted a 1 week observation run of the new Remand Centre in Bukit Jalil from 7th to 11th June 2010.
The observation was very insightful and enlightening for the centre. Volunteers from the BC LAC (KL) held discussions with the
authorities and recommended procedures that could be introduced or amended.
The one week observation at the Bukit Jalil Remand Center has also made it apparent that legal assistance is much needed
by clients at the remand stage. Hence the BC LAC (KL) is considering introducing a new programme for chambering pupils to
attend to remand hearings as part of its activities and programmes. This consideration is aided by the fact that the centre is
seeing an increase in the number of pupils signing up for legal aid duties.
Remand Research Team – The BC LAC (KL) is also pleased to acknowledge the work of a group of young lawyers who have
volunteered their services in carrying out research on remand in order to develop an updated and comprehensive training
manual for the BC LAC (KL)
OUTREACH GROUP
As mentioned earlier, the BC LAC (KL) is now also about reaching out to the masses. On 23rd October, 2010 at the Brickfield
Asia College (in Brickfields) the BC LAC (KL) launched the 1st Project Outreach Outpost.
The said Outpost is located at 1st Floor, Brickfields Asia College (above CIMB Bank), 68, Jln Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields,
50470 Kuala Lumpur. It is open to the public every Sunday from 10am to 3pm and they have been in service for 13 Sundays.
This is an unprecedented move by the LAC and I congratulate the Project Outreach Team who have pushed relentlessly and
made the Outreach Project a success.
NEW PROGRAMME - RESEARCH AND LAW REFORM PROGRAMME
Due to the increase in the number of pupils signing up for legal aid duty and the need in the BC LAC (KL) for certain areas of
research and law reform, the management panel decided to introduce a new pilot programme - the Research and Law Reform
Programme.
The pilot programme has commenced with a batch of 10 pupils collectively working on a given topic. The pupils are briefed on
the topic, provided guidelines and given timelines for research, presentation and write ups. It is hoped that, where it is needed,
some of this research would be used to lobby for law reform.
BULLET COMMITTEE (Animal Rights Committee)
The first of its kinds Bullet Committee was launched on the 3rd Quarter of 2010 with 3 simple goals. Namely to promote Law
Awareness on Animal Rights, Push for Law Reform as well as to push for Enforcement of Animal Rights.
The Committee consists of many non-lawyers who have been active in the area of Animal Rights whom are equally as
enthusiastic on the goals of the LAC.
The Committee has also recruited Chambering Pupils who currently are comparing Pro Animal Rights Laws from around the
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world and working towards in-cooperating these laws with existing Malaysian Laws.
NATIONAL LEGAL AID FOUNDATION (NLAF)
The setting up of the NLAF is slowly becoming a reality. This project has been an on-going effort of the Bar Council and the
BC LAC (KL) for the last 2 years and it is finally showing signs of success.
The NLAF which will be launched with the aim of representing all Malaysian who are detained by the Police at the point of arrest
to the point of Trial in Criminal matters, is due to be premiered in early 2011.
We look forward to the launch of this Foundation.
NGO PARTNERS
We continue to maintain close working relationship with our NGO Partners, AWAM, WAO, SIS, Pink Triangle Foundation,
Malaysian Aids Council, Tenaganita and UNHCR. The close cooperation between the Centre and all these parties have in
fact increased our awareness and developed our skills and also enhanced the services we provide to various marginalised
communities.
THANK YOU
We would like to emphasise that what we have achieved to date would not have been possible, if not for the tremendous
support from our many dedicated volunteer lawyers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank every one of them.
We also acknowledge that the mainstay of the BC LAC (KL) is the pupils undergoing their compulsory 14 day legal aid duties.
We are planning to create more programmes for them to be involved in, even after they have finished their compulsory legal
aid duties.
My special thanks goes out to all the Project Heads, members of the Management Panel, to the dedicated staff of the BC
LAC (KL), my Office Bearers, our Ex-Officios and to the Executive Director of the BC LAC (KL). Each and every one of you has
contributed your time and energy selflessly, and for that I am exceedingly grateful.
Ravin Singh
Chairperson
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STATISTICS (JANUARY - DECEMBER 2010)
A.
CLIENT STATISTICS: SUMMARY 2010
1
Sungai Buloh Prison:
• Malaysian clients
• Migrant clients
Clients
2008
(Jan - Dec)
1407
(1008)
(399)
2
Kajang Women Prison
168
81
23
3
Kajang Women Migrant Prison
132
74
22
4
Kajang Men Prison (Appeal)
470
6
22
5
Kajang Men Migrant Prison (Appeal)
3
4
17
6
Kajang Men (Juvenile) Prison
-
393
408
7
Kajang Men (Juvenile) Migrant Prison
-
-
-
8
Juvenile Remand Home
20
30
26
9
Dock Brief
4823
4706
3210
10
LAC Clinic
1585
2155
2628
11
Syariah Clinic
130
141
225
12
SIS
665
755
484
13
AWAM
411
348
318
14
PTF
80
20
41
15
WAO
115
90
83
16
Tenaganita
2284
5315
202
17
UNHCR
3931
3958
5916
18
Public Interest Cases
348
100
72
19
Project Outreach
-
-
68
16572
19328
14895
NO. Clinic/Programme
Total
Clients
2009
(Jan - Dec)
1152
(855)
(297)
Clients
2010
(Jan - Dec)
1130
(810)
(320)
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B.
FILES: OPENED, ASSIGNED and UNASSIGNED – 2010
2009
NO. Category
Opened Assigned
2010
Unassigned
Opened Assigned Unassigned
(carry forward)
1
Criminal
• LAC Clinic
• Prisons Programme
140
130
140
113
48
55
111
97
157
131
2
21
2
Employment / SOCSO
15
16
4
22
24
2
3
Family
65
70
10
83
89
4
4
Syariah
30
35
8
45
49
4
5
Others
• Public Interest
Litigation
• Misc
8
8
6
8
4
-
4
3
4
1
-
396
388
129
362
457
34
Total
NEW VOLUNTEER LAWYERS (VL) 2010
TOTAL
87
1.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC Clinic Programme
Report prepared by: Secretariat
Committee Members
Abd Shukor Tokachil (Co Project Head)
Rajesweri Paramasevam (Co Project Head)
Lim Chi Chau
Farida Mohd
Ainaa Shahirah Mohd Nori
Meor Amir b Meor Omar Baki
Noor Zurawati Ishak
Ahmad Shahrizal b Abdul Aziz
Shairatul Adora Yusof
Choo Jun Li
Ilham Umar
Joanne Chua
Kasthuri Krishnan
Jeevanathan Angappan (Secretariat)
“Without equal access to the law, the system not only robs the poor of their only protection, but it places it in the
hands of their oppressors, the most powerful and ruthless weapon ever created.”
Reginald Heber Smith, Justice and the Poor, 1919
LAC Clinic is one of the programmes set up by BC LAC (KL) to provide free legal representation and advice to public at large.
It operates at the BC LAC (KL) which is accessible to the public from Monday to Friday, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. The legal advice
provided by LAC clinic covers a wide range of laws including Employment, Family and Criminal law.
LAC Clinic is manned by pupils in chambers who are required to do Legal Aid Duty which is part of the Bar Council Ruling. The
pupils may whenever necessary seek advice from experienced lawyers via telephone or in person. Each pupil will be on duty
once a week over a period of 3 months.
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The details of the LAC Clinic pupils programme are as follows:
No. Batch
Duration
No. of pupils
1.
Batch 61
22nd February - 21st May-2010
15
2.
Batch 62
17th May - 13th August 2010
16
3.
Batch 63
5th August - 5th November 2010-
17
4.
Batch 64
5th November - 28th January 2010
15
The LAC Clinic pupils have in total assisted 2625 walk-in clients between January and December 2010 and also 562 follow-up
walk in clients in the areas of family law, employment law, criminal law, small claim procedure, consumer, domestic violence
and etc. They have also done several Legal Interventions for clients, such as, obtaining interim protection orders (IPO) and
police station negotiations, welfare assistance, labour departments’ negotiations, etc.
In handling one case, a pupil was very affected when she interviewed a client who needed help in obtaining SOCSO payment.
The client suffered injury during the course of employment in an accident but was not able to obtain his SOCSO payment as he
was above the age of 55. Further more, the client’s wife had heart problems and was constantly in need of medical assistance
from Institut Jantung Negara. His first son had passed away in an accident and another son was mentally retarded and lived
with the client. The client’s family was very poor and suffered to keep afloat. The pupil in chambers who attended to this matter
felt very emotional and eventually cried as there was nothing much that could be done legally. In order to help the client, the
Legal Aid Clinic did follow up with the Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat and assisted the client to obtain financial support.
The primary agenda at meetings was basically to plan the training for pupils, to source out trainers and revise the training
manual. We also discussed plans to visit government departments and establish a network with other State Legal Aid Centers.
Also as part of the agenda, it was decided that committee members undertake to facilitate the training so that practical
feedback for improvement could be obtained. However due to the tight schedules of the committee members, only five
committee members were able to participate in the trainings.
The various sections of the training manual have also been distributed to lawyers’ expert in the respective laws to review and
rewrite the sections, if necessary. The revision of the manual is hoped to be completed by January 2011.
Generally most of the LAC pupils found that they had gained and improved in both their knowledge and skills including their
legal intervention skills. They also said that their knowledge on procedure and in various areas of law had been enhanced. The
committee members are looking forward to making more improvements in the programme so as to bring greater benefits to
both the pupils and the public at large.
The LAC Clinic was also instrumental in encouraging many of its ex pupils to set up a programme called “Project Outreach” in
order to reach out to the people and inform them of their rights under the law.
In the year 2010, LAC Clinic also made a friendly visit to a Welfare Department for the purpose of having discussions on how
to deal with daily problems faced by our clients and to enhance cooperation between both parties. The meeting was attended
by the Director of Welfare Department and the Project head of LAC Clinic with some committee members. The Clinic is also
in the midst of arranging for another meeting with Welfare Department to discuss further on several issues such as domestic
violence, senior citizen benefits and the rights of the handicapped people.
Last but not least, for the year 2010 the LAC Clinic successfully organised an Outreach programme at Jinjang. The programme
was done jointly with the Rukun Tetangga in Jinjang. The event was to organise a carnival at Jinjang. The carnival was also
jointly supported by the Welfare Department, Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara, and Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya.
The carnival created awareness and educated the public on many legal matters. During the carnival, our committee members,
conducted role plays based on various situations and experiences in dealing with problems. More than 400 people attended
the event. We distributed a lot of brochures and pamphlets on the Legal Aid Centre.
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We would like to take this great opportunity to thank the management panel, all staff of BC LAC (KL), LAC Clinic committee
members, volunteer lawyers, participating pupils and volunteer pupils for their interests and commitments in making the Clinic
to run smoothly.
“This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of
our power.”
-Cicero-
2.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC/Syariah Clinic
Report prepared by: Sa’adiah Din (Project Head)
Committee Members
Sa’adiah Din (Project Head)
Nik Nurul Atiqah Nik Yusof (Alternate Head)
Norhusniah Husin
Yusmawati binti Ab.llah
Nur Azlin @ Azliana binti Arifin
Hamirah binti Ab Hamid
Shaharizat binti Hashim
The Syariah Clinic operates from the BC LAC (KL) The Syariah Clinic provides assistance to litigants in Syariah cases.
This clinic runs alongside the LAC clinic whereby the volunteer lawyers give half day training for the pupils in chambers on the
basic tenets of Syariah Law and the civil and criminal Syariah Procedures.
For Awareness Week this year the Syariah Clinic participated in a joint project with Baitulmal. They organised a talk in Taman
Mutiara Fadason, Kepong on 15 October 2010 (Friday). The talk at this event was given by Sa’adiah binti Din and two
representatives from Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan namely Umi and Azizah.
Sa’adiah delivered information regarding syariah law and the rights of Muslim women as provided in Syariah Law to the
participants. Besides that, Sa’adiah also gave some information concerning the Centre. Further, Umi delivered a speech about
Baitulmal. At the end of the talk the participants interacted with the speakers and shared their problem and issues.
The figures below reflect the clients that BC LAC (KL) handled in Syariah matters:Syariah clients total no. of applicants
211
Files opened
41
Sought advice only
40
Advice - referred to Biro Bantuan Guaman
17
Advice - referred to other LACs
23
Disqualified (clients)
17
No Jurisdiction (clients)
7
There were projects planned at the beginning of the year which unfortunately could not be carried out such as:
(i)
Programme with the Syariah Court officers (a day seminar)
(ii)
Application to exempt Legal Aid clients from costs.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Management Panel, Staff of BC LAC (KL), Syariah Committee members,
the participating pupils and also volunteers for their interest and commitment in the running of the Syariah Clinic.
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BC LAC (KL) Report on Dock Brief Programme
Report prepared by: Jason Kong Teng Mun (Project Head)
Committee Members
Kong Teng Mun @ Jason (Project Head)
Adlan Hadi Mohd Yusof (Alternate Project Head)
Quek Kia Ping
Rabiatul Adawiah Abd Rahman
Khairil Anuar Azmi
Erma Syafinaz Samain
Giri Raj N.Krishna Raj
Chong Khin Young@ Vince
Geraldine Oh Kah Yan
Norashikin Amiruddin
Kong Suet Mei
Hernani Jaapar (Secretariat)
Introduction
The Dock Brief Programme (“the DB”) under the BC LAC (KL) is the largest, if not most successful chambering students’ legal
aid programme in Malaysia. The programme is the first stepping stone for a chambering student to test his/her advocacy skills
amidst the legalistic environment of the Criminal Courts, the Police and the Docks.
This has been an interesting year for the DB as the Committee has expanded with new members joining the ranks of the old
guard.
The Committee Meetings
The Committee has had 6 official meetings, all of which were held at the BC LAC (KL) itself and numerous unofficial discussions
conducted through emails etc.
Below is a brief summary of the agenda of these meetings:1)
9th April 2010
- introduction of committee members, the programmes projects for the year and planning for
Batch 61’s Mid Term Review.
2)
28th April 2010
- evaluation on Batch 61’s Mid Term Review and the solutions.
3)
15th July 2010
- discussion on Batch 63’s Training and evaluation on Batch 62’s Mid Term Review.
4)
27th April 2010
- recruitment of new committee members and planning on Law Awareness Week 2010
5)
21st October 2010
- post mortem on Law Awareness Week and planning for Batch 64’s Training.
6)
14th December 2010 - discussion on Batch 64’s Review and various issues on Dock Brief.
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The Statistics
As at 30th December 2010 the DB had represented 3210 clients in the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Magistrate Courts at Jalan
Duta. The table below indicates the allocation of the cases mitigated by pupils:OFFENCES
Drugs
Possession
Self
Administration
Theft/Poss. of
stolen properties
Film Censorship
Offences
I/C
Offences
Immigration
Offences
Others
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
Jul
Aug Sept Oct
Nov
Dec
TOTAL
122
104
178
180
145
164
149
123
124
109
135
121
1654
69
74
106
99
90
97
98
80
88
69
92
78
1040
32
17
29
28
13
10
20
11
15
6
14
12
207
3
3
6
1
5
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
25
38
23
62
46
41
50
39
34
33
21
33
42
462
3
5
8
3
3
4
2
1
4
2
3
2
40
28
14
40
17
21
15
18
18
7
11
25
15
229
The above schedule clearly shows that the highest and most common offence in 2010 was drug possession. This is followed
by self administration offences. It is noted that these two offences are inevitably linked where there are many cases where
those convicted for drug possession would also plead guilty to a self administration offence.
The graph below shows that the month with the most cases for mitigation was in March 2010 with 254 clients In addition, the
month with the most walk in clients was June 2010 with 51 clients. In summary, as at 30th December 2010, the total number
of clients that were represented by the DB were 3210 clients with 2149 clients represented via mitigation and 435 clients falling
under the category of “walk-in” clients.
The DB Room
The Dock Brief room which was originally located on the 5th Floor of the Duta Court Complex has shifted to the 1st Floor
(Ground Floor) on 2nd March 2010. The secretariat had successfully requested for the replacement room to be equipped with
some basic facilities such as fans, air-conditioners and a built-in counter.
Aspirations
The main aim for this year is to revise and bring the programme in line with the changing face of Criminal Practice. If need be,
an overhaul of the whole programme may be mooted. The Committee was therefore divided into 4 sub-committees namely
Law Reform, Public Education, Liaison Building and Office Administration. The objective of having these sub-committees is to
ensure that every aspect of the DB is improved.
Projects
Besides conducting training sessions for the pupils, the Committee was also involved in the National Law Awareness Week
2010. The Committee had obtained 5000 copies of the pamphlet entitled “Police and Your Basic Rights” (“the Red Book”)
from the Bar Council. The idea was to distribute these pamphlets in line with the Week to further create awareness among the
populace on their rights upon arrest.
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The event took place on 10th October 2010. The event eventually became the talk of the legal fraternity when four members
of the Committee and volunteers including the Project Head, Jason Kong were arrested by the Police on dubious grounds.
Although they were released a couple of hours later, the incident has been severely criticised by the Bar and by the de facto
law minister, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri.
Training the Pupils
For previous batches; namely, Batch 61 to 63, the Committee had invited senior criminal practitioners to conduct certain
parts of the training in the form of lectures. For Batch 64 the Committee had extended the invitation to the Learned Magistrate
sitting in Criminal Magistrate Court 6, Tuan Mohd Azali bin Ibrahim. The lecture that Tuan Mohd Azali bin Ibrahim gave allowed
a Qand A session where the pupils and even the Committee had the opportunity to ask the Learned Magistrate for his views
on procedures and feedback on the DB.
The Committee would like to take this opportunity to convey their greatest appreciation to all the members, volunteers,
speakers, secretariat and all individuals who had participated in the DB for 2010.
4.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC/Prison Programme (Sg Buloh, Kajang Women,
Kajang Juvenile, Migrant Prison and Juvenile Remand Home)
Report prepared by: Ramesh Lachmanan (Project Head)
Committee Members
Ramesh Lachmanan (Project Head)
Sharon Palani Ammal (Alternate Head)
Sivanesan Nadarajah (Advisor)
Letchiemanan Sithamparam
Mohd Radzlan Bin Jalaludin
S.Thavaraj
Shahir Bin Ab Razak
Rajendran Palany
Arunan Selvaraj
Manimaran Sinnakanoo (Secretariat)
Introduction
The Clinic was first started in December 1997 at Sungai Buloh Prison and slowly it initiated other related programmes such as
the Kajang Women Prison (“KWP”) in year the 2000, the Kajang Women Migrant Prison (“KWMP”) in September 2003 and the
Sungai Buloh Migrant Prison (“SBMP”) in May 2004. Meanwhile the Juvenile Remand Home (“JRH”) Programme commenced
in 2001 and it ventured into the Kajang Juvenile Prison (“KJP”) in 2007.
In March 2005, all the five Prisons Clinic i.e. SBP, SBMP, KWP, KWMP, KJP, JRH operated under one programme. The Legal
Aid Centre also collaborates with the Selangor Legal Aid Centre (“Selangor LAC”) by having their pupils to participate in the
Sungai Buloh Prison Clinic since June 2005.
During the year 2010, the committee had:
1.
2 Committee meetings to discuss the various matters pertaining to the programme and Action Plans for the year 2010.
2.
The Committee also conducted 4 Prisons Training Programmes for pupils from Batches 61, 62, 63 and 64. A total of
100 pupils attended the said trainings.
3.
The Committee also conducted 4 Mid Term Reviews for the pupils involved in the Prisons Programme.
Other Activities:
Meeting with Sungai Buloh Authorities
•
On 9th August 2010, the Committee also had a meeting with Narender Singh (Deputy Director) of Sungai Buloh
Prison and his officers to discuss the various matters pertaining to the Prisons’ programme for the year. The Prisons
committee requested the Prisons Authorities to bring in more remand prisoners for interviews as currently there are not
many remand prisoners who are coming forward for interviews.
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•
The Prisons Authorities explained that there are many reasons why the prisoners do not want to come out for interviews
which are as follows:
i)
LAC unable to represent them in court;
ii)
Detainees have appointments to go hospital etc. cannot come out for the interviews; and
iii)
The detainees are not provided with feedback of their cases.
•
The Prisons Committee informed that due to lack of resources, currently the LAC only gives representation for KL
Court cases.
•
Arrangement for LAC pupils to visit Prison Cell during their last visit for each batch.
•
Mani enquired if it is possible for the Prisons Authorities to allow LAC pupils to visit the Prison Cell during their last visit
for each batch in order for the pupils to have more knowledge about the prison area and how the punishment is being
carried out etc.
•
Narander Singh informed that LAC write a request letter and he will refer the matter to HQ for their approval. He
suggested having the visit during the pupils’ first Prison visit.
Prison Programme Pupils’ 1st Visit to Sungai Buloh Prison Cell
On 7th September 2010 pupils visited the Sungai Buloh Prison Cell (lockup) together with the Committee Members for the first
time and it will be a regular visit for every batch of Pupils once in a 3 months cycle.
Prisons Get-Together Session and Dinner
•
On 26th November 2010, the Prison Committee organised a very successful get–together Session and Dinner for
all the Prisons Authorities and the various Government Department Authorities which the Prison Committee had
networked. A total of 50 guests attended the said session, namely, Prisons Authorities from Sungai Buloh and Kajang
Prisons, Courts, P/Supt, OCCI of IPK Kuala Lumpur, Officers from the Court’s OC’s Department, Council Members,
Management Panel Members, staff of BC LAC (KL) and others.
Remand Population, Clients, Files Status
A.
CLIENT STATISTICS: Summary – 2010
NO. Clinic/Programme
2010
1
Sungai Buloh Prison:
• Malaysian clients* 725
• Migrant clients *286
1011
2
Kajang Women Prison *
19
3
Kajang Women Migrant Prison *
22
4
Kajang Men Prison ( Appeal)
22
5
Kajang Men Migrant Prison ( Appeal)
1
6
Kajang Juvenile Prison
7
Kajang Juvenile Migrant Prison*
8
Juvenile Remand Home
(Sek. Tunas Bakti Sungai Besai) and
(Asrama Sentosa Sentul)
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22
B.
STATISTICS FOR FILES: OPENED, ASSIGNED and UNASSIGNED - 2009-2010
2009
NO. Category
1
Opened
Criminal
Prisons Programme**
146
2010
Assigned Unassigned
107
Opened
59
Assigned Unassigned
83
70
13
In the year 2010, a total of 83 files were opened and a total of 70 cases were assigned to volunteers lawyers. Please refer to
the above statistics. The committee’s main objective for the year was to get as many lawyers to volunteer to take up cases
from the Centre as well as to reduce the no. of unassigned cases. As part of its objective, the committee itself made a point
that each committee members to take up at least 1 file to reduce the no. of unassigned cases and this is clearly reflected in
the no. of assigned cases.
Weaknesses
•
For the other state LACs we can only provide advice and the matter is referred to the respective state LAC’s.
•
Lack of feedback on the cases referred to the other state Legal Aid Centres.
•
The Clinic does, however face some challenges in achieving its objectives. The key challenges are the Centre’s
lack of capacity to secure sufficient volunteer lawyers to cope with the number of cases to be assigned for court
representation.
Recommendation
To improve the success of the Prisons Clinic, the following steps are recommended:
•
to reduce the number of remand prisoners among the lower income segment of society;
•
to ensure that remand prisoners do not remain in remand for more that three months;
•
to ensure that remand prisoners obtain proper advice to enable them to make an informed decision as to their next
course of action;
•
to increase liaisons and cooperation with the authorities;
•
to have more exposure and training to be given to the pupils;
•
to recruit more volunteer lawyer to assist in handling of the cases and supervision;
•
to have BC LAC (KL) posters in Prison and Juvenile Home for Public and family members to contact us;
Overall the Prisons Committee had been very busy year through out 2010.
5.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC/AWAM/WAO/SIS Clinic
Report prepared by: Ms Harleen Kaur (Project Head)
Project Head
Harleen Kaur
Hernani Jaapar (Secretariat)
NGO Representative
Betty Yeoh - AWAM
Nazlina Abd Ghani - WAO
Sufiah Mansurdin - SIS
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This Clinic does not have any committee members to date, despite best efforts such as:(i)
emailing volunteer lawyers;
(ii)
encouraging and inviting Pupils to join as volunteer lawyers;
(iii)
requesting the NGO partners to invite the Pupils to join as volunteer lawyers.
Despite the lack of volunteer lawyers on the Committee, the Clinic, together with its NGO Partners and the assistance of
volunteer lawyers on an ad-hoc basis, has successfully carried out trainings and reviews and an outreach programme.
Pupils
There were 4 batches of Pupils i.e. Batch 61, 62, 63, and 64. The allocation was as follows:
Programme
Batch 61
Batch 62
Batch 63
Batch 64
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
AWAM
8
5
5
6
6
6
5
5
WAO
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
SIS
1
4
2
4
1
5
-
6
TOTAL
10
10
8
11
8
12
6
12
The chart below is a representation of the number of clients attended to by the Pupils:-
The graph shows that SIS always had the highest number of clients compared to the other 2 NGOs wherein the highest rate
was in May with 56 clients. The highest clients for AWAM were in February and October with 38 clients and the highest rate
for WAO was 14 clients which were in November. There was no client recorded at WAO in March and April. Overall as at 30th
December 2010, the total clients for AWAM, WAO and SIS were 318, 83 and 484 respectively.
The Project Head has implemented an additional reporting system whereby Pupils are to journal their experience and the
writings will be compiled and forwarded monthly to the LAC by the NGO Partners. This is to allow the LAC to assess for itself
whether the Pupils allocation is meeting the needs of the NGO Partners or whether the Pupils do not have work to do.
Mobile Legal Clinic (MLC) at PPR Laksamana
The objective of the MLC was to educate the participants of their rights. The participants were mostly female home-makers
from low income communities who have a limited understanding of laws, rights and the justice system. The MLC is a tool to
reach people whom we would otherwise not come into contact with. The topics covered were the Domestic Violence Act,
Family Law, Employment and Labour Law and Syariah Law.
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Recruitment of Volunteer Lawyers
The Executive Director of the LAC organised a get-together of Pupils who had indicated an interest in joining the LAC
as volunteer lawyers. An option presented to the Pupils was to join this Committee. The 1st meeting with the Pupils was
scheduled for 24th September 2010. Following continuous efforts, it appears that an ad-hoc group consisting of young and
fresh volunteer lawyers may be set up soon.
6.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC Migrant and Refugee Clinic
Report prepared by: Renuka Balasubramaniam and Latheefa Koya (Co-Project Heads)
The year began with the committee attending a training organised by SUARAM and the Bar Council National Legal Aid
Center on Refugee Status Determination from 19th 21st February 2010. The following week, the project heads conducted a
session each and several committee members attending a training organised by the Law Reform Sub Committee on Migrants
Refugees and Immigration Affairs 26th - 28th February 2010.
This knowledge gained on local and international practice was then shared during the sessions on immigration law and
employment law affecting non-citizens with pupils in the LAC clinic. Project heads volunteered on a total of 2 occasions during
the year for this purpose. It was anticipated that in the event migrants or refugees walk in to the clinic, the pupils would need
some basic awareness. The pupils at Tenaganita and UNHCR were already receiving specific training on these issues through
the partner organisations.
The committee regretted the small grant it was allocated in spite of its request in the previous year. Notwithstanding the same,
the commitment, passion, dynamism and great network connections of its members enabled many obstacles to be overcome
and last year’s objectives of gathering knowledge of regional and international advances in the area of refugee and migrant
advocacy were achieved. The committee met on 21st May 2010 and 22nd June 2010. All committee members were able to
participate in regional / international trainings, workshops and / or discussions during the year. Reports are enclosed below
Report on ARLAN Workshop held in Hong Kong (9th 11th June 2010)
By Fadiah Nadwa Binti Fikri
Upon the invitation of ARLAN (Asian Refugee Legal Aid Network), two members of the committee, Fadiah Nadwa Binti Fikri
and Murnie Hidayah Binti Anuar attended its first workshop which was held in Hong Kong on 9th to 11th June 2010.
ARLAN is a project that is established to enhance the provision of legal aid to refugees in Asia. Participants who attended
ARLAN’s first workshop were from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.
In the workshop, participants were given the tasks to present issues as follows:1)
Challenges and problems faced by legal aid providers;
2)
Solutions to the challenges and problems faced by legal aid providers;
3)
The types of legal aid work delivered to refugees.
Participants presented their experiences based on the given tasks. This exercise provided vast information as the various
methods used in other jurisdictions in delivering legal aid to refugees.
Participants were able to exchange ideas and experiences which can be adopted in enhancing their respective scope of legal
aid work back in their own countries.
This workshop also gave the participants the opportunity to stay connected to the network as to obtain assistance and
support in term of legal materials and legal advice in dealing with refugee issues.
Report on International Summer School in Forced Migration (5th to 23rd July 2010)
By Renuka T Balasubramaniam
The three week school covered lectures and tutorials on the general themes of Conceptualising Forced Migration, Asylum
policy and International Refugee Law, Internally Displaced Persons, Negotiating Institutional Responses, Development Induced
Displacement and the Globalisation of Forced Migration. As the summer school’s main objective is to facilitate dialogue
between researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and government officials- all those who are working to improve the situation
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of refugees and other forced migrants, films, role play exercises and presentations were included to enable participants to
learn by assuming the roles of the institutions they often have to contend with in the course of their work. Through the school,
participants were given the opportunity to reflect on their experience and to think critically about the aims and assumptions
which underlie their work. Attendance was sponsored partially by the Refugee Studies center.
Report on 3rd Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights (25th 27th November 2010)
By Farida Mohamad
The 3rd Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights was held on 25th 27th November 2010, 9.00 a.m. at Rama Hotel, Suan
Luang, Bangkok. The programme was well attended by 117 participants from 22 countries. Attendance was sponsored
partially by Persatuan Kebajikan Good Shepherd and the funds allocated for the purpose by the clinic.
The programme started with an introductory session by Alice Nah wherein she had given the overview on the historical
background, structure, core principles and objectives of APRRN. The participants were also introduced with the steering
committee of APRRN.
The sessions conducted during this programme are, among others, working with UNHCR for Urban Refugees, Refugees
from Burma in the Asia Pacific Region, Regional Approaches to Refugee Protection, Legal Aid and Advocacy and Immigration
Detention. The discussions and debates were lively and productive. Among issues raised by the participants are the
effectiveness of UNHCR in dealing with protection of refugees, condition of detention centres and refugee’s access to justice.
A thematic session on Legal Aid and Advocacy was conducted by Martin Jones on the second day of this programme wherein
the discussion was centered on legal education in relation to refugee law in universities and continuing legal education around
Asia Pacific region. In this session, the representative of Kuala Lumpur Bar Council Legal Aid Centre had shared with the
participants about the scope of work of LAC’s UNHCR and Tenaganita Clinic and the task assign to pupil who attached with
the clinic during the compulsory 14 days legal aid duty.
The session concluded on 27 November 2010 with the last session of APRRN Strategic Plan for 2011-2013. Overall, the
programme was successful and the participants had benefitted from this programme.
Report on South East Asia Legal Aid Workshop (29th November - 2nd December 2010)
by Latheefa Koya
This workshop which was by invitation held in Jakarta by Lembaga Badan Hukum (Indonesia) and Pyoepin (Myanmar)
discussed the concept of legal aid in the region and opportunities for cooperation between legal aid service providers.
7.
BC LAC (KL) Report on LAC/PT/MAC Legal Clinic
Report submitted by: Preetam Kaur and Secretariat
Committee Members
BC LAC (KL) representatives:
Preetam Kaur
Andrew Heng
Zuraifah Abd Rahman
Lim Kar Mern Jag Ramachandran
Lee Kuang Wei (Mathews)
Thirunavakarasu
Genevieve Tan
Natalie Chew (Suhakam)
Chitrah Rajandran (Secretariat)
PT Foundation representative:
Hisham Hussein (Chair)
Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)
Datuk Zaman Khan (President)
Malaysian HIV Bill
The year ahead started with announcements of the inaugural Malaysian HIV Bill as part of the major activities by the LAC/
PT/MAC Legal Clinic Committee. The Committees were allocated with tasks to conduct research on the various countries
which formulating or enacting HIV Act. The meeting was held on 6th March 2010 (Saturday) from 3.30 pm until 6.30 pm. The
members are still looking into research.
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Activities for 2010
1.
The members conducted an interview with Monash Students on publication of short video on TG (Transgender) plights
and the legal implications. The video documentation was conducted at BC LAC (KL) on 15 May 2010 (Saturday) at
4pm.
2.
The Outdo outreach clinic was conducted with a woman NGO on 19th June 2010 (Saturday) at 6.45 pm. This
confidential sharing was attended by 19 women. Preetam and Gen conducted the session and the Outdo members
would like to hold more sessions pertaining to law awareness.
3.
PT Foundation’s Sex Workers programme had their inaugural Carnival Jom Ke Chow Kit on 31 July 2010 from 4.00
pm onwards. The main objectives of the carnival is to bring the communities with the service providers such as MAC,
National Cancer Society, DUREX, Bar Council Constitutional Law Committee with their Rakyat Skit, food prepared by
single mothers and face painting. When the committee reached at the scene, we were received with news of a few of
our sex workers being arrested near the carnival. Despite the downpour, we started to conduct our legal intervention
by calling the police stations and visiting the Chow Kit Police Station. After the tussle with the authorities finally the
women were released at about 7.15pm and we celebrated the final part of the party with joining hands and singing
songs with the communities.
4.
The committee organised jointly with Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) and Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) a closed
door dialogue on Mak Nyah, HIV and Islam on 28th September 2010 at KL Bar Auditorium from 10am until 4pm.
The main objectives of the dialogue are to make the various religious bodies aware of the legal definition of Section
28 of the Syariah Criminal Enactment. Upon understanding the definition and explanation by Dato’ Zaidi Zain, the
representatives agreed that under the Syariah Criminal Procedures in Wilayah Persekutuan, cross dressing is not an
offence. We hope that more religious bodies would be open and stop the prosecution of Transgender communities for
cross dressings.
5.National Legal Aid Committee (NLAC) yearly conducted their Law Awareness Week Campaign from 9th October
2010 until 17th October 2010 to create legal awareness. The committee decided to conduct 4 sessions for the
communities.
•
9th October 2010, 12pm at Positive Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) and MSMPOZ (Men Having Sex with Men
PLHIV). 14 PLHIV participated in the briefing. Pramo V Nair, Matthews Lee and Chitrah assisted in the brief
whereas Elena Shim (writer) attended on behalf of the BC LAC (KL) Publications committee
•
10th October 2010, 10am at Sex Workers (SW). 38 women participated in this thought provoking briefing.
Natalie Chew and Chitrah assisted in the brief with Joachim Leong and Janice Tay (writers) attended on behalf
of the BC LAC (KL) Publications committee
•
10th October 2010, 3pm at Transgender (TG) Centre. There were 20 TGs participated vocally in the brief.
Natalie Chew and Chitrah assisted
•
16th October 2010, 10am at SAFE Clinic at Brickfields. The SAFE Clinic is a confidential non-profit making
setup offering screening, treatment and counseling for sexually transmitted infections and HIV for everyone.
We conducted an outreach clinic and conducted a simple research on people understanding on Legal Aid
Centre. Our findings - 57 participated in the research, 10% Youth; 70 % Middle Age and 20 % migrants are not
aware of legal aid or their rights. We feel that such stats in 2010 in alarming considering the way our country
seeking for developments and people are not aware of their legal rights.
•
18th December 2010 and 19th December 2010 (10am - 3.30pm). The committee conducted Workshop on
Laws for the marginalised. The participants are from PT, WAKE and other NGO which work closely with the
marginalised.
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The Pupils Programme
The pupil’s programme has been regularly conducted by Preetam. Recently, the pupils programme had been conducted by
Kar Mern and Genevieve.
Below is the statistics for the cases pupils handled:NO MONTH
NUMBERS
1
JANUARY
-
2
FEBRUARY
1
3
MARCH
2
4
APRIL
9
5
MAY
4
6
JUNE
1
7
JULY
-
8
AUGUST
4
9
SEPTEMBER
5
10
OCTOBER
5
11
NOVEMBER
9
12
DECEMBER
1
TOTAL
41
The type of cases which the pupils handled are cross dressings, employment, unlawful arrest, identity card, expulsion from
school, breach of contract and financial aid matters.
We take this opportunity to highlight to members of Bar that the committee in need of lawyers who are keen in helping the
marginalised communities. Sign up as volunteers even if you are a pupil.
The LAC/PT/MAC Legal Clinic is placing our sincere request for special consideration to All State Bar representatives
which is to attempt in formulating a special legal clinic for the marginalised in order to assist them legally and campaigns for
decriminalisation of the marginalised communities in Malaysia. Our findings, more and more communities are facing harassment
and human rights violation towards the marginalised hence we urge other state lawyers to help to stop harsh enforcement
towards the marginalised. They are faced with constant beatings, harassments, bullying, usage of vulgar languages and ill
treatments during arrest or detention.
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Finally, I extend my gratitude and appreciation to all of my committee members, my staff and lawyers from the BC LAC (KL)
who assisted in the running of the LAC/PT/MAC Legal Clinic thus far.
8.
BC LAC (KL) Report on Legal Awareness Programme (Orientation)
Report prepared by Ravin Singh and Secretariat
Committee Members
Vernon Jude SamuelNik Waheeda Nik Kamarulzama
Farida Mohammad
Premjit Singh
Abd Shukor Tokachil
Puspawati Rosman
Raina Kiren Kaur
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Rajen Devaraj
Farhana Abdul Halim
Genevieve Tan
Ravi Nekoo
Harleen Kaur
Intan Farida Adnan
Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif
Juvita Jumpil
Surendran K. Sreetharan
Syuhaini Safwan
Komathi Arunaslam
Stephanie Bastian
Latheefa Koya
Yohendra Nadarajan
Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin
Sheena Manicam (Secretariat) and
Legal AIDERS
Introduction
The Legal Awareness Programme (“Programme”) is one of the most important programmes of the Bar Council Legal Aid
Centre (KL) (“BC LAC (KL)”). Through this programme, pupils, who are the backbone of the Centre, will experience the “real
dimension” as to what is required and expected from them during their 14 days of Compulsory Legal Aid Duty. Further, the
programme will introduce the various programmes/clinics conducted by the BC LAC (KL) to the pupils.
Objectives
•
to help the pupils to discover and understand their roles and responsibilities as lawyers in the society;
•
to inculcate a sense of social responsibility and a concern for human rights, the rule of law and justice among the
pupils;
•
to expose the pupils to legal aid as well as to instill and develop a long term commitment towards legal aid and equal
access to justice, which extends beyond their Compulsory Legal Aid Duties and various BC LAC (KL) programmes/
clinics; and
•
to educate the pupils to utilise their legal knowledge and skills in helping those who are in need of legal aid and to
contribute back to the society.
Activities
As of 30th December 2010, the Legal Awareness Programme Committee (“Committee”) has conducted the following
programmes/sessions:
1.
Committee Meetings
4 committee meetings were held throughout the year.
2.
Orientation Sessions
11 orientation sessions were held and the Committee had trained approximately 740 pupils from Batch 61, 62, 63, 64
and 65. The orientation sessions utilise a participative methodology, incorporating group dynamics, open discussion,
human rights input as well as introduction to the various BC LAC (KL) programmes/clinics.
The Committee has also opened up the orientation sessions to pupils from other states. To date, approximately 100
pupils from Selangor Legal Aid Centre have been trained.
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The sessions were facilitated by Vernon Jude Samuel, Hor Shirley, N. Yohendra, Harleen Leena, Mohd Radzlan
Jalaludin, Murnie Hidayah, Premjit Singh, Rajen Devaraj, Surendran Sreetharan, Stephanie Bastian and Sheena
Manicam.
3.Exit Evaluation Sessions
4 Exit Evaluation sessions were held for all pupils from Batch 60, 61, 62 and 63 who were involved in the various BC
LAC (KL) Programmes/Clinics. This session is designed to appreciate the pupils contributions toward the public and
LAC. A total of 510 pupils have participated in the sessions and shared their experience in the various programmes/
clinics which they have served as part of their legal aid duty.
During these sessions, the Committee had invited Brendan Navin Siva, Ravin Singh, Edmund Bon, and Roger Chan
Weng Keng as guest speakers to show appreciation to the pupils for their contribution and further encourage them to
be involved in the BC LAC (KL)’s future activities.
4.
Advance Training “Legal Awareness and Leadership for Lawyers”
The Committee conducted its 7thAdvanced Training called “Legal Awareness and Leadership for Lawyers’ on 10th
and 11th July 2010 at De Palma Hotel, Sepang. This training is designed to encourage pupils/lawyers to continue their
involvement in the BC LAC (KL).
This programme emphasised on the importance of the role played by pupils/young lawyers in the society and their
duties towards the society. The Committee also used this opportunity to recruit young volunteers/leaders for legal
aid work and to obtain more detailed feedback and recommendation to improve BC LAC (KL) programmes and the
Malaysian Bar as a whole.
A total of 29 participants took part in this training. The training was facilitated by six Committee Members, namely,
Vernon Jude Samuel, Rajen Devaraj, Harleen Kaur, Farida Mohammad, Premjit Singh and Stephanie Bastian.
5.
Legal AIDERS
The Legal AIDERS, a group comprising of approximately 40 young lawyers headed by Murnie Hidayah Anuar, were
actively involved in the various programmes/activities organised by the BC LAC (KL).
6.
Kopi O Nights
Kopi O Nights are one of the pet projects of the Legal AIDERS. It is a lively, informal night session with open discussion
over coffee. This year, three Kopi O Nights were held on 9th April 2010, 14th May 2010 and 18th June 2010 respectively
with the following topics:
i)Capitalism
7.
ii)
Drugs and Harm Reduction
iii)
“The End of the Supply Chain – Women Garment Workers in Asia” – “The Clean Clothes Campaign”
Other Programmes
As a follow-up session, the Committee organised a Get-together Session for the 7th Advance Training participants and
volunteers who have volunteered during the Exit Evaluation Sessions on 20th August 2010.
The aim of this session was to bring back pupils/volunteers who have indicated interest to assist the BC LAC (KL) and
brief them on the tasks involved in the various programmes/activities for their better understanding and to give them a
better perspective of what is expected from them.
A total of 27 volunteers turned up for the session and signed up for the various programmes/activities of the BC LAC
(KL) as a volunteer.
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Strengths
Committee members’ commitment and their ability to come up with ideas to implement and further improve the training
sessions.
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Motivation of pupils on the need to serve the needy and marginalised
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Education of pupils on human rights which instill a sense of justice in them
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Retention of many young lawyers to serve voluntarily in LAC through its Advance Training Programme
Weaknesses
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Time-consuming and lack of human resource support
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Follow-up actions/sessions
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Communication
Recommendations
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To be able to organise more awareness and human rights sessions for lawyers and/or the public
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To be able to discover ways to retain and maintain the involvement of pupils and young lawyers.
The year 2010 has been a hectic year for this Committee as well as the Legal AIDERS. The Committee hopes its members
and the Legal AIDERS will continue to show their commitment and dedication during the years to come.
9.
BC LAC (KL) Report on BULLET (Animal Rights) Committee
Report prepared by Ravin Singh and secretariat
Project Head
Ravin Singh
Committee Members
Arumugam @ Arul
Cheah May Lee
Christopher Teoh
Davina Goh
Harmeet Kaur
Irnie Fukzannie
Jorg Bandlow
Kelly Khoo
Melissa Linda Dass
Mohala
Nik Waheeda
Pamela Lim
Sheena Manicam (Secretariat)
Quek Kia Ping
Ramesh Lachmanan
Roselin Mazlan
Shahrul Anum
Sheenaz Khan
Serene Kam
Soraya Putra
Siah Mei Hui
Stephanie Bastian
Steven Khaw
Taffany Reid
Yeap Poay Nee
Introduction
The BC LAC (KL)’s BULLET (Animal Rights) Committee (“Committee”) was initiated in 2010. The main objective of this
Committee is to promote animal rights in Malaysia.
The Committee aims to promptly raise awareness on the responsibilities in dealing with animals in human manner.
The Committee will predominantly focus on the existing laws on Animal Rights and recommend reforms on these laws, as well
as taking a stand against Animal cruelty by lobbying / demanding for stronger Animal protection laws and strict application of
these laws in Malaysia with harsher and more deterring sentences. The Committee will also focus on educating members of
the public on Animal rights.
Due to the amount of tasks involved, the Committee decided to start a programme for the pupils as part of their 14 Days
Compulsory Legal Aid Duties. The programme was named as the “Research and Reform Programme - Animal Welfare”
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(“Programme”). The Pupils involved in this Programme will be assisting the Committee by doing research and recommending
law reform. The Programme commenced on 22nd November 2010 with a total of ten pupils and it is still on going.
Activities as of 15th December 2010
The Committee is still in its preliminary stage and thus far had 4 meetings. Currently the Committee is working on the following:
to look at the current laws available concerning Animals in Malaysia;
to compare with other countries and list down the best practices;
to discuss the findings and come up with a draft proposal on law reform; and
to come up with an education plan to create awareness among members of the public on animal rights.
Strengths
Committee members’ commitment and their ability to come up with ideas to implement and further improve Animal welfare
in Malaysia.
Weaknesses
Time-consuming and lack of human resource support
Follow-up actions/sessions
The Committee hopes to continue with its struggle to improve Animal Welfare in years to come.
10.
BC LAC (KL) Report on Law Reform and Research Committee
Report prepared by Secretariat
Committee Members
Ravi Nekoo (Supervisor)
Ravin Singh
Lee Sit Ching, Joey
Elaine Gan Peay Er
Joanne Chua Tsu Fae
Jayashree Vengadachalam
Jasmine Goh
Amirul Haziq Bin Noordin
Zainab Binti Mohd Ali
Stephanie Bastian
Sheena Manicam (Secretariat)
Introduction
The BC LAC (KL)’s Law Reform and Research Committee was initiated in 2010 comprising a group of enthusiastic young
lawyers and pupils who are passionate about legal aid. The Committee is only 4 months old and it is the product of Exit
Evaluation Get-together Session organised by the Legal Awareness Programme on 20th August 2010 for volunteers who have
indicated interest to join Legal Aid as volunteers.
The main aim of this Committee is to delve into research and extensively to recommend law reform as well as organising
educational trainings, talks and seminars.
Though the Committee is still in its infant stage but it has been very active ever since their first Committee Meeting held on
3rd September 2010.
Currently the Committee is working on a Remand Training Manual. The manual is intended to be used as a Standard Operating
Procedure which enables anyone to follow the guidelines provided and have better understanding of the Remand Procedures.
In its process of preparing the said manual, 5 Committee Members, namely, Joey Lee, Boo Min Lee, Elaine Gan, Jasmine Goh,
Joanne Chua together with the Jason Kong, Project of the BC LAC (KL)’s Dock Brief Programme have visited the Bukit Jalil
Remand Centre to observe how remand is being conducted by the Magistrate.
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Besides that, the Committee is also planning to conduct the following Talk and Training:
(a)
Anti-Human Trafficking Training to be organised together with Tenaganita and
(b)
Talk on Child Act and Convention on the rights of the child
The date, time and venue for the said talk and training are yet to be finalised.
Strengths
Committee members’ commitment, their ability to research and come up with ideas on certain topics.
Weaknesses
Time-consuming and lack of human resource support.
The Committee hopes to continue with its plans for the years to come.
11.
BC LAC (KL) Report on Project Outreach
Committee Members
Kenneth Seet Wan Zheng (Project Head)
Ahmad Shahrizal
Shaleni Sangaran Cheryl Denise Thean
Choo Jun Lin
M. Gandhi Mohan
Khor Wei Min
Joel Lim Phan Hong
Aw Kam Mei
Ong Doen Xian
Ravin Singh
Stephanie Bastian
Harleen Kaur
“True, we build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as
amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we
smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men’s burdens and by our efforts
we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
~ John W. Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955)
a well-known American politician, diplomat and solicitor
Project Outreach started out as a mission by a group of passionate and ambitious young lawyers who felt there is a need to
let the public know that free legal aid was available to everyone, regardless of their race, age, religion or social status. This
plan was mooted by a group of friends during their Legal Aid Programme when they realised that many people were unaware
of the existence of Legal Aid Centre (LAC) as well as its functions and that people felt lost and helpless when they were faced
with legal issues.
As a result, Project Outreach was born with the primary mission to provide free legal assistance to the public and at the same
time to create legal awareness about legal rights. Project Outreach was the brain child of Kenneth Seet and Ahmad Shahrizal
and presently, there are about 40 active members consisting of lawyers and pupils.
The objectives of the programme are:1.
to reach out to people who are in need of legal aid, regardless of their race, age, religion or social status;
2.
to educate the people regarding their legal rights and the position of law on various issues;
3.
to assist and direct people to the proper avenues in addressing their problems; and
4.
to create awareness among the public on the existence of Legal Aid Centers and their functions.
The project involved the setting up of a legal outpost in Brickfields every Sunday from 10.00am until 3.00pm. The public can
visit this outpost for legal advice and assistance. This outpost is located at 1st Floor, Wisma Koponas, Jalan Tun Sambantahan,
50470 Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur (above CIMB Bank.) The first open clinic was on 19th September 2010.
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In order to equip the volunteer lawyers and pupils with the necessary legal knowledge and skills, several in-house trainings
were provided by the Bar Council Legal Aid Centre KL. These trainings were mainly conducted by senior lawyers specialising
in the relevant area of law such as Family Law, Employment Law, Criminal Law, Law on Immigration, procedural law etc.
Project Outreach was officially launched on 23rd October 2010 by Ragunath Kesavan, the President of Malaysian Bar and
attended by senior Legal practitioners, members of Project Outreach, BC LAC (KL), NGOs, government agencies as well as
students from Brickfields Asia College. It was indeed a proud and historical moment for Project Outreach to have received
such a huge support.
As part of a bigger plan for Project Outreach, there will be more legal outposts set up in other locations in the future. As of
now, Project Outreach consists of a 40-member team, which has been in service for 13 weeks and has provided assistance
to 68 clients.
As Project Outreach grows, more lawyers and pupils will be recruited and further trainings will be provided as well.
12.
BC LAC (KL) Report on Urgent Arrest
Committee Members
Ravi Nekoo
Ravin Singh
Fadiah Nadwa
Rajen Devaraj
Puspawati Rosman
Valen Khor
Stephanie Bastian
Murnie Hidayah
Harleen Kaur
Sasha Lyna
Farida Mohammad
Farhana Abdul Halim
Jeevanathan Angappan
“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to my death your right to say it.”
-VoltaireOver the past few years, we have witnessed a number of situations where members of the public, have been arrested and
detained for taking part in peaceful mass gatherings and assemblies. Those arrested are very vulnerable and often do not have
access to legal counsel. In such situations, they are not fully aware of their rights and their various options.
In view of all these incidents of arrests in the country where members of the public have been arrested and detained, the Bar
Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) has mobilised, trained and set up the Urgent Arrest Team to provide legal assistance
and representation to those arrested. The Urgent Arrest Team is formed by a group of passionate volunteer lawyers from the
Centre who have received training in law and skills to assist during mass arrests.
In order to be more effective and efficient the BC LAC (KL) this year developed an Urgent Arrest Training Manual. The manual
was tested by way of a training attended by about 25 participants.
The skills and knowledge of the Urgent Arrest Team was put to good use this year during the recent Water Protest in which 52
people were arrested and released the same day.
13.
BC LAC (KL) Report on Attachment Programme
The Attachment Programme at the BC LAC (KL) is open to students especially law students from public and private Colleges
and Universities. This programme is run by the Secretariat. Students are invited to request for an attachment at the Centre.
The duration of the attachment could be for a week to 3 months.
Students under the attachment programme are exposed to the Center’s activities and programmes such as the LAC Clinic,
Dock Brief Programme as well as tour to the Prisons during the Prisons visits. Further to this, they are also exposed to the
activities of the various partner NGOs that the Centre works with such as AWAM, WAO, SIS, Tenaganita, UNHCR and Pink
Triangle Foundation.
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Also as part of the attachment programme the students get to visit government departments such as the Welfare Department,
Syariah Courts, Probate Department and other bureaus and offices in the course of the Center’s activities.
At the Centre the students are invited to take part in the various trainings conducted, research, office management and other
work.
Students are awarded a certificate from the Centre upon their completion of the attachment.
Listed below are the various colleges and universities that participated in the attachment programme for the year 2010:
(i)
University Malaya
(ii)
International Islamic University Malaysia
(iii)
Taylor’s University College
(iv)
Zaid Ibrahim and Co (Visit)
(v)
Universiti Teknologi Mara,Shah Alam (Visit)
(vi)
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam
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LAPORAN PENGERUSI
A.PENDAHULUAN
Saya berasa sukacita dan ianya satu penghormatan diberi peluang untuk terus berkhidmat untuk Badan Peguam Kuala
Lumpur untuk penggal kedua, dan ia sememangnya satu lagi penggal yang sibuk dan produktif. Saya mesti akui bahawa kerjakerja tidak mungkin dilaksanakan tanpa komitmen dan sokongan berterusan yang diberikan oleh setiap ahli jawatankuasa
kecil dan ahli-ahli pasukan mereka dalam pelbagai jawatankuasa kecil, dan para sukarelawan yang mengorbankan masa
mereka untuk Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Dengan sukacitanya saya memaklumkan bahawa dengan mengadakan Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan (“AGM”) yang lepas di
Auditorium Wisma MCA, Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur (“KLBC”) telah menjimatkan kos perbelanjaan sebanyak
lebih kurang RM13,000. Oleh demikian, KLBC telah membuat keputusan untuk mengadakan Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan
ke-19 di tempat yang sama. Seperti yang dimaklumkan dalam Laporan Pengerusi saya yang lepas, penghasilan Laporan
Tahunan dalam bentuk cakera padat (CD Rom) dan menyediakan salinan terhad laporan yang bercetak untuk AGM juga telah
menjimatkan banyak kos perbelanjaan. Justeru, amalan ini akan diteruskan.
B.
SETIAUSAHA KEHORMAT DAN AHLI-AHLI DILANTIK
Dalam mesyuarat yang pertama pada bulan Mac 2010, KLBC telah melantik Dipendra Harshad Rai sebagai Setiausaha
Kehormat untuk penggal 2010/11. Jeremy R.Gurusamy dan Choo Dee Wei telah dilantik menjadi ahli KLBC di bawah Seksyen
73(vii) Akta Profesion Undang-undang 1976.
C.
AKTIVITI-AKTIVITI JAWATANKUASA
i)
Pertemuan Tahunan antara KLBC dan Jawatankuasa Peguam Selangor (“SBC”)
Pertemuan Tahunan antara KLBC dan SBC telah diadakan pada 09.04.2010 dan penggal ini, dianjurkan oleh
KLBC. Pertemuan tersebut bertujuan untuk membolehkan ahli-ahli penggal baru untuk saling mengenali dan
untuk membincangkan cara untuk bekerja dengan lebih rapat agar keperluan ahli kedua-dua Badan Peguam
Kuala Lumpur dan Badan Peguam Selangor dapat dipenuhi.
ii)Mesyuarat-mesyuarat
•
KLBC terlibat dalam banyak mesyuarat dengan Badan Kehakiman untuk menyelesaikan pelbagai
masalah yang dialami oleh ahli-ahli di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
iii)
•
KLBC juga menyertai mesyuarat yang diadakan antara Jawatankuasa Khas Majlis Peguam dengan
Ketua-ketua dari pelbagai Bahagian dalam Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur.
•
Hasil anjuran Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil, Setiausaha Kehormat dan saya telah
bertemu dengan DSP Ng Fook Long dari Polis Trafik Kuala Lumpur pada 04.10.2010 di Sekretariat
Kuala Lumpur untuk membincangkan masalah tempat letak kereta dan kesesakan lalulintas sekitar
Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur, terutama bila adanya kes berprofil tinggi.
Acara-acara lain
Selain dari turut menyertakan acara-acara anjuran Majlis Peguam Malaysia, KLBC juga turut menyertai acaraacara berikut atas jemputan dari Badan-badan berkenaan:
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Bahagian Cukai Dalam Negeri Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Taklimat berkenaan Tribunal Rayuan Kastam pada 26.07.2010.
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Badan Kehakiman
Majlis Perasmian Pelancaran Mahkamah Sivil Baru (NCvC) di Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur
pada 24.09.2010.
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Pejabat Tanah Wilayah Persekutuan
Majlis Perasmian Seminar Pengurusan Tanah 2010 pada 20.10.2010.
•
SUHAKAM
Forum tentang Pembuangan Bayi pada 15.12.2010.
iv)
Kempen PerlembagaanKu
KLBC dan Jawatankuasa Undang-undang Perlembagaan Majlis Peguam, dengan kerjasama HELP University
College akan melancarkan Kempen PerlembagaanKu untuk kawasan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
pada awal tahun 2011.
v)
Laporan Terkini KLBC
KLBC meneruskan amalan menghantar penyata umum selepas setiap mesyuarat KLBC untuk memaklumkan
ahli-ahli mengenai aktiviti-aktiviti dan kerja-kerja yang diusahakan oleh KLBC dan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa
kecilnya.
vi)
Bilik Peguam
Apabila Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur dipindah ke Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur pada tahun 2007, dua
Bilik Peguam telah diperuntukkan kepada Badam Peguam Kuala Lumpur, satu di sayap kanan, aras 5 dan
yang kedua di sayap kiri di aras yang sama. Namun demikian, tahun lepas, satu bilik terpaksa dikosongkan
dan satu lagi ditempatkan semula untuk memberi ruang bagi pembinaan beberapa mahkamah baru untuk
menampung jumlah bilangan kes yang bertambah. Bilik Peguam kini ditempatkan di hujung koridor, sayap
kiri, aras 5.
vii)
Bangunan Mahkamah Baru
Apabila KLBC mendapat tahu pelan membina bangunan mahkamah baru di Jalan Duta, ia telah menghubungi
Bahagian Hal Ehwal Undang-Undang dalam Jabatan Perdana Menteri agar KLBC boleh mengambil bahagian
dalam perancangan dan rekabentuk bangunan Mahkamah baru. Ini adalah supaya bangunan Mahkamah baru
dibina dengan spesifikasi dan kemudahan yang memenuhi keperluan Badan Kehakiman, Majlis Peguam dan
juga keperluan rakyat. Bahagian Hal Ehwal Undang-undang telah menjawab bahawa projek yang diusulkan
itu sedang menunggu kelulusan daripada Unit Perancang Ekonomi, dan sebaik ia diluluskan, KLBC akan
dijemput untuk memberi pandangan dan komen untuk perancangan dan rekabentuk bangunan-bangunan
tersebut.
viii)
Usulan Bank Negara Malaysia untuk menyusun semula Skim Kecederaan Anggota dan Kematian
Pihak Ketiga
Wakil-wakil dari Jawatankuasa Ad Hoc Kajian Semula Insurans Motor Majlis Peguam telah bertemu dengan
KLBC pada 17.06.2010 bagi menjelaskan usulan skim BNM dan membincangkan isu-isu yang dikhuatiri
Majlis Peguam. “Roadshow” di seluruh negara telah dirancang bagi mendidik ahli-ahli Badan Peguam dan
orang ramai tentang usulan BNM tersebut, dan KLBC telah diundang untuk membantu mengadakan satu
“roadshow” di Kuala Lumpur. Namun, ini ditangguhkan sementara kerana didapati bahawa usulan tersebut
telah diketepikan.
ix)
Penyataan Akhbar
Pada 31.03.2010, KLBC telah mengeluarkan satu penyataan akhbar yang mengkritik tindakan Polis Diraja
Malaysia menahan Amer Hamzah Arshad, seorang ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur, dari melaksanakan
tugasnya sebagai seorang Peguambela dan Peguamcara di Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur di Jalan
Duta.
Selanjutnya, KLBC juga menyokong Memorandum Protes yang diisu oleh rakan peguam, N Surendran
dan Latheefa Koya, dan turut serta menyerahkan memorandum tersebut kepada Ketua Polis Negara pada
31.03.2010.
x)
Penajaan untuk menghadiri Persidangan Undang-undang Malaysia ke-15
KLBC telah menaja 7 orang pengamal undang-undang muda dan 9 orang pelatih dalam kamar untuk
menghadiri Persidangan Undang-undang Malaysia ke-15 yang diadakan dari 29 sehingga 31.07.2010 di
Pusat Konvensyen Kuala Lumpur.
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xi)Usahasama
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CrimsonLogic
Usahasama dengan CrimsonLogic hasil inisiatif KLBC 2008/09 (melalui Jawatankuasa Pembangunan
Profesional) untuk memperkenalkan dan mempromosikan Legal Workbench kepada ahli-ahli Badan
Peguam Kuala Lumpur telah memasuki tahun ketiga. Selain dari penajaan kewangan, CrimsonLogic
juga telah membekalkan secara percuma 2 identiti pengguna Legal Workbench yang diprogramkan di
komputer-komputer di Bilik Peguam di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur untuk kegunaan ahli-ahli.
•
DiGi
KLBC, sebagai sebahagian usaha berterusan untuk meningkatkan servis bukan profesional kepada ahliahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur, telah menerusi Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat, mengadakan
kerjasama dengan DiGi untuk menawarkan Pakej Mobil dan Internet Eksklusif (Blackberry dan iPhone).
Demi mencapai lebih ramai ahli, DiGi telah mengadakan beberapa promosi untuk pakej-pakej eksklusif
tersebut di Kafeteria Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
Selain itu, melalui usahasama ini, DiGi juga telah menerima jemputan KLBC untuk mengiklan di laman
web Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
•
xii)
LexisNexis Malaysia
Sekali lagi, KLBC telah bekerjasama dengan LexisNexis untuk menganjurkan Pertandingan Mencari
Harta Karun LexisNexis-Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur 2010, dan projek tersebut dilaksanakan oleh
Jawatankuasa Sosial, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan. Berlangsung pada 24.10.2010, ia telah berjaya
mengumpul wang sebanyak RM10,000, (bahagian kutipan yang diperuntukkan kepada Badan Peguam
Kuala Lumpur) untuk KLBC bagi menggunakannya sebagai pembiayaian projek pembangunan
masyarakat pilihannya.
Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa
Sehingga 31.12.2010, KLBC telah bermesyuarat sebanyak 10 kali dan kehadiran setiap ahli jawatankuasa
adalah seperti berikut:
Anand Ponnudurai
Lai Chee Hoe
Muhendran Suppiah
Pushpa Ratnam
Khaizan Sharizad Ab Razak
Choo Dee Wei
- 10
- 10
- 9
- 9
- 8
- 9
- 9
- 4
- 9
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 5
Brendan Navin Siva, wakil Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur di Majlis Peguam dijemput menghadiri mesyuaratmesyuarat KLBC sebagai pemerhati dan juga untuk melapor kepada Majlis Peguam tentang perkara-perkara
berkaitan dan diperlukan. Beliau telah menghadiri semua mesyuarat dan telah bekerja rapat dengan KLBC.
xiii)
Kewangan, Yuran dan Pendapatan Bukan Yuran
Kedudukan kewangan KLBC kekal stabil dengan jumlah RM784,170 dalam Simpanan Tetap dan RM324,632
dalam Akaun Amanah bersama Amanah Raya Berhad. Kedudukan kewangan terperinci dinyatakan di dalam
Akaun Teraudit berakhir 31.12.2010.
Yuran bagi tahun 2010 ditetapkan pada RM100 di Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan yang lepas pada 23.02.2010.
Pada akhir tahun kewangan bagi KLBC pada 31.12.2010, terdapat 124 orang ahli yang masih belum
menjelaskan yuran mereka bagi tahun 2010.
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Pada penggal ini, KLBC telah memungut sebanyak RM117,572 dari tajaan-tajaan, pengiklanan di laman web
dan surat berita, seminar-seminar, bengkel-bengkel dan Pesta Kerjaya Perundangan.
D.
AKTIVITI-AKTIVITI JAWATANKUASA KECIL
12 jawatankuasa kecil telah ditubuhkan untuk memudahkan penganjuran pelbagai aktiviti KLBC dan untuk memenuhi
keperluan para ahli. Jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa kecil ini telah diketuai oleh ahli KLBC seperti berikut:
i)
Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil
Pushpa Ratnam
ii)
Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing
iii)
Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah
iv)
Jawatankuasa Alam Sekitar dan Kemanusiaan
v)
Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat
vi)
Jawatankuasa Bantuan Guaman
vii)
Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Profesional
viii)
Jawatankuasa Penerbitan
ix)
Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Pelatih Dalam Kamar
Choo Dee Wei
x)
Jawatankuasa Sosial, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan
xi)
Jawatankuasa Sukan
Muhendaran Suppiah
xii)
Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda
Lai Chee Hoe
Laporan-laporan sampingan daripada jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa kecil ini menggambarkan aktiviti-aktiviti yang telah
dilaksanakan oleh mereka, dan ini termasuklah:
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Malam Amal YLC 2010
Sekali lagi, Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda kami mesti dipuji untuk usaha mereka dalam menjayakan Malam
Amal YLC tahun ini menjadi satu lagi kejayaan dan berjaya memecahkan rekod dengan mengutip wang
sebanyak RM 63,486.95 untuk kebajikan.
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Makan Malam dan Tari-Menari Tahunan Badan Penguam Kuala Lumpur
Saya harus mengucapkan tahniah kepada Jawatankuasa Sosial, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan kami kerana
membawakan semua yang menghadiri Makan Malam dan Tari-Menari Tahunan tahun ini, suatu acara yang
menyeronokkan dan yang penuh glamor. Bertema “Legally Glamorous”, acara tersebut diadakan pada
13.11.2010 di Hotel Prince Kuala Lumpur dan diserikan dengan kehadiran Hakim-hakim, mantan Pengerusipengerusi Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur, juga tetamu-tetamu unggul yang lain.
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Pesta Kerjaya Perundangan 2011
Kini memasuki tahun yang ke-4, dan dijadualkan berlangsung pada 12.02.2011 di Hotel Corus Kuala Lumpur,
Pesta Kerjaya Perundangan, satu projek dari Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Pelatih dalam Kamar, terus menjadi
wadah bagi firma-firmaguaman untuk menemui orang yang berpotensi menjadi pelatih dalam kamar dan juga
untuk merekrut peguam.
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Forum Undang-undang Teknologi Maklumat
Setelah menganjurkan beberapa forum “mini” dalam satu atau dua tahun yang lepas, Jawatankuasa Teknologi
Maklumat kami telah mengadakan Forum sepanjang satu hari dengan tujuan utama untuk mewujudkan satu
pentas bagi pertukaran pandangan dan untuk memperkembangkan pengetahuan mengenai bahagianbahagian undang-undang yang berkaitan dengan teknologi maklumat. Forum sehari tersebut telah berjaya
dilaksanakan pada 12.11.2010 di Fakulti Undang-undang KDU dan kejayaannya adalah hasil usaha ahli-ahli
Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat.
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Dialog bertema “State of Our Practice” pada 26.10.2010
Pujian mesti diberi kepada Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil kerana menganjurkan Dialog bertema
“State of Our Practice” yang memberi peluang kepada ahli-ahli untuk membincangkan isu-isu berkenaan
dengan sistem Mahkamah pada masa ini. Kehadiran adalah tinggi dengan seramai 120 orang ahli. Kedua-dua
Hakim Pengurus Bahagian Sivil dan Dagang, YA Tan Sri James Foong dan YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Sharif juga
hadir untuk mendengar, secara langsung, masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh ahli-ahli. Ia sememangnya
satu sesi dialog yang produktif.
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Seminar berkenaan Kanun Prosedur Jenayah (Pindaan 2010) pada 30.11.2010
Pujian juga mesti diberikan kepada Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah kami yang menganjurkan Seminar
berkenaan pindaan ke atas Kanun Prosedur Jenayah yang sangat informatif.
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Forum mengenai Perubahan Cuaca
Dalam melaksanakan tugas kami terhadap alam sekitar, Jawatankuasa Alam Sekitar dan Kemanusiaan kami
akan mengadakan satu Forum mengenai Perubahan Cuaca, diketuai oleh Chew Swee Yoke yang pernah
dilatih oleh Al Gore dan pasukannya. Forum tersebut disasar untuk diadakan pada 22.02.2011.
E.OBITUARI
Dengan rasa dukacita kami merakamkan peninggalan ahli-ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur sewaktu tahun kajian
semula:
Sng Kim Kuay pada 01.01.2010
Ngae Koh Hieng pada 15.05.2010
Rajasingam A/L V Ratnasingam pada 19.06.2010
Satish P.S. Nair pada 24.10.2010
Istiadat “Reference” bagi menghormati dan mengingati ahli-ahli tersebut dan Mohamed bin Dato’ Mahbob yang
meninggal dunia pada 31.10.2008, Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haji Mohamed Yusoff pada 04.03.2009 dan Leong See
Ming pada 12.06.2009 dijadualkan untuk dilangsungkan pada 10.02.2011 pada 2.30 petang. Prosiding ini akan
dipersidangkan oleh Y.A. Dato’ Aziah bt Ali.
F.
SEKRETARIAT
Kakitangan Sekretariat terus memainkan peranan yang aktif dalam menjalankan polisi-polisi dan aktiviti-aktiviti KLBC
dan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa kecil, dan menjadi daya penggerak dalam menyokong KLBC dan jawatankuasajawatankuasa kecilnya. Dengan daya kekuatan hanya seramai 10 orang, kakitangan Sekretariat telah bekerja keras
tanpa mengenal penat lelah untuk memastikan bahawa semua projek dan aktiviti berjaya dijalankan, selain daripada
menjalankan tugas-tugas biasa lain seperti menyimpan rekod prosiding mesyuarat, memproses Petisyen untuk
Penerimaan Masuk Peguambela dan Peguamcara, mengutip yuran tahunan dan sewa “BC Box”, menyelenggarakan
akaun, pendaftaran ahli dan sistem “BC Box” dan mengendalikan pertanyaan-pertanyaan daripada ahli-ahli Badan
Peguam, pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan juga orang ramai.
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Saya mesti akui bahawa KLBC amatlah bertuah kerana mempunyai kumpulan kakitangan yang begitu setia dan
berdedikasi, di mana kebanyakan mereka telahpun bertahun-tahun berkhidmat di Jawatankuasa.
G.
PENGIKTIRAFAN DAN KESIMPULAN
Saya ingin merekod dan mengiktiraf kerjasama dan bantuan yang diterima daripada Badan Kehakiman pada semua
tahap dan pemegang-pemegang amanah lain yang selalu berjumpa dengan kami meskipun pada masa yang singkat,
untuk membincangkan isu-isu yang timbul dalam penggal ini.
Saya gembira menjalankan khidmat saya di dalam penggal kedua ini dan sepertimana dalam penggal pertama saya,
tugas saya sebagai Pengerusi telah diringankan disebabkan dedikasi, komitmen dan pengorbanan yang ditunjukkan
oleh setiap ahli jawatankuasa saya, dan ia sememengnya suatu penghormatan bagi saya kerana berpeluang bekerja
dan berkhidmat bersama bagi Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur bersama mereka.
Saya juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Setiausaha Kehormat, Dipendra Harshad Rai dan Mary Tan,
Setiausaha Eksekutif yang telah bertungkus-lumus untuk memastikan pentadbiran Sekretariat berjalan dengan
lancar. Ribuan terima kasih juga kepada kakitangan Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur atas komitmen
berterusan terhadap Sekretariat.
Akhirnya, saya memohon maaf sekiranya terdapat apa-apa kesilapan sepanjang penggal ini dan apa-apa kritikan
terhadap KLBC harus ditanggung oleh saya sendiri. Saya mengucapkan yang terbaik bagi jawatankuasa yang baru
dan saya yakin bahawa mereka akan berkhidmat untuk ahli-ahli seberapa baik mungkin dan bahawa ahli-ahli akan
terus menggalak dan menyokong mereka sepertimana anda telah menggalak dan menyokong kami dalam penggal
ini.
Anand Ponnudurai
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur 2010/2011
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Jawatankuasa
Perhubungan Mahkamah
Sivil
Untuk penggal ini, Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil (CCLC) telah
membuat keputusan untuk mengekalkan operasi sub-unit untuk memastikan
perhatian dapat diberi kepada setiap Bahagian Mahkamah iaitu Persekutuan/Rayuan,
Sivil, Dagang, Rayuan dan Kuasa-kuasa Khas, Keluarga, Kebankrapan, Mahkamah
Rendah dan Perhubungan Jawatankuasa Peguam Selangor. Bagaimanapun satu
unit baru (Parkir) telah diwujudkan untuk merangkumi dengan lebih efektif masalahmasalah yang di hadapi oleh ahli Badan Peguam KL berkenaan parkir di Kompleks
Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
Di permulaan penggal, 2 borang soal selidik telah diedarkan iaitu satu berkenaan
praktis di Mahkamah Sivil secara umum dan satu lagi khas untuk masalah-masalah
yang terdapat di Mahkamah Rendah. Hanya sedikit maklum balas yang diterima
terhadap soal selidik umum. Soal selidik yang dibuat ke atas Mahkamah Rendah
telahpun di bentangkan semasa mesyuarat bersama YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin
Sharif, Hakim Pengurus untuk Mahkamah Rendah.
CCLC juga turut mengadakan mesyuarat-mesyuarat dan perbincanganperbincangan dengan Bahagian-bahagian di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur, dan antara
isu-isu yang dibangkitkan adalah Prosedur-prosedur Pengurusan Kes, senaraisenarai kausa, keseragaman amalan-amalan Mahkamah-mahkamah, keseragaman
dalam prosedur-prosedur, sistem pemfailan, deraf-deraf perintah dan pengeluaran.
Mesyuarat-mesyuarat juga telah diadakan bersama wakil-wakil dari Polis Trafik dan
Pejabat Insolvensi.
Pengerusi dan Ketua,
Unit Mahkamah Keluarga
Pushpa Ratnam
Ketua, Unit NCC dan Parkir
Ketua, Unit Mahkamah Rendah
Jennifer J Chandran
Ketua, Unit Mahkamah
Pesekutuan dan Rayuan
Ketua, Unit Perhubungan
Jawatankuasa Peguam Selangor
Dato’ Kerry Sin Yoong Ming
Ketua, Unit Mahkamah Dagang
Himahlini Ramalingam
CCLC telahpun mengadakan mesyuarat/perbincangan seperti berikut:
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Perbincangan dengan Puan Rodziyah Bt Abd. Halim, Pegawai Tadbir
Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur pada 22.03.2010 berkenaan masalah
parkir di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
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Mesyuarat bersama Puan Ong Wee Ching, Pendaftar Kanan Mahkamah
Rendah pada 06.04.2010 berkenaan operasi dan pengurusan Mahkamah
Rendah.
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Mesyuarat bersama YA Datin Yeoh Wee Siam dan Puan Rumizah Bt Baharom,
Hakim dan Timbalan Pendaftar Mahkamah Keluarga Kuala Lumpur pada
24.05.2010 di mana suatu keputusan telah dicapai iaitu peguam hanya perlu
menyerahkan 3 salinan ‘Decree of Nisi’ dan 4 salinan ‘Decree of Absolute’ dan
tidak lagi perlu memfailkan CTC selepasnya kerana mereka akan mendapat
semula dua set salinan yang dimeterai (sealed) dari Mahkamah tersebut.
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Mesyuarat dengan Pengarah Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia (MDI) dan
ketua-ketua jabatan pada 11.05.2010. Ahli yang hadir telah dimaklumkan
berkenaan perkembangan terbaru berkenaan pengurusan MDI. Mesyuarat
juga turut bersetuju unguk mengadakan satu mesyuarat berasingan untuk
membincangkan masalah-masalah yang berkaitan dengan Likuidatorlikuidator persendirian.
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Ketua, Unit Kebankrapan
Annou A. Xavier
Ketua, Unit Mahkamah Sivil
Wilson Heng
Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa
Balbir Singh
Chan Yat Hee
Kunasekaran A/L Sevanthi
Michelle Rossana Usman
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Mesyuarat bersama YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin Sharif, Hakim Pengurus Mahkamah Rendah Kuala Lumpur pada
07.07.2010. Isu-isu yang dibangkitkan adalah maklumbalas yang diperolehi dari soal selidik yang diadakan di awal
penggal. Mesyuarat juga membincangkan isu berbangkit berkenaan masalah dokumentasi/pemfailan, kepatuhan
terhadap Kaedah-Kaedah Mahkamah Rendah, masalah-masalah parkir, senarai kausa secara on-line dan perkaraperkara lain yang berkaitan.
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Mesyuarat bersama Polis Trafik pada 04.10.2010 berkenaan masalah parkir dan kesesakan lalu lintas di kawasan
Kompleks Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur. Perkara utama yang dibincangkan adalah masalah parkir semasa berlangsungnya
kes-kes berprofil tinggi di Mahkamah Jalan Duta dan untuk mengurangkan masalah kesesakan, kami telah meminta
disediakan seorang pegawai polis trafik ditempatkan di persimpangan Jalan masuk ke Kompleks Mahkamah semasa
waktu puncak.
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Mesyuarat bersama Hakim-hakim Pengurus Bahagian Sivil dan Komersil pada 22.10.2010 di Kompleks Mahkamah
Kuala Lumpur. Berbagai isu-isu telah dibangkitkan semasa mesyuarat tersebut termasuk Salinan-salinan Deraf,
pemfailan dokumen-dokumen, penetapan tarikh-tarikh pendengaran, Injunksi, pengurusan Mahkamah, ‘Audio
Conferencing’, kemudahan-kemudahan Mahkamah, adalah sebahagiannya. Di penghujung mesyuarat, Hakim-hakim
Pengurus telah mencadangkan satu mesyuarat susulan diadakan untuk memastikan tindakan-tindakan telah dibuat
ke atas isu-isu yang dibangkitkan dalam mesyuarat.
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Mesyuarat susulan bersama Hakim Pengurus Bahagian Sivil pada 26.11.2010. Mesyuarat membincangkan tindakan
yang telah diambil ke atas isu-isu yang dibangkitkan semasa mesyuarat sebelumnya dan isu-isu tambahan yang
dibincangkan termasuk masa perbicaraan yang berlainan, penangguhan-penangguhan, masalah-masalah parkir dan
penghujahan-penghujahan. Suatu taklimat/perbincangan berkenaan perlaksanaan sistem ‘audio conferencing’ juga
diadakan selepas mesyuarat untuk menerangkan bagaimana sistem tersebut berfungsi.
Nota mesyuarat-mesyuarat tersebut telahpun diedarkan kepada ahli-ahli melalui e-mel dan ditampal di papan kenyataan di
Bilik Peguam dan juga di laman web Badam Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Selain dari mesyuarat-mesyuarat yang diinisiatifkan oleh CCLC, wakil-wakil CCLC juga turut menghadiri mesyuarat-mesyuarat
anjuran Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Majlis Peguam di mana isu-isu yang dibangkitkan di peringkat negeri juga
dibincangkan di peringkat kebangsaan.
Dialog CCLC “State of our Practice” pada 26.10.2010
Selain dari mesyuarat-mesyuarat, CCLC telah berjaya mengadakan satu dialog bertajuk “State of Our Practice” di mana
ahli-ahli telah dijemput untuk berkongsi dan berbincang berkenaan pengalaman mereka terhadap perubahan yang telah
dilaksanakan oleh Badan Kehakiman iaitu Sistem Tracking. Dialog tersebut telah mendapat sambutan baik dengan kehadiran
ahli-ahli Badan Peguam dan juga kehadiran YA Tan Sri James Foong Cheng Yuen dan YA Dato’ Seri Md Raus Bin Sharif,
Hakim-hakim Pengurus yang bertanggung jawab dalam melaksanakan sistem Tracking ini.
Dialog tersebut dimoderasikan oleh Dato’ Ambiga Sreenevasan dengan tiga orang ahli Badan Peguam yang terkenal sebagai
penceramah jemputan; Encik Tommy Thomas, Encik Fahri Azzat dan Encik Lim Chee Wee, yang membincangkan tajuk-tajuk
berikut – “Speed over Justice”, “Efficiency and Quality of the Judiciary” dan “Is Council meeting its responsibility to the Bar”.
Ahli-ahli Badan Peguam gembira dengan peluang untuk berkongsi pengalaman masing-masing berkenaan perlaksanaan
Sistem Tracking dan mengkritik secara terbuka sistem baru tersebut pada masa yang sama bersetuju dengan perubahanperubahan yang diinisiatifkan oleh Badan Kehakiman.
Kesimpulan dan pengiktirafan
Penggal ini telah meninggalkan kesan dari dari berbagai cabaran dengan perlaksanaan sistem tracking yang baru ini. Isu parkir
masih belum dapat diselesaikan, walaupun beberapa sesi perbincangan telah diadakan dengan berbagai pihak yang berkaitan.
CCLC juga telah menganjurkan servis shuttle dari MATRADE ke Kompleks Mahkamah untuk menggalakkan kereta di parkir di
kawasan MATRADE sendiri. Sedihnya kemudahan ini tidak mendapat sambutan dari ahli-ahli. Hakim-hakim Pengurus telah,
melalui CCLC, meminta ahli-ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur untuk bersabar sehingga kerja-kerja penambahan kepada
Kompleks Mahkamah yang sedia ada, termasuk juga penambahan ruang-ruang letak kereta, siap sepenuhnya.
Kami percaya bahawa perbincangan-perbincangan dan mesyuarat-mesyuarat yang berterusan bersama pihak Pentadbiran
Mahkamah, Hakim-hakim Pengurus telah membantu kedua belah pihak dalam membaiki sistem tracking yang sedia ada.
Peningkatan terbaru pentadbiran Kehakiman adalah pengenalan Sistem Audio Conferencing. Walaupun ianya masih dalam
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peringkat permulaan, ahli-ahli disarankan untuk berkerjasama dalam menjayakan sistem baru ini yang bertujuan antaranya;
untuk membantu ahli-ahli dari perlu menghadirkan diri ke Mahkamah dan menjimatkan mereka dari segi isu-isu berkaitan
seperti kos-kos dan parkir.
Saya ingin mengucapkan penghargaan dan terima kasih kepada kakitangan sekretatiat Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur
terutamanya Mary dan Yati, kepada ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur terutamanya Pengerusi, Anand Ponnudurai
kerana sokongan berterusan beliau dan terutama sekali kepada ahli-ahli CCLC. Saya amat berterima kasih kepada Jennifer,
Himah, Wilson Heng, Dato’ Kerry Sin dan Annou kerana usaha-usaha khas dan sokongan mereka dalam aktiviti-aktiviti
jawatankuasa ini.
Pushpa Ratnam
Pengerusi
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Jawatankuasa Amalan
Konveyansing
Objektif utama Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing (CyPC) adalah untuk
menyelesaikan isu-isu dan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh ahli-ahli Badan
Peguam Kuala Lumpur dengan agensi-agensi yang berkaitan dengan amalan
konveyansing.
CyPC setakat ini telah mengadakan mesyuarat sebanyak 6 kali dan semenjak mula
bertugas telah menghadiri/dijemput untuk hadir ke taklimat-taklimat, mesyuaratmesyuarat dan berbagai acara anjuran berbagai agensi-agensi yang berkaitan
seperti berikut:
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Forum di Lembaga Hasil Dalam Negeri (LHDN) berkenaan Akta Cukai
Keuntungan Harta Tanah pada 26.03.2010. Isu-isu yang dibincangkan
adalah berkaitan tentang borang-borang Cukai Keuntungan Harta Tanah
(CKHT) dan prosedur-prosedur.
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Kunjungan Hormat/Mesyuarat bersama Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Insolvensi
Malaysia (MdI) pada 11.05.2010 bersama-sama Unit Kebankrapan,
Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah Sivil.
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Mesyuarat lanjutan dengan Bahagian Undang-undang MdI pada 03.06.2010
- isu utama yang dibincangkan adalah berkenaan Likuidator persendirian.
Sama ada mereka berhak mengenakan caj pengurusan dari 2% hingga 3%
dari harga belian.
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Taklimat dan Majlis Penyerahan Dokumen di Pejabat Tanah Wilayah pada
11.06.2010. CyPC telah diberi taklimat berkenaan prosedur-prosedur operasi
yang baru di Pejabat Tanah Wilayah.
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Pada 17.06.2010, satu perbincangan telah diadakan di Pejabat Tanah Wilayah
(PTGWP) berkenaan kes-kes rayuan dalam hal pemindahan hakmilik, sama
ada ianya perlu untuk melampirkan bersama gambar hartanah berkenaan.
CyPC telah meminta PTGWP agar tidak menetapkan peraturan sedemikian
- ianya kini menunggu keputusan dari mesyuarat di peringkat Exco.
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Taklimat oleh LHDN berkenaan CKHT pada 02.07.2010. Wakil-wakil dari
pengamal konveyansing dari semua Badan-badan Peguam Negeri telah
dijemput untuk memberi maklumbalas yang kemudiannya telah dibangkitkan
oleh Majlis Peguam di taklimat tersebut.
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Ahli-ahli CyPC telah menghadiri taklimat oleh Jabatan Penilaian dan Pentaksir
Harta (JPPH) Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur berkenaan e-stamping dan
prosedur-prosedur JPPH yang diadakan pada 14.07.2010.
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Mesyuarat Lanjutan dengan PTGWP berkenaan kes-kes rayuan berkenaan
pemindahan hakmilik pada 14.07.2010
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Mesyuarat antara LHDN dan Persatuan Bank-bank pada 09.07.2010 yang
telah diadakan di pejabat LHDN di Jalan Duta.
Pengerusi
Naib Pengerusi
Margaret KH Koh
Ahmad Khusyri Bin Abdul Majid
Agnes Chan
Cecilia Thong Shean Tyng
Chong Wai Kuan
Dennis Teoh
Grace Chin
Hanna Binti Ambaras Khan
Jerome Peter Pagadala
Kong Kai Jye
Lee Choi Wan
Rita Sabrina Wong Kee Ling
Sia Yeak Koon
Sri Rahayu Binti Mohamad
Syahizan Amir Bin Abdul Wahab
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Ahli-ahli CyPC telah menghadiri taklimat antara Majlis Peguam dan LHDN pada 20.08.2010. Ini merupakan mesyuarat
susulan antara kedua belah pihak berkaitan dengan isu-isu yang dibangkitkan pada 2009.
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Pada 24.08.2010 CyPC telah mengadakan satu perbincangan dengan Pendaftar dari Pejabat Tanah dan Galian (PTG)
Selangor di mana satu pengumuman telah dibuat oleh PTG Selangor bahawa mereka akan memproses pendaftaran
pindahmilik harta tanah dalam masa 3 hari bekerja.
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Pada 08.10.2010 PTGWP telah memanggil satu mesyuarat dan memohon kerjasama dari CyPC untuk membantu
mereka mempromosikan seminar Pengurusan Tanah Tahunan mereka. CyPC mengambil peluang tersebut untuk
membankitkan isu berkaitan perkara-perkara kebenaran dan rayuan.
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Pengerusi dan beberapa ahli CyPC telah menghadiri seminar Pengurusan Tanah anjuran PTGWP yang telah diadakan
pada 21.10.2010 di Hotel Legend Kuala Lumpur.
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CyPC telah dijemput oleh Majlis Peguam untuk menghadiri mesyuarat bulanan PEMUDAH (Pasukan Petugas Khas
Pemudahcara Perniagaan) pada 19.11.2010 yang diadakan di Pusat Produktiviti Kebangsaan, Petaling Jaya. CyPC
telah menjelaskan beberapa perkara yang berbangkit di Pejabat Tanah Wilayah di mesyuarat tersebut
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Pengerusi CyPC telah bertemu dengan pendaftar PTG Selangor pada 23.11.2010 untuk mendapat penjelasan tentang
proses pendaftaran pindahmilik 3-hari kerana menerima aduan-aduan dari peguam-peguam yang menyatakan proses
tersebut mengambil masa lebih dari 3-hari. Perkara tersebut berjaya diselesaikan.
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PTGWP telah menganjurkan satu dialog dengan peguam-peguam pada 29.11.2010 dan CyPC turut sama dijemput.
Peguam-peguam telah diberitahu berkenaan prosedur-prosedur baru di PTGWP. Satu majlis penyerahan dokumen
juga dibuat untuk kali keduanya. Firma-firma guaman yang telah tidak mengambil dokumen mereka telah dijemput
hadir dan dokumen-dokumen mereka telah diserahkan kepada wakil-wakil firma-firma tersebut.
•
Jawatankuasa Peguam Selangor telah menjemput CyPC untuk hadir ke mesyuarat di Pejabat Tanah Petaling di
Subang Jaya pada 03.12.2010. Pejabat Tanah Petaling telah memaklumkan bahawa peguam/wakil peguam yang
datang untuk mengambil dokumen hakmilik perlu memberi cap jari mereka.
•
PTG Selangor telah menjemput Pengerusi untuk satu mesyuarat pada 09.12.2010 untuk membincangkan dan
mencari penyelesaian berkaitan masalah-masalah berkaitan dengan pengeluaran Hakmilik AA.
•
PTGWP telah mengadakan satu mesyuarat pada 16.12.2010 untuk membincangkan berkenaan Ujian Penerimaan
Akhir untuk implementasi MyForms (permohonan melalui internet yang merangkumi MOTs, Borang-borang 16S, 16M,
19G dan 14A). Perbincangan juga melibatkan MAMPU, agensi kerajaan yang bertanggung jawab dalam menyediakan
sistem ini. CyPC telah membuat beberapa cadangan yang telah diterima dan akan dimasukkan ke sistem tersebut
sebelum ujian percubaan dilaksanakan.
•
PTGWP telah menjemput CyPC untuk majlis pelancaran insentif ”Jom Bayar dan Menang 2011” pada 21.12.2010
yang dirasmikan oleh Y.B. Dato’ Raja Nong Chik Bin Dato’ Raja Zainal Abidin, Menteri Wilayah Persekutuan dan
Kesejahteraan Bandar.
Aktiviti akan datang
“Conveyancing Hi-tea and Get-together 2011”
CyPC sedang menganjurkan suatu acara “hi-tea and get-together” untuk Pengamal-pengamal Konveyansing di Kuala
Lumpur. Acara ini dicadangkan untuk diadakan pada 25.01.2011. Objektif utama acara ini adalah untuk mengadakan satu
acara di mana peguam-peguam konveyansing boleh beramah mesra dan bertukar-tukar idea. Semua ketua-ketua jabatan/
agensi yang berkaitan dengan amalan konveyansing juga akan dijemput untuk menghadiri acara ini.
Penutup
CyPC telah berjaya untuk mencari jalan penyelesaian terhadap kebanyakan isu-isu berbangkit dan telah membina hubungan
baik dengan berbagai agensi yang berkaitan dengan amalan konveyansing. Adalah diharapkan CyPC akan terus mengukuhkan
hubungan-hubungan ini dengan bersama-sama mencari jalan penyelesaian untuk isu-isu berbangkit dengan cara perbincangan
terbuka dan bekerjasama. Malangnya, terdapat beberapa mesyuarat dengan agensi-agensi yang berkaitan diadakan pada
hari yang sama dengan beberapa mesyuarat bulanan KLBC dan memandangkan mesyuarat-mesyuarat dengan agensiagensi tersebut adalah amat penting, saya terpaksa melepaskan mesyuarat-mesyuarat KLBC.
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Akhir sekali, saya ingin merekodkan ucapan terima kasih dan penghargaan yang tidak terhingga kepada ahli-ahli CyPC atas
sokongan dan kerjasama mereka yang berterusan sehingga CyPC dapat mencapai kebanyakan objektif-objektifnya pada
penggal ini.
Terima kasih.
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Jawatankuasa Amalan
Jenayah
Tujuan utama Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah (CPC) adalah untuk memfokus ke atas
isu-isu atau masalah-masalah yang dihadapi oleh ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur
dengan badan-badan yang terlibat dengan amalan perundangan jenayah.
CPC telah mengadakan mesyuarat sebanyak 3 kali semenjak penggal bermula dan
telahpun tugasan tahunannya dalam membuat kunjungan hormat dan mengadakan
mesyuarat-mesyuarat dengan agensi yang bertanggung jawab dalam pengurusan
Keadilan Jenayah di Kuala Lumpur antaranya adalah seperti berikut:
•
Kunjungan hormat/Mesyuarat dengan Ketua Unit Pendakwaan, Jabatan
Peguam Negara Malaysia, Cawangan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
pada 05.05.2010. Perkara-perkara yang dibincangkan termasuk berkenaan
dokumen-dokumen di bawah peruntukan Seksyen 51A, Kanun Prosedur
Jenayah, pertuduhan baru dan masalah ‘tout’ di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
•
Kunjungan Hormat/Mesyuarat bersama Hakim Pengurus Mahkamah
Jenayah Kuala Lumpur, YA Tan Sri Zulkefli Bin Ahmad Makinudin di kamar
beliau di Putrajaya pada 14.05.2010. Perkara utama yang dibincangkan
adalah Pusat Reman Kuala Lumpur yang baru di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah
(IPD) Bukit Jalil.
•
Lawatan ke Pusat Reman Kuala Lumpur di IPD Bukit Jalil pada 17.05.2010.
Lawatan tersebut bertujuan untuk memastikan pusat tersebut mempunyai
kemudahan-kemudahan untuk para peguam telah disediakan.
•
Kunjungan Hormat/Mesyuarat bersama pihak Pengurusan Penjara Sungai
Buloh pada 09.06.2010. CPC telah diberi taklimat berkenaan kemudahan
dan jadual penjara. CPC juga telah meminta supaya ruang temujanji
dibesarkan dan waktu temujanji dilanjutkan untuk peguam bertemu dengan
pelanggan mereka. Permintaan ini kemudiannya telahpun di persetujui oleh
pihak berkuasa Penjara.
•
Mesyuarat untuk membincangkan pelancaran Sistem Tracking untuk
Mahkamah Jenayah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur dan Shah Alam pada 06.12.2010.
Mesyuarat di pengerusikan oleh Hakim Pengurus Mahkamah Jenayah, YA
Tan Sri Zulkefli Bin Ahmad Makinudin.
Nota mesyuarat-mesyuarat tersebut di atas telahpun diedarkan kepada ahli-ahli
melalui e-mel dan juga dimuatnaikkan ke lama web Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Kanun Prosedur Jenayah (Pindaan 2010) - An Overview
CPC telah dengan jayanya menganjurkan suatu “Overview” untuk Kanun Prosedur
Jenayah (Pindaan 2010) pada 30.11.2010. Penceramah adalah Datuk Baljit Singh
Sidhu dan Datuk V. Sithambaram.
Program tersebut mendapat sambutan yang amat baik dengan kehadiran 97 orang
peserta yang terdiri dari 46 Peguam, 46 pelajar/pelatih dan 5 dari akademik/sektor
swasta. Kebanyakan peserta memberikan komen bahawa program tersebut telah
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Abdullah bin Ahmad
Azreen Zainal Anuar
Boo Yang Huay
Datin Daljit Kaur
Fadzila Haji Said
Farah Nadiah Binti Zainudin
Fong Fook Chuen
Lee Teong Hooi
Lim Suek Woo
Md. Radzi Mustafa
Moghan Ramachandran
Natarajan A/L Chinnaswami
Ravindran Selvaraj
Shamsul Sulaiman
Siti Nor Rahayu Binti Baharin
banyak memberi penjelasan berkenaan perkara-perkara yang mungkin dihadapi kelak dengan pindaan Akta tersebut and
amat berpuas hati dengan tip-tip praktikal dan informasi yang diberikan oleh penceramah-penceramah.
Penghargaan
Saya ingin merekodkan ucapan ribuan terima kasih dan penghargaan kepada semua ahli Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah
2010/11 kerana sokongan dan kerjasama mereka dalam memastikan semua aktiviti dapat dilaksanakan dengan jayanya.
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Jawatankuasa Alam Sekitar
dan Kemanusiaan
Jawatankuasa Alam Sekitar dan Kemanusiaan (EHC) telah memulakan penggal ini
dengan mengadakan semula aktiviti pengutipan kertas terpakai/suratkhabar lama
sempena Hari Bumi (Earth Day) pada 22.04.2010. Tahun ini sebanyak 270 kg
kertas terpakai/suratkhabar lama dapat di kumpulkan dengan sokongan ahli-ahli
EHC, beberapa firma-firma guaman dan Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala
Lumpur. Hasil jualan dari kertas terpakai/suratkhabar lama akan dimasukkan ke
projek Children’s Nature Camp.
EHC juga telah mengambil suatu inisiatif yang khusus dalam mempromosikan
Program Perubahan Cuaca (Climate Change) yang di ketuai oleh Puan Chew
Swee Yoke. Program ini bermula dengan melatih memberi latihan “Climate Change
Connectors” kepada ahli-ahli EHC yang mana selepas menerima latihan tersebut,
akan berdaftar sebagai seorang “Connector” di Australian Conservation Foundation
(ACF) di bawah The Climate Change Programme. Latihan pertama ini telahpun
dilaksanakan dengan jayanya pada 06.08.2010. EHC berharap untuk menganjurkan
latihan-latihan seperti ini di masa hadapan. Peningkatan taraf seramai mungkin
“Connectors” kepada “Presenters” dalam program Climate Change adalah suatu
lagi tahap dalam perancangan EHC. Kesemua ini merupakan terma-terma yang
bermaksud peningkatan tahap kesedaran pemikiran terhadap isu-isu perubahan
cuaca dari sudut perspektif jangka panjang.
Sehingga kini EHC telah bermesyuarat sebanyak 5 kali. Beberapa aktiviti-aktiviti lain
telah dirancang dengan teliti dan telah berjaya di laksanakan oleh EHC termasuk:
•
Minggu undang-undang UiTM pada 01 hingga 05.03.2010 telah dianjurkan
oleh Environmental Law and Awareness Club (EnLac) di bawah Fakulti
Undang-Undang. EHC telah dijemput untuk membuka suatu gerai (booth)
sepanjang minggu tersebut dan beberapa ahli EHC telah mengendali gerai
tersebut secara sukarela.
•
Satu lawatan 2-hari ke Pusat Santuari Penyu, Cherating telah dianjurkan
pada 17 dan 18.07.2010 untuk membolehkan ahli-ahli dan keluarga mereka
untuk mendapatkan pengetahuan secara hands-on tentang pentingnya
penyelamatan dan perlindungan terhadap penyu. Seramai 35 ahli Badan
Peguam serta ahli keluarga telah menyertai lawatan berinformasi dan
kemuncak lawatan adalah aktiviti melepaskan anak-anak penyu ke laut.
Aktiviti dalam perancangan:
Pengerusi
Naib Pengerusi
Saha Deva Arunasalam
Naib Pengerusi
Ketua, Kempen Perubahan Cuaca
(Climate Change)
Chew Swee Yoke
Abdullah Khubayb Bin Awaluddin
Amanda Man
Aw Ee Va
Cahan Khoon Moh
Chen Sue Ann
Dennis Teoh
Fadzila Binti Haji Said
Fida Izrina Izhar
Haryati Yusoff
Hoi Jack S’ng
Kartina Mohd Sobri
Kenneth Seet Wen Zheng
Kahizan Sharizad Binti Ab Razak
Lilian Siew Pul Mai
Mohd Izzi Bin Talha
Noortasha Dewi Paramaswaran
Ong Shih Wei
Shanti Abraham Mathew
Thirunavakarasu Vijayan@Ganesan
Yohendra Nadarajan
Pemerhati/Jurucakap Perubahan
Cuaca
Maya Karin Roelcke
Kem Pencinta Alam untuk Kanak-kanak (Children’s Nature Camp)
EHC sedang bekerjasama dengan Persatuan Pencinta Alam Malaysia (MSN) untuk
mengadakan suatu Kem Pencinta Alam untuk kanak-kanak selama 3 hari 2 malam.
Perancangan/persiapan sedang diputuskan dan tarikhnya akan ditetapkan.
Forum Perubahan Cuaca (Climate Change Forum)
EHC sedang merancang untuk menganjurkan forum sehari di bulan Februari 2011
berkenaan Perubahan Cuaca. Objektif utama forum ini adalah untuk meningkatkan
penyertaan dan meningkatkan tahap kesedaran ahli-ahli Badan Peguam dan orang
awam berkenaan kesan perubahan cuaca terhadap bumi dan kehidupan seharian.
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Forum tersebut juga merupakan pembuka mata terhadap cabaran-cabaran yang akan kita hadapi dalam mengurangkan
pengeluaran karbon ke atmosfera.
Penutup
EHC telah merancang banyak aktiviti dan sebahagiannya masih belum terlaksana.
Akhir sekali, saya ingin merekodkan ucapan terima kasih dan penghargaan saya kepada semua ahli-ahli EHC atas sokongan
dan kerjasama mereka yang berterusan, di mana tanpanya, projek-projek yang dinyatakan di atas tidak mungkin dapat
dilaksanakan.
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Jawatankuasa Teknologi
Maklumat
Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat (ITC) meneruskan usaha untuk reformasi dan
perubahan untuk rangkaian Teknologi Maklumat (IT) Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Laman web Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur telah berjaya dikemaskini dengan kos
yang menasabah pada tahun 2009. Selanjutnya, Blog Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur,
laman Facebook, akaun Twitter dan laman Flickr juga telah diwujudkan tanpa kos.
Ini meletakan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur di koridor rangkaian internet yang
menambahkan kemudahan perhubungan antara ahli-ahli dengan Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan sebaliknya.
Dengan menggunakan Peralatan Internet, ITC meneruskan penjelajahan untuk
menjana pendapatan melalui laman web dan blog bagi menambahan pendapatan
untuk Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Penambahan pendapatan selain daripada yuran
langganan bermakna tiada menambahan kepada yuran langganan Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur yang masih berjumlah RM100.00.
Pada masa yang sama, ITC terus mempromosikan kebebasan bersuara di alam
maya. Dengan tujuan tersebut, kami telah menganjurkan beberapa forum awam
semenjak 2008. Forum-forum berkenaan ‘Blogging and Defamation Laws’ dan
Pencurian Indentiti di alam maya telah dilaksanakan.
Pada tahun ini, ITC telah menganjurkan Forum Perundangan IT sehari dengan 3
topik utama. Penceramah-penceramah jemputan termasuk penggubal Akta Data
Persendirian; para blogger yang terkenal dan penyunting-penyunting portal beritaberita utama. Forum sehari ini telah dihoskan oleh rakan kongsi kami, Fakulti UndangUndang KDU dan telah dihadiri oleh Timbalan Menteri Perhubungan Komunikasi dan
Kebudayaan, Dato’ Maglin Dennis D’cruz.
Forum tersebut telah mendapat sambutan yang menggalakkan dan perwakilan yang
hadir menyatakan suatu Forum lanjutan daripadanya akan mendapat sambutan.
Di harap ahli-ahli ITC yang akan datang akan terus menganjurkan Forum sehari
sepertinya dan menjadikannya sebagai suatu acara tahunan Undang-undang IT.
Selain daripada itu, ITC mempunyai hubungan positif dengan pihak-pihak berkuasa
dan Badan-badan yang berkaitan dengan IT. Dialog-dialog dengan organisasiorganisasi seperti Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC), Cyber
Security dan banyak lagi, telah diadakan dari masa ke semasa, ketika mana isu-isu
Undang-undang IT berkaitan dengan kepentingan orang awam telah dibincangkan.
Satu lagi projek yang telah dimulakan pada penggal yang lalu telahpun dilancarkan
pada pertengahan tahun 2010. Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan DiGi telah
bersetuju untuk bekerjasama di mana ahli-ahli yang menjadi pelanggan DiGi, akan
menyertai Komuniti DiGi/Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Panggilan antara ahli-ahli
komuniti ini adalah percuma dan SMS dalam kadar yang lebih rendah. Smartphones
dan juga telefon-telefon telah diberikan secara percuma kepada ahli-ahli Badan
Peguam Kuala Lumpur, ianya merupakan promosi khas untuk ahli-ahli sahaja.
Diharapkan jika komuniti DiGi/Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur ini terus berkembang,
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur boleh berbincang dengan lebih baik untuk
mendapatkan lebih banyak kemudahan dan faedah untuk ahli-ahli di masa hadapan.
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Pengerusi
Richard Wee
Naib Pengerusi
Foong Cheng Leong
Anita Kaur Gerewal
Aw Ee Va
Chong Jia Ling
Edwin Lee Yong Cieh
Gary Lim
Judy Lim Chu Dee
Krishna Roy Sreenivasan
Lee Shih
Marlyn Perone
Roland Kual
Steven Wong
Kami menggalakkan ahi-ahli untuk menyertai komuniti tersebut jika mereka ingin bertukar pembekal telekomunikasi.
Kerjasama bersama DiGi juga membuahkan hasil dengan tajaan. DiGi telah menawarkan pakej internet istimewa untuk
Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan Bilik Peguam dengan kadar yang amat rendah. DiGi turut menaja
beberapa aktiviti Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur dengan memberikan beberapa unit Smartphones atau penggunaan jalur lebar
DiGi secara percuma. Selain daripada itu, DiGi juga membayar yuran iklan untuk beriklan di laman web Badan Peguam Kuala
Lumpur.
Projek-projek ini tidak mungkin dapat dilaksanakan tanpa minat yang kuat dan mendalam oleh ahli-ahli jawatankuasa.
Timbalan kami, Foong Cheng Leong, terus menerus membantu dan bekerja di belakang tabir untuk memastikan projek-projek
berjalan dan terlaksana. Ahli-ahli ITC telah banyak menyokong dan membantu. Berbanyak terima kasih kepada anda semua!
Seperti biasa, Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur, diketuai oleh Mary Tan dan Pegawai Eksekutif bertanggung
jawab ke atas ITC, Melissa Dass; merupakan orang-orang kuat dalam projek-projek kami. Mereka terus menjadi penghubung
yang menyambungkan semua bahagian projek-projek. ITC amat menghargai Sektretariat, yang dalam berbagai situasi telah
bekerja sepenuh hati, menunjukkan keinginan yang amat tinggi dalam memastikan semua projek-projek dilaksanakan dengan
jayanya.
Sebagai satu nota peribadi, ini merupakan laporan terakhir saya sebagai Ahli Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Saya
telah berkhidmat sebagai ahli Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur sejak 2005, ianya merupakan suatu pengalaman yang
amat menggembirakan. Saya memohon maaf atas sebarang kesilapan, dan berharap ahli-ahli akan terus berkhidmat dan
menyokong projek-projek Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur di masa-masa akan datang.
Richard Wee
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Jawatankuasa
Pembangunan Profesional
Objektif utama Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Profesional (PDC) adalah untuk terus
menawarkan ahli-ahli dan juga pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar, melalui programprogram pembelajaran undang-undang, peluang untuk membentuk kemahiran
asas perundangan mereka dan memastikan mereka mengetahui perkembanganperkembangan terbaru dalam semua amalan-amalan perundangan. Sepertimana
penggal yang lalu, PDC telah meneruskan program-program pembelajaran berbagai
amalan perundangan untuk kedua-dua ahli-ahli Badan Peguam dan pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar.
Dalam penggal ini, PDC menganjurkan 31 acara antara bulan Mac 2010 sehingga
Februari 2011, yang merangkumi bidang Litigasi, topik-topik Konveyansing dan
Perundangan Korporat seperti Deraf Kontrak-kontak untuk Komersil, Kewangan
Perkapalan, Komunikasi Istimewa, Cukai, Perubatan dan Perundangan, Perbankan
Islam dan Mercu Perdagangan, adalah antaranya.
Setakat ini, sambutan terhadap acara-acara anjuran PDC adalah menggalakkan
dan adalah menjadi harapan kami agar ahli-ahli akan terus mendapat faedah dari
program-program yang telah disusun ke penghujung penggal. Kami berharap dapat
terus melihat sokongan dan penambahan penyertaan dari ahli-ahli dan pelatihpelatih.
PDC dengan kerjasama Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur sedang
berusaha untuk menambahkan kemudahan-kemudahan Auditorium Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Atas sebab inilah PDC telah menyemak semula pada Ogos
2010 semua yuran penyertaan untuk Seminar-seminar dan Bengkel-bengkel yang
dianjurkan. Seminar-seminar kini telah disasarkan kepada 3 kelompok utama iaitu
Siri-siri kelas Asas, Pakar dan Master. Antara sebab-sebab yang dibincangkan
apabila keputusan untuk menyemak semula yuran adalah seperti berikut:
•
Ianya akan menggambarkan nilai terhadap seminar yang dianjurkan.
•
Ianya hanya akan disasarkan kepada sesiapa yang benar-benar serius
terhadap sesuatu topik.
•
Sebagai satu badan professional yang melaksanakan program PDC, yuran
yang dikenakan tidak harus terlalu rendah kerana ianya turut menggambarkan
kerendahan kualiti seminar-seminar kami.
•
Peningkatan yuran amat minima dan tidak akan membebankan ahi-ahli.
•
Firma-firma korporat mengenakan yuran antara RM1,000 hingga RM4,000
untuk seminar 1-hari.
•
Membantu menambahkan pendapatan kepada Jawatankuasa Peguam KL
dalam menambah kemudahan kepada ahli-ahli.
•
Dana juga diperlukan untuk membaik pulih Auditorium Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur yang perlu diberi muka baru kerana terdapat aduan
oleh penceramah-penceramah jemputan berkenaan keadaan Auditorium.
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Annie Yin
Aufa Radzi
Balbir Singh
G. Nanda Goban
Jayaram Sankaran
Justin Johari
S.Saravana Kumar
Sunita Sankey
Wong Tat Chung
•
Tiada sebarang kenaikan yuran dalam tempoh 6 tahun
Untuk satu perubahan, PDC juga sedang merancang untuk mengadakan seminar 2-hari yang disasarkan kepada sektor
korporat.
Pengerusi
Program-program untuk penggal 2010/11 adalah seperti berikut:
Tarikh
Tajuk Seminar
Penceramah
10.03.2010 (Rabu)
3.00petang
Border Transactions
26.03.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00petang
SEMINAR: Privileged
Communications - Current Trends
Jeremy Lee Pheng Yau
16.04.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Highlights of Recent
Tax Cases
S. Saravana Kumar
08.05.2010 (Sabtu)
9.00 Pagi
Writing (Basic)
Jackie Yeoh
26.05.2010 (Rabu)
4.30 Petang
SEMINAR: Medicine and the Law
P S Ranjan
Manmohan S. Dhillon
26.06.2010 (Sabtu)
9.00 Pagi
Writing
(Advanced)
Jackie Yeoh
06.08.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Islamic Banking in
Malaysia: Syariah Concept in
Islamic Banking
Mohamed Ridza
Annie Yin
13.03.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Laws on Gated and
Guarded Communities
Andrew Wong
20.08.2010 (Jumaat)
4.00 Petang
TALK: Humour and the Law
P S Ranjan
Lee Choi Wan
24.09.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Tax Issues in Land and
Property Transactions - Strategies
to Minimise Tax
S. Saravana Kumar
21.10.2010 (Khamis)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: The Rights of Unwed
Mothers
Vicky Alahakone
Penyelaras
Aufa Radzi
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Tarikh
Tajuk Seminar
Penceramah
27.10.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Joint Ventures &
Strategic Alliances
19.11.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Understanding Trade
Marks
Camilla Anastasia Alim
Janet Toh
26.11.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Winding-Up: The
Voluntary and Court Liquidation
Process
Lee Shih
01.12.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Syariah Wills
Mohd Amir Shahril Bahari
16.12.2010 (Khamis)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Understanding
Shipping Laws in Relation to
Acquisition and Finance of Ships
Joanne Long
17.12.2010 (Jumaat)
2.30 Petang
SEMINAR: Restrictive Covenants
and Confidential Information in
Employment Relationships
Edward Saw
18.01.2011 (Selasa)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Enforcement
of Foreign Judgments and
Foreign Arbitral Awards: Recent
Developments
Shara Ann Isaacs
19.01.2011 (Rabu)
3.00 Petang
Border Transactions
17.02.2011 (Khamis)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Preparation and
Conducting Trials
18.02.2011 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Recent Tax Cases
S. Saravana Kumar
Siti Fatimah Mohd
Shahrom
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S. Saravana Kumar
Jayaram Sankaran
PDC juga telah berterusan dengan Program Pelatih seperti berikut:
Tarikh
Tajuk Seminar
Penceramah
18.06.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Fundamentals of Civil Litigation
Mohd. Izral Khairy
Tharminder Singh
22.06.2010 (Selasa)
1.30 Petang
Activism
Edmund Bon
29.06.2010 (Selasa)
2.00 Petang
SEMINAR: An Introduction to S.218 Winding Up
Petitions
Alex Chang
21.07.2010 (Rabu)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Fundamentals of Conveyancing
23.07.2010 (Selasa)
3.00 Petang
Proceedings
GK Ganesan
25.08.2010 (Rabu)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: Drafting Commercial Contracts
07.10.2010 (Khamis)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: The Fundamentals of Criminal Litigation
– Arrest, Remand and Bail
Amer Hamzah Arshad
12.10.2010 (Selasa)
2.00 Petang
Activism
Edmund Bon
15.10.2010 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
SEMINAR: The Fundamentals of Bankruptcy
Proceedings
28.01.2011 (Jumaat)
3.00 Petang
Proceedings
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Jawatankuasa Penerbitan terus mengalami pengurangan sumbangan artikel,
komentari dan pandangan dari ahli-ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Hakikat ini
telah dimaklumkan dalam laporan-laporan Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Penerbitan di
dalam 3 penggal yang lepas. Untuk penggal 2010/11, Jawatankuasa Penerbitan
telah membuat keputusan untuk menerbitkan artikel-artikel dan bahan-bahan secara
online melalui Blog Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur di http://www.klbar.blogspot.com
pada masa dan ketika ianya diperolehi.
Terdapat beberapa sebab mengapa perubahan ini telah dibuat. Pertamanya adalah
sebab-sebab kewangan. Sebahagian besar kos penerbitan Relevan pada tahuntahun yang sebelumnya telah dibiayai oleh hasil pengiklanan yang menjadikan
proses penerbitan, percetakan dan pengiriman Relevan boleh dijustifikasikan
dari segi komersil. 2 tahun kebelakangan ini hasil pengiklanan bertambah sukar
untuk memperolehi. Oleh sebab itu, kos penerbitan Relevan akan turut meningkat
berbanding dengan tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Keduanya, perkembangan pesat
laman-laman web semasa yang mendedikasikan isu-isu perundangan menjadikan
ianya sukar untuk mendapatkan sumbangan dari peguam-peguam yang lebih suka
kepada penerbitan artikel-artikel masa sebenar (real-time).
Penambahan tugasan akibat dari perubahan pentadbiran yang dilaksanakan oleh
Badan Kehakiman juga menyukarkan penulis-penulis yang biasa menyumbangkan
artikel-artikel. Walau bagaimanapun, ahli-ahli digalakkan untuk menghantarkan
artikel-artikel dan sumbangan-sumbangan walaupun karya-karya tersebut telahpun
diterbitkan di media lain.
Perancangan sedang dibuat untuk menerbitkan isu Relevan ke-20 tahun sempena
ulang tahun yang ke-20 penubuhan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur pada 1992.
Projek ini akan dilaksanakan oleh jawatankuasa yang akan datang dan dirancang
akan diterbitkan pada penghujung 2011 atau awal 2012.
Penerbitan online di Blog Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur juga telah membolehkan
kami menerbitkan bahan-bahan dalam masa yang singkat dan membolehkan kami
menyimpan semua artikel-artikel dan sumbangan-sumbangan dengan cara yang
lebih teratur dan mudah untuk dirujuk semula. Ahli-ahli dimaklumkan melalui e-mel
apabila sesuatu artikel itu diterbitkan di dalam blog. Relevan online tidak akan menjadi
kenyataan tanpa masa dan usaha ahli-ahli jawatankuasa dan saya mengucapkan
terima kasih atas usaha-usaha mereka.
H R Dipendra
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H R Dipendra
Mahendran Gnasamoothy
Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal
Pelatih-Dalam-Kamar
Bengkel-bengkel Litigasi Sivil dan Jenayah
Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Pelatih-Dalam-Kamar (PWC) terus menguruskan bengkelbengkel litigasi sivil dan litigasi jenayah bulanan untuk pelatih-pelatih, di mana
tujuannya adalah untuk memperkenalkan para pelatih kepada amalan undangundang asas. Ini merupakan satu bengkel praktikal di mana para pelatih dihadapkan
dengan tugas-tugas praktikal dan isu-isu undang-undang. Bahagian-bahagian yang
dilingkupi oleh bengkel litigasi jenayah adalah temuduga klien, mitigasi, aplikasi
jaminan dan proses perbicaraan. Bagi bengkel litigasi sivil, para pelatih dilatih dalam
mendraf pendapatan dan pliding dan cara menyampaikan kes di dalam Mahkamah.
Respons kepada bengkel-bengkel ini adalah sangat menggalakkan. Saya amat
terhutang budi kepada para pengamal seperti Datuk Sivananthan, Sreekant Pillai,
Colin Andrew Pereira, Richard Wee Thiam Seng, Mohd Izral, Tharminder Singh dan
Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah kerana telah membuat sesi-sesi ini menyeronokkan dan
bermanfaat kepada para pelatih.
Pengerusi
Choo Dee Wei
Darshendev Singh
Lee Li Hoong
Tan Yat Ngi
Teoh Choon Hui
Alex Anton Netto
Farah Adlin Binti Embong @ Ahmad
Dialog-dialog Peperiksaan Etika dan Standard Profesional (ESP)
PWC juga menguruskan dialog-dialog bulanan untuk Peperiksaan Etika dan Standard
Profesional (ESP) di mana para pelatih diberi taklimat tentang tujuan kursus ESP dan
masalah yang biasa berkaitan dengan kegagalan ujian. Maklumat yang bernilai juga
ditawarkan kepada para pelatih yang bakal menduduki peperiksaan tersebut. Saya
dengan berbesar hatinya berterima kasih kepada Puan Hendon Haji Mohamed dan
Sheila De Costa yang telah sesama sendiri mengikut giliran membantu PWC dalam
sesi-sesi dialog Etika.
Panduan dan Direktori Pelatihan
PWC adalah dalam melancarkan Panduan dan Direktori Pelatihan yang akan
digunakan untuk membimbing para pelatih semasa pelatihan mereka. Panduan dan
Direktori Pelatihan telah dikonsepkan kerana ramai pelatih tidak menyedari apa yang
dikehendaki daripada mereka sebagai seorang pelatih.
Pesta Kerjaya Perundangan
Pesta Kerjaya Perundangan yang diuruskan setiap tahun oleh PWC adalah
dijadualkan untuk diadakan pada 12.02.2011 di Hotel Corus, Jalan Ampang, Kuala
Lumpur.
Kumpulan e-mel
PWC juga sedang mempertimbangkan menubuhkan sebuah kumpulan e-mel untuk
para pelatih membangkitkan provenan-provenan atau apa masalah-masalah yang
mereka mungkin ada.
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Penghargaan
Saya juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan terima kasih kepada ahli-ahli PWC yang telah bekerja keras
dan banyak membantu iaitu Darshendev Singh, Jason Teoh, Lee Li Hoong, Alex Netto, Farah Adlin dan Tan Yat Ngi serta
sekretariat Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Choo Dee Wei
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Jawatankuasa Sosial,
Kesenian dan Kebudayaan
Sehingga ke hari ini, Jawatankuasa Sosial, Kesenian dan Kebudayaan (SAC), telah
menganjurkan acara-acara berikut untuk ahli-ahli Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan
rakan-rakan serta ahli keluarga mereka:
Program Derma Darah
SAC telah menganjurkan Program Derma Darah pada 28.06.2010 di Kompleks
Mahkamah Jalan Duta, Kuala Lumpur. Seramai 50 penderma yang berdaftar dimana
13 orang telah ditolak antara sebab kerana sama ada berat badan mereka di bawah
45kg, mengalami tekanan darah tinggi atau tekanan darah rendah dan/atau telah
menetap di United Kingdom dari 1980 sehingga 1996 dan di Eropah dari 1980
sehingga ke hari ini. Sebanyak 37 unit darah telah dikumpul dari penderma darah
yang pemurah.
Pertandingan Lumba Go Kart Kebajikan
SAC telah menganjurkan Pertandingan Lumba Go Kart Kebajikan pertamanya pada
07.08.2010 di litar lumba Go Kart Sepang. Seramai lebih kurang 40 orang telah
menyertai pertandingan tersebut yang terdiri dari orang awam, pelatih dalam kamar
dan juga peguam dari Lembah Klang. Jumlah keuntungan bersih yang telah berjaya
dikumpul melalui pertandingan tersebut akan didermakan kepada Orang Asli di Kg.
Bertang, Raub, Pahang.
Pengerusi
Farah Intan Burhanudin
Imran Ismail
Janet Chai
Seira Sacha
Noor Arianti Binti Osman
Thirunavakarasu
Tengku Nur Azura binti Tengku
Safiyuddeen
Nurul Shuhada Ahmad Zaki
Ahmad Aizat bin Ab Rahman
Pencarian Harta Karun LexisNexis-KL Bar
Acara tahunan Pencarian Harta Karun LexisNexis-KL Bar telah diadakan pada
24.10.2010 anjuran bersama oleh LexisNexis dan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur
dan disertai oleh orang awam dan peguam-peguam dari Lembah Klang.
Sebanyak 68 pasukan telah mengambil bahagian dalam acara ini di mana 7 pasukan
terdiri daripada kategori tertutup (kakitangan LexisNexis dan ahli-ahli Badan Peguam).
Sebanyak RM25000 dikumpul. Keseluruhannya terdapat 25 hadiah untuk kategori
terbuka dan 7 hadiah untuk kategori tertutup. Peserta juga turut membawa pulang
hadiah-hadiah dari cabutan bertuah. Hadiah utama adalah iPod Touch. 9 hadiah
yang lain merupakan 3 iPod Shuffle, 5 bingkai gambar digital dan sebuah kamera
Olympus.
Makan Malam Dan Tari-Menari Tahunan
SAC juga telah menganjurkan Makan Malam Dan Tari-Menari Tahunan Badan Peguam
Kuala Lumpur yang diadakan di Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur pada 13.11.2010. Ianya
telah dihadiri oleh seramai 350 tetamu termasuk Hakim-hakim dan juga peguampeguam dari Lembah Klang. Tahun ini, satu pertunjukan fesyen oleh pereka fesyen
baru dari tanah air, nyanyian dari Nadhira dan juga pertunjukan dari Comedy Court
telah dipersembahkan.
Malam Cereka
SAC juga telah menganjurkan Malam Tayangan peribadi filem Harry Potter And The
Deathly Hollows: Part 1 pada 18.11.2010 di GSC, Pavillion Kuala Lumpur. Acara
tersebut telah mendapat sambutan yang baik oleh ahli-ahli Badan Peguam bersamasama keluarga dan rakan-rakan mereka.
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Lain-lain
SAC juga akan menganjurkan lawatan ke perkampungan Orang Asli di Kg. Bertang, Raub, Pahang pada bulan Januari 2011.
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Pertandingan Antara Negeri Badan Peguam Malaysia
Badan Peguam Pahang menjadi tuan rumah Pertandingan antara Negeri Badan
Peguam Malaysia yang dilangsungkan selama 2 hari di Kuantan pada 26.02.2010
hingga 27.02.2010. Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur menyertai Pertandingan ini dan
telah menang dalam bola jaring (johan), bola tampar (naib johan) dan golf (tempat
ketiga).
Pengerusi
Muhendaran Suppiah
Konvenor-Konvenor/
Anand Ponnudurai
Snuker/Pool
Piala Ruby Badan Peguam Selangor - Bola Jaring
Piala Ruby, satu Pertandingan Bola Jaring, dianjurkan oleh Badan Peguam Selangor
telah diadakan pada 26.06.2010 di Kompleks Sukan Matsushita, Shah Alam.
Pasukan Bola Jaring Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur mengambil bahagian dalam
Pertandingan ini dan telah memenangi Piala tersebut.
Karnival Sukan Ke-20 Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur lawan Kelab DiRaja Selangor
Siri ini dimulakan pada 1985 oleh Allahyarham Tan Sri Dato’ Harun Hashim di
mana beberapa sukan dimainkan untuk piala keseluruhan yang didermakan oleh
Allahyarham Tan Sri. Untuk setiap permainan ada piala didermakan oleh peguam
dari Badan Peguam Malaysia / ahli Kelab DiRaja Selangor. Siri tahun ini diadakan
pada 08 hingga 10.07.2010 dan sekali lagi Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan
Kelab DiRaja Selangor diisytiharkan sebagai Johan bersama. Kedua-dua pihak seri
memenangi 3 permainan dan seri dalam 1 permainan (tenis). Badan Peguam Kuala
Lumpur memenangi permainan badminton, kriket dan bola jaring manakala Kelab
DiRaja Selangor muncul sebagai pemenang dalam sukan bola sepak, hoki dan
billiard/pool. Jamuan Makan Malam Akhir Sukan dan Upacara Pemberian Hadiah
mendapat sambutan yang baik. Pertandingan “boat race” diadakan ketika jamuan
makan malam. Walaupun ia bukan satu acara persaingan, namun mereka berlawan
dengan sengit dan dimenangi oleh Kelab DiRaja Selangor.
Sukan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur/Selangor - Siri Ke-10
Siri ini dimulakan setelah pemisahan diantara Badan Peguam Selangor dan Badan
Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan kedua-dua pasukan bertanding dalam pelbagai sukan
untuk Piala Lall Singh Muker, yang didermakan oleh Puan Lall Singh Muker, ibu kepada
seorang peguambela kanan Badan Peguam, Encik S.S. Muker yang merupakan ahli
kedua-dua Badan Peguam Selangor dan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur. Badan
Peguam Selangor menjadi tuan rumah siri tahun ini yang diadakan pada 11.12.2010.
5 acara dimainkan dalam siri ini - hoki, bola sepak, bola tampar, bola jaring dan golf.
Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur memenangi permainan bola jaring dan golf manakala
Badan Peguam Selangor memenangi permainan hoki, bola sepak dan bola tampar.
Badan Peguam Selangor mengalahkan Badan Peguam Kuala Lumpur 3-2 untuk
menjadi johan keseluruhan dan dapat merampas semula Piala Pusingan yang telah
gagal dipertahankan dalam siri tahun lepas.
Jawatankuasa Sukan
A I Nathan
Badminton
Alex Nandaseri De Silva
Kriket
Khairul Idham
Hoki
Robert Low
Bola Sepak & Futsal
Yeoh Cho Kheong
Tenis
Wan Syarihah Binti Razman
Bola Jaring
Chin Yeow Chong
Bola Tampar
Sivaruben A/L R Balasekaran
Damak
Shanmugam A/L Ganesan
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AM
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur masih mengekalkan gelanggang badminton di dewan SBA di Kampung Attap setiap
Khamis dari 6.00 malam ke 8.30 malam untuk membolehkan ahli dan pelatih dalam kamar untuk bermain sukan secara kerap
dan untuk berinteraksi dengan ahli lain.
Muhendaran Suppiah
Pengerusi
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Jawatankuasa Peguam
Muda
Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Kuala Lumpur (YLC) pada penggal 2010/2011
meneruskan usaha untuk mewujudkan satu platform untuk peguam muda
menyumbang kepada Badan Peguam. YLC terus membesar tetapi kami tetap
mencari peguam-peguam muda untuk menyertai kami.
YLC mempunyai 4 unit-unit kecil yang di ketuai oleh Timbalan-Timbalan Pengerusi
masing-masing dan pada tahun ini terdapat 2 wakil YLC yang menduduki di
Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Kebangsaan, dan mereka adalah:
(a)
Unit Projek-projek Komuniti - Kenneth Wong Poh Lim dan Siti Fatimah Mohd
Shahrom
(b)
Unit Pengurusan Praktis - Ruth Maran
(c)
Unit Rangkaian Professional - Chan Kit Kheong
(d)
Unit Perhubungan Luar - Fam Yu Min dan Sandesh Kabir Singh
(e)
Wakil-wakil YLC - Aston Philip Paiva dan Syahrezan Johan
Naib-naib Pengerusi
Chan Kit Kheong
Unit Rangkaian Profesional
Fam Yu Min
Unit Hubungan Luar
Sandesh Kabir Singh
Unit Hubungan Luar
Kenneth Wong Poh Lim
Unit Projek Kemasyarakatan
Siti Fatimah Mohd Shahrom
Unit Projek Kemasyarakatan
YLC telah mengadakan mesyuarat yang pertama pada 07.04.2010 di Wisma
Kraftangan dan di ikuti oleh yang ke-2 pada 24.04.2010 di The Ascott, ke-3 pada
20.07.2010 di Wisma Kraftangan dan ke-4 pada 25.09.2010 di Old Town White
Coffee di Bangsar Selatan.
Aktiviti-aktiviti yang dilaksanakan pada penggal ini adalah:
Futsal YLC di Padang OU pada 21.05.2010
Pertandingan ini telah menarik penyertaan dari 8 kumpulan. Pemain muda dari
Majlis Peguam juga telah membuat kemunculan khas. Acara ini amat menyeronokan
sama ada di dalam mahupun di luar gelanggang. Pertandingan ini bertujuan untuk
menggalakkan peserta-peserta untuk bertemu muka dan berkenal-kenalan di antara
satu sama lain.
Lawatan ke SPCA pada 05.06.2010
YLC dalam memastikan lebih banyak cara untuk para pengamal undang-undang
untuk menyumbang kepada masyarakat, telah membentuk Jawatankuasa Kebajikan
Haiwan Ad Hoc pada awal tahun ini dan telah melawat Persatuan Penghalang
Kezaliman terhadap Haiwan (SPCA) pada 05.06.2010. SPCA merupakan persatuan
yang mengambil berat berkenaan hal ehwal haiwan bertujuan untuk melindungi
haiwan dan mengurangkan penderitaan yang di hadapi oleh haiwan-haiwan tersebut.
Objektif utama adalah untuk meningkatkan kesedaran di kalangan peguam terhadap
kebajikan haiwan. Ianya merupakan pemandangan yang mengharukan apabila
haiwan-haiwan tersebut menjadi teruja bila mana peguam-peguam mula membantu
untuk membersihkan kurungan mereka dengan menukar kertas-kertas surakhabar
dan membuang najis, menggantikan bekas-bekas makanan dengan makanan dan
minuman bersih, memberi makanan, memandikan dan meluangkan masa bersama
haiwan-haiwan tersebut. Kebanyakan mereka yang tidak dapat turut serta dalam
lawatan itu telah menyumbang berbagai barangan kepada SPCA melalui panggilan
Pengerusi
Lai Chee Hoe
Ruth Garnet Maran
Unit Pengurusan Amalan
Wakil-wakil ke NYLC
Syahredzan Johan
Aston Philip Paiva
Alvin Khoo Nee Jian
Aric Wong
Benjamin Sathyanandam
Cara Yasmin Kamaruddin
Casey Cheng Khang Chween
Chan Khoon Moh
Chang Lih Yik
Choo Dee Wei
Choo Mun Wei
Chrissie Lim Wen Hsin
Christine Ooi Wai Ching
Clarice Ngan
Daniel Albert
Daphne Chia
Daron Wong Horng Yang
Darren Malis
Edmund Bon Tai Soon
Elyne Choo Yee Leng
Esther Chow Ruen Xin
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untuk sumbangan oleh YLC. Barangan-barangan tersebut termasuk barangan
keperluan seperti makanan dan barangan pembasmi kuman, termasuk juga pakaian,
barangan dapur, buku, mainan dan sebagainya untuk Jualan Lambak dan Amal
SPCA. Lawatan tersebut telah disiarkan di suratkhabar-suratkhabar Cina iaitu Sin
Chew Jit Poh dan Guangming Daily selain daripada The Star dan New Straits Times.
YLC berharap untuk meneruskan usaha-usaha meningkatkan kesedaran tentang
kebajikan haiwan ini dan untuk menggalakkan lebih ramai peguam untuk turut serta
dalam program kebajikan haiwan ini.
Jamuan Buka Puasa di Ali Baba’s Kebab pada 18.08.2010
Aktiviti ini bertujuan untuk mengeratkan hubungan antara peguam semasa bulan
suci Ramadhan. Pada tahun ini, YLC telah mengubah sedikit acara tahunan dan
mengubah lokasi dari Restoran Kampung Baru Ikan Bakar di tahun lepas ke
Restoran Kebab Ali Baba di Jalan Ampang dan dari menu kebiasaan buffet kepada
menu set. Menu-menu set tersebut dengan harga yang berpatutan iaitu RM28 untuk
seorang. Aktiviti ini berlangsung dengan jayanya memandangkan terdapat beberapa
kehadiran peguam-peguam baru yang belum pernah menyertai mana-mana aktiviti
YLC sebelum itu. Jamuan tersebut berlarutan ke malam dengan kebanyakan peguam
menggunakannya untuk bertukar-tukar berita dengan teman seperjuangan.
Lawatan ke Parlimen pada 11.10.2010
8 orang ahli YLC telah menghadiri sessi ketiga persidangan Parlimen ke-12. Ahli
Parlimen Rembau, YB Khairy Jamuluddin adalah antara YB yang pertama hadir
dan dengan baik hati meluangkan masa untuk menyambut setiap ahli YLC dan
seterusnya beliau telah berbincang tentang agenda hari tersebut bersama kami.
YLC juga turut membuat kunjungan hormat kepada Ahli-ahli Parlimen dari DAP.
Perjumpaan tersebut yang diadakan di Pejabat Pembangkang terletak di tingkat 13
telah dihadiri oleh YB Kulasegaran, YB Teo Nie Ching, YB Tony Pua, YB Ngeh Koo
Ham, YB Anthony Loke, YB Liew Chin Tong, YB Wong Ho Leng and YB Chong
Chieng Jen. Kami juga menerima kunjungan mengejut oleh YB Lim Kit Siang semasa
perjumpaan tersebut.
Karnival Sukan YLC pada 31.10.2010
Dalam usaha mempromosikan sukan dan mengeratkan hubungan antara peguampeguam, YLC telah menganjurkan Karnival Sukan yang merangkumi acara Badminton
dan Futsal. The Challenger Sport Centre Petaling Jaya telah dipilih sebagai lokasi
acara tersebut. Karnival tersebut berjaya mengumpulkan bilangan penyertaan yang
menggalakkan untuk kedua acara badminton dan futsal. Keseluruhannya, acara
badminton berjaya menarik penyertaan 45 individu untuk acara perseorangan dan
beregu dan untuk futsal, 16 kumpulan telah berentap di gelanggang untuk acara
sehari tersebut. Antara penyertaan yang menggalakkan YLC adalah dari Jabatan
Peguam Negara yang menerima jemputan untuk turut serta dalam acara ini.
Pertandingan bermula jam 10.00 pagi sehingga jam 4.00 petang dengan berbagai
aksi menarik sepanjang hari. Dengan aktiviti ini YLC telah berjaya menubuhkan
satu persekitaran untuk individu-individu dalam industri yang sama untuk bergaul
dan berkongsi minat dalam sukan dan berharap karnival di masa akan datang akan
merangkumi lebih banyak acara-acara sukan yang lain dan ianya akan digunakan
sebagai platform untuk mencapai objektif yang luas.
Pemerhatian Calon Pilihanraya Majlis Peguam 2011/2012
Pilihanraya Majlis Peguam diadakan pada setiap tahun di bulan November. Tujuan
pilihanraya tersebut adalah untuk memilih ahli-ahli yang akan memenuhi kerusi
Majlis Peguam dan akan memikul tanggungjawab seperti dinyatakan di bawah Akta
Profesion Undang-Undang. YLC telah memulakan satu inisiatif yang pertama untuk
membentuk kesedaran di kalangan ahli-ahli Badan Peguam Malaysia berkenaan
Pilihanraya Majlis Peguam iaitu ‘Pemerhatian Calon’. Ianya diharapkan dengan inisiatif
ini, lebih ramai ahli akan mengundi di Pilihanraya, dan bukan hanya membuang kertas
undian sahaja.
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Farah Nadiah Zainudin
Fatin Nabilah Abu Samah
Foo Siew June
Foong Cheng Leong
Giri Raj
Haraesh Singh Kelly
James Ding Tse Wen
James Ong
Janet Chai
Janet Olivia Tang Mou Lung
Joachim Leong Ming Yoong
Joanne Leong Pooi Yaen
Joe Teoh Zhuo Wei
Johana Rosli
Johnson Lim Fung Tat
Josephine Chin Fong Leng
Karthigaibalan
Kelly Khoo Seo Ju
Kenneth Seet Wan Zheng
Khaizan Sharizad Abd Razak
Kok Wen Ying
Kong Teng Mun @ Jason Kong
Linda Lee Ching Ching
Mak Kah Keong
Malini Madiyazhagan
Melissa Sasidaran
Mohd Khairil Izzi bin Talha
Muhamad Anwar B. Zamree
Muthuveeramani Nadesan
Ng Su-San
Noraliana Zainal Abidin
Nurul Hidayah Abdull Rahim
Ong Hwee Koon
Regina Chin Ming Ling
Seira Sacha Binti Abu Bakar
Sharolyn Jeyanthi A/P Selvaraj
Siti Munirah Maarof
Sujintana Mongkolthanit
Tan Aimee
Tracy Hah Yan Shan
Vince Chong Khin Young
Wan Farhanim bt Wan Muhd Shukeri
Wan Norizzati binti Wan Idris
Yau Khai Ling
Yeoh Tung Seng
Yohendra Nadarajan
Unit Projek-projek Komuniti
Ujibakat untuk Malam Amal pada 19.06.2010
Auditorium Badan Peguam KL berdenggung dengan bakat-bakat pada 19.06.2010 apabila ujibakat dilangsungkan sebagai
persiapan untuk aktiviti Malam Amal 2010. Barisan ‘para hakim’ terdiri dari Seira Sacha, Siti Shahrom, Melissa Sasidaran dan
Christine Ooi. Sejumlah 6 persembahan hadir untuk ujibakat dan 4 persembahan menghantar video-video ujibakat mereka
untuk dipertimbangkan.
Malam Amal di GOSH pada 02.07.2010
Aktiviti tahunan yang paling dinanti-nantikan telah kembali dengan tema ”Still Legally Talented - Too Legit To Quit” dan
telah diadakan pada 02.07.2010 di Gosh! Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur. Majlis menyaksikan peguam-peguam (dan
peserta bukan peguam) menonjolkan bakat masing-masing dalam nyanyian, lakonan dan tarian yang merangkumi sepuluh
persembahan sepanjang malam tersebut. Para tetamu mula hadir mulai jam 7.00 malam dan majlis bermula dengan rasminya
pada 8.15 malam, apabila pengacara majlis, Cara dan Joseph, memanggil perhatian para tetamu ke arah pentas dan
menjemput persembahan untuk bermula. DiGi, penaja rasmi majlis ini telah melelong satu Blackberry 9000 Bold dan satu
Nokia E52 yang mana keduanya telah berjaya mengumpulkan jumlah sumbangan amal yang amat baik. Lebih 900 tiket terjual
dan sejumlah RM48,070.60 telah berjaya dikumpul dari sumbangan yang diterima pada malam itu sendiri.
Makan Malam Penghargaan untuk Malam Amal di Malaya’s Bistro pada 13.08.2010
Satu majlis makan malam penghargaan telah dianjurkan sebagai ucapan terima kasih kepada semua peguam muda yang
terlibat dalam pengurusan dan persembahan yang telah menjayakan Malam Amal.
Penyerahan Cek kepada Marginal Youth Centre pada 28.08.2010
Selepas majlis Malam Amal 2010 pada 02.07.2010 di Gosh, YLC telah mengotakan janji-janjinya dengan menyerahkan
sumbangan kepada pusat-pusat kebajikan. Marginal Youth Centre telah menerima cek berjumlah RM20,000.00. Pusat ini
melindungi 31 kanak-kanak yang tidak mempunyai tempat tinggal ataupun dari keluarga ibu/bapa tunggal.
Penyerahan Cek kepada Pusat Kanak-kanak Cacat dan Terencat Akal Selangor pada 04.09.2010
Pusat Kanak-Kanak Cacat dan Terencat Akal Selangor telah menerima cek berjumlah RM20,000.00. Pusat ini menguruskan
kanak-kanak dan dewasa yang memerlukan kemudahan dan perhatian khas. Pusat ini terdiri dari mereka-mereka yang kurang
upaya seperti down syndrome, autism, kecacatan dan buta.
Unit Rangkaian Profesional
Professional Connect - Forum dan Pameran Umum pada 15 ke 16.05.2010
Satu Forum dan pameran umum bertajuk “Professionals Connect” telah diadakan di Balai Ikhtisas Malaysia (BIM), yang juga
di kenali sebagai Pusat Profesional Malaysia, dengan kerjasana Young Professional Alliance (YPA) yang mana YLC adalah
sebahagiannya. Dilancarkan oleh Presiden BIM, Dr. Tan Yoke Sing, majlis ini julung kali dilaksanakan oleh BIM disasarkan
untuk meningkatkan kesedaran berkenaan isu-isu dan cabaran-cabaran yang dihadapi Malaysia dalam perjalanannya menjadi
Negara maju. BIM telah ditubuhkan pada 21.01.1973 dengan fungsi utamanya untuk menggalakkan hubungan baik dan
kesefahaman antara ahli-ahli dari badan-badan professional yang berlainan dan orang awam. Diadakan di Dewan Auditorium
Tunku Abdul Rahman, Pusat Pelancongan Malaysia, Forum tersebut memaparkan berbagai organisasi profesional bertemu
untuk berbincang dan mendapatkan pengetahuan berkenaan isu-isu semasa dan cabaran-cabaran yang kita hadapi sebagai
rakyat Malaysia dalam menghadapi ketidaktentuan dan persekitaran yang sentiasa berubah.
Parti ‘Traffic Light’ pada 24.09.2010 di Changkat Bukit Bintang
YLC telah mengadakan Jamuan Minuman Peguam Muda yang pertama bertema ”Parti Lampu Trafik” pada 24.09.2010 di
Finnegan’s @ Changkat Bukit Bintang yang dipilih sebagai tempat untuk ahli-ahli Badan Peguam bersemuka di suasana yang
tidak fomal dan untuk bertemu dengan ahli-ahli dari badan-badan profesional yang lain. Beberapa tetamu yang ingin tahu telah
muncul pada jam 7.30 malam tetapi ianya bertambak rancak selepas jam 9.00 malam dengan kehadiran sehingga melimpah
ke aras bawah. Majlis ini menyaksikan ramai muka-muka baru dengan kod pakaian lampu trafik memulakan perbualan hangat
dan perkenalan baru. Kejayaan format ini menjanjikan majlis minuman yang kedua.
Unit Hubungan Luar
Sehari bersama Peguam Muda di KDU pada 26.06.2010
Sesi bermula dengan ucapan ringkas oleh Fam Yu Min kepada para pelajar yang menerangkan objektif-objektif lawatan.
Sukarelawan dari YLC kemudiannya di perkernalkan. Para pelajar selepas itu dibahagikan ke beberapa dewan-dewan tutorial
dan peguam-peguam sukarela dihantar ke dewan masing-masing untuk memulakan bengkel. Pada mulanya pelajar khuatir
tetapi meneruskan sesi tersebut. Sepanjang bengkel, pelajar-pelajar dibenarkan untuk bertanya soalan-soalan berkaitan
pelatihan dalam kamar, praktis, in-house praktis, bidang-bidang perundangan, litigasi perbalahan dan isu-isu undang-undang
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dalam industri. Sukarelawan turut berkongsi pendapat dan pengalaman dalam lautan perundangan yang berombak. Kesemua
pelajar telah menunjukkan minat, teruja dan suka, dengan berbagai pertanyaan.
Sehari bersama Peguam Muda di INTI, Nilai pada 02.10.2010
Acara bermula dengan ucapan alu-aluan oleh wakil dari INTI dan pengenalan secara ringkas peguam-peguam sukarela
YLC. Pejajar-pelajar kemudiannya dibahagikan kepada 4 kumpulan, setiap satu kumpulan mengandungi 6-7 pelajar. 2
peguam sukarela ditentukan untuk setiap kumpulan untuk berkongsi pengalaman mereka bersama para pelajar. Dalam sesi
berbincangan selama 1.5 jam penyertaan para pelajar amat aktif dan berbagai soalan ditanya. Ianya merupakan pengalaman
yang berharga kepada para pelajar. Para pelajar ingin tahu bagaimana keadaan bekerja sebagai seorang peguam, waktu
bekerja, pampasan, pengalaman dan sebagainya. Apa yang lebih penting, peguam-peguam sukarela dapat melihat
keghairahan, semangat dan kefahaman keadilan para pelajar. Pada penghujung sesi, setiap kumpulan melantik seorang wakil
untuk memberi maklumbalas. Para pelajar menunjukkan rasa terima kasih mereka dan memaklumkan bahawa mereka ingin
kami datang semula di masa yang terdekat.
Bengkel-bengkel yang sama telah diadakan di Kolej Universiti KDU pada 09.10.2010, Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
pada 16.10.2010 dan Kolej Universiti Taylor pada 30.10.2010.
Projek-projek akan datang:
•
Sumbangan kepada Penempatan Orang Asli
•
Dialog bersama Sayap Pemuda Parti-parti Politik
•
Kursus Speedtrack
•
YLC Retreat
Lai Chee Hoe
Pengerusi
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Pusat Bantuan Guaman
Majlis Peguam (Kuala
Lumpur)
PENGENALAN
PANEL PENGURUSAN
Tahun 2010 merupakan tahun yang bersejarah dan tidak pernah dialami oleh Pusat
Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam (“BC LAC (KL)”).
Pada satu ketika, BC LAC (KL) hanyalah sebuah badan yang tidak aktif yang hanya
memberi perhatian kepada individu yang diwakili dimana mereka datang ke BC LAC
(KL) untuk meminta bantuan.
Pengerusi
Ravinder Singh Dhalliwal (Ravin Singh)
Setiausaha Kehormat
Fadiah Nadwa Fikri
Pemikiran seumpama itu telah berubah dan kini boleh dikatakan bahawa BC LAC (KL)
bergerak lebih proaktif dan banyak memberi fokus kepada hak-hak rakyat Malaysia
berbanding sebelum ini. Kini, pusat ini bukan hanya tertumpu kepada mereka yang
datang untuk meminta bantuan tetapi juga kepada mereka yang mana kami boleh
menghulurkan bantuan.
Penolong Setiausaha Kehormat
Harleen Kaur
Selain daripada bilangan klien daripada program Tenaganita, kesemua ahli
jawatankuasa dilihat terus berusaha kearah membantu bilangan klien yang lebih
kurang sama antara satu sama lain. Sebab utama terdapat pengurangan dari
segi bilangan klien di klinik LAC/Tenaganita adalah kerana terdapat penukaran di
dalam program Tenaganita serta kemunculan organisasi-organisasi lain yang juga
menangani masalah migran.
Ravi Nekoo
Renuka T Balasubramaniam
Latheefa Koya
Ramesh Lachmanan
Sa’adiah Din
Preetam Kaur
Abd Shukor Tokachil
Jason Kong Teng Mun
Adlan Hadi Mohd Yusof
Berikutnya adalah ringkasan lebih mendalam mengenai beberapa projek yang
berjaya dilaksanakan tahun lepas.
LAPORAN SUHAKAM PADA 23 APRIL 2010.
Tahun lepas telah dimulakan dengan berita yang menggembirakan apabila
SUHAKAM mengumumkan bahawa penangkapan lima peguam pada 7 Mei 2009
adalah merupakan pelanggaran hak asasi manusia.
Bendahari
Suruhanjaya ini mendapati bahawa penangkapan mereka di bawah Seksyen 27 Akta
Polis 1967 adalah tidak berasas sama sekali. Tambahan lagi, SUHAKAM mendapati
bahawa para peguam tersebut bukannya hadir untuk mewakili mana-mana anak
guam mereka akan tetapi hanya untuk menjalankan tugas mereka sebagai pengamal
undang-undang yang ingin membela nasib 14 orang yang telah ditahan sebelum ini.
Ini telahpun dinyatakan secara terperinci dalam Laporan SUHAKAM di mukasurat 42.
Walaupun BC LAC (KL) lebih mengalu-alukan cadangan-cadangan untuk dibuat oleh
panel SUHAKAM mengenai tindakan yang perlu diambil terhadap pesalah undangundang, akan tetapi BC LAC (KL) masih mengalu-alukan penemuan oleh SUHAKAM.
“URGENT ARREST TEAM”
Berdasarkan pengalaman lalu dalam peristiwa perhimpunan HINDRAF, BERSIH, GMI
dan juga penangkapan pada 7 Mei, “Urgent Arrest Team” telah mencatat kemajuan
dalam menjadi satu kumpulan yang pro-aktif yang mana objektif mereka adalah
membantu rakyat dalam hal penangkapan secara beramai-ramai.
Kumpulan ini telah memberikan sokongan mereka dalam penangkapan GMI pada
1 Ogos 2010 di Petaling Jaya dan juga dalam peristiwa baru-baru ini iaitu “Water
Pusat Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam (Kuala Lumpur)
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Protest” pada 5 Disember 2010 yang membuktikan bahawa “Urgent Arrest Team” adalah satu kumpulan yang boleh
dipertanggungjawabkan dalam menangani situasi-situasi tersebut.
PENANGKAPAN 4 SUKARELAWAN BC LAC (KL) PADA 10 OKTOBER 2010
Sebilangan daripada kita mungkin berpendapat bahawa penangkapan para peguam adalah satu keterujaan bagi Polis Diraja
Malaysia. Akan tetapi, ini terbukti salah pada 10 Oktober 2010.
Empat sukarelawan BC LAC (KL) telah didatangi oleh polis apabila mereka cuba mendidik orang awam berkenaan hak asasi
mereka melalui pengedaran “Red Book” terbitan Majlis Peguam. Mereka ditahan oleh polis apabila mereka cuba mengedarkan
bahan-bahan berkenaan hak-hak asasi manusia itu kepada orang awam.
Dua orang peguam dan dua Pelatih dalam kamar yang cuba mengedarkan “Red Book” Majlis Peguam bertajuk “Police and
Your Basic Rights” kepada orang awam di Bukit Jalil telah ditahan oleh polis.
Mereka telah dibawa ke Balai Polis daerah Sungai Besi pada pukul 3 petang atas sebab menyebarkan penerbitan tersebut
yang berunsurkan anti-polis.
Walaupun mereka telah dilepaskan tiga jam kemudian tanpa apa-apa tuduhan, BC LAC (KL) telah mengutuk penangkapan
tersebut dan bertegas dalam mendapatkan penjelasan selanjutnya daripada Polis DiRaja Malaysia.
“REMAND TASK FORCE”
BC LAC (KL) telah membuat satu pemerhatian di sebuah Pusat Reman yang baru dibuka di Bukit Jalil pada 7 hingga 11 Jun
2010. Pemerhatian tersebut adalah sangat berwawasan dan bersifat menyedarkan bagi BC LAC (KL). Para sukarelawan
daripada BC LAC (KL) telah mengadakan perbincangan bersama pihak berkuasa dan telah mencadangkan supaya prosedur
tertentu diperkenalkan atau dipinda.
Pemerhatian selama seminggu di Pusat Reman Bukit Jalil ketara menunjukkan bahawa bantuan guaman adalah sangat
diperlukan oleh klien pada peringkat reman. Justeru itu, BC LAC (KL) sedang mempertimbangkan untuk memperkenalkan
satu program baru bagi pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar untuk menghadiri “Remand Hearings” sebagai sebahagian daripada
aktiviti dan program mereka. Pertimbangan ini diperkukuhkan oleh sebab peningkatan dalam bilangan Pelatih dalam kamar
yang mendaftarkan diri untuk tugas bantuan guaman.
“Remand Research Team” - BC LAC (KL) juga gembira dalam mengakui bahawa kerja sekumpulan peguam-peguam
muda yang sukarela dalam memberikan perkhidmatan mereka dalam melaksanakan penyelidikan mengenai reman bagi
mengemaskinikan manual latihan BC LAC (KL) supaya menjadi lebih komprehensif.
“OUTREACH GROUP”
Seperti yang dimaklumkan sebelum ini, di dalam usaha BC LAC (KL) membantu orang-orang awam, BC LAC (KL) telah
merasmikan “Project Outreach” buat pertama kalinya pada 23 Oktober 2010 di Brickfields Asia College yang bertempat di
Brickfields.
Stesen bantuan tersebut bertempat di Tingkat 1, Brickfields Asia College (di tingkat atas CIMB Bank), 68, Jln Tun Sambanthan,
Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur dan akan dibuka pada setiap hari Ahad dari pukul 10.00 pagi hingga 3.00 petang dan telah
beroperasi selama 13 minggu.
Ini merupakan projek yang julung-julung kalinya dirasmikan oleh BC LAC (KL) dan saya ingin mengucapkan tahniah kepada
kumpulan “Project Outreach” yang bertungkus lumus dalam menjayakan projek ini.
PROGRAM BARU - PROGRAM PENYELIDIKAN DAN PEMBAHARUAN UNDANG-UNDANG
Disebabkan terdapat peningkatan dalam bilangan pelatih dalam kamar yang mendaftarkan diri untuk tugas bantuan guaman
dan disebabkan keperluan BC LAC (KL) dalam bidang penyelidikan dan pembaharuan yang tertentu, pihak pengurusan telah
memutuskan untuk memperkenalkan satu program perintis - Program Penyelidikan dan Pembaharuan Undang-Undang.
Program perintis ini telah bermula dengan sekumpulan 10 pelatih dalam kamar yang akan bekerja bersama-sama pada satu
topik tertentu. Mereka akan diberi taklimat pada topik tersebut, garis panduan dan had masa bagi penyelidikan, penyampaian
dan penulisan. Adalah diharapkan bahawa sebahagian daripada penyelidikan tersebut akan digunakan untuk melobi bagi
pembaharuan undang-undang.
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“BULLET COMMITTEE” (Jawatankuasa Hak Haiwan)
Projek “Bullet Committee” yang julung-julung kalinya diadakan ini telah dirasmikan pada suku ke-3 tahun 2010 dengan tiga
tujuan yang ringkas iaitu untuk memberikan kesedaran berkenaan hak-hak haiwan, desakan untuk mengubah undangundang yang sedia ada dan juga desakan agar hak haiwan dikuatkuasakan.
Jawatankuasa ini terdiri daripada mereka yang bukan pengamal undang-undang yang selama ini bergiat aktif dalam bidang
hak haiwan yang juga terdorong untuk mencapai objektif Pusat Bantuan Guaman.
Jawantankuasa ini juga menyerap masuk pelatih dalam kamar yang pada waktu ini giat membuat perbandingan undangundang hak pro haiwan seluruh dunia dan juga berusaha dalam menyerap undang-undang tersebut dalam undang-undang
di Malaysia yang sedia ada.
NATIONAL LEGAL AID FOUNDATION (NLAF)
Penubuhan NLAF dengan perlahan-lahannya sedang menjadi satu realiti. Projek ini merupakan usahasama antara Majlis
Peguam dan juga BC LAC (KL) semenjak 2 tahun yang lepas dan ia menunjukkan satu peningkatan yang baik.
NLAF yang akan dirasmikan tidak lama lagi bertujuan membantu dan mewakili rakyat Malaysia yang ditahan polis dari peringkat
penahanan sehingga peringkat perbicaraan kes jenayah itu. NLAF akan dirasmikan pada awal tahun 2011 dan kami amat
menantikan perasmian yayasan ini.
RAKAN NGO
Kami terus menjalinkan hubungan yang rapat dengan rakan NGO yang lain seperti AWAM, WAO, SIS, Pink Triangle Foundation,
Malaysian Aids Council, Tenaganita dan UNHCR. Kerjasama yang erat di antara pusat ini dengan pihak-pihak berkenaan
telah meningkatkan kesedaran dan mengembangkan serta menambahbaik kemahiran dan perkhidmatan yang kami berikan
kepada pelbagai peringkat masyarakat.
TERIMA KASIH
Di sini kami ingin menekankan bahawa tanpa sokongan oleh pengamal undang-undang yang menjadi sukarelawan di pusat ini,
kejayaan-kejayaan yang dicapai setakat ini tidak akan menjadi realiti. Kami ingin menggunakan peluang ini untuk mengucapkan
ribuan terima kasih kepada mereka. Kami juga mengakui bahawa para pelatih di BC LAC (KL)Majlis Peguam Kuala Lumpur
adalah bagi memenuhi keperluan menjalani tugasan mereka di pusat tersebut selama 14 hari. Kami dalam proses untuk
merangka lebih banyak program bagi mereka melibatkan diri mereka walaupun setelah selesai menjalani tugasan tersebut.
Ucapan terima kasih saya ditujukan khasnya kepada Ketua-ketua Projek, ahli panel bahagian Pengurusan, kepada staf BC
LAC (KL), ex-officio kami dan juga kepada Pengarah Eksekutif BC LAC (KL). Kesemua dan setiap seorang dari mereka telah
menyumbangkan masa dan tenaga dan oleh itu kami merasa amat berterima kasih.
Ravin Singh
Pengerusi
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STATISTIK (JANUARI - DISEMBER 2010)
A.
STATISTIK KLIEN: RUMUSAN 2010
BIL. Klinik/Program
Klien
2008
(Jan -Dis)
1407
(1008)
(399)
Klien
2009
(Jan -Dis)
1152
(855)
(297)
Klien
2010
(Jan -Dis)
1130
(810)
(320)
1
Penjara Sungai Buloh:
• Klien Malaysia
• Klien Pendatang asing
2
Penjara Wanita Kajang
168
81
23
3
Penjara Pendatang Asing Wanita Kajang
132
74
22
4
Penjara Lelaki Kajang (Rayuan)
470
6
22
5
Penjara Pendatang Asing Lelaki (Rayuan)
3
4
17
6
Penjara Lelaki Juvana
-
393
408
7
Penjara Pendatang Asing Lelaki Juvana
-
-
-
8
Rumah Tahanan Juvana
20
30
26
9
Dock Brief
4823
4706
3210
10
Klinik LAC
1585
2155
2628
11
Klinik Syariah
130
141
225
12
SIS
665
755
484
13
AWAM
411
348
318
14
PTF
80
20
41
15
WAO
115
90
83
16
Tenaganita
2284
5315
202
17
UNHCR
3931
3958
5916
18
Kes Kepentingan Awam
348
100
72
19
Project Outreach
-
-
68
16572
19328
14895
Keseluruhan
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B.
FAIL-FAIL: DIBUKA, DITUGASKAN & TIDAK DITUGASKAN - 2010
2009
BIL. Kategori
Buka Ditugaskan
2010
Tidak
Ditugaskan
Buka Ditugaskan
Tidak
Ditugaskan
1
Jenayah
• Klinik LAC
• Program Penjara
140
130
140
113
48
55
111
97
157
131
2
21
2
Pekerjaan / SOCSO
15
16
4
22
24
2
3
Kekeluargaan
65
70
10
83
89
4
4
Syariah
30
35
8
45
49
4
5
Lain-lain
• Kes Kepentingan
Awam
• Misc
8
8
6
8
4
-
4
3
4
1
-
396
388
129
362
457
34
Jumlah
C.
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JUMLAH
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1.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Klinik LAC
Laporan disediakan oleh: Sekretariat
Abd Shukor Tokachil (Ketua Projek Bersama)
Rajesweri Paramasevam (Ketua Projek Bersama)
Lim Chi Chau Farida Mohd Aina Shahirah Mohd Nori Meor Amir b Meor Omar Baki Noor Zurawati Ishak
Ahmad Shahrizal B Abdul Aziz
Choo Jun Li
Ilham Umar
Joanne Chua
Kasthuri Krishnan
Jeevanathan Angappan (Sekretariat)
“Without equal access to the law, the system not only robs the poor of their only protection, but it places it in the
hands of their oppressors, the most powerful and ruthless weapon ever created.”
Reginald Heber Smith, Justice and the Poor, 1919
Klinik LAC merupakan salah satu program yang ditubuhkan oleh LAC untuk menyediakan wakil guaman dan khidmat nasihat
guaman secara percuma kepada komuniti. Ia dijalankan di LAC yang beroperasi dari hari Isnin hingga Jumaat, 10.00 pagi
hingga 4.00 petang. Nasihat guaman yang disediakan oleh Klinik LAC merangkumi pelbagai bidang undang-undang seperti
undang-undang buruh, undang-undang keluarga dan undang-undang jenayah.
Klinik LAC ini dipelopori oleh pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang membuat tugasan Bantuan Guaman yang juga merupakan
sebahagian daripada program yang dituntut di bawah undang-undang Majlis Peguam. Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang
memberi nasihat guaman boleh mendapatkan nasihat daripada peguam yang berpengalaman samada melalui telefon atau
secara berhadapan sekiranya peguam tersebut hadir di LAC ini. Setiap pelatih akan bertugas di pusat ini sehari seminggu
selama 3 bulan.
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Butiran program Klinik LAC sepanjang tahun ini adalah seperti berikut:Bil. Kumpulan
Bilangan Pelatih
Tempoh
1.
Kumpulan 61
22 Februari 2010 - 21 Mei 2010
15
2.
Kumpulan 62
17 Mei 2010 - 13 Ogos 2010
16
3.
Kumpulan 63
5 Ogos 2010 - 5 November 2010
17
4.
Kumpulan 64
5 November 2010 - 28 Januari 2010
15
Bagi tempoh Januari 2010 sehingga Disember 2010, seramai 2625 klien baru dan 562 klien susulan yang telah dibantu
oleh pelatih-pelatih di Klinik LAC merangkumi masalah di dalam undang-undang keluarga, undang-undang buruh, undangundang jenayah, prosedur tuntutan kecil, pengguna, keganasan rumahtangga dan lain-lain. Pelatih-pelatih ini juga didedahkan
dengan Intervensi Guaman untuk klien, sebgai contoh untuk kes Arahan Perlindungan Sementara, perbincangan dengan
polis, Jabatan Kebajikan, Jabatan Buruh dan lain-lain.
Salah satu kes yang menyayat hati yang dikendalikan oleh LAC adalah, seorang klien ketika di temubual oleh pelatih dalam kamar,
di mana klien tersebut memerlukan bantuan untuk mendapatkan pampasan daripada Lembaga Pertubuhan Keselamatan
Pekerja (PERKESO). Klien tersebut mengalami kecederaan ketika beliau bekerja pada waktu kerja tetapi tidak mendapat
pampasan atau ganti rugi daripada PERKESO disebabkan umurnya yang telah melebihi 55 tahun. Tambahan pula, isteri klien
mengalami masalah jantung dan sentiasa memerlukan rawatan perubatan dari Institut Jantung Negara. Anak pertamanya
telah meninggal dunia di dalam satu kemalangan dan anak keduanya mengalami masalah mental dan tinggal bersama klien.
Keluarga klien sangat miskin dan tidak mampu untuk menyara hidup. Pelatih dalam kamar yang mengendalikan kes tersebut
menjadi sangat beremosi dan menangis kerana tidak banyak yang boleh dilakukan oleh LAC untuk menyelesaikan masalah
keluarga tersebut. Untuk membantu klien tersebut, Klinik LAC telah melakukan bantuan susulan dengan Jabatan Kebajikan
Masyarakat bagi mendapatkan bantuan kewangan.
Agenda utama kami dalam perjumpaan adalah untuk merancang dan melatih pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar, mencari pelatih dan
menyemak semula manual latihan. Kami juga telah membincangkan pelan-pelan untuk membuat lawatan ke jabatan-jabatan
kerajaan dan mewujudkan rangkaian hubungan dengan semua Pusat Bantuan Guaman Negeri.
Sebahagian daripada agenda utama kami adalah keputusan yang telah dibuat oleh ahli-ahli jawatankuasa untuk memudahkan
latihan supaya maklumbalas praktikal untuk peningkatan boleh didapatkan. Bagaimanapun, berikutan jadual ahli-ahli
jawatankuasa yang terlampau padat, hanya lima orang ahli jawatankuasa sahaja yang dapat menyertai program ini.
Pelbagai bahagian di dalam manual latihan telah diedarkan kepada pakar-pakar dalam bidang undang-undang masingmasing untuk dikaji semula dan ditulis semula jika perlu. Semakan manual ini diharapkan dapat disiapkan pada Januari 2011.
Secara ringkas, kebanyakan pelatih-pelatih LAC mendapati mereka telah mendapat dan menambah pengetahuan dan
kemahiran dalam intervensi guaman. Mereka juga berpendapat bahawa pengetahuan dan kemahiran mereka dalam pelbagai
bidang undang-undang telah meningkat. Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa sangat teruja untuk menaikkan prestasi program bukan
sahaja untuk memberi dan membantu pelatih dalam kamar tetapi juga kepada komuniti.
LAC memainkan peranan yang besar dalam mendorong ramai bekas pelatih untuk menyediakan program yang dinamakan
Projek Outreach untuk memberi pendedahan kepada orang ramai dan memberitahu mereka tentang hak-hak mereka dalam
undang-undang.
Pada tahun 2010, Klinik LAC juga telah mengadakan lawatan ke Jabatan Kebajikan Mayarakat dengan bertujuan untuk
membincangkan bagaimana cara atau kaedah untuk menyelesaikan masalah yang dihadapi oleh klien-klien kami dan
bekerjasama antara satu sama lain. Perjumpaan itu dihadiri oleh Pengarah Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat dan ketua projek
Klinik LAC dengan beberapa ahli jawatankuasa. Pusat ini juga sedang mengaturkan satu perjumpaan dengan Jabatan
Kebajikan Masyarakat untuk membincangkan dengan selanjutnya tentang beberapa isu seperti keganasan rumahtangga, hak
warga emas dan orang kurang upaya.
Akhirnya, pada tahun 2010, Klinik LAC juga telah berjaya menganjurkan Projek Outreach di Jinjang. Projek ini dilakukan
dengan usahasama Rukun Tetangga Jinjang untuk membuat satu karnival di Jinjang. Karnival ini telah menerima sokongan
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daripada Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara dan Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya.
Karnival ini telah sedikit sebanyak membantu orang ramai dengan meningkatkan pengetahuan undang-undang orang ramai.
Semasa karnival tersebut, ahli-ahli jawatankuasa Klinik LAC telah melakukan “role-play” berdasarkan pengalaman mereka
dalam menyelesaikan masalah-masalah klien. Lebih daripada 400 orang telah menghadiri karnival tersebut. ‘Brochures’ dan
pamplet mengenai LAC telah diedarkan.
Kami mengambil kesempatan ini untuk menyampaikan ucapan terima kasih kepada pihak pengurusan, staf-staf Klinik LAC,
ahli-ahli jawatankuasa Klinik LAC, para peguam sukarela dan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar kerana minat dan komitmen mereka
dalam memastikan Klinik ini berjalan dengan lancar.
“This is our special duty, that if anyone specially needs our help, we should give him such help to the utmost of
our power.”
-Cicero-
2.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Klinik Syariah
Laporan disediakan oleh: Sa’adiah Din (Ketua Projek)
Sa’adiah Din (Ketua Projek)
Nik Nurul Atiqah bt Nik Yusof (Timbalan Ketua)
Norhusniah Husin
Nur Azlin @ Azliana bt Arifin
Yusmawati bt Ab.llah
Hamira bt Ab Hamid
Shaharizat bt Hashim
Jeevanathan Angappan (Sekretariat)
Klinik Syariah beroperasi di BC LAC (KL). Klinik Syariah menyediakan bantuan kepada pihak-pihak yang bertelingkah di dalam
kes-kes Syariah.
Klinik ini beroperasi bersama-sama dengan Klinik LAC dimana peguam-peguam sukarela memberikan latihan kepada pelatihpelatih dalam kamar mengenai prinsip-prinsip asas dalam Undang-Undang Syariah, sivil dan prosedur Jenayah Syariah di
Malaysia terutamanya Undang-Undang Syariah di Wilayah Persekutuan dan Selangor.
Pada tahun ini, Klinik Syariah telah melibatkan diri dalam minggu kesedaran undang-undang bersama dengan Baitulmal.
Klinik ini telah menganjurkan satu forum di Taman Mutiara Fadason, Kepong pada 15 Oktober 2010 (Jumaat). Forum tersebut
diketuai oleh Sa’adiah binti Din dan disertai oleh dua wakil daripada Majlis Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan iaitu Umi dan
Azizah.
Sa’adiah telah menyampaikan maklumat kepada peserta-peserta mengenai Undang-Undang Syariah dan hak-hak wanita
Muslim seperti yang diperuntukkan di bawah Undang-Undang Syariah. Selain itu, Sa’adiah turut memberikan maklumat
berkenaan dengan BC LAC (KL). Selanjutnya, Umi meneruskan program tersebut dengan menyampaikan ucapan berkenaan
dengan Baitulmal. Di akhir forum tersebut, para peserta berinteraksi dengan penceramah dan berkongi isu-isu dan masalah
mereka dengan penceramah.
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Angka di bawah menunjukkan jumlah klien yang diterima oleh BC LAC (KL) dalam kes-kes Syariah:Jumlah keseluruhan pemohon - klien Syariah
211
Fail dibuka
41
Minta nasihat sahaja
40
Nasihat - rujuk kepada Biro Bantuan Guaman
17
Nasihat - rujuk kepada BC LAC (KL)yang lain
23
Tidak layak (klien)
17
Tiada bidangkuasa (klien)
7
Terdapat beberapa projek yang dirancang pada awal tahun ini yang tidak dapat dijalankan antaranya ialah:(a)
Program bersama dengan pegawai Mahkamah Syariah (seminar satu hari)
(b)
Permohonan untuk mengecualikan Klien-Klien BC LAC (KL) daripada membayar kos.
Kami ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pihak pengurusan, kakitangan BC LAC (KL),
ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Syariah, pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat dan juga sukarelawan-sukarelawan di atas minat dan
komitmen mereka di dalam mengendalikan klinik ini.
3.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Program Dock Brief
Laporan disediakan oleh: Jason Kong Teng Mun (Ketua Projek)
Kong Teng Mun @ Jason - Ketua Projek Adlan Hadi Mohd Yusof - Ketua Projek Gantian Quek Kia Ping Rabiatul Adawiah Abd Rahman
Khairil Anuar Azmi
Erma Syafinaz Samain
Giri Raj N.Krishna Raj
Chong Khin Young@ Vince
Geraldine Oh Kah Yan
Norashikin Amiruddin
Kong Suet Mei
Hernani Jaafar (Sekretariat)
Pendahuluan
Program Dock Brief (“DB”) di bawah BC LAC (KL) adalah paling besar, kalau tidak pun program bantuan guaman yang paling
berjaya di Malaysia. Program tersebut adalah batu loncatan yang pertama bagi seorang pelatih dalam kamar untuk menguji
kemahiran advokasi di dalam persekitaran perundangan Mahkamah-mahkamah Jenayah dan dok-dok.
Ini telah menjadi tahun yang menarik untuk DB kerana ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa telah memperluaskan ahli-ahli baru yang
mengambil bahagian dalam jajaran penjaga yang lama.
Mesyuarat Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa
Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa telah mengadakan 6 mesyuarat rasmi, di mana kesemuanya telah diadakan di LAC dan pelbagai
perbincangan yang tidak rasmi telah dilakukan melalui emel-emel dan lain-lain.
Ringkasan bagi agenda-agenda mesyuarat-mesyuarat ini adalah seperti berikut:1) 19 April 2010
-pengenalan ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa, program-program,
perancangan Penilaian Pertengahan Sesi bagi Kumpulan 61.
projek-projek
tahunan
dan
2)
28 April 2010
- penilaian atas Penilaian Pertengahan Sesi bagi Kumpulan 61 dan cara penyelesaian.
3)
15 Julai 2010
- perbincangan bagi latihan Kumpulan 63, dan penilaian atas Penilaian Pertengahan sesi bagi
Kumpulan 62
4)
27 April 2010
- pengambilan ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa yang baru dan perancangan mengenai Minggu Kesedaran
Undang-undang 2010
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5)
21 Oktober 2010 - post mortem atas Minggu Kesedaran Undang-undang dan perancangan latihan bagi Kumpulan
64.
6)
14 Disember 2010 - perbincangan mengenai Penilaian Pertengahan Sesi Kumpulan 64 dan pelbagai isu mengenai
DB.
Statistik
Setakat 30 Disember 2010, DB telah mewakili 3210 klien di dalam Mahkamah-mahkamah Jenayah Jalan Duta. Jadual di
bawah menunjukkan peruntukkan kes-kes yang dimitigasikan oleh pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar:KESALAHAN
Jan
Feb
MaC
ApR
MEI
Jun
Jul
OGS
Sep
OKT
Nov
DIS
JUMLAH
Memiliki dadah
122
104
178
180
145
164
149
123
124
109
135
121
1654
69
74
106
99
90
97
98
80
88
69
92
78
1040
32
17
29
28
13
10
20
11
15
6
14
12
207
3
3
6
1
5
0
2
4
1
0
0
0
25
Kesalahan K/P
38
23
62
46
41
50
39
34
33
21
33
42
462
Kesalahan
Imigresen
3
5
8
3
3
4
2
1
4
2
3
2
40
Lain-lain
28
14
40
17
21
15
18
18
7
11
25
15
229
Memasukkan
dadah ke dalam
badan
Kecurian/memiliki
barang kecurian
Kesalahan Filem
Sensor
Jadual di atas jelas menunjukkan bahawa kesalahan yang paling banyak pada tahun 2010 adalah pemilikan dadah. Ianya
diikuti dengan kesalahan memasukkan dadah ke dalam badan. Ia dapat diperhatikan bahawa kesalahan-kesalahan ini adalah
berkait dengan satu sama lain secara tidak dapat dielakkan di mana terdapat banyak kes yang didapati bersalah dalam
kesalahan memiliki dadah juga mengaku salah atas kesalahan memasukkan dadah ke dalam badan.
Graf di bawah menunjukkan bulan yang mempunyai paling banyak kes mitigasi iaitu bulan Mac 2010 dengan 254 klien.
Tambahan pula, bulan yang mempunyai paling banyak klien singgah masuk adalah Jun 2010 dengan 51 klien. Secara
ringkasnya, setakat 30 Disember 2010, jumlah klien yang diwakili oleh DB adalah 3210 di mana 2149 klien adalah diwaklili
melalui mitigasi dan 435 klien jatuh di bawah kategori klien singgah masuk.
Bilik DB
Bilik DB yang mana asalnya terletak di Tingkat 5 Kompleks Mahkamah Jalan Duta telah berpindah ke Tingkat 1 pada 2 Mac
2010. Sekretariat telah berjaya meminta bagi bilik gantian untuk dilengkapkan dengan kemudahan-kemudahan asas seperti
kipas-kipas, penghawa dingin dan sebuah kaunter.
Aspirasi
Objektif utama tahun ini adalah untuk penyemakan semula dan membawa program ini selaras dengan penukaran Amalan
Jenayah. Jika ianya diperlukan, pemeriksaan keseluruhan program mungkin diperdebatkan. Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa telah
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dibahagikan kepada 4 Jawatankuasa kecil yang dinamakan sebagai “Law Reform, Public Education, Liason Building dan
Office Administration”. Objektif Jawatankuasa kecil ini adalah untuk memastikan bahawa setiap aspek DB dapat dinaiktarafkan.
Projek-projek
Selain mengadakan sesi latihan kepada pelatih-pelatih, Jawatankuasa juga terlibat dalam Minggu Kesedaran Undang-undang
Kebangsaan 2010. Jawatankuasa telah memperolehi 5000 salinan pamplet bertajuk “Polis dan Hak-hak Asas Anda” (“Buku
Merah”) dari Majlis Peguam. Idea ini adalah untuk mengedarkan pamplet-pamplet selaras dengan Minggu itu untuk membawa
kesedaran antara populasi atas hak-hak mereka ketika ditahan.
Peristiwa ini diadakan pada 10 Oktober 2010. Peristiwa ini kemudiannya menjadi bualan ”legal fraternity” apabila 4 ahli
Jawatankuasa dan sukarelawan termasuk Ketua Projek, Jason Kong telah ditahan oleh Polis atas alasan yang meragukan.
Walaupun mereka telah dibebaskan beberapa jam kemudian, peristiwas tersebut telah mendapat kritikan yang serius oleh
Majlis Peguam dan oleh menteri perundangan defacto, Yang Berhormat Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri.
Latihan untuk Pelatih-pelatih
Bagi kumpulan-kumpulan yang lalu, iaitu kumpulan 61 ke 63, Jawatankuasa telah menjemput peguam-peguam Jenayah
senior untuk mengendalikan bahagian tertentu latihan tersebut dalam bentuk kuliah. Bagi kumpulan 64 Jawatankuasa telah
melanjutkan jemputan kepada Majistret Yang Bijaksana di Mahkamah Majistret 6, Tuan Mohd Azali bin Ibrahim. Kuliah yang
diberikan oleh Tuan Mohd Azali bin Ibrahim membenarkan sesi Soal & Jawab di mana pelatih-pelatih dan juga Jawantankuasa
memperolehi peluang untuk membuat pertanyaan kepada Majistret Yang Bijaksana terhadap pandangannya mengenai
prosedur-prosedur dan tindakbalas beliau terhadap DB.
Jawatankuasa ingin mengambil peluang ini untuk menyampaikan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada semua ahli, sukarelawan,
penceramah-penceramah, sekretariat dan individu-individu yang telah mengambil bahagian dalam DB bagi tahun 2010.
4.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Program Penjara (Sg Buloh, Wanita Kajang, Juvana Kajang, Pendatang Asing dan Rumah Tahanan Juvana)
Laporan disediakan oleh: Ramesh Lachmanan (Ketua Projek)
Ramesh Lachmanan (Ketua Projek)
Sharon Palani Ammal (Penolong Ketua Projek) Sivanesan Nadarajah (Penasihat) Letchiemanan Sithamparam Mohd Radzlan Bin Jalaludin S. Thavaraj
Shahir Bin Ab Razak
Rajendran Palany
Arunan Selvaraj
Manimaran Sinnakanoo (Sekretariat)
Pengenalan
Klinik ini telah dimulakan/diwujudkan pada bulan Disember 1997 di Penjara Sungai Buloh dan secara beransur-ansur ianya
telah diterapkan/diserapkan kepada program-program lain yang berkaitan seperti Penjara wanita Kajang (“KWP”) pada tahun
2000, Penjara Migrasi Wanita (“KWMP”) pada bulan September 2003 dan Penjara Migrasi Sungai Buloh (“SBMP”) pada bulan
Mei 2004. Selain itu, Program Rumah Reman Juvenil (“JRH”) telah dimulakan pada tahun 2001 dan ianya telah diperkenalkan
kepada Penjara Juvenil Kajang (“KJP”) dalam tahun 2007.
Pada bulan Mar 2005 kelima-lima Klinik Penjara iaitu SBP, SBMP, KWP, KWMP, KJP, JRH telah beroperasi di bawah satu
program yang sama. Malah, BC LAC (KL) juga telah berkolaberasi bersama-sama BC LAC (KL)Selangor (“Selangor LAC”)
dengan membenarkan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar mereka menyertai program Klinik Penjara Sungai Buloh sejak bulan Jun
2005.
Sepanjang tahun 2010, ahli-ahli jawatankuasa telah:
1.
Mengadakan 2 mesyuarat ahli jawatankuasa untuk membincangkan pelbagai isu yang berkaitan dengan program ini
dan rancangan Pelan Tindakan untuk sepanjang tahun 2010.
2.
Ahli jawatankuasa juga telah mengadakan 4 Program Latihan Penjara untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dari Kumpulan
61, 62, 63 dan 64. Sebanyak 100 orang pelatih dalam kamar telah hadir pada sesi latihan tersebut.
3.
Ahli jawatankuasa juga telah mengadakan 4 Reviu Pertengahan Tahun untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat
di dalam Program Penjara.
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Aktiviti-aktiviti lain:
Perjumpaan bersama-sama Penguatkuasa-penguatkuasa Penjara Sungai Buloh
•
Pada 9 haribulan Ogos 2010, ahli Jawatankuasa telah mengadakan perjumpaan bersama Narender Singh (Timbalan
Direktor) bagi Penjara Sungai Buloh dan pegawai-pegawainya untuk membincangkan pelbagai isu yang berkaitan
dengan Program Penjara untuk tahun ini. Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Penjara juga telah memohon agar Penguatkuasa
Penjara untuk membawa lebih banyak banduan-banduan reman untuk ditemuramah kerana didapati tidak banyak
banduan-banduan reman yang menghadiri sesi temuramah tersebut.
•
Pihak Penguatkuasa Penjara telah menjelaskan bahawa terdapat banyak faktor-faktor yang menyebabkan banduanbanduan tidak mahu menghadirkan diri pada sesi temuramah tersebut. Antaranya adalah:
i)
BC LAC (KL) tidak dapat mewakili mereka di mahkamah
ii)
Tahanan mempunyai temujanji untuk pergi ke Hospital dan dengan itu tidak dapat menghadirkan diri untuk
sesi temuramah tersebut
iii)
Pihak tahanan tidak diberikan sebarang maklum balas mengenai kes mereka.
•
Pihak Penguatkuasa Penjara juga memaklumkan oleh kerana kekurangan sumber, BC LAC (KL) hanya mewakili keskes yang diuruskan di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur sahaja.
•
Merancang untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat untuk BC LAC (KL) supaya melawat sel penjara pada hari
akhir lawatan mereka untuk setiap Kumpulan yang terlibat.
•
Mani bertanya adakah mustahil untuk Penguatkuasa-penguatkuasa Penjara untuk membenarkan pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar yang terlibat dengan program BC LAC (KL) untuk melawati sel-sel penjara pada hari akhir lawatan
mereka untuk setiap Kumpulan yang terlibat supaya mereka memperolehi lebih banyak maklumat mengenai kawasan
penjara dan bagaimana sesuatu hukuman itu dijalankan.
•
Narander Singh memaklumkan agar BC LAC (KL) memohon secara formal dengan menghantar surat permohonan
rasmi dan beliau akan merujuk kepada ibu pejabat untuk mendapatkan kebenaran. Beliau telah mencadangkan agar
lawatan tersebut dilakukan sewaktu lawatan pertama pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar ke penjara.
Lawatan Pertama ke Sel Penjara Sungai Buloh untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar untuk Program Penjara
Pada 7 haribulan September 2010, pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar telah melawati Sel Penjara Sungai Buloh (lokap) untuk pertama
kalinya dan ianya akan dilakukan untuk setiap Kumpulan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat setiap 3 bulan.
Sesi Suai Kenal Penjara
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Pada 26 haribulan November 2010, pihak Penguatkuasa Penjara telah berjaya mengadakan sesi suai kenal dan
majlis makan malam untuk kesemua penguatkuasa Penjara dan pelbagai Pihak Berkuasa untuk Jabatan Kerajaan.
Sebanyak 50 orang tetamu telah hadir pada sesi tersebut antaranya ialah, Penguatkuasa-penguatkuasa Penjara dari
Penjara Sungai Buloh dan Kajang, penguatkuasa mahkamah, Superintendan Polis, OCCI dari IPK Kuala Lumpur,
pegawai-pegawai dari jabatan OC Mahkamah, Ahli-ahli Kaunsel, Staf Panel Pengurusan dan lain-lain.
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Populasi Reman, Klien dan Status Fail
A.
STATISTIK KLIEN: RINGKASAN-2010
BIL. PROGRAM/KLINIK
2010
1
PENJARA SUNGAI BULOH:
• KLIEN WARGANEGARA *725
• KLIEN WARGA ASING *286
2
PENJARA WANITA KAJANG *
19
3
PENJARA MIGRASI WANITA KAJANG *
22
4
PENJARA LELAKI KAJANG (RAYUAN)
22
5
PENJARA MIGRASI LELAKI KAJANG (RAYUAN)
1
6
PENJARA JUVENIL KAJANG
7
PENJARA MIGRASI JUVENIL KAJANG *
8
RUMAH REMAN JUVENIL
(SEKOLAH TUNAS BAKTI SUNGAI BESI) AND
(ASRAMA SENTOSA SENTUL)
B.
1011
371
22
STATISTIK UNTUK FAIL-FAIL: DIBUKA, DITUGASKAN DAN TIDAK DITUGASKAN - 20092010
2009
BIL KATEGORI
1
DI BUKA DITUGASKAN
JENAYAH
PROGRAM PENJARA **
146
107
2010
TIDAK
TIDAK
DI BUKA DITUGASKAN
DITUGASKAN
DITUGASKAN
59
83
70
13
Pada tahun 2010, sebanyak 83 fail baru telah dibuka dan sebanyak 70 kes telah ditugaskan kepada peguam-peguam
sukarela. Sila rujuk statistik di atas. Ini jelas terlihat bahawanya, objektif utama ahli-ahli jawatankuasa untuk tahun ini adalah
untuk mendapatkan sebanyak mungkin peguam-peguam sukarela untuk mengambil alih kes-kes dari pusat ini dan sambil itu
mengurangkan jumlah kes-kes yang tidak ditugaskan. Dengan itu, sebagai sebahagian dari objektifnya, pihak jawatankuasa
telah membuktikan yang setiap ahli jawatankuasa harus mengambil sekurang-kurangnya 1 fail untuk mengurangkan kes-kes
yang tidak ditugaskan dan ini jelas terlihat terdapat pengurangan di dalam statistik untuk jumlah kes yang tidak ditugaskan
pada tahun ini seperti di atas.
Kelemahan-Kelemahan
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Untuk pihak tertuduh yang berada di negeri lain, nasihat hanya boleh diberikan berdasarkan BC LAC (KL) negeri
masing-masing.
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Kekurangan maklum balas terhadap kes-kes yang dirujuk kepada Pusat Bantuan Guaman di negeri-negeri lain.
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Program Klinik Penjara menghadapi kekurangan untuk mendapatkan peguam-peguam sukarela untuk mengendalikan
kes-kes yang memerlukan perwakilan di mahkamah
Cadangan-Cadangan
Untuk mempertingkatkan kejayaan bagi Program Klinik Penjara ini, cadangan-cadangan ini adalah disyorkan:
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Untuk mengurangkan banduan reman dikalangan golongan berpendapatan rendah di dalam Kumpulan masyarakat
kini;
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Untuk memastikan banduan reman tidak ditahan melebihi 3 bulan;
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Untuk memastikan banduan reman menerima khidmat nasihat yang sesuai dan tepat untuk memudahkan mereka
membuat keputusan tindakan yang harus diambil seterusnya;
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Untuk meningkatkan hubungan dan kerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa;
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Untuk memberikan lebih pendedahan dan latihan kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar;
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Untuk merekrut lebih banyak peguam-peguam sukarela untuk memberikan bantuan dalam mengendalikan dan
menyelia kes-kes;
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Meletakkan poster Pusat Bantuan Guaman di Penjara dan Rumah Juvenil agar mudah untuk orang awam dan ahli
keluarga mereka menghubungi pihak BC LAC (KL);
Kesimpulannya, ahli-ahli jawatankuasa Penjara agak sibuk sepanjang tahun 2010.
5.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Klinik LAC/AWAM/WAO/SIS
Laporan disediakan oleh: Harleen Kaur (Ketua Projek)
Ketua Projek
Harleen Kaur
Hernani Jaapar (Sekretariat)
Wakil Organisasi Bukan Kerajaan (NGO)
Betty Yeoh - AWAM
Nazlina Abd Ghani - WAO
Sufiah Mansurdin - SIS
Sehingga ke hari ini, Klinik tersebut tidak mempunyai ahli jawatankuasa walaupun sebaik-baik usaha telah dilakukan seperti:(i)
menghantar email kepada peguam-peguam sukarela;
(ii)
menggalakkan dan menjemput pelatih-pelatih untuk menyertai peguam-peguam sukarela;
(iii)
meminta rakan-rakan dari NGO untuk menjemput pelatih-pelatih menyertai peguam-peguam sukarela.
Walaupun Jawatankuasa ini kekurangan peguam-peguam sukarela, Klinik ini bersama-sama rakan-rakan dari NGO beserta
bantuan peguam-peguam sukarela telah secara ad-hoc, dengan jayanya telah menjalankan semua latihan, penilaian dan
program “outreach”.
Pelatih-pelatih
Terdapat 4 kumplan Pelatih-pelatih iaitu Kumpulan 61, 62, 63, dan 64. Peruntukannya adalah seperti berikut:-
Program
Kumpulan 61
Kumpulan 62
Kumpulan 63
Kumpulan 64
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
KL
SEL
AWAM
8
5
5
6
6
6
5
5
WAO
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
SIS
1
4
2
4
1
5
-
6
JUMLAH
10
10
8
11
8
12
6
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Carta di bawah menunjukkan jumlah klien-klien yang telah diterima oleh pelatih-pelatih:-
Graf tersebut telah menunjukkan bahawa SIS sentiasa mempunyai bilangan klien tertinggi berbanding dengan 2 NGO yang
lain dimana bilangan tertingginya sebanyak 56 klien iaitu pada bulan Mei. Bilangan klien tertinggi bagi AWAM adalah pada
bulan Februari dan Oktober iaitu seramai 38 orang dan bilangan klien tertinggi bagi WAO adalah seramai 14 orang iaitu pada
bulan November. Tiada klien direkodkan di WAO pada bulan Mac dan April. Keseluruhannya, setakat 30 Disember 2010,
jumlah klien bagi AWAM, WAO dan SIS masing-masing adalah sebanyak 318, 83 dan 484.
Ketua Projek telah mewujudkan satu sistem laporan tambahan dimana pelatih-pelatih akan mencatat pengalaman mereka di
dalam jurnal yang kemudiannya akan dikumpulkan serta dikemukakan kepada BC LAC (KL) pada setiap bulan oleh rakanrakan dari NGO. Ini adalah untuk membolehkan BC LAC (KL) untuk membuat penilaian sendiri sama ada peruntukan yang
disediakan oleh pelatih mencukupi bagi rakan-rakan dari NGO ataupun tiada kerja bagi pelatih-pelatih tersebut.
Klinik Undang-undang Bergerak di PPR Laksamana (MLC)
Objektif-objektif MLC adalah untuk mendidik para peserta tentang hak-hak mereka. Para peserta kebanyakannya terdiri
daripada komuniti suri rumah pendapatan rendah yang mempunyai pengetahuan terhad terhadap undang-undang, hak-hak
dan system perundangan. MLC adalah satu radas untuk berjumpa dengan mereka yang tidak pernah kita temui. Topik-topik
yang diliputi adalah seperti Akta Keganasan Rumah Tangga, Undang-undang Keluarga, Undang-undang Buruh & Pekerjaan
dan Undang-undang Syariah.
Pengambilan Peguam-peguam Sukarela
Pengarah Eksekutif BC LAC (KL) turut menganjurkan satu perjumpaan dengan pelatih-pelatih yang telah menunjukkan minat
untuk menyertai BC LAC (KL) sebagai peguam-peguam sukarela. Salah satu pilihan yang diberikan kepada para pelatih
adalah dengan menyertai Jawatankuasa program ini. Perjumpaan pertama dengan para pelatih telah dijadualkan pada 24
September 2010. Berikutan usaha-usaha yang berterusan, satu kumpulan ad-hoc yang terdiri daripada peguam-peguam
sukarela muda mungkin diadakan.
6.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Klinik Migran dan Pelarian LAC
Laporan disediakan oleh: Renuka Balasubramaniam (Ketua Projek) dan Latheefa Koya (Ketua Projek)
Pada awal tahun ini, ahli jawatankuasa telah menghadiri satu program latihan yang dianjurkan oleh SUARAM dan BC LAC (KL)
berkenaan Penentuan Status Pelarian yang bermula pada 19-21 Februari 2010.
Pada minggu yang berikutnya, setiap ketua projek telah mengetuai sesi masing-masing dan beberapa ahli jawatankuasa telah
menyertai latihan yang dikendalikan oleh Jawatankuasa Bahagian Reformasi Undang-undang mengenai Hal Imigrasi dan
Pelarian Imigrasi dari 26-28 Februari 2010.
Segala maklumat dan informasi yang diperoleh berkenaan latihan di peringkat tempatan mahupun antarabangsa berkenaan
undang-undang imigran dan undang-undang buruh ke atas mereka bukan warganegara telah dikongsi bersama-sama
dengan pelatih dari Klinik LAC. Ini adalah perlu kerana jika ada immigran mahupun pelarian yang datang ke BC LAC (KL), para
pelatih dan Pusat itu dapat menghulurkan bantuan yang asas kepada mereka. Para pelatih di Tenaganita dan UNCHR juga
telah menerima latihan yang sepatutnya yang menyentuh isu-isu ini melalui badan-badan yang bekerjasama.
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Jawatankuasa kesal dengan peruntukkan bajet walaupun jawatankuasa meminta lebih untuk program ini. Jawatankuasa juga
telah melepasi halangan yang begitu kuat sekali dengan adanya komitmen, dinamic, keghairahan dan perhubungan antara
jawatankuasa yang lebih baik dan objektif tahun 2009 adalah untuk menimba pengetahuan dari dalam dan luar negara dalam
bidang perundangan pelarian dan migran dimana ia telah dicapai. Jawatankuasa telah bertemu pada 21 Mei 2010 dan 22
Jun 2010. Kesemua ahli jawatankuasa juga menghadiri latihan, seminar dan / atau perbincangan di peringkat nasional / luar
negara dalam tahun 2010. Laporan disertakan dibawah:
Laporan Bengkel Arlan Di Hong Kong (9-11 Jun 2010)
Oleh: Fadiah Nadwa Binti Fikri
BC LAC (KL) telah menerima undangan untuk menghadiri Bengkel “ARLAN” (Asian Refugee Legal Aid Network) yang pertama
dan telah dihadiri oleh ahli jawatankuasa, iaitu Fadiah Nadwa binti Fikri dan Murnie Hidayah binti Anuar pada 9-11 Jun 2010
di Hong Kong.
ARLAN merupakan satu projek yang telah ditubuhkan untuk menambahbaik proviso atau undang-undang berkenaan bantuan
guaman kepada para pelarian yang berada di serantau Asia. Para peserta yang terlibat dalam bengkel yang julung-julung
diadakan ini adalah mereka dari Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, Korea Selatan dan Hong Kong.
Dalam bengkel tersebut, para peserta telah diberikan tugasan untuk membentangkan isu-isu seperti yang berikut:
1)
Cabaran dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh pemberi khidmat Pusat Bantuan Guaman.
2)
Jalan penyelesaian kepada cabaran dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh pemberi khidmat Pusat Bantuan Guaman.
3)
Jenis atau bentuk bantuan guaman yang disumbangkan kepada para pelarian.
Para peserta yang menghadiri bengkel berkenaan telah berkongsi pengalaman mereka berdasarkan tugasan yang diberi.
Latihan seumpama ini secara tidak langsung membuka jalan kepada banyak maklumat kerana para pemberi khidmat BC
LAC (KL) dari pelbagai bidangkuasa telah menggunakan cara mereka tersendiri dalam membentangkan isu bantuan guaman
kepada para pelarian.
Dengan cara sedemikian, para peserta berupaya bertukar-tukar pendapat dan pengalaman mereka sendiri yang boleh diambil
dalam memperbaiki skop perkhidmatan BC LAC (KL) di negara masing-masing.
Tambahan lagi, bengkel ini membolehkan para peserta terus berhubungan dengan rangkaian ini selagi mana mereka
memerlukan bantuan dari segi undang-undang dan nasihat guaman berkenaan isu-isu pelarian.
Laporan “International Summer School In Forced Migration” (5 - 23 Julai 2010)
Oleh: Renuka T Subramaniam
Bengkel ini telah berlangsung selama tiga minggu dan telah dijalankan dalam bentuk tutorial dan kuliah. Tema-tema dalam
bengkel ini adalah “Conceptualising Forced Migration”, “Asylum Policy”, “International Refugee Law”, “Internally Displaced
Persons”, “Negotiating Institutional Responses”, “Development Induced Displacement” dan “Globalisation of Forced Migration”.
Antara objektif-objektif utama bengkel ini adalah untuk memudahkan dialog di antara para pengkaji, pembuat polisi dan
pegawai-pegawai kerajaan yang sedang bekerja keras dalam memperbaiki kedudukan para pelarian dan immigran paksaan.
Antara cara dan kaedah yang digunakan ketika bengkel tersebut adalah melalui filem, “role-play”, dan perbentangan bagi
membolehkan para peserta mengetahui peranan mereka dalam institusi masing-masing ketika menjalankan tugas mereka.
Melalui bengkel ini juga, para peserta diberi peluang memberikan gambaran jelas tentang pengalaman mereka dan berfikir
secara kritikal mengenai andaian-andaian yang wujud dan objektif tugas-tugas mereka. Kehadiran para peserta telah ditaja
sebahagiannya oleh Pusat Pengajian Pelarian.
Laporan Hak Pelarian Dan Konsultasi Ke-3 Asia Pasifik (25 - 27 November 2010)
Oleh: Farida Mohamad
Program ini telah berlangsung dari 25 - 27 November 2010 pada 9 pagi di Hotel Rama, Suan Luang, Bangkok. Seramai
117 peserta telah menghadiri program ini dari 22 buah negara. Kehadiran mereka telah ditaja sebahagiannya oleh Persatuan
Kebajikan Good Shepherd dan peruntukan yang diberikan kepada klinik tersebut bagi mengendalikan program-program
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Program ini telah dimulakan oleh Alice Nah yang telah mengendalikan sesi pengenalan di mana dia memberikan gambaran
secara ringkas dan padat mengenai sejarah latarbelakang, struktur, prinsip-prinsip asas dan objektif program ini. Para peserta
juga telah berpeluang mengenal dengan lebih dekat ahli-ahli jawatankuasa yang menjadi tulang belakang program di bawah
APRRN.
Antara sesi-sesi yang dijalankan di bawah program ini adalah “Working with UNCHR for Urban Refugees”, “Refugees from
Burma in the Asia Pasific Region”, “Regional Approaches to Refugee Protection” “Legal Aid and Advocacy and Immigration
Detention”. Perbincangan dan debat yang dijalankan sangat produktif dan memberansangkan. Antara isu-isu yang telah
diketengahkan oleh para peserta adalah keberkesanan UNHCR dalam memberikan perlindungan kepada para pelarian,
keadaan pusat-pusat tahanan dan capaian pelarian ke arah mendapatkan keadilan.
Pada hari kedua program itu, satu sesi secara tematik mengenai Sokongan & Bantuan Guaman telah dijalankan oleh Martin
Jones di mana perbincangan tertumpu kepada pengajian undang-undang yang menyentuh mengenai undang-undang
pelarian di peringkat universiti dan pengajian undang-undang secara berterusan di peringkat serantau Asia Pasifik. Ketika
program ini berlangsung, ahli jawatankuasa dari BC LAC (KL) telah berkongsi bersama peserta-peserta lain mengenai skop
kerja yang dijalankan di bawah pusat tersebut, UNCHR dan Klinik Tenaganita dan juga mengenai pelatih-pelatih yang wajib
bertempat di klinik tersebut selama 14 hari bagi menjalankan tugas bantuan guaman.
Pada penghujung program tersebut, satu sesi mengenai pelan-pelan strategic APRRN untuk tahun 2011-2013 telah
didedahkan pada hari terakhir program tersebut iaitu pada 27 November 2010.
Laporan Bengkel Bantuan Guaman Asia Tenggara (29 November - 2 Disember 2010)
Oleh: Latheefa Koya
Bengkel ini merupakan satu jemputan yang telah diadakan di Jakarta oleh Lembaga Badan Hukum (Indonesia) dan Pyoepin
(Myanmar) di mana mereka telah membincangkan mengenai konsep bantuan guaman di serantau ini dan peluang kerjasama
di antara pemberi khidmat BC LAC (KL) yang lain.
7.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Klinik Perundangan LAC/PT/MAC
Laporan disediakan oleh: Preetam Kaur & Sekretariat
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Wakil-wakil BC LAC (KL)
Preetam Kaur Andrew Heng
Zuraifah Abd Rahman
Lim Kar Mern
Jag Ramachandran Lee Kuang Wei (Mathews) Thirunavakarasu
Genevieve Tan
Natalie Chew (Suhakam)
Chitrah Rajandran (Sekretariat)
Wakil Pengasas PT
Hisham Hussein (Pengerusi)
Majlis AIDS Malaysia (MAC)
Datuk Zaman Khan (Presiden)
Rang Undang-Undang HIV Malaysia
Tahun-tahun akan datang akan bermula dengan pengumuman pembukaan Rang Undang-Undang HIV sebagai sebahagian
daripada aktiviti-aktiviti utama oleh Klinik Perundangan LAC/PT/MAC. Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa telah diagihkan dengan tugasan
untuk menjalankan kaji selidik terhadap beberapa Negara yang menggubal Akta HIV. Mesyuarat tersebut telah diadakan pada
6 Mac 2010 (Sabtu) dari 3.30 petang sehingga 6.30 petang. Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa masa di dalam proses mengkaji selidik.
Aktiviti-aktiviti untuk 2010
1.
Ahli-ahli Klinik mengendalikan temuduga dengan Pelajar-pelajar Monash berkaitan dengan penyiaran video pendek
tentang Mak Nyah (transgender) dan akibatnya. Video dokumentari tersebut telah dijalankan di PBGKL pada 15 May
2010 (Sabtu) pada pukul 4.00 petang di BC LAC (KL).
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Penerangan undang-undang untuk “Outdo” telah dijalankan bersama-sama badan-badan bukan kerajaan khas untuk
kaum wanita pada 19 Jun 2010 (Sabtu) pada pukul 6.45 petang. Perkongsian rahsia ini telah dihadiri oleh 19 wanita.
Preetam dan Gen mengendalikan sesi tersebut dan ahli-ahli Outdo berminat untuk mengendalikan lebih banyak sesi
berkenaan kesedaran terhadap undang-undang di masa hadapan.
3.
Program Yayasan PT Pekerja Seks telah membuat pembukaan Karnival Jom Ke Chow Kit pada 31 Julai 2010
bermula dari pukul 4.00 petang. Objektif utama karnival tersebut adalah membawa komuniti bersama-sama dengan
penyedia perkhidmatan seperti MAC, Majlis Kanser Kebangsaan, DUREX, ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang
Perlembagaan Majlis Peguam bersama-sama dengan lakonan Rakyat, makanan disediakan oleh ibu-ibu tunggal
dan juga lukisan wajah. Apabila pihak jawatankuasa tiba di tempat tersebut, kami telah didatangi dengan berita
bahawa beberapa orang pekerja seks telah ditahan berdekatan dengan karnival tersebut, kami memulakan intervensi
perundangan kami walaupun dengan hujan lebat dengan membuat panggilan ke balai polis dan melawat balai polis
Chow Kit beberapa kali. Selepas pertelagahan dengan pihak berkuasa, wanita-wanita tersebut akhirnya dilepaskan
pada pukul 7.15 malam dan kami merayakan kejayaan tersebut dengan berpegangan tangan dan menyanyikan lagulagu bersama-sama pihak jawatankuasa Yayasan PT.
4.
Pihak jawatankuasa bersama-sama dengan Majlis AIDS Malaysia (MAC) dan Majlis Agama Islam Selangor (MAIS) telah
mengelolakan dialog secara tertutup berkaitankan dengan isu Mak Nyah, HIV & Islam pada 28 November 2010 di
Auditorium Jawatankuasa Peguam dari 10.00 pagi sehingga 4.00 petang. Objektif utama dialog tersebut menyedarkan
badan-badan keagamaan tentang definisi sah Seksyen 28 Enakmen Jenayah Syariah. Setelah memahami definisi dan
penerangan oleh Dato’ Zaidi Zain, wakil-wakil telah bersetuju bahawa dibawah prosedur jenayah syariah Wilayah
Persekutuan berpakaian seperti wanita bukanlah satu kesalahan. Kami berharap badan-badan keagamaan akan lebih
bersikap terbuka dan memberhentikan penahanan komuniti-komuniti Mak Nyah dari berpakaian seperti wanita.
5.
Jawatankuasa Bantuan Guaman Nasional ataupun National Legal Aid Committee (NLAC) secara tahunan telah
mengendalikan “Law Awareness Week Campaign” dari 9 Oktober 2010 sehingga 17 October 2010 untuk mewujudkan
kesedaran. Jawatankuasa telah memutuskan untuk mengendalikan 4 sesi untuk komuniti-komuniti tersebut.
•
9 Oktober 2010, 12 t’hari untuk Mereka Hidup Dengan HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) dan MSMPOZ (Men Having Sex
with Men PLHIV). 14 peserta PLHIV turut serta pada taklimat tersebut. Pramo V Nair, Matthews Lee & Chitrah
turut membantu di dalam taklimat tersebut manakala Elena Shim (penulis) hadir bagi pihak Jawatankuasa
Penerbitan BC LAC (KL).
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10 Oktober 2010, 10.00 pagi untuk Pekerja Seks (SW). 38 wanita turut serta di dalam taklimat tersebut.
Natalie Chew & Chitrah membantu di dalam taklimat tersebut bersama- sama Joachim Leong & Janice Tay
(penulis-penulis) bagi pihak Jawatankuasa Penerbitan BC LAC (KL).
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10 Oktober 2010, 3.00 petang untuk Mak Nyah (Transgender (TG) Centre. Terdapat 20 peserta melibatkan diri
secara lisan di taklimat tersebut. Dibantu oleh Natalie Chew & Chitrah.
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16 Oktober 2010, 10.00 pagi di SAFE Clinic di Brickfields. SAFE Clinic diasaskan oleh badan tidak berasaskan
keuntungan yang memberi perkhidmatan pemeriksaan, rawatan dan kaunseling mengenai jangkitan melalui
seks dan HIV kepada orang ramai. Kami mengendalikan klinik outreach dan mengendalikan kaji selidik yang
ringkas terhadap pandangan dan pemahaman orang ramai mengenai BC LAC (KL). Kami mendapati, 57
peserta terlibat didalam kaji selidik tersebut, 10% belia, 70% pertengahan umur dan 20% pendatang asing
tidak mengetahui tentang bantuan guaman dan hak-hak perundangan mereka. Kami merasakan bahawa
statistik tersebut pada tahun 2010 adalah di tahap yang membimbangkan jika dibandingkan dengan cara
negara kita mencari kemajuan dan masyarakat tidak prihatin tentang hak-hak perundangan mereka.
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18 Disember 2010 & 19 Disember 2010 (10.00pagi - 3.30petang). Jawatankuasa telah mengendalikan
Bengkel Perundangan “Law for the Marginalised” untuk masyarakat terpinggir. Peserta-peserta adalah dari PT,
WAKE dan badan-badan bukan kerajaan yang lain yang berkerja seiring dengan masyarakat yang terpinggir
menghadiri bengkel tersebut.
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Program Pelatih dalam kamar
Program tersebut telah dikendalikan oleh Preetam. Baru-baru ini program tersebut telah dikendalikan oleh Kar Mern dan
Genevieve.
Statistik dibawah menunjukan kes-kes yang dikendalikan oleh pelajar-pelajar:NO BULAN
NOMBOR
1
JANUARI
-
2
FEBRUARI
1
3
MAC
2
4
APRIL
9
5
MEI
4
6
JUN
1
7
JULAI
-
8
OGOS
4
9
SEPTEMBER
5
10
OKTOBER
5
11
NOVEMBER
9
12
DISEMBER
1
JUMLAH
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Kes-kes yang dikendalikan oleh pelatih dalam kamar adalah orang lelaki berpakaian seperti wanita, pekerjaan, tahanan tak
sah, kad pengenalan, buang sekolah, tidak mematuhi perjanjian dan kes kewangan.
Kami mengambil peluang ini untuk menyarankan kepada ahli-ahli Majlis Peguam bahawa Jawatankuasa kami sangat
memerlukan peguam-peguam sukarela yang sudi untuk membantu pihak-pihak yang tertindas ini. Daftarlah sebagai
sukarelawan walaupun anda hanyalah pelajar.
Klinik Perundangan PBG/PT/MAC sejujurnya memohon pertimbangan khas dari semua wakil dari Majlis Peguam Negeri
dalam usaha untuk merumuskan BC LAC (KL) khas untuk pihak-pihak yang tertindas bagi memastikan mereka diwakili
secara sah dan kempen untuk penyahjenayahan kepada komuniti-komuniti tertindas di Malaysia. Hasil kaji selidik kami, kami
mendapati bilangan komuniti yang menerima gangguan dan pencabulan hak asasi manusia terhadap komuniti ini dan kami
menyeru peguam-peguam negeri sama-sama membantu menghentikan peguatkuasaan keras terhadap pihak-pihak yang
tertindas. Mereka menghadapi gangguan, dibuli, pengunaan bahasa yang kasar dan dilayan dengan buruk sekali semasa
dalam tahanan lokap atau penjara.
Akhir sekali, saya ingin menyampaikan ucapan terima kasih dan penghargaan saya kepada semua ahli-ahli jawatankuasa,
staf saya dan semua peguam dari BC LAC (KL) dalam membantu mengendalikan Klinik Perundangan LAC/PT/MAC sehingga
hari ini.
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8.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Program Kesedaran Undang-Undang (Orientasi)
Laporan disediakan oleh: Ravin Singh & Sekretariat
Vernon Jude Samuel Farida Mohammad Abd Shukor Tokachil Dipendra Harshad Rai Fadiah Nadwa Fikir Farhana Abdul Halim Genevieve Tan Harleen Kaur Intan Farida Adnan Juvita Jumpil Khor Xiou Shan, Valen Komathi Arunaslam Latheefa Koya Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin
Murnie Hidayah Anuar Nik Waheeda Nik Kamarulzaman
Premit Singh
Puspawati Rosman
Raina Kiren Kaur
Rajen Devaraj
Ravi Nekoo
Ravin Singh
Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif
Surendran K. Sreetharan
Syuhaini Safwan
Stephanie Bastian
Yohendra Nadarajan
Sheena Manicam (Sekretariat) dan
Legal AIDERS
Pengenalan
Program Kesedaran Undang-Undang ini merupakan salah satu program penting bagi BC LAC (KL). Melalui program ini,
pelatih dalam kamar yang merupakan tulang belakang bagi BC LAC (KL) ini akan mengalami “dimensi sebenar” mengenai apa
yang diperlukan dan dijangkakan daripada mereka sepanjang 14 hari Tugasan Wajib Bantuan Guaman. Selanjutnya, program
ini akan memperkenalkan kepada mereka pelbagai jenis klinik dan program yang diaturkan oleh BC LAC (KL).
Objektif
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Untuk membantu pelatih dalam kamar menyelami dan memahami peranan dan tanggungjawab mereka sebagai
peguam di dalam masyarakat;
•
Untuk memupuk rasa tanggungjawab sosial dan keprihatinan terhadap hak-hak kemanusiaan, aturan undang-undang
dan keadilan di kalangan pelatih dalam kamar;
•
Untuk mendedahkan pelatih dalam kamar terhadap khidmat bantuan guaman dan juga memupuk minat dalam diri
mereka serta komitmen yang berpanjangan terhadap bantuan guaman dan hak sama rata untuk mendapatkan
keadilan, dimana ianya melampaui Tugasan Wajib Bantuan Guaman mereka dan juga pelbagai program/klinik BC
LAC (KL); dan
•
Untuk mendidik pelatih dalam kamar supaya menggunakan pengetahuan undang-undang dan kebolehan mereka
dengan menghulurkan pertolongan kepada mereka yang memerlukan bantuan guaman dan untuk memberi
sumbangan kepada masyarakat.
Aktiviti
Setakat 31 Disember 2010, ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa Program Kesedaran Undang-Undang (“Ahli Jawatankuasa”) telah
menjalankan program-program/sesi-sesi yang berikut:
1.
Mesyuarat Ahli Jawatankuasa
4 mesyuarat ahli jawatankuasa telah diadakan sepanjang tahun.
2.
Sesi Orientasi
11 sesi orientasi telah diadakan dan Ahli Jawatankuasa telah melatih seramai lebih kurang 740 Pelatih dalam kamar
daripada Kumpulan 61, 62, 63, 64 & 65. Sesi-sesi orientasi tersebut menggunakan kaedah penyertaan, pembentukan
kumpulan dinamik, diskusi terbuka, pengetahuan hak-hak kemanusiaan di samping memperkenalkan pelbagai
program/klinik BC LAC (KL).
Ahli Jawatankuasa juga telah membuka penyertaan bagi sesi orientasi ini kepada Pelatih dalam kamar dari negerinegeri lain. Sehingga kini, seramai lebih kurang 100 pelatih dalam kamar dari Pusat Bantuan Guaman Negeri Selangor
telah dilatih.
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Sesi-sesi ini telah dibantu oleh Vernon Jude Samuel, Hor Shirley, N. Yohendra, Harleen Leena, Mohd Radzlan Jalaludin,
Murnie Hidayah, Premit Singh, Rajen Devaraj, Surendran Sreetharan, Stephanie Bastian dan Sheena Manicam.
3.
Sesi Penilaian Akhir
4 sesi Penilaian Akhir telah diadakan untuk semua Pelatih dalam kamar daripada Kumpulan 60, 61, 62 dan 63 yang
terlibat di dalam pelbagai program/klinik BC LAC (KL). Sesi ini telah dibentuk bagi menghargai sumbangan pelatihpelatih dalam kamar terhadap masyarakat dan BC LAC (KL). Sejumlah 510 pelatih dalam kamar telah menyertai
sesi ini dan berkongsi pengalaman daripada pelbagai program/klinik yang telah mereka sertai sebagai sebahagian
daripada tugasan bantuan guaman mereka.
Semasa sesi-sesi tersebut, Ahli Jawatankuasa telah menjemput Brendan Navin Siva, Ravin Singh, Edmund Bon, dan
Roger Chan Weng Keng sebagai tetamu untuk memberi ucapan penghargaan kepada pelatih dalam kamar terhadap
sumbangan mereka dan memberi dorongan kepada mereka untuk menyertai aktiviti-aktiviti BC LAC (KL) pada masa
hadapan.
4.
Latihan Lanjutan “Legal Awareness and Leadership for Lawyers”
Ahli Jawatankuasa telah mengadakan Latihan Lanjutan (advance training) untuk kali ketujuh pada 10 dan 11 Julai
2010 di Hotel De Palma, Sepang. Latihan ini telah dibentuk untuk menggalakkan pelatih dalam kamar/ peguam untuk
meneruskan penglibatan mereka di BC LAC (KL).
Program ini menekankan tentang kepentingan peranan serta tugas-tugas yang dimainkan oleh pelatih-pelatih dalam
kamar / peguam-peguam muda di dalam masyarakat. Ahli Jawatankuasa juga menggunakan peluang ini untuk
menarik masuk sukarelawan-sukarelawan muda/ketua untuk kerja-kerja bantuan guaman dan untuk mendapatkan
maklumbalas yang lebih terperinci serta cadangan untuk memperbaiki program-program BC LAC (KL) dan Majlis
Peguam secara keseluruhan.
Sejumlah 29 orang peserta telah menyertai latihan ini. Latihan ini telah dibantu oleh enam orang Ahli Jawatankuasa
iaitu Vernon Jude Samuel, Rajen Devaraj, Harleen Kaur, Farida Mohammad, Premjit Singh dan Stephanie Bastian.
5.
Legal AIDERS
“Legal AIDERS” adalah sebuah kumpulan yang dianggotai seramai lebih kurang 40 peguam-peguam muda yang
diketuai oleh Murnie Hidayah Anuar yang telah menglibatkan diri dengan aktifnya didalam pelbagai program/aktiviti
yang dikendalikan oleh BC LAC (KL).
6.
Malam Kopi-O
Malam Kopi-O adalah salah satu projek menarik “Legal AIDERS”. Ianya adalah sesi malam tidak formal yang meriah
dengan perbincangan terbuka sambil menikmati kopi. Pada tahun ini, tiga Malam Kopi-O telah diadakan iaitu pada 9
April 2010, 14 Mei 2010 dan 18 Jun 2010 dengan tajuk perbincangan seperti berikut:
i)Kapitalisma
7.
ii)
Dadah dan Pengurangan Kesakitan
iii)
“Berakhirnya Rantai Penyaluran - Pakaian Pekerja Wanita di Asia - “Kempen Baju Bersih”
Program-program Lain
Sebagai sesi susulan, Ahli Jawatankuasa telah mengendalikan satu Sesi “Get-together” kepada para peserta Latihan
Lanjutan kali ketujuh (7th Advance Training) dan juga sukarelawan dari sesi Penilaian Akhir yang telah menunjukkan
minat untuk menyertai BC LAC (KL) sebagai sukarelawan pada 20 Ogos 2010.
Matlamat sesi ini adalah untuk membawa semula pelatih dalam kamar/sukarelawan yang telah menunjukkan minat
mereka untuk membantu BC LAC (KL) dan menerangkan kepada mereka mengenai tugasan-tugasan yang terlibat
didalam pelbagai program/aktiviti supaya mereka boleh memahami dengan lebih mendalam dan untuk memberi
mereka perspektif yang lebih jelas mengenai apa yang diharapkan daripada mereka.
Seramai 27 orang sukarelawan telah hadir untuk sesi ini dan mendaftarkan diri untuk pelbagai program/aktiviti BC LAC
(KL) sebagai sukarelawan.
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Kekuatan
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Komitmen daripada Ahli Jawatankuasa dan kemampuan mereka untuk menyumbangkan idea bagi melaksanakan
dan memperbaiki sesi-sesi latihan.
•
Motivasi kepada pelatih dalam kamar terhadap kepentingan untuk memberikan perkhidmatan kepada mereka yang
memerlukan dan terpinggir.
•
Pendidikan kepada pelatih dalam kamar mengenai hak-hak asasi manusia dan memupuk kesedaran mengenai
keadilan.
•
Mengekalkan ramai peguam muda untuk berkhidmat secara sukarela di BC LAC (KL) melalui Program Latihan
Lanjutan.
Kelemahan
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Mengambil masa dan kekurangan sumber manusia
•
Tindakan/sesi lanjutan
•
Masalah Komunikasi
Cadangan
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Berusaha untuk menjalankan lebih banyak sesi kesedaran dan hak asasi manusia kepada peguam-peguam dan/atau
orang awam
•
Berusaha untuk mencari jalan bagi mengekalkan penglibatan pelatih dalam kamar dan peguam muda.
Tahun 2010 merupakan tahun yang sibuk bagi Ahli Jawatankuasa ini dan juga “Legal AIDERS”. Ahli Jawatankuasa berharap
ahli-ahlinya dan “Legal AIDERS” akan berterusan menunjukkan komitmen dan dedikasi mereka untuk tahun-tahun yang akan
datang.
9.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan bagi Jawatankuasa BULLET (Hak-hak Haiwan)
Laporan disediakan oleh: Ravin Singh dan Sekretariat
Ketua Projek
Ravin Singh
Arumugam @ Arul Cheah May Lee Christopher Teoh Davina Goh Harmeet Kaur Irnie Fukzannie Jorg Bandlow Kelly Khoo Melissa Linda Dass Mohala Nik Waheeda
Pamela Lim Sheena Manicam (Sekretariat)
Quek Kia Ping
Ramesh Lachmanan
Roselin Mazlan
Shahrul Anum
Sheenaz Khan
Serene Kam
Soraya Putra
Siah Mei Hui
Stephanie Bastian
Steven Khaw
Taffany Reid
Yeap Poay Nee
Pengenalan
Jawatankuasa BULLET (Hak-Hak Haiwan) (“Jawatankuasa”) BC LAC (KL) telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2010. Objektif utama
Jawatankuasa ini adalah untuk mempromosikan hak-hak haiwan di Malaysia.
Jawatankuasa ini bertujuan untuk memberi kesedaran terhadap tanggungjawab serta pengurusan haiwan secara
berperikemanusiaan.
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Jawatankuasa ini akan memfokuskan terhadap undang-undang yang sedia ada terhadap Hak-hak Haiwan dan mencadangkan
pembaharuan terhadap undang-undang berkenaan. Selain itu, Jawatankuasa akan menegakkan hak-hak haiwan terhadap
kekejaman dengan melobi / memohon agar undang-undang perlindungan haiwan yang lebih kukuh serta perlaksanaan yang
tegas terhadap undang-undang tersebut di Malaysia dengan hukuman yang lebih berat. Jawatankuasa ini juga akan memberi
fokus didalam mendidik masyarakat mengenai Hak-hak Haiwan.
Oleh kerana terdapat beberapa tugasan yang terlibat, Jawatankuasa ini bercadang untuk memperkenalkan satu program
kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar sebagai sebahagian daripada 14 Hari Tugasan Bantuan Guaman yang telah diwajibkan
ke atas mereka. Program ini dinamakan sebagai Program Refomasi dan Penyelidikan - Kebajikan Haiwan “Research &
Reform Program - Animal Welfare” (“Program”). Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat dalam Program ini akan membantu
Jawatankuasa dengan melakukan penyelidikan dan mencadangkan pembaharuan undang-undang. Program ini telah bermula
pada 22 November 2010 dengan sejumlah sepuluh orang pelatih dalam kamar dan ianya masih berjalan.
Aktiviti-Aktiviti setakat 31 Disember 2010
Jawatankuasa ini masih dalam tahap permulaan and setakat ini telah menjalankan 4 mesyuarat. Pada masa ini, Jawatankuasa
ini sedang melaksanakan perkara-perkara yang berikut:
i)
untuk melihat undang-undang yang sedia ada mengenai haiwan-haiwan di Malaysia;
ii)
untuk membandingkan dengan negara-negara lain dan menyenaraikan amalan-amalan yang terbaik;
iii)
untuk membincangkan penemuan-penemuan dan mengemukakan satu cadangan terhadap pembaharuan undangundang ; dan
iv)
untuk mengemukakan satu pelan pendidikan untuk memberi kesedaran kepada masyarakat terhadap hak-hak
haiwan.
Kekuatan
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Komitmen yang diberikan oleh ahli-ahli serta kebolehan mereka untuk mengemukakan idea-idea bagi perlaksanaan
dan seterusnya meningkatkan kebajikan Haiwan di Malaysia.
Kelemahan
•
Mengambil masa dan kekurangan staf-staf sokongan
•
Tindakan/sesi tindak lanjut
Jawatankuasa ini berharap untuk menyambungkan perjuangan mereka untuk memperbaiki Kebajikan Haiwan-Haiwan dalam
tahun-tahun mendatang kelak.
10.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan bagi Jawatankuasa Reformasi Undang-Undang &
Penyelidikan
Ravi Nekoo (Penyelia) Ravin Singh Lee Sit Ching, Joey Elaine Gan Peay Er Joanne Chua Tsu Fae Jayashree Vengadachalam
Jasmine Goh
Amirul Haziq Bin Noordin
Zainab B inti Mohd Ali
Stephanie Bastian
Sheena Manicam (Sekretariat)
Pengenalan
Jawatankuasa Reformasi Undang-Undang dan Penyelidikan BC LAC (KL) telah diperkenalkan pada 2010 yang terdiri
daripada sebuah kumpulan peguam-peguam muda dan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang bersemangat dan mempunyai
minat yang mendalam terhadap bantuan undang-undang. Jawatankuasa ini baru sahaja 4 bulan dan adalah produk daripada
Sesi Penilaian Akhir yang dikendalikan oleh Program Kesedaran Undang-Undang pada 20 Ogos 2010 untuk sukarelawan
yang telah menunjukkan minat untuk menyertai Bantuan Guaman sebagai sukarelawan.
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Matlamat utama Jawatankuasa ini adalah untuk melibatkan diri di dalam penyelidikan dan untuk mencadangkan reformasi
undang-undang secara giatnya dan juga menganjurkan latihan pendidikan, ceramah dan seminar.
Walaupun Jawatankuasa baru sahaja di tahap permulaan, ianya sangat aktif sejak Mesyuarat Jawatankuasanya yang diadakan
pada 3 September 2010.
Pada masa ini, Jawatankuasa di dalam proses menyediakan Manual Latihan Reman. Manual ini adalah bertujuan untuk
digunakan sebagai Prosedur Operasi Standard yang membolehkan sesiapa sahaja untuk mengikut garis panduan yang telah
diperuntukkan dan mempunyai pemahaman yang lebih baik terhadap Prosedur Reman. Di dalam proses penyediaan manual
tersebut, 5 Ahli Jawatankuasa iaitu Joey Lee, Boo Min Lee. Elaine Gan, Jasmine Goh, Joanne Chua bersama-sama dengan
Jason Kong, Ketua Projek Program Dock Brief BCLAC (KL) telah melawat Pusat Reman Bukit Jalil untuk melihat cara reman
dijalankan oleh Majistret.
Selain itu, Jawatankuasa juga merancang untuk menganjurkan Ceramah dan Latihan seperti berikut:
a)
Latihan Anti-Penyeludupan Manusia untuk dikendalikan bersama-sama dengan Tenaganita dan
b)
Ceramah mengenai Akta Kanak-Kanak dan Konvensyen mengenai hak kanak-kanak.
Tarikh, masa dan tempat untuk ceramah tersebut dan latihan masih belum ditetapkan.
Kelebihan
Ahli Jawatankuasa yang komited, keupayaan mereka untuk menyelidik dan memberikan idea-idea terhadap sesuatu tajuk.
Kelemahan
Mengambil masa dan kekurangan sokongan sumber manusia
Jawatankuasa berharap untuk meneruskan dengan rancangan-rancangnya untuk tahun-tahun yang akan datang.
11.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan Tahunan Projek Outreach
Kenneth Seet Wan Zheng (Ketua Projek)
Ahmad Shahrizal
Shaleni Sangaran
Cheryl Denise Thean
Choo Jun Lin
M. Gandhi Mohan
Khor Wei Min
Joel Lim Phan Hong
Aw Kam Mei
Ong Doen Xian
Ravin Singh
Stephanie Bastian
Harleen Kaur
“True, we build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as
amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we
smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men’s burdens and by our efforts
we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
~ John W. Davis (April 13, 1873 – March 24, 1955)
a well-known American politician, diplomat and solicitor
Projek Outreach bermula sebagai satu misi oleh sekumpulan peguam yang sanggup untuk membantu masyarakat kerana ia
adalah satu keperluan untuk masyarakat untuk mengetahui bahawa bantuan guaman adalah untuk semua tidak kira bangsa,
umur, agama, status sosial dan juga kewarganegaraan. Pelan asal ini dihasilkan oleh sekumpulan rakan-rakan semasa mereka
terlibat dalam Program Bantuan Guaman di mana mereka mendapati masyarakat masih tidak mengetahui tentang kewujudan
BC LAC (KL) dan juga fungsinya. Justeru itu, masyarakat terasa kehilangan dan tidak berupaya apabila mereka berhadapan
dengan masalah undang-undang, suatu bidang yang asing bagi mereka.
Hasilnya, Projek Outreach lahir daripada bimbingan dan sokongan dari BC LAC (KL), dengan misi utama untuk memberi
bantuan guaman secara percuma kepada orang awam dan pada masa yang sama memberi kesedaran kepada semua
mengenai hak-hak mereka dalam semua aspek. Idea ini dipelopori oleh 2 orang peguam, Kenneth Seet dan Ahmad Shahrizal.
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Kini, kami mempunyai lebih dari 40 ahli yang terdiri daripada peguam sukarela dan juga peguam pelatih.
Matlamat program ini adalah untuk:1.
Memberi bantuan kepada sesiapa yang memerlukan bantuan guaman dan tidak kira bangsa, umur, agama, status
sosial dan warganegara;
2.
Mendidik masyarakat tentang hak mereka dan kedudukan undang-undang terhadap sesuatu isu;
3.
Membantu dan membimbing masyarakat dengan cara yang betul dalam menangani masalah mereka dan;
4.
Memberi kesedaran kepada orang awam tentang kewujudan BC LAC (KL) di seluruh negara dan juga fungsinya.
Projek ini melibatkan persediaan sebuah BC LAC (KL) di Brickfields setiap hari Ahad dari pukul 10.00 pagi hingga pukul 3.00
petang. Orang awam berpeluang untuk singgah ke BC LAC (KL) ini untuk mendapatkan bantuan guaman. Pusat ini berada
di Tingkat 1, Wisma Koponas, Jalan Tun Sambanthan, 50470 Kuala Lumpur (di atas Bank CIMB). Klinik bantuan guaman ini
dibuka pertama kali pada 19 September 2010.
Dalam usaha untuk mempersediakan peguam sukarela dan peguam pelatih dengan segala pengetahuan dan kemahiran,
beberapa sesi latihan telah disediakan oleh BC LAC (KL). Latihan-latihan ini dikendalikan oleh peguam-peguam yang
berpengalaman di dalam bidang undang-undang masing-masing seperti Undang-undang Keluarga, Undang-undang
Pekerjaan, Undang-undang Jenayah, Undang-undang Imigresen dan sebagainya.
Projek Outreach dilancarkan secara rasmi pada 23 Oktober 2010 oleh Ragunath Kesavan, Presiden Majlis Peguam dan
dihadiri oleh peguam-peguam berpengalaman, ahli-ahli Projek Outreach, BC LAC (KL), organisasi bukan kerajaan, agensiagensi kerajaan dan juga pelajar-pelajar dari Brickfields Asia College. Ini merupakan saat yang membanggakan dan bersejarah
bagi Projek Outreach dalam menerima sambutan dan sokongan pada hari pelancaran.
Sebagai sebahagian daripada rancangan jangka panjang untuk Projek Outreach, pusat-pusat bantuan guaman akan
ditubuhkan dengan lebih banyak lagi di lokasi yang lain pada masa akan datang. Buat masa kini, Projek Outreach terdiri
daripada 40 ahli pasukan yang telah bertugas selama 13 minggu dan telah memberi bantuan guaman kepada 68 klien.
Sepanjang pembangunan Projek Outreach, lebih ramai peguam sukarela dan peguam pelatih akan direkrut dan sesi-sesi
latihan lanjutan akan disediakan.
12.
PBG Majlis Peguam (KL) Laporan bagi Jawatankuasa Urgent Arrest
Ravi Nekoo
Ravin Singh
Fadiah Nadwa
Rajen Devaraj
Puspawati Rosman
Valen Khor
Stephanie Bastian
Murnie Hidayah
Harleen Kaur
Sasha Lyna
Farida Mohammad
Farhana Abdul Halim
Jeevanathan Anggapan (Sekretariat)
“I may not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to my death your right to say it.”
-VoltaireSejak beberapa tahun yang lalu, kita telah menyaksikan situasi-situasi di mana orang-orang awam telah ditahan dan ditangkap
kerana mengambil bahagian dalam perhimpunan-perhimpunan keamanan. Orang-orang yang ditahan ini adalah lemah and
selalunya tidak mempunyai akses kepada bantuan guaman. Dalam keadaan sedemikian, mereka tidak mengetahui tentang
hak-hak mereka sepenuhnya dan pilihan-pilihan yang dimiliki.
Dalam menyaksikan pelbagai insiden penangkapan di dalam negara di mana orang-orang awam telah ditahan dan ditangkap,
BC LAC (KL) telah menubuhkan Pasukan ‘Urgent Arrest’ untuk memberi bantuan guaman kepada orang-orang yang ditahan.
Pasukan ‘Urgent Arrest’ ini ditubuhkan oleh sekumpulan peguam-peguam sukarela yang gigih dari Majlis Peguam Malaysia
yang telah menerima latihan-latihan yang sepatutnya dan mempunyai kemahiran untuk menolong ketika penangkapan
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beramai-ramai.
Dengan matlamat untuk menjadi lebih efektif dan efisien, BC LAC (KL) telah menyediakan Manual Latihan ‘Urgent Arrest’ pada
tahun ini. Manual ini telah diuji di bengkel latihan yang telah dihadiri 25 peserta.
Kemahiran-kemahiran dan pengetahuan Pasukan ‘Urgent Arrest’ ini telah dimanfaatkan dengan baik tahun ini ketika Protes
Air diadakan di mana 52 orang telah ditahan dan dilepaskan pada hari yang sama.
13.
BC LAC (KL) Laporan bagi Program Sangkutan 2010
Program Sangkutan di BC LAC (KL) dibuka kepada semua pelajar terutamanya pelajar undang-undang daripada kolej dan/
atau universiti awam dan/atau swasta. Program ini dikendalikan oleh pihak pengurusan BC LAC (KL). Para pelajar dijemput
untuk memohon program sangkutan di pusat ini. Jangka masa program Sangkutan tersebut adalah antara satu minggu
hingga 3 bulan.
Para pelajar yang terlibat dalam program sangkutan ini diperkenalkan kepada aktiviti-aktiviti dan program-program pusat ini
seperti, LAC Clinic, Program Dock Brief serta program Lawatan Penjara. Selain daripadaitu, Para pelajar juga diperkenalkan
kepada pelbagai aktiviti yang dianjurkan oleh NGO-NGO, rakan sekerja pusat ini, antaranya ialah AWAM, WAO, SIS,
Tenaganita, UNHCR dan Pink Triangle Foundation.
Selanjutnya, salah satu bahagian program sangkutan ini juga membolehkan para pelajar program sangkutan melawat kepada
pusat-pusat/agensi-agensi kerajaan seperti Pusat Kebajikan Masyarakat, Mahkamah Syariah, Pusat Probate dan biro-biro
kerajaan serta pejabat-pejabat lain sepanjang menjalani program sangkutan di pusat ini.
Semasa berada di pusat ini, para pelajar juga dijemput untuk melibatkan diri dalam pelbagai latihan, kajian, pengurusan
pejabat dan kerja-kerja lain yang dianjurkan oleh pusat ini.
Para pelajar yang telah menghabiskan program sangkutan ini akan menerima satu sijil daripada pusat ini.
Senarai di bawah ini adalah kolej-kolej dan universiti-universiti yang terlibat dalam program sangkutan pada tahun 2010:(i)
Universiti Malaya
(ii)
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
(iii)
Kolej Universiti Taylor
(iv)
Lawatan Zaid Ibrahim & Co
(v)
Lawatan Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam
(vi)
Universiti Teknologi Mara, Shah Alam.
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Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 December 2010
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JAWATANKUASA PEGUAM KUALA LUMPUR
Tingkat 8, Wisma Kraftangan, No.9 Jalan Tun Perak,
50050 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel: +603 2693 3585 (Hunting Line) Fax: +603 2691 1090
Email: [email protected] Website: www.klbar.org.my

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