CON TE NT - The Kuala Lumpur Bar

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25-30
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33-35
36-37
38-39
40-41
42-43
44-46
47-48
49-51
52-59
60-85
Continuing Legal Education
Conveyancing Practice
Court Liaison ( Civil)
Criminal Practice
Environmental Law
Information Technology
Publications
Pupils Welfare
Social
Sports
Young lawyers
Legal Aid
86-90 Laporan Pengerusi
91-92 Laporan Sekretariat
93-154 Laporan - Laporan Jawatankuasa Kecil
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98-99
100-102
103-104
105-106
107-108
109-110
111-113
114-115
116-117
118-126
127-154
Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan
Amalan Konveyansing Perhubungan Mahkamah (Sivil)
Amalan Jenayah
Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar
Teknologi Maklumat
Penerbitan
Hal Ehwal Pelatih-Pelatih Dalam Kamar
Sosial
Sukan
Peguam-Peguam Muda
Bantuan Guaman
155-166 Audited Accounts for the year ending
31st December 2006
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CONTENT
1
Agenda
2-17 Minutes of the 14th Annual General Meeting of
the Kuala Lumpur Bar held on 9th March 2006
18-22 Chairman’s Report
23-24 Secretariat Report
25-85 Reports of Sub-Committees
Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee
15TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Kuala Lumpur Bar to be
held on Monday 12th February 2007 at 2:00 p.m. in the Grand
Ballroom, Grand Seasons Hotel, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur.
AGENDA
1
To confirm and adopt the minutes of the 14th Annual General Meeting held on 9th March 2006.
2
Matters arising.
3
To consider, and if thought fit, to adopt the Annual Report 2006/07.
4
To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the Audited Accounts for the year ending
31st December 2006.
5
To fix subscription for the year 2007.
6
To elect the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2007/08.
7
To elect ten (10) members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for 2007/08.
8
To elect one (1) member to represent the Kuala Lumpur Bar on the Bar Council
for 2007/08.
9
General.
R Ravindra Kumar
Honorary Secretary
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AGENDA
14TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
KUALA LUMPUR BAR
MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING HELD ON 9TH MARCH
2006 AT 2.00 P.M. AT THE GRAND BALLROOM,
THE LEGEND HOTEL, KUALA LUMPUR.
Lim Chee Wee, as Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee, chaired this meeting
and called the meeting to order at 2.25 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 Mok Li Za
2 Kum Chee Mon
3 Mohamad Halim bin Ismail
4 Chitravathy a/p Balasingham
5 KA Karpaya a/l Andiappan
6 Datin Roquaiya Hanim Hussein
ITEM 1 OF AGENDA: To confirm and adopt the minutes of the 13th Annual General
Meeting held on 10th March 2005
The minutes were confirmed and adopted as proposed by N Sivananthan and seconded by
Colin Andrew Pereira subject to the following amendments:-
I
Page 3, item 2.1.2.1
The first sentence should read “He informed members that in every Committee that
he chaired, the Defence of the Malaysian Bar Committee, the Organising Committee
of the National Human Rights Training Camp, he had brought in young lawyers.”
II
Page 3, item 2.1.4, line 6
The word “grevious” should read “serious”.
III
The word “investigation” should read “investigations”.
IV
To add the words “in order” before “to know”.
V
Page 23, line 15 from the top
The words “you were named” should read “you are the senior partner”.
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ITEM 2 OF AGENDA: Matters arising
2.1
Page 5, item 2.3 - Bahasa Malaysia version of the Annual Report
The Chairman said that he would like members to know that the Bahasa Malaysia
version of the Annual Report had been included at pages 87 to 128.
2.2
Page 6, item 2.4 - Problems faced by Pupils-in-Chambers
The Chairman referred to the problem raised by Low Beng Choo at the last Annual
General Meeting that pupils were left in the lurch by their “Movers” on their Call day
and said that the Chair of the Social & Pupils Welfare Committee had looked into
the problem and from what he had been given to understand the problem had not
arisen since then.
2.3
Legal Aid Centre (LAC)
On the LAC issue, the Chairman said that an investigation team had been appointed
by the Bar Council. The team had completed the investigation and their report is
pending finalisation. He was certain that once the report is ready, members would
be informed of the outcome of the investigation through the LAC.
ITEM 3 OF AGENDA: To consider, and if thought fit, to adopt the Annual Report
2005/06
The Annual Report 2005/06 (pages 31 to 86) was considered and adopted as proposed by
Roger Tan and seconded by Baljit Singh.
ITEM 4 OF AGENDA: To consider, and if thought fit, to pass the Audited Accounts for
the year ending 31st December 2005
4.1
GK referred to the income and expenditure account and pointed out that the
Committee spent 30% of its income on salaries and bonuses, another 30% on
sub-committee expenses. These two expenses could not be avoided. The Committee
spent 15% of its income on rental and he felt that perhaps it was time for the KL
Bar to consider buying its own premises. Further, a sum of about RM56,000.00
was spent on AGM and something had to be done to reduce this amount. He was
not blaming the Committee as these amount of monies had to be spent but he was
wondering if these expenses could be brought down. He said those were his concerns.
4.2
The Chairman said that the Committee did consider the possibility of purchasing its
own premises. As the Courts were moving to Jalan Duta, the Committee looked at
that area but was not able to find a premises that met its needs especially for the
want of an auditorium. What the Committee decided then was to approach the Bar
Council for office space rental free in either its additional building or new building
that it was planning to purchase and the request was made of the Bar Council by
Oommen Koshy and him. The Bar Council agreed to it but this was dependent on
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whether it buys an additional building or a new building to replace the existing
building.
4.3
On the issue of AGM expenses, the Chairman said that since the last term, the
Committee had taken the initiative of having the first AGM at the RSC to bring down
the cost of the first meeting. For the adjourned meeting, the Committee had to
cater for about 700 people and therefore it had to be held at a venue with a larger
capacity. The Legend Hotel was the cheapest at RM30.00 per head and for 700
people, it came up to RM21,000.00. Perhaps for future meetings, the Committee
ought to reduce the numbers as the Committee appeared to have over catered for
this meeting.
4.3.1 GK said that he was not questioning why the Committee did this or that. He was
sure the Committee had its reasons and there was no necessity to explain to him. He was merely asking the Committee to try and reduce some of the expenses.
4.4
The Chairman noted GK’s concern. He said that the Committee had been working
with the office bearers of the Bar Council to push the Attorney General and the
Minister of Law to reduce the quorum requirements and would continue to do so.
4.5
The Audited Accounts were approved and passed as proposed by SS Muker and
seconded by Roger Tan.
ITEM 5 OF AGENDA: To fix subscription for the year 2006
5.1
The Chairman was happy to announce that the Committee was proposing for the
subscription to remain at RM100.00 per member. He said at the end of the last
financial year, there was a surplus of RM36,014.00 and thus there was an increase
in the accumulated funds. However, he would like to forewarn members, as GK had
rightly pointed out, that salaries are increasing and that could not be avoided. The
Committee intended to continue to have two executive officers and retain a
secretariat strength of 10 staff. Expenses therefore would certainly increase and
there may come a time in the future that subscriptions may have to be increased
but for the moment, it could be kept at RM100.00. The only way to address the
issue was to try and increase non-subscription income which had been quite
substantial in the last 3 to 4 years.
5.2
The Meeting unanimously agreed that the subscription for the year 2006 remains
at RM100.00.
ITEM 5A OF AGENDA: To consider the Motion on Continuing Legal Education for the
Kuala Lumpur Bar
(a)
WHEREAS the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee (“the KLBC”) recognises that
continuing legal education is a vital component in the overall professional
development of pupils and lawyers.
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(b)
WHEREAS the KLBC notes that continuing legal education schemes for
lawyers and pupils are already well established in other jurisdictions (See
Appendix 1) and these schemes have promoted high standards of legal skills
and have also contributed to the improvement in the delivery of quality legal
services.
(c)
WHEREAS the Kuala Lumpur Bar Continuing Legal Education Sub-Committee
(“the Committee”) was established in 2004 by the KLBC to design and
implement a comprehensive and structured continuing legal education
programme (“the CLE programme”) for all pupils reading in chambers in
law firms in Kuala Lumpur (“pupils”) and members of the Kuala Lumpur
Bar (“members”) to maintain and enhance the standards of the legal profession.
(d)
WHEREAS the Committee, having considered the professional requirements and
expectations of pupils and members, has in the past two terms (2004/2005
and 2005/2006) put in place the CLE programme and has organised
various continuing legal education activities (lectures/seminars/practical
workshops) in, inter-alia, fundamental areas of practice (litigation and
non-litigation), substantive law topics and extra legal subjects (See Appendix
2 (2004/2005) and Appendix 3 (2005/2006)).
(e)
WHEREAS the CLE programme has been well received by pupils and members
(see Appendix 4) and the Committee has also been able to collate feedback
on the programme (see Appendix 5).
(f)
WHEREAS it is the desire of the KLBC that the CLE programme should be a
permanent feature in the KLBC’s annual programme/activities and that the
ethos of continuing legal education should continue to be nurtured and
cultivated amongst all pupils and members.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED THAT
(1)
the KLBC puts in place an annual continuing legal education programme from
May to March of each term of the KLBC (“the CLE term”) covering, inter-alia,
all relevant and necessary areas of legal practice,risk management,
practice management, professional conduct and ethics for the benefit of
pupils and members (“the KLBC Annual CLE Programme”).
(2)
the KLBC Annual CLE Programme will cover a minimum of forty (40) hours of
continuing legal education activities (lectures/seminars/practical workshops)
of at least one (1) hour duration each and in any given month in the CLE
term there will be a minimum of four (4) continuing legal education activities
(lectures/seminars/practical workshops).
(3)
the KLBC and the Committee be authorised to take all reasonable and necessary
steps towards establishing and implementing the KLBC Annual CLE
programme, including :-
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(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
identifying the relevant topics.
identifying competent and/or experienced practitioners and/or trainers.
drawing up the full calendar of activities for the CLE term.
creating awareness for continuing professional development amongst
pupils and members.
encouraging participation by pupils and members in the KLBC
Annual CLE Programme. promoting excellence, professionalism and competence amongst all pupils
and members through the KLBC Annual CLE Programme.
(4)
the KLBC Annual CLE Programme be principally funded by the KLBC but, if
necessary, the KLBC be allowed to impose a minimum attendance/
participation fee for pupils and members to defray actual costs (direct or
indirect) incurred by the KLBC in organising the continuing legal education
activity.
(5)
pupils be required to attend a minimum of four (4) continuing legal
education activities under the KLBC CLE Programme during their pupillage
period.
5A.1 The Chairman said that the Motion was in fact a Motion of the Committee but for
formality purposes, Steven Thiru and he had put their names to it as proposer and
seconder. He then invited Steven to address the house on the Motion.
5A.2 Steven said that the KLBC’s involvement in a structured CLE began in 2004. The
modest programme as shown in appendix 2 to the Motion had mushroomed into
a comprehensive professional development scheme as found in appendix 3 to the
Motion. The Committee believed that it had now put in place a good foundation
for a viable CLE programme in the future. He pointed out that the main objectives
that underpinned the programme are as follows and that it is geared towards these
needs and expectations of the pupils and members at all levels :1
2
3
To build on the CLE programme (since 1985) of the Malaysian Bar.
To establish a permanent and structured CLE programme for the KL Bar,
based on the requirements and expectations of members/pupils.
To create and imbue a CLE culture and a tradition of life-long learning, in an
ever changing domestic and international legal environment.
5A.2.1Steven believed that these objectives had largely been met. However, the Committee
accepted that there were more milestones to reach in the future in tandem with the
Bar Council’s initiative in professional development.
5A.3 Steven further pointed out that there are a number of challenges that have to be
overcome and which the Committee continues to face this day: (1) A change of
mind-set (“I am doing it anyway” or “It is not a condition of my practising certificate”)
- voluntary participation in a formal CLE programme; (2) Time conscious, cost
effect and flexible; (3) “Show me the quality”; and (4) Bridging the chasm - from law
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school to pupillage to practice. He said these are obstacles faced by almost all CLE
programmes the world over.
5A.4 Steven said that the Motion addressed, in particular the 4th challenge-bridging the
chasm. Members would appreciate that the Committee’s concern arose out of the
absence of a uniform training scheme for pupils in Malaysia. He stressed that this
Motion truly was a culmination of the efforts of the KL Bar Committee and in
particular the CLE committee. The programme had been fairly well received and
the Committee was encouraged by members’ participation in the last year. This,
however, was not the time for the Committee to fall back exhausted. CLE or CPD
as it is more commonly known is already well rooted in other jurisdictions as could
be seen in appendix 1 to the Motion. He felt that the time is right for the Bar to put
themselves on par with those jurisdictions as soon as possible. The question was
where do we go from here? The Motion before the house is to establish the KLBC
Annual CLE Programme whose basic features are:
I
The main areas:
1
Professional Practice (Litigation and Non-litigation)
2
Practice Management
3
Risk Management
4
Professional Conduct and Ethics
5
Human Rights
II
A minimum of 40 hours of CLE activities (of at least 1 hour each) in the CLE
term.
III
Funded principally by the KLBC but, if necessary, a minimum attendance/
participation fee to defray actual costs.
IV
Pupils to attend a minimum of 4 CLE activities under the programme during
their pupillage period.
5A.4.1Steven further said that the Committee envisaged an expanded programme with
more CLE activities in the CLE term. He explained that the CLE term will run for 10
months from May to March during the term of the Committee. There is no compulsion
on members to attend the CLE activities as the Committee believed that a
quality programme should attract members’ participation. The Committee however,
is proposing in this Motion to require pupils to participate in at least 4 CLE activities
during their pupillage period. It was meant to deal with the concern that he had
mentioned earlier ie the absence of a uniform training programme for pupils. It was
also meant to inculcate in the pupils, the CLE culture which the Committee hoped
the pupils would continue to develop in their practice life.
5A.5 Steven felt that the Motion was fairly exhaustive and does not propose to go through
it. He said the Motion is a commitment by the Committee to all members and pupils
that it would continue with its efforts to improve on the programme and attempt to
cater for the professional requirements of all pupils and members. Pupils and
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members can be rest assured that the Committee would not leave them in the lurch
in so far as CLE in KL is concerned.
5A.6 Steven said that with the short introduction, he would like to put the Motion to the
house for adoption.
5A.7 The Chairman said that before putting the Motion to vote, he would like to invite
views from the floor.
5A.8 GK said that at the last AGM of the Malaysian Bar, he had opposed the compulsory
implementation of any educational programme which non-attendance would merit
that member to be struck off the Roll or some similar position taken. For this particular
Motion, he could see that there is no compulsion on members. He also agreed that
pupils must be included in the programme. He pointed out that the judiciary itself
had, some years ago, embarked on a training programme for judges and judicial
officers and they now have almost a college in Kajang. He believed they run about
50 to 60 programmes a year and their tutors are mostly judges and experienced
lawyers. He said that if members of the Bar could go and teach the judges and
judicial officers, he saw no reason why they could not teach their own people. He is
thus in strong support of the Motion.
5A.9 Sivarasa said that he did not want to sound like a wet blanket but felt the need to
point out some technical issues that had to be taken note of. In principle and at the
outset, he is totally in support of continuing legal education. He would actually have
preferred that the Bar had approved the resolution that was tabled at the last AGM
of the Malaysian Bar contrary to what GK’s views were. He certainly is in favour of
compulsory continuing legal education. He noted that there is no compulsion in this
Motion but he could see that the Committee is trying to make it compulsory for
pupils. He was just wondering whether the Committee has the power to do that or
was it something that the Committee would then commend to the Bar Council. From
his understanding, only the Bar Council has the statutory power to impose conditions
on the pupils before they can be called to the Bar. That power does not vest in the
Committee which the Committee may want to look at. This therefore would become
more of a moral persuasion rather than having a binding effect on anybody especially
the pupils. Thus, basically all that is being said is that there would be 40 hours of
CLE in a year and in every month there would be 4 hours of programme. He was fine
with all that but wondered whether a resolution was needed as that was something
the Committee had been doing for some years. He credited the Committee for that
and indicated that it was a good thing and should continue.
5A.9.1Sivarasa then referred to para 4 of the Resolution which states that the CLE
Programme would be principally funded by the KLBC. He would like to caution the
Committee on that. He felt that as long as it is not a compulsory programme, the
CLE activities should be organised, as in previous years, on a recovery of cost basis
ie to charge members what it would approximately cost to organise the activities but
certainly not to make money from the same. He believed that the accounts tabled
at this meeting reflected that position. It should not be a case where everybody is
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funding something for the benefit of a few. That would not be appropriate. Until CLE
is made compulsory, the situation pertaining to funding should remain the same.
Para (4) therefore must be understood on that basis. It does not open a blank
cheque for the KLBC to fund all and sundry to participate in the CLE Programme
until such time it becomes compulsory.
5A.10 The Chairman said that he would like to address the 2 issues raised by Sivarasa.
Firstly, the Committee does not have the power to make CLE compulsory for the
pupils but would encourage them to do it. Secondly, as regards funding, he agreed
with Sivarasa that the accounts did reflect that the principle upon which the
Committee conducted its CLE programme was one on recovery basis. The income
from the CLE programme as compared to the expenses was not that far off each other. 5A.10.1 The Chairman added that the Committee certainly did consider the points
raised by Sivarasa. What the Committee hoped to seek through this Resolution was to
make CLE a permanent feature of the KLBC for the coming year and future years
as well.
5A.11 Steven referred to the question raised by Sivarasa as to why a resolution was needed
when the Committee was already doing it. He said the Committee may have put in
place a CLE programme but it did not have 40 hours of CLE per year. There were
only about 33 CLE events the year before. The Resolution thus seeks to move it up to
an average of 4 CLE a month. It is a commitment by the Committee and it wants to
put this in place. Further, should the Bar Council put in place a compulsory scheme,
members could at least look to the Committee to meet the minimum requirements.
He hoped that he had answered Sivarasa’s query on why the Resolution was needed.
5A.12 Jagjit said that in principle, he utterly supports the proposal by the Committee. From
what he had just read, apparently the courses that the Committee had organised
last year had been successful not only in terms of the attendance but also subject
content. What he did not understand and needed a little convincing was why the
Committee needs to impose compulsory attendance for the pupils. To start with,
he believed that the pupils already have to spend time in legal aid and to spend
time with their masters and for them to attend those courses without specifying the
courses that they have to attend is truly not being fair to them. What he has in mind
was when having courses of this nature, the Committee must certainly have certain
courses to target for certain target groups. For example, the Committee would not
want to invite Dato’ VC George to attend a course on the fundamental of drafting.
That would be ridiculous. If the Committee is going to have fundamentals, it would
want to target the younger members. If pupils were made to attend a course on
Corporate Litigation, he was not sure if they would understand (with no disrespect
to the pupils). He said that the pupils are still “wet behind the ears” and should be
given a chance. He had found from the few pupils who read in chambers with him,
that pupils need to really spend time with their masters during the 9 months of
pupillage to learn the fundamentals of what practice is all about. Let them be admitted
to the Bar first and decide which area they would want to practice in and they can
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specialisation. There again, the courses must be designed to cater for members of
different years of experience at the Bar. You do not go to a university and target a
lecture meant for senior members of the Bar. The law students would certainly not
understand it. He hoped the Committee would consider the concerns raised by him.
5A.13 The Chairman said that the Committee would take Jagjit’s concerns into consideration
and also noted what he had said about having specific courses for the pupils. He
further said that when addressing Sivarasa’s point earlier on, he did indicate that
there was no compulsion on the pupils.
5A.14 Puravalen said that he was about to say what Jagjit had already addressed the house
on. Basically, he would like to know the basis for the discrimination against pupils.
The pupils are already overloaded with the 14-day compulsory legal aid service and the
compulsory ethics lecture which he believed they have to sit for an examination. Now,
the Committee wants to “hit” them with another 4-hour CLE courses. He wanted to
know what made the Committee takes this approach; did the Committee find the
pupils lacking? He asked if there was a consultative process with the pupils or
was the Committee taking advantage of the most vulnerable section of the legal
profession. He further asked if the Committee has any results of its research and
feedback. Those were the details he hoped the Committee could brief the house on.
5A.15 Steven said that the Committee did not have that sort of empirical data as to whether
or not our pupils fall short of the requirements. It was from the general interaction
with the pupils at the monthly introduction sessions with them that the Committee
gathered the requirements and expectations of pupils. The Committee would always
speak on CLE to the pupils seeking feedback if they would be interested in it. Data
and feedback as to their needs were also collated from the participants of the
respective CLE activities. He pointed out that the Committee is requiring pupils to
attend only 4 CLE activities in their 9 months of pupillage and certainly that is not
too much.
5A.16 GK said that he did not like rising and speaking so many times but he wanted to
take objection to some of the things that were said. He had written an article called
“If you are prepared to learn, I am prepared to teach”. He had mentioned in that
article that most masters do not have the time to give an all round education to their
pupils. That role is then taken over by the KL Bar and in its CLE programme, the KL
Bar tries to make up for what masters cannot do. He gave an example that if he was
to run a corporate litigation practice, he certainly could not teach his pupil criminal
law and if that is what his pupil wants to do after becoming a member of the Bar,
he/she must have some grounding in it. He cannot destroy another person’s career if
that is what they want to do. If CLE is going to do it, he is all for the CLE programme.
He was upset that the house was quibbling about details. He said there is certainly a
need for someone independent to give a very broad range of knowledge to our pupils.
5A.16.1GK further said that he would like to tell the house, many people would not speak
about it but he would and is prepared to be condemned for it, the sort of people
we have now coming into the Bar come from a wide cross section of the public. They
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have different level of skills and different level of knowledge. It is at the pupillage stage
that we have to make sure that these people come to some modicum of standard
so that we can appear during the Call to the Bar and say that this person is fit and
proper to be called to the Bar. He believed that this is what the CLE is doing and it must
be recognised. He said that naturally there would be imperfections, naturally there
are going to be teething problems and various people are going to disagree with this
but there must be a neutral stand for education and he is all for it.
5A.17 Roger Tan pointed out that it was mentioned that there is no compulsion on the pupils
to attend the CLE programme but if he read para (5) correctly, it states that “pupils
be required…”. His understanding of the word “required” is to mean “compulsion”
unless it is substituted with “encouraged”. He was concerned that if the Motion was
carried, the KL Bar would be taken to Court by the pupils as it does not have the
power to introduce such a compulsory programme.
5A.18 The Chairman said that although the word “required” was used, the Committee
meant to encourage the pupils to attend. He then referred to the details that GK
and Jagjit were talking about earlier on and said that if this Motion was passed, the
details could be ironed out later. He then asked for the Motion to be passed first and
the details be ironed out later by the Committee.
5A.19 Nahendran Navaratnam said that he was reluctant to pass a resolution in a careless
manner. If we meant “encourage” then let the word “encourage” be used. He
suggested that the proposer and seconder change the word “required” to “strongly
encouraged” and move on with the meeting.
5A.20 The Chairman thanked Nahendran for the suggestion and said that Steven Thiru, the
proposer and he, the seconder of the Motion agreed that the word “required” in
para (5) of the Motion be amended to read as “strongly encouraged”.
5A.21 GK proposed that the amended Motion be put to vote.
5A.22 The Motion, as amended, was put to vote and was unanimously carried.
ITEM 6 OF AGENDA:To elect the Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for
2006/07
Lim Chee Wee was proposed by Raja Aziz Addruse and seconded by GK Ganesan. There
being no other nominations, Lim Chee Wee was declared elected as Chairman of the Kuala
Lumpur Bar Committee for the year 2006/07.
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ITEM 7 OF AGENDA:To elect six (6) members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee
2006/07
7.1
The following names were proposed and seconded:-
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Colin Andrew Pereira
Proposer : Reggie Wong
Seconder : M Moganambal
2
Ivan Wong
Proposer : Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah
Seconder : Colin Andrew Pereira
3
R Ravindra Kumar
Proposer : Robert Lazar
Seconder : Nahendran Navaratnam
4
Stanley Sinnappen
Proposer : Dato’ RR Sethu
Seconder : M Puravalen
5
GK Ganesan
Proposer : Muralee Menon
Seconder : Jagjit Singh
6
N Sivananthan
Proposer : Baljit Singh
Seconder : Abd Shukor bin Ahmad
7
Anand Ponnudurai
Proposer : Christopher Leong
Seconder : Ranjit Singh
8
Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos
Proposer : Akbar Hussain
Seconder : Ragunath Kesavan
9
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Proposer : Peter Ling
Seconder : Alvin Tang
7.2
Nominations were closed.
7.3
The Chairman invited all the candidates to go up on stage so that members could
see them. He then introduced them one by one to the house and invited the new
candidates to each say a few words.
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7.4
Colin said that except for last year, he had served the Committee for 4 years under
the Chairmanship of Zainudin Ismail, Ragunath Kesavan and Jerald Gomez. His
interest is in the CLE programme and as Steven was not standing for the Committee,
he would like an opportunity to implement the CLE programme for members of the
KL Bar. There were 3 broad areas of CLE that have been identified which were the
basic essentials of practice for the younger members of the Bar, specialist seminars
and practice skills and he hoped to implement a comprehensive programme for the
benefit of all members. Finally with the passing of the earlier resolution, though it
was no longer compulsory for pupils, he would like to draw up a CLE programme
specifically structured for the benefit of pupils. He hoped that members would give
him one year to serve on the Committee and judge him at the next AGM.
7.5
Sivananthan said that this was his first attempt to get elected to the Committee. For
the past 2 years, he had been the Deputy Chairman of the Criminal Practice
Committee. Ravindra Kumar handled the Civil section. Essentially whether he is
elected to the Committee or not, he foresees himself carrying on doing the same
job, either as the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Criminal Practice Committee.
He then left it to the members to decide.
7.6
GK said that as he walked into the AGM hall this afternoon, he had no idea that he
would be nominated. He thus did not prepare a speech. His first concern is legal
education and his second concern is about the practice of the law in the Courts. He
had proposed on many occasions and he does propose now that the Court should
bring back all the retired interpreters and make them lay magistrates. He further
believed that the KL Bar has now formed a substantial portion of the Malaysian
Bar and felt that having one representative to the Malaysian Bar is not sufficient. The KL Bar needs a proportionate representation and something has to be done to
make these suggestions to the Malaysian Bar. In so far as practice is concerned,
case management has become such a device to postpone cases, it has become
useless and something has to be done about it. Finally, he would be proposing,
whether he is elected or not, to write to the Prime Minister that those above 20 to
25 years of standing should be allowed to sit in as judicial commissioners to hear
cases so that some of the great burden that now lie squarely on the shoulders of
the judiciary could be taken away. He said these are not great claims for an election
but they are a start.
7.7
Jahaberdeen said that this was his first attempt at the KLBC. He had been involved
in the Human Rights sub-committee of the Bar Council and some members would
largely know him from his involvement in the religious freedom issues. He had written
some articles on those issues and had been involved in some of the work done on
that. Basically that is his area.
7.8
Voting by secret ballot took place.
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ITEM 8 OF AGENDA: To elect one (1) member to represent the Kuala Lumpur Bar on the
Bar Council for 2006/07
8.1
The following names were proposed and seconded:1
Oommen Koshy
Proposer : Nandah Kumar
Seconder : Ambiga Sreenevasan
2
Steven Thiru
Proposer : Hendon Hj Mohamed
Seconder :Jerald Gomez
8.2
Nominations were closed.
8.3
The Chairman invited the 2 candidates to each say a few words.
8.4
Steven said that he was offering himself as the KL Bar’s representative to the Bar
Council. He wanted to say upfront that this challenge was not out of any disrespect
for his friend, Oommen Koshy who is an honourable man. Both Oommen and he are
servants of the Bar. First and foremost, he is a servant of the Bar and he believes
that Oommen feels that way too. In the past 7 years, he had served in various
sub-committees and had cut his teeth on those committees; the Human Rights
Committee, the Contempt of Court Committee, the Law Reform Committee and
more recently, in the Professional Development Committee. In those committees, he
had the great pleasure of working with many dedicated unsung heroes of the Bar
who had been a great source of inspiration and encouragement to him. In the past
2 terms, he had served as the Chairman of the KL Bar CLE committee. It had been
a good experience and he must say that he had been honoured to work with many
servants of the Bar, par excellence, at both the KLBC and the CLE committee.
He believed that the Bar is not just about practice, it is about service and about
the balance between the practice life that one has and one’s service to the Bar. He
further believed that in as much as one takes so much out of practice there is a
responsibility for one to give that much back to the profession.
8.4.1 Steven further said that it is no secret that his passion is CLE. It had been something
that he had worked on with great pleasure for the past 2 years for the KL Bar. The
Bar Council is moving a number of important initiatives on CLE and he would truly
like to be in the collective decision making process and the setting of policies in
CLE. He asked members to place their trust in him and assured members that he
would not fail them. He aims, through his service in the Bar Council, to do the KL
Bar proud. He thanked God for this opportunity and placed himself in the good
hands of the members.
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Oommen said that firstly, he was in full agreement with Steven. Steven is a very
good friend of his and they are both servants of the Bar offering themselves for
members to choose. He then gave a little background of himself. He had served
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the KL Bar for 6 years in the Bar Committee. He was the Honorary Secretary for 2
years and had served in various sub-committees of both the KL Bar and Bar Council.
Primarily, he was involved in the setting up of the LawCare for the benefit of all
members of the Bar. In his one year as the State representative to the Bar Council,
he was involved in the organisation of the Advocacy Training programme and the
13th Malaysian Law Conference. Currently, he is the Deputy Chair of the Sports
and Welfare Committee and Publications Committee of the Bar Council. He added
that on a lighter note, the current Chair of the Sports and Welfare Committee, SS
Ravichandran from the Selangor Bar, did not seek re-election at the AGM of the
Selangor Bar that was held the day before. Since not many elected Council members
are sports-minded, he believed he would be needed to chair the Sports and Welfare
Committee.
8.5.1 Oommen pointed out that his reason for wanting to be on the Bar Council is to be
involved in the decision making process and the policy issues of the Bar; to see the
implementation of the 5-year plan, to strive for more transparency and accountability
in the running of the Bar. He further wished to improve on the good relationship
between the Bench and the Bar and to uphold the cause of justice without fear or
favour.
8.5.2 Oommen further said that he had served one year as the elected representative to
the Bar Council and is asking to be elected for another year. He asked members to
vote for him if they believed that he is a worthy candidate.
8.6
Voting by secret ballot took place.
ITEM 9 OF AGENDA: General
9.1
To elect the Chairperson, Secretary and five (5) members to the Kuala Lumpur Bar
Young Lawyers Committee (“YLC”) for the year 2006/07
9.1.1 The Chairman said that only members with less than 7 years of practice at the Bar
are eligible to stand for election to the YLC. However, members with more
than 7 years of standing may nominate and vote. He then invited nominations
of names for the election to the position of Chairperson of the YLC.
9.1.1.1 Richard Wee was proposed by Amer Hamzah and seconded by Fahri Azzat.
There being no other nominations, Richard Wee was declared elected as the
Chair of the YLC for the year 2006/07.
9.1.2 The Chairman called for nominations of names for the election to the position of
Secretary of the YLC.
9.1.2.1Melissa Ram was proposed by Dinesh Kanavaji and seconded by Sanjeev
Kumar Rasiah. There being no other nominations, Melissa Ram was declared
elected as the Secretary of the YLC for the year 2006/07.
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9.1.3 The Chairman called for nominations of names for the election of the five (5)
members to the YLC.
9.1.3.1 The following names were proposed and seconded:
1
Dinesh Praveen Nair
Proposer : Edmund Bon
Seconder : Amer Hamzah
2
Heng Hiang Swee
Seconder : Richard Wee
3
Dzaki Ezhar bin Bahar
Proposer : Amer Hamzah
Seconder : Fahri Azzat
4
HR Dipendra
Proposer : Peh Lee Kheng
Seconder : Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah
5
Vincent Tey
Seconder : Richard Wee
9.1.3.2 There being no other nominations, the abovenamed members were declared
elected to serve on the YLC for the year 2006/07.
9.2
60th Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar
The Chairman announced that the 60th Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian
Bar is on next Saturday, 18.03.2006 at 10.00 a.m. at the Legend Hotel Kuala
Lumpur. He urged every member present at this meeting to make a strong attempt
to attend the said AGM and also to get their colleagues (who are not present at this
meeting) to attend to ensure that the quorum of 2279 is achieved.
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION UNDER ITEM 8 OF THE AGENDA
The Chairman announced the results as follows:1
Oommen Koshy
2
Steven Thiru
Spoilt votes
:
:
:
235 votes
290 votes
3
Steven Thiru was declared elected as the State Bar representative to the Bar Council for
the year 2006/07.
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RESULTS OF THE ELECTION UNDER ITEM 7 OF THE AGENDA
The Chairman announced the results as follows:1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R Ravindra Kumar
Anand Ponnudurai
Abdul Rashid Ismail
N Sivananthan
GK Ganesan
Ivan Wong
Stanley Sinnappen
Jahaberdeen Mohamed Yunoos
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
374 votes
369 votes
330 votes
322 votes
314 votes
307 votes
293 votes
278 votes
130 votes
The following members were declared to serve on the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee for the
year 2006/07:1
2
3
4
5
6
R Ravindra Kumar
Anand Ponnudurai
Abdul Rashid Ismail
N Sivananthan
GK Ganesan
The Chairman thanked all the scrutineers for their assistance in counting the ballots.
M Moganambal recorded a vote of thanks to the outgoing Committee.
The Chairman declared the 14th Annual General Meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Bar closed
at 4.05 p.m.
R Ravindra Kumar
Honorary Secretary
Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee
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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
A. Introduction
I am pleased as Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee
(“KLBC”) to inform members that the KLBC for the term of 2006/7
had a busy and productive term assisted by the hard work and
dedication of its Secretariat, members of the various Sub-committees
and many other volunteers who sacrificed their time to promote the
interests and welfare of the Kuala Lumpur Bar.
Lim Chee Wee
Chairman
Kuala Lumpur Bar
Committee 2006/07
We continued with last term’s principal aims of regular dialogues with
the Judiciary and Authorities, maintaining if not increasing
non-subscription income, introducing non-professional services to
members and continuous improvements to the Secretariat. Special
mention must be made of the productivity of the CLE Committee for
its almost weekly activities of lectures and workshops, and with it a
substantial increase in non-subscription income earned (sufficient to
cover the rental for the KL Bar Auditorium amounting to RM50,078.40
p.a.). Our financial position remains in the black with additional financial
contributions from our private sector partners through collaborations
and advertisements.
We enjoyed the strengthening of our relationships with our partners
in the administration of justice. With the Judiciary especially the KL
High Courts, we continued our regular dialogue with the Heads of the
various Divisions to resolve issues which arose since our last meetings,
and for this the efforts of the Civil Court Liaison Committee are appreciated. The retired Chief Judge of Malaya was receptive to our views
and wherever she was able to assist us, she did. We hope that her
successor is equally open-minded.
We were happy to have opened a new door of communication
with the Attorney General’s Chambers who welcomed our suggestions
of improvements in the criminal justice system. We thank the Honourable
Attorney General for his co-operation in reducing the draconian
quorum requirements for the Malaysian Bar and State Bar Annual General
Meetings which will result in substantial reduction in expenditure.
We wish Tan Sri Siti Norma Yaakob a happy retirement which no doubt
is well deserved. We wish Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Malek Ahmad speedy
recovery and Tan Sri has always been very supportive of the Bar
by being receptive to our views and attending our Bar functions. The
KL Bar extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Allahyarham
Dato’ Abdul Wahab bin Said Ahmad (High Court Judge in Commercial
Court No. 8) on his untimely demise. Yang Arif’s polite and measured
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judicial temperament, wit and humour will be missed
by the Bar.
B. Committee Activities
(i) Survey by the KLBC
In order to understand the needs of our members
better, we conducted a survey of the expectations
and needs of, and challenges and problems faced
by our members. Although we only received 20
completed survey forms from our members, the
feedback received was instructive. Although, our
members were complimentary of the services provided
by the KLBC, the survey revealed that times are
tough for our members, the challenges included
lack of work, downward pressure on fees, problems
in recruitment and training of staff and cashflow difficulties. We are attending to some of this feedback by
planning seminars for staff training and raising some
of these issues in the Bar Council.
(ii) Meetings with the Minister for Legal Affairs,
Attorney General, President of the Court of Appeal,
Chief Judge of Malaya and the New Court Complex
at Jalan Duta
1. We met the Honourable Minister YB Datuk
Seri Mohamad Nazri Aziz on 12 September 2006
and requested YB to consider the establishment
of a Judicial Appointment Commission, Law Reform
Commission, IPCMC, Ombudsman system and Royal
Commission into the 1988 Judicial Crisis, allocating
more resources for the Judiciary (including a proper
e-court system) and to look into re-arrest and the crime
rate in the country. We agreed to disagree on some of
these issues where the Minister did not share our views.
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2.
We met the President of the Court of Appeal
on 6 June 2006 and the Chief Judge of Malaya on 15
November 2006. We raised the issues of the quality
of judges, backlog of cases, improvements to the
system, the new court complex, practice directions
and other issues.
3.
The KLBC met the Honourable Attorney
General for the first time in some years and the meeting
was fruitful where we raised the issues of re-arrest,
discovery in criminal trials, the state of the Judiciary,
establishment of the Judicial Appointment Commission
and Law Reform Commission and improvements to
the administration of justice system.
4.
The KLBC had a working visit to the new Court
Complex on 28 November 2006 and the problems
we anticipate include inadequate parking bays and
lack of public transportation.
5.
The KLBC wrote to the Prime Minister, Chief
Justice and the Inspector General of Police for a meeting
but as at the date of this report, no meeting has been fixed.
(iii) Collaboration With LexisNexis
The KLBC in collaboration with LexisNexis organised
an inaugural LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt to raise
funds for charity and the KL Bar CLE programme. The
event was also to strengthen the relationship with
LexisNexis, one of the main information solution
providers and a partner of the legal fraternity for a long time.
The Treasure Hunt was held on 4 November 2006,
from Kuala Lumpur to Genting. 250 participants in
66 cars participated in this event which managed to
raise approximately RM18,500.00. C hairman ' s R eport
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(iv) Fast Track PRO Finance Provided by CIMB Bank
Bhd
We hope that with the launch of the CIMB Fast Track
PRO Finance providing easier access by our members
to finance, it would ease some of the cashflow problems
faced by some of our practitioners.
This Scheme was launched on 17 November 2006. It is
a unique, fast approval, hassle-free and cheaper loan
package designed to assist professionals in funding
their working capital and business expansion, inclusive
of equipment financing and renovation of work premises.
The maximum loan amount is RM100,000 at a
competitive interest rate of as low as BLR + 1.5% per
annum.
We thank Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Haidar Mohamed Nor for his
co-operation and assistance in bringing this project to
fruition.
(v) Legal Aid Centre - Appeal for More Volunteers
and Investigations
1.
This term, I wrote, on behalf of the KLBC, to
another 918 law firms in Kuala Lumpur appealing for
more volunteers to assist in the various projects of
the Legal Aid Centre. The appeal has brought about
an increase of 76 volunteer lawyers for the Legal Aid
Centre.
2.
The 3 member Investigation Panel appointed
to investigate the various allegations against the KL
LAC has submitted its report to the Bar Council and
found that these allegations were false. There were
other recommendations by the Panel which are being
considered by the NLAC and KL LAC
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(vi) Committee Meetings
As at 31.12.2006, the Committee met 10 times and
the attendance of each member was as follows:
Lim Chee Wee
R Ravindra Kumar
Anand Ponnudurai
Abdul Rashid Ismail
N Sivananthan
GK Ganesan
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Ravindran Nekoo
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
10
10
10
8
8
9
9
8
Steven Thiru, the representative to the Bar Council,
was invited to attend the Committee meetings as
observer and also to report to the Bar Council on
relevant matters as and when pertinent and
necessary. He attended a total of 9 meetings.
The Chairperson and Secretary of the Young Lawyers
Committee, Richard Wee and Melissa Ram, were invited
to attend the Committee meetings as observers. They
attended a total of 10 and 7 meetings respectively
(vii) Finance, Subscriptions and Non-subscription
Income
The financial position of the Committee remains
stable with a sum of RM640,778.70 in Fixed Deposit
and RM271,227.02 in Trust Account with Amanah
Raya Berhad. Details of the financial position are set
out in the Audited Accounts ending 31.12.2006.
The subscription for the year 2006 was fixed at
RM100.00 at the last AGM on 09.03.2006. At the closing
of the Committee’s financial year on 31.12.2006, 85
members were in arrears of the 2006 subscription.
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This term, we managed to raise a total of RM97,176.72
from sponsorships, website and newsletter
adver tisements and CLE lectures.
This term, as in the past term, we planned to have a
balanced budget so as to return to members their value
of subscriptions by way of activities but at the end of
the financial year we are again still in the surplus.
C. Sub-committee Activities
The 12 sub-committees and their heads are:
i
Continuing Legal Education:
ii
Conveyancing Practice:
iii Court Liaison (Civil):
R Ravindra Kumar
iv
v
Criminal Practice:
N Sivananthan
Environmental Law:
GK Ganesan
vi
Information Technology:
Abdul Rashid Ismail
vii
Legal Aid:
Ravindran Nekoo (Secretary of the KL LAC)
viii
Publications:
Lim Chee Wee
ix
Pupils Welfare:
Abdul Rashid Ismail
x
Social:
van Wong
xi
Sports:
Anand Ponnudurai
xii
Young Lawyers:
Richard Wee
The accompanying reports of the various sub-committees
are a reflection of the work performed by the
sub-committees.
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D. Obituaries
We record with deep sorrow the passing of the
following members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar during
this Committee’s tenure, from March 2006:
Anandan Ganesan on 28.06.2006
Phang Ah Hee on 12.07.2006
David Chai Kai Wooi on 11.08.2006
Lim Chor Pee on 05.12.2006
The KLBC is approaching the new Judge of RKK 1 for
a date to hold the Reference Proceedings in respect
and memory of the abovementioned members and
Hira Singh who departed on 12.11.2005.
E. Challenges
(i) The New Court Complex
From the present information made available to us by
the Registrar of the High Court of Malaya, we anticipate
substantial difficulties with the move to Jalan Duta in
terms of inadequate parking, public transportation and
moving between the various courts spread out over
such a large area. The present KLBC and no doubt the
incoming KLBC will do its best to ensure a smoother
transition.
(ii) The Land Office
The Conveyancing Practice Committee had written on
numerous occasions to the Wilayah Land Office for
an appointment to raise various problems faced by
our members but to no avail. As a last resort we held
a press conference on 22 November 2006 to highlight
this problem through the media. Unfortunately, it did
not appear to have been carried by the press.
(iii) The Current State of the Bar
This term has been a tumultuous term in the Malaysian
Bar with the last Extraordinary General Meeting on 16
November 2006 deliberating on a Motion of No
Confidence against 6 Council members and the fiasco
over the postal ballot elections. The present state of
affairs is sad and shameful. However, it has not stopped
members from continuing the good work. A reflection
of the strong conviction of the members of the KL Bar
is the generosity of time of our members in educating
others in the CLE programme, in advising and acting
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for those who are too poor to afford legal representation
and in assisting the activities of the KL Bar Committee. Our
members have also been generous with their money in
donating to a charity through the highly successful Charity
Night organised by the Young Lawyers (it raised
RM18,000.00) and donating to CLE funds through
the Treasure Hunt, a collaboration with LexisNexis.
F. Conclusion
(iv) Purchase of Our Own Building
I enjoyed my second term of service to the KL Bar and
I apologise for any shortcomings which the KLBC may
have been guilty of. I can only hope members would
appreciate that we can only do so much with the
resources which we have.
The Secretariat (including the KL Bar Auditorium)
currently occupies 5,297.6 square feet with the KL
LAC occupying 1.877 square feet, and we pay rental
of RM10,595.20 and RM3,754.00 per month
respectively. Our initial plan was to move with the
Bar Council should it consider purchasing a new or
second premises but its search has not been fruitful. We
then considered the purchase of our own premises
in Solaris Dutamas so as to be nearer to the new
Court Complex. However, the purchase price of
RM4,959,000.00 for 13,020 square feet (with KL
LAC) and RM2,726,000.00 for 7,258 square feet
(for Secretariat alone) with maintenance charges of
RM3,906.00 and RM2,177.40 per month respectively
would require a substantial increase in subscriptions
for a number of years. We have considered alternative
premises in the Hartamas and Jalan Duta areas and
have been unable to find suitable premises which fit
our space requirement and financial abilities. We
welcome any suggestions from members who are
may be better informed of property matters than we
may be.
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Apart from the persons mentioned earlier, the KLBC
acknowledges the co-operation and assistance
received from the High Court Judges, Registrar of the
High Court, Deputy and Senior Assistant Registrars,
Sessions Court Judges and Magistrates.
Finally, I am optimistic that at the end of the day
goodness and righteousness will prevail and the
problems which the Bar faces will see a happy ending
with the unity of the Bar shining through.
Lim Chee Wee
Chairman
Kuala Lumpur Bar Committee 2006/07
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secretariat report 2006/07
The staff
The Secretariat lost one of its Executive Officers to the legal
profession in 2006. Kavitha, who joined the Secretariat on
05.02.2003 left on 01.05.2006 to serve her pupillage and be
called to the Bar. We wish her all the best in her new endeavour
and are glad that she is still very much a part of us though in a
different capacity.
Mary Tan
Executive Secretary
The vacant position was filled by Nazatul Syima, an IT graduate.
She however left to join the IT world after a three-month stint
with the Secretariat. She was replaced by Melissa Dass, a law
graduate, who joined on 07.08.2006.
Melissa handles the IT Committee, Publications Committee,
Pupils’ Welfare Committee, Social Committee and Young Lawyers
Committee whilst the other Executive Officer, Azura, handles the
CLE Committee, Conveyancing Practice Committee, Court Liaison
Committee, Criminal Practice Committee and Environmental
Law Committee. The Sports Committee is handled by Rajan,
the Administrative Officer, who also maintains the directory of
members besides carrying out other administrative duties. They
are supported by the other staff at the Secretariat who each
has their own scope of duties. The Organisation Structure with
detailed information of the portfolios of each staff member is
posted on the KL Bar website www.klbar.org.my.
Azura
Executive Officer
In 2006, the Secretariat also lost its general worker/tea lady,
Hong, who had decided to call it a day after having served the
KLBC for close to nine years. She left on 01.02.2006. No
replacement was engaged. Instead, the job was outsourced
to Punca Bersih, a professional office maintenance and cleaning
company.
Rosilawati, our receptionist and redesignated as administrative clerk
on 01.01.2006, received her long service award on 22.04.2006.
She has served the KLBC for 10 years.
The Role and Functions
Melissa Dass
Executive Officer
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The year under review was as busy and productive, if not more,
as in the past years. A host of projects and activities were
undertaken by the 11 Sub-committees which were coordinated
and managed by the Secretariat staff, whose strength remained
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at 9. Full details of the projects and activities are
contained in the Chairman’s report and reports
of the Sub-committees. Besides coordinating and
managing the projects and activities of the KLBC
and its Sub-committees, the Secretariat staff also
carries out 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.
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 subcommittees. We are looking at making changes to
the organisation and structure of the Secretariat
to further improve on the provision of secretarial
and administrative support to the KLBC and its subcommittees. We will also be looking into in-house
training courses for the staff to enhance performance.
Acknowledgement
The Secretariat staff would like to express our gratitude
to the KLBC Chairman, Mr Lim Chee Wee, Hon
Secretary Mr Ravindra Kumar and all the Committee
members for their support in ensuring the smooth
running of all the projects and activitie. Many
thanks too to members of the KL Bar who have
assisted and supported us in one way or another
in the carrying out of our functions.
Feedback / Comments and Serving
the KL Bar
We will continue to strive to serve the KL Bar better
and provide members with a more efficient Secretariat
and welcome any feedback and comments from
members of the KL Bar on how the Secretariat can
improve its service to members and the profession
which may be conveyed via e-mail to klbc@klbar.
org.my. We are certain that together we will be
able to contribute towards the betterment of the
KL Bar and the legal profession.
Mary Tan
Executive Secretary
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Rajan
Admin Officer
Siti Affaeza
Accounts & General
Admin Officer
Indira
Admission Clerk
Rosilawati
Admin Clerk
Masni
General Clerk
Yazid
Despatch Clerk
Sulochana
General Clerk
Thirumahil
General Worker
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Continuing legal education
committee
This year, the Continuing Legal Education Committee organised 46
seminars and workshops which, to date, has attracted close to 3,965
participants and 49 speakers. The programme was divided into the
following areas:
Module 1: Fundamentals of Practice
This covered areas that every practitioner should be familiar with.
This category was targeted towards pupils, junior members of
the Bar and lawyers who wished to switch from their current areas
of practice. Practice areas covered included litigation, alternative
modes of dispute resolution, conveyancing and corporate law.
Chairman
Committee members
Joanne Long
Jeremiah R. Gurusamy
Wong Tat Chung
Sanjeev Kumar Rasiah
Noor Arianti Osman
Renny Suzanna Zaidi
Brendan Navin Siva
Ken St. James
M. Moganambal
Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna
Janet Chai
Module 2: Specialised Areas
This module targeted practitioners who already had a sound grounding
in the fundamentals and covered areas such as medical negligence,
company disputes, intellectual property and Syariah Family and Estate law.
Module 3: Workshops
This module covered practical training in criminal advocacy and in legal
drafting.
Module 4: Practice Management
This module covered areas relating to managing a legal practice, such
as disclosure requirements, tax planning and risk analysis.
Module 5: Pupils’ Programme
To give effect to the resolution passed at the last AGM, the committee
drew up a programme specifically designed for pupils, covering areas
that pupils would most likely encounter during their period of pupillage.
The following areas were covered:
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(i)
Criminal/Human Rights Litigation (held on
19.06.2006, 17.10.2006 and 11.01.2007);
(ii)
Civil Litigation (held on 29.06.2006,
22.09.2006, 04.12.2006 and 19.03.2007);
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(iii)
Bankruptcy Proceedings/Wills Probate and
the Administration of Estates (held on
14.07.2006, 13.10.2006 and 15.02.2007);
(iv)
Conveyancing (held on 20.07.2006,
27.09.2006 and 15.11.2006)
(v)
Pupils’ Advocacy and Professional Ethics/
Discipline (held on 08.01.2007)
Full Programme - The full programme for the year is set out below:
Date
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Topic/s
Speaker/s
Moderator/s
13.04.2006
Mediation, Its Benefits and Possible
Use in Malaysia
Mr. Paul Emerson
Ms. Joanne Long
19.04.2006
Tax Planning For Lawyers - Employees,
Sole Proprietors & Equity Partners
Assoc. Prof. Choong
Kwai Fatt
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
20.05.2006
Minority Shareholders’ Protection and
Convening a General Meeting under
ss.144, 145 and 150, Companies Act 1965
Mr. Ben Chan
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
29.05.2006
General Concepts of Bankruptcy Law
Mr. GK Ganesan
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
10.06.2006
Criminal Advocacy Workshop
Dato’ V Sithambaram
Mr N Sivananthan
Mr Baljit Singh Sidhu
Tuan Mohd Aimi
Zaini bin Mohd Azhar
Mr. Balbir Singh
19.06.2006
Criminal / Human Rights Litigation
CLE Pupils’ Programme
Mr. Edmund Bon
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
24.06.2006
Conducting a Civil Trial
Dato’ Bastian
Vendargon
Mr. Gunaseelan
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
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Date
Topic/s
Speaker/s
Moderator/s
29.06.2006
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kuma
Rasiah
Mr. Colin Andrew Pereira
07.07.2006
Due Diligence: First Principles
Mr. Wong Tat Chung
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
12.07.2006
Disclosure Requirements for Joint
Accounts and Trust Accounts
Ms. Sherilin Mohd Ali
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
14.07.2006
Bankruptcy Proceedings/Wills, Probate
and the Administration of Estates
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
Ms. Reggie Wong
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
20.07.2006
Conveyancing
Ms. Renny Suzanna
Zaidi
22.07.2006
Sale-Registration-Finance of Ships
Ms. Joanne Long
En. Zulkurnain Ayub
15 to
16.09.2006
Criminal Law Training
- jointly organised by KL LAC with CLE
Committee, Bar Council Criminal Law
Committee and LAC, Sgor
Mr. Jagjit Singh
Mr. Manjeet Singh
Dhillon
Encik Akber Abdul
Kadir
Mr. Edmund Bon
Mr. Tan Hock Chuan
Mr. Mah Meng Kwai
Dato’ Kumarendran
Mr. Harminder Singh
22.09.2006
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
23.09.2006
Introduction to Section 218 Winding-up
Petitions
Mr. Alex Chang
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
26.09.2006
Enforcement of Judgments and Execution
Proceedings
Mr. Paul Subramaniam
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
27.09.2006
Conveyancing
Mr. Jeremiah Gurusamy
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Ms. Joanne Long
Date
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Topic/s
Speaker/s
Moderator/s
12.10.2006
Rules and Regulations Pertaining to
Mergers and Acquisition
Mr. Lim Kar Han
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
13.10.2006
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
Ms. Reggie Wong
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
17.10.2006
Mr. Edmund Bon
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
09.11.2006
Schemes of Arrangement
(s176)-Practice & Procedure
Mr. Lim Chee Wee
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
10.11.2006
Workshop on Modern Legal Writing
(Part I)
Ms. Jackie Yeoh
11.11.2006
(Part II)
Ms. Jackie Yeoh
15.11.2006
Conveyancing
Ms. Renny Suzanna
Zaidi
Mr. Jeremiah Gurusamy
18.11.2006
Case Management and Preparation for
Trial
Mr. Robert Lazar
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
24.11.2006
The Law Relating to Medical Negligence
Mr. Sagadaven
Thangavelu
Mr. Brendan Navin
Siva
25.11.2006
Practical Aspects of Registration and
Intellectual Property Rights
Mr. Michael Soo
Ms. Noor Arianti
01.12.2006
Registration and Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments and Arbitration Awards
Mr. Rabindra Nathan
Mr. Brendan Navin
Siva
04.12.2006
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
06.12.2006
Intellectual Property: Protection and
Enforcement in Malaysia
Ms. Chew Kherk Ying
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
12.12.2006
The Law Relating to Injunctions and
Other Interlocutory Relief
Encik Shahul
Hameed Amirudin
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
Date
Topic/s
Speaker/s
Moderator/s
Mr. Colin Andrew
Pereira
19.12.2006
Conducting A Trial:
Expectations of the Bench
Y.A Datuk Abdul
Wahab Patail
05.01.2007
2nd Workshop on Modern Legal Writing
(Part I)
Ms. Jackie Yeoh
06.01.2007
2nd Workshop on Modern Legal Writing
(Part II)
Ms. Jackie Yeoh
08.01.2007
Pupils’ Advocacy & Professional Ethics
/ Discipline
Mr. Mah Weng Kwai
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
11.01.2007
Mr. Edmund Bon
12.01.2007
Judicial Review – Law & Procedure
Mr. Sivarasa Rasiah
15.01.2007
Syariah Family & Estate Law
Puan Hajah Shamsuriah
Sulaiman
Cik Sa’adiah Din
18.01.2007
Conveyancing and Loan Documentation
Ms. YP Cheong
Mr. Edmund Liew
Mr Jeremiah R
Gurusamy
22.01.2007
Investigative and Forensic Accounting
Mr. T. Gunaseelan
Mr. Prabhat Kumar
26.01.2007
Drafting Commercial Agreements
Mr. Wong Tat Chung
31.01.2007
Alternative Dispute Resolution MEDIATION
Datuk William Lau
Ms. Joanne Long
06.02.2007
Winding-up: Law and Procedure
15.02.2007
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
Ms. Reggie Wong
28.02.2007
Practice Management Seminar
i. Managing A Legal Practice
ii. Risk Management for Practitioners
Ms. Nallini
Pathmanathan
Ms. Corrine Wong
19.03.2007
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
22.03.2007
Litigation Drafting – Principles and
Method
Mr. Nahendran
Navaratnam
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Appreciation
The committee would like to thank all speakers, moderators and participants for their contribution in making
the programme a success.
Clinical Legal Education Attorney / Supervisor Training
On 14.06.2006 and 16.06.2006, four of the committee members participated in the First Malaysian Clinical Legal
Education Attorney / Supervisor Training jointly organised by the Malaysian Bar, IIUM, UiTM and Open Justice
Initiative.
International Legal Aid Conference
The KLBC sponsored the following lawyers who attended the International Legal Aid Conference held in Kuala
Lumpur between 21.07.2006 and 23.07.2006:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
So Chien Hao;
Ahmad Ridza bin Mohd Noh
Kalaiichelvii
Ramesh Lachmanan
Jayamurugan Vadivelu.
Lawasia Labour Law Conference
The KLBC sponsored the following lawyers who attended the Lawasia Labour Law Conference held in Kuala
Lumpur between 10.08.2006 and 12.08.2006:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Joanne Long;
Chong Chia Chi;
Lai Chee Hoe;
Stanislaus Cross;
Ganasen Karuppiah
Acknowledgment
The success of the continuing legal education programme was due primarily to the hard work of my committee
members and Cik Azura, the executive officer from the secretariat in charge of CLE, and I would like to extend
my utmost appreciation to them.
Chairman
Continuing Legal Education Committee
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CONVEYANCING PRACTICE
committee
The role of the Conveyancing Practice Committee is to address
problems faced by conveyancing practitioners.
Wilayah Land Office
At the beginning of this committee’s term, a survey was conducted
amongst members to ascertain the problems faced in dealing with the
Wilayah Land Office. The following were the issues raised by members:
Chairman
Deputy Chair
Wong Lu Peen
Committee members
Cheong Yoke Ping
Goh Hoon Huar
Kalathevy Sivagnanam
Rita Sabrina Wong
Chong Yuen Chin
Hanani Sidek
Vasanthi Clement
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(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Limited numbers given out daily;
Various arbitrary requirements being imposed;
The length of time in issuance of strata titles;
Problems in confirming that quit rent had
been paid;
Inaccuracy in searches;
Insufficient counter staff to process
presentations;
Discourteous and uncooperative staff.
From the feedback received, the committee felt that there was an
urgent need to meet the officials at the Wilayah Land Office to discuss
the problems faced by members. Towards this end, the committee
wrote to the Land Office on a number of occasions to seek a meeting
but to no avail. Finally, the committee wrote to the Minister in charge
seeking an appointment and we are presently following up on this meeting.
Meeting with the Selangor State Legal Advisor
The committee, represented by its Chair, together with its counterparts
from the Selangor Bar Committee met with the Selangor State Legal
Advisor, YB Datin Paduka Hajah Badariah Bt Hasan on 7 June 2006 to
discuss the following issues:
(i)
The requirement by the Shah Alam Land Office that statutory
declarations with respect to private caveats needed to be
stamped;
(ii)
The requirement by the Ulu Langat Land Office that statutory
declarations with respect to consent applications needed
to be stamped;
(iii)
The requirement by the Gombak Land Office that a donor of
a power of attorney needed to be present to affix his / her
thumb print on the said power of attorney.
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Subsequent to the meeting, the office of the State Legal Advisor
issued a directive to the Shah Alam and Gombak land offices requiring
them to revoke the aforesaid requirements.
Forum on SRO Enforcement
The committee organised an interactive forum entitled SRO EnforcementThe Present Status and Plans for the Future. The forum was held on
22 September 2006 at the KL Bar Auditorium. The panelists for the
forum were:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Mr Lim Chee Wee - Chair of the Kuala Lumpur
Bar Committee;
Mr Roger Tan - Chair of the Bar Council
Conveyancing Practice Committee and SRO
Enforcement Committee;
Mr Andrew Wong - Deputy Chair, Bar Council
Conveyancing Practice Committee;
Mr Ong Siew Wan - Deputy Chair, SRO
Enforcement Committee.
Fraudulent Transfers
A member of the committee, Mr Goh Hoon Huar, has volunteered to
prepare a memorandum on fraudulent transfers and the problems
arising out of the Federal Court decision in Adorna Properties Sdn. Bhd.
v. Boonsom Boonyanit. Upon completion of the memorandum,
it is envisaged that it will be submitted to the Minister of Environment
and Natural Resources for his consideration vis-à-vis possible
legislative amendments to protect the rights of victims of fraud.
Acknowledgment
I would like to thank the members of the committee and Cik Azura, the
executive officer from the secretariat in charge of the Conveyancing
Practice Committee for their hard work. I would also like to extend a
special note of thanks to the Deputy Chair of the committee, Ms Wong
Lu Peen for her support and guidance throughout the term.
Chairman
Conveyancing Practice Committee
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COURT LIAISON COMMITTEE (CIVIL)
This year I had once again the pleasure of being the Chairman for
this sub-committee. At the commencement of the term we sent out a
circular inviting members of the KL Bar to address any grievance or
concerns they had with regard to the Administration of Justice in the
Kuala Lumpur Courts.
Having received the feedback from members we sought to address
these concerns at the various forums held in the course of the year.
Meeting with the Family Court on 30 June 2006
R. Ravindra Kumar
Chairman
Deputy Chair
Dahlia Lee Wooi Mien
Committee members
Andrew Teh Leng Guan
Annou A. Xavier
Audrey Jacqueline Pillai
Chan Kheng Hoe
Dipendra Harshad Rai
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan
Edward Saw Keat Leong
Michelles Foo Li Mei
Francis Soh Chee Ming
Gopi Krishnan Seshadari
Reggie Wong Mew Sum
Sharmini Thiruchelvam
Yap Lai Lian
We managed to have our first meeting with the Family Court this term
on 30 June 2006. The meeting was very useful and our comments
were well received by the Court. Dato’ Aziah Ali was very receptive
to our suggestions and agreed to have further meetings with this
committee. Arising from this discussion, we were able to procure the
cause list for the Family Court. A circular and minutes of this meeting was
circulated to members on 13 July 2006. Members may now access
the cause list for the Kuala Lumpur High Court Family Court through
the KL Bar website, www.klbar.org.my.
Meeting with the Judicial Officers of the KL Lower
Court on 5 July 2006
The meeting was initiated by this committee after Puan Suraya came
on board as the Hakim Kanan. Puan Suraya has since been appointed
a Judicial Commissioner. We had a good turnout of judicial officers and
many issues raised by our members were put forward at this meeting.
A copy of the minutes of the meeting was posted to members on 10
August 2006 via e-mail and hardcopy.
Proposed Meeting with the Judges of the
Appellate & Special Powers Division of the Kuala
Lumpur High Court
We were not able to have a meeting with the Appellate and Special
Powers Division in view of Dato’ Raus’s elevation to the Court of
Appeal. We are hoping to have one after the arrival of Datuk
KP Gengadharan who we understand will report at RKKI in January
2007.
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Meeting with the Head Judge and Registrars in
the Commercial Division of the Kuala Lumpur
High Court
We had a good meeting with this Division on 7 December 2006.The
committee took the liberty to congratulate the Bankruptcy Division in
implementing a system to reduce the long waiting time. Various
issues were raised and much of our suggestions were accepted. We
further highlighted the pressing issues concerning the shortage of car
parks at the new Court Complex where parking bays were limited to
450 to be shared by lawyers and the public. We also urged the Courts
to be mindful of the problems that our members will face at the new
Court Complex at Jalan Duta and proposed for cases not to be struck
off pending our members getting used to the Court Complex. Dato’
Vincent Ng and the Registrars were in principle agreeable that there
would be teething problems and were open to our suggestion not to
strike out cases between 2 to 3 months after the move. We would no
doubt have to make further representations to the CJM to ensure that
some latitude is given to lawyers in not striking off cases seeing that
the move entails housing the Lower Courts as well as the High Courts
in the new Court Complex. A copy of the minutes of the meeting has
been circulated to all members.
Meeting with the Head Judge and Registrars of
the Civil Division of the Kuala Lumpur High Court
The Committee had a meeting with this Division in late February 2006
and also on 15 December 2006.
We had a good meeting with Justice Dato’ Hj Abdul Malik Ishak and
his Registrars. Some of the issues that were raised in the February
meeting were re-visited and decisions were taken. A copy of the minutes
of this meeting was circulated to all members. We had a good meeting
and took the opportunity to highlight some of our concerns that our
members will face at the new Court Complex.
New Court Complex at Jalan Duta
Several members of this committee as well as members of the KLBC
were invited to view the new Court Complex on 28 November 2006.
We were taken aback on the disclosure that there were only 450
parking bays to be shared by lawyers and members of the public. We
were told that some underground car parks have been converted to
filing rooms. Whilst the Court Complex is huge, we observed that the
Magistrates Courts were located at one end and the Sessions Court
at the other end. The High Courts are however housed in the middle
of the Court Complex. The distance between the Magistrates Court
and the Sessions Court is more than 500 meters. It is anticipated
that lawyers attending the Lower Courts will have to do a great deal
of walking in view of their locations. Hence this committee, as well
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as members of the KLBC, have made various
representations to identify some of these problems.
We anticipate that the parking problem will be similar
to that of the Shah Alam Courts and hope that some
interim measures would be put in place.
was made easier with the cooperation of all committee
members.
KL Bench and Bar Get Together at RSC
on 12 January 2007
Finally, I wish to express my appreciation to the Chairman
of the KLBC, Mr Lim Chee Wee and to my colleagues
at the KL Bar Committee for their untiring involvement
in our meetings with the Judiciary.
The committee has taken on the task of organising
this event once again. Last year we had a good turn
out from our members. We have decided to have this
event annually to give our members an opportunity to
meet members of the Judiciary on a social occasion.
The response from the Judiciary is expected to be better
this year. The event this year will be special as it also
serves as a farewell gathering for YAA Tan Sri Dato’
Siti Norma Yaakob, our CJM who retires on 5 January
2007.
My sincere thanks to Mary and Azura who assisted us
a great deal with our work.
It is necessary for members of the KL Bar to continuously
address their concerns, give ideas and suggestions
to this committee in order to alleviate any of the
shortcomings that exists in our legal practice.
R.Ravindra Kumar
Chairman
Court Liaison Committee
Acknowledgement
I would like to express my special thanks to Dahlia,
Andrew, Annou, Audrey, Li Mei, Lai Lian, Reggie, Gopi
and Dipendra for their extra efforts and commitment
to this committee. My task in heading this committee
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Criminal Practice Committee
The Criminal Practice Committee was set up with the principal aim of
ensuring the existence of a body focusing specifically on issues with
regard to members of the Kuala Lumpur Bar and other bodies involved
in the practice of criminal law.
This year the Criminal Practice Committee was involved in several
activities as follows:-
Meeting with the Head of the Prosecution Unit
Kuala Lumpur
Members of the Criminal Practice Committee attended a meeting with
the Head of the Prosecution Unit, Madam Sarala Pillai at the Attorney
General’s Chambers on 14 April 2006. This meeting was also attended
by several officers from the Criminal Investigation Department IPK
Kuala Lumpur, Officers in Charge of the Prosecution Unit at the Kuala
Lumpur Subordinate Courts and Deputy Public Prosecutors from the
Prosecution Unit Kuala Lumpur.
N.Sivananthan
Chairman
Deputy Chairman
Baljit Singh Sidhu
Committee members
Abd Shukor Bin Ahmad
K.A. Ramu
Suresh Thanabalasingam
Sivanesan Nadarajah
Kuldeep Kumar
Richard Wee
The aim of this meeting was to discuss problems with documents in
criminal trials. The issues discussed were, amongst others, the
procedure for the application of the First Information Report,
Cautioned Statements, Chemical and Autopsy Reports as well as reports
under section 399 of the Criminal Procedure Code for offences under
section 302 of the Penal Code and section 326 of the Penal Code.
Following from discussions during the said meeting, all parties involved
reached an agreement on the procedures and rules to be practised
in matters involving documents in criminal trials. The minutes of this
meeting have been circulated to members of the KL Bar via circular
number KLBC 28/06.
Meeting on the Evidence of Child Witnesses Bill
On the invitation of the Malaysian Attorney General’s Chambers, this
committee sent its representative, Mr Abdul Shukor bin Ahmad to
attend a Meeting on the Evidence of Child Witnesses Bill on 27 June
2006 at the Main Meeting Room, Enactment Division, Attorney General’s
Chambers. This meeting was held to discuss the Draft Evidence of
Child Witnesses Bill, before the same is finalised.
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Meeting with the Human Rights and
Criminal Law Committee of the
Selangor Bar
On 29 June 2006 a meeting was held between the
Criminal Practice Committee of the KL Bar and the
Human Rights and Criminal Law Committee of the
Selangor Bar at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Secretariat.
During the meeting, both committees discussed and
exchanged points of view in respect of the Draft
Protocol prepared by the Human Rights and Criminal
Law Committee of the Selangor Bar, which examined
the duties of lawyers and the police in matters such
as the arrest process, obtaining information, personal
appearance, remand proceedings and when an accused
is charged.
In addition to discussing the said Draft Protocol, the
other purpose of the meeting was to discuss similar
issues arising for both parties in practising Criminal
law. Through this meeting, the Criminal Practice
Committee of the KL Bar and the Human Rights and
Criminal Law Committee of the Selangor Bar have
forged a close bond through mutual cooperation,
where members of both committees would endeavour
to exchange information and provide assistance in
the event of problems arising whilst working in their
respective States, as lawyers from both of these State
Bars frequently work in KL as well as Selangor.
In relation thereto, we believe that lawyers would
benefit from the close bond between the Selangor
Bar and the Kuala Lumpur Bar. I would like to express
my thanks to Mr Rajpal Singh, as the Chair of the
Human Rights and Criminal Law Committee of the
Selangor Bar, and its members for their willingness to
cooperate with this committee.
Media Conference
A media conference was held on 29 June 2006 at
the Meeting Room of the KL Bar Secretariat. This media
conference was held to assert the views of the KL
Bar on the incident which occurred at Simpang
Renggam, during which detainees released upon an
order of Court were re-arrested as soon as they were
released.
of the KL Bar issued their statements from a lawyer’s
point of view whereas the Chairman of the KL Bar
Committee stated the Bar’s perspective on the said
incident, as well as the Police’s disregard of the Court
order.
Assistance to members encountering
difficulties with the authorities
At all times, members of the Criminal Practice
Committee are ready to provide and indeed have
provided assistance to any member of the KL Bar in
need of such assistance. This includes dealing with
the Court through discussions held with the Criminal
Division, the Kuala Lumpur Subordinate Courts, the
police and the Prosecution Division and the Registrar
of the Criminal Division of the Kuala Lumpur Subordinate
Courts.
One of the incidents during which assistance was
provided was when a member of the KL Bar was
arrested without any reasonable excuse and we
immediately met the Deputy Chief of Police of
the relevant district who gave his assurance that
the member would not be detained and would be
released after giving his statement, and this indeed
was what was done.
Appreciation
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to
the members of the Criminal Practice Committee for
their support and cooperation in ensuring that all
activities were successfully carried out. I also would
like to thank all parties involved in activities carried
out during this term for their cooperation and attention.
I sincerely hope that the efforts of this committee
would in some way facilitate in bringing about a
positive change for practitioners of criminal law.
N. Sivananthan
Chairman
Criminal Practice Committee
Representatives from the Criminal Practice Committee
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Environmental Law Committee
The Environmental Law Committee (ELC) this year has been
concerned to carry on the good work done by its predecessors;
for the ELC sees its role as more educational and awareness
raising, rather than to function as an event-based committee.
The following events will illustrate the ELC’s process-based work.
Visit to CETDEM’s Energy-Efficient House
The ELC had, on 1 July 2006 organised a visit to the Centre for
Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM)’s
Demonstration & Documentation Centre for Sustainable or better
known as Energy-Efficient House or Cool Demo House.
GK Ganesan
Chairman
Committee members
Wong Ee Lynn
Asmet Nasruddin
Nurliza Ramli
Shishila Surya Kassim
VK Raj
The objective of the visit was to create awareness and engage
the interest and support of fellow members of the Bar on energy
issues by appealing to them as homeowners, vehicle owners,
professionals, consumers and rate payers. During the visit, the
participants were given a tour session and briefing by the
Technical Coordinator of CETDEM on ways to achieve Energy
Efficiency, which means using less energy to accomplish the
same task, hence reducing energy wastages and preserving the
environment.
The article on the visit was published in Relevan Issue No. 2/06.
Energy Audit
Pursuant to the visit to CETDEM, the ELC took the initiative in
organising an Energy Audit at the KL Bar Secretariat. The audit
will be carried out in January 2007 by the members of ELC with
the guidance from the advisor of CETDEM.
Meeting with the Government Departments
and NGO’s
The ELC had also sent its representatives to participate in
workshops organised by NGOs and Government Agencies such
as the Workshop on National Physical Plan and Workshop on
Strategic Planning Management IWRM 2005. ELC members
had also participated in the meeting to review the proposed
amendments to the Environmental Quality Act 1974.
Press Statement on Trans-boundary Haze
The ELC had also initiated a press statement on the trans-boundary
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haze that was published in “The Star” newspaper on 7 Oktober 2006. In its press statement, the ELC emphasised that there was a great
need for Malaysia and Indonesia to take effective and long-lasting steps to
limit, and over a period of time, eradicate trans-boundary haze.
The ELC emphasised in that statement that International law recognises
a sovereign state’s right to protect its biosphere, and its duty not to
injure another’s. In order to ensure a greater ecological security, both
Malaysia and Indonesia, the ELC felt, ought to take their respective
obligations under international environmental law more seriously.
We suggested that negotiations ought to address fire and haze prevention
measures, the latter of which is the source of the recurrent problem
of air pollution; and proposed that attention ought to be shifted away
from the mere incidental issue of financial reparations.
Handing over of the Memorandum on the Local
Authority Councillors
The Memorandum was initially handed over by the ELC 2004/05 to
the Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government on 4 November
2004. In view of the fact that the committee had not received any
feedback from the said Ministry, ELC 2006/07 decided to re-submit
the Memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Department.The Memorandum
discussed the appointment and responsibilities of Local Authority
Councillors within the legal framework of the Local Government Act
1976 and considered the shortcomings associated with Councillors’
discharge of duties.
Joint organisation of a Global Water Partnership
(GWP) Conference on ‘Intergrated Water Resources
Management’
The committee has obtained the approval of the Bar Council to organise
the aforesaid Conference with the cooperation of GWP and under the
aegis of the Bar Council. The programme was a little complex, and
took some time to obtain approval. At the time of this report going
to the publishers it is still under preparation; and such progress as is
made by this cooperation will accrue to the benefit of the incoming
ELC; which is expected to see the Conference to its natural conclusion.
Acknowledgement
I would like to extend my gratitude to the members of this committee
for their contributions and support in ensuring the success of the
activities organised for this term. Many thanks goes to all who had
given their cooperation and assistance.
GK Ganesan
Chairman
Environmental Law Committee
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Information Technology
Committee
1.
The Information Technology Committee’s focus this year was to use
information technology to communicate with the pupils about
KL Bar activities and to provide online registration and services
for the pupillage process.
Online Pupillage Registration
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Chairman
Committee members
Megat Abdul Munir
Zulkifli Tanabalan Ja’far
Mohamad Reza Hassan
2.
We are pleased to announce that KL Bar will be the first State Bar
to introduce online pupillage registration and communication
with pupils in Malaysia.
3.
The online services which will be introduced include:
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online registration by the pupils;
online communication between KLBC and the pupils;
online registration for the pupils introduction sessions;
online notification by KLBC to the pupils;
online reminders of future events between KLBC and
the pupils;
automated response from KL Bar secretariat.
4.
With the intended online services for the pupils, pupils will be able
to view the status of their pupillage process via the website.
Needless to say, the whole pupillage registration process would
have been revolutionised and automated.
5.
The introduction of online services for pupils will inevitably result
in substantial savings in costs for KLBC and improvement in
efficiency levels. In practice, the paperless environment will
reduce the cost of paper, postage and manpower.
6.
At the time of this report, many man-hours had been spent
towards this project and the online pupillage registration is
expected to be implemented soon.
The KL Bar Website, E-mail Service and IT Fair
7.
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The KL Bar Website continues to record good daily hits as more
members are using the website and online services. The
advertising on the KL Bar Website this year has provided an
income of RM25,400.00 compared to a sum of RM19,250.00
in 2005/06 and RM8,600.00 in 2004/05 for KL Bar. I nformation T echnology
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8.
Due to the increase use of e-mails between KLBC and its members,
KLBC has upgraded its e-mail services to cater for a higher
traffic so that members will enjoy uninterrupted usage. 9.
On 12 February 2007 the committee will be organising an IT Fair
to enable the members to view the latest Legal IT products
available in the market.
A Note of Appreciation
10.
I would like to extend my gratitude to all the committee members
for their participation and input. I would also like to express
my appreciation to Melissa, Indira and Rajan of the KL Bar
Secretariat for their contribution towards the creation of
the pupils’ online registration and services.
11.
I hope that the innovations introduced have been of benefit to the
members. We welcome suggestions and comments to enable
us to continue to serve the members well and efficiently.
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Chairman
Information Technology Committee
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Publications Committee
RELEVAN newsletter
1.
Lim Chee Wee
Chairman
This year RELEVAN only managed to publish one issue in
August 2006 which featured an interview with Dato’ Seri
Anwar Ibrahim. The Editorial was on the Death Penalty and
there were some new columns introduced in RELEVAN which
were the statistics of the KL Bar, Book Review and also Down
Memory Lane which features photographs and excerpts from
past events of the KL Bar.
Deputy Chair
GK Ganesan
Committee members
Cheng Poh Heng
Nicole Wee
N Surendran
Brendan Navin Siva
Rishwant Singh
Bernard Francis
Edmund Balthazar
Jessica Lim YinYin
Brent Yap Hon Yean
Yudistra Darma Dorai
Selvarani Paneerselvam
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The Publications Committee this year like its predecessors
aimed to continue the work of publishing the views and the
contributions of our members on various issues. However,
there was a struggle to achieve this as there were not
adequate contributions from members of the KL Bar for quarterly
publication.
Other articles that were featured were the continuation of
Gender Advocacy contributed by Ms. Jashpal Kaur Bhatt, an
article by Mr. David Pannick, QC which was courtesy of The
Times and a contribution by the Young Lawyers Committee
Chair, Richard Wee, “To YLC or not to YLC, that is the question!”.
The Environmental Law Committee’s visit to CETDEM (Centre
for Environmental, Technology and Development, Malaysia) in
July 2006 was also reported in this issue of RELEVAN courtesy
of Wong Ee Lynn.
2.
The second issue of RELEVAN is in its final stages and will
hopefully be in print at the end of January. The Editorial will
be on the Happenings of the Malaysian Bar in 2006 and
the featured articles will be Part 3 of Gender Advocacy, and
another article by Mr. David Pannick, QC amongst others.
3.
Contributions from fellow writers are still low and the Publications
Committee hopes that more members of the KL Bar would
take advantage of this avenue to air their views on the issues
that are affecting them.
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4.
RELEVAN would not be possible without the dedication and
hard work of its committee members and contributors who
help to make the newsletter a more interesting read. Hopefully
in the coming year, we will see more members of the KL Bar
contributing articles and members continue to give their
support to RELEVAN.
Lim Chee Wee
Chairman
Publications Committee
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Pupils Welfare Committee
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Chairman
Committee members
Raja Eileen Soraya bt Raja Aman
Hanie Izawatie bt Ahmad Kamil
Razanna bt Raslan
Ding Jo-Ann
Chua Sook Mun
Falah Dizar Khaidizar
S Lalithambigai
Aziz Ishak
Kavitha Thilagar
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1.
It was with great excitement that the Pupils Welfare Committee
had our first meeting on 24 April 2006. Ideas were aplenty
and the presence of many young members of the Bar in the
committee proved to be an asset and the driving force behind
the activities planned throughout the year. It was felt that the
committee should play an active role in assisting pupils to prepare
for legal practice and to look after the pupils’ affairs. We had
more than 6 meetings and the fruits of our labour were evident
in the events that were executed with enthusiasm during the year.
2.
First, we looked at improving the pupillage process. In this regard,
the committee worked with the Information Technology
Committee to introduce online pupillage registration and services.
3.
We also tackled the introductory sessions that were beginning
to be seen by many as a mundane call of duty. It was decided
that for the session to be meaningful, the pupils should be
introduced to the history of the Malaysian Bar. Pupils are now
treated to a 20 minute slide presentation, which is accompanied
by melancholic music, of the successes and the achievements
of the Malaysian Bar since its inception. The response from
the pupils has been extremely positive. We must thank the
Malaysian Bar Council for providing us the slides.
4.
The improvement of the process of Call to Bar was also considered.
The contents for the Call briefings were updated and streamlined.
In this regard, the committee would like to thank Mark La
Brooy and Hanie Izawatie for agreeing to be photographed as
models for the Call presentation. Our thanks also go to Tan Yee
Boon for photographing the models. Bibs, collars and robes
were purchased and are now available in emergency
situations for rent to pupils on their Call day after it was brought
to our attention that some pupils were not prepared with proper
attire for their historical day.
5.
Next, we tackled the practical problems faced by pupils
undergoing pupillage, The committee introduced a series of
seminars called “The Great Expectations”. At these seminars,
practitioners who are pupil masters are invited to talk to
pupils about their expectations. The pupil masters come from
a wide spectrum of law firms; encompassing small, medium
and large legal practices. From the feedback conducted so far,
the response from the pupils has been overwhelming. Many
pupils took the opportunity to ask questions that they would
not normally ask their own pupil masters. Our appreciation
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goes to Steven Thiru, Karen Wilfred, M. Reza Hassan, Asmet
Nasruddin, Maidzuara Mohammed and Gopi Krishnan
R Seshadari for giving up their time to do the talks.
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6.
Next on the agenda was a social event primarily designed to
enable pupils and masters to mingle in a social setting. Hence,
the evening function called “The Pupil-Master Trivia Night”
held on 16 November 2006. It was with a sigh of relief that the
evening turned out to be enjoyable and had an attendance
that exceeded our expectation. It was certainly no easy task to
convince pupils and masters to spare an evening to socialise
together! During the trivia competition, teams competed
for various prizes and the Grand Prize which consisted of,
inter alia, a hamper of law books worth over RM2,000 went
to the team called ‘Kalashnikov”. The committee would like to
thank Mark La Brooy and Elaine Daly for sportily agreeing to
be the master and mistress of ceremony. Many felt that they
made a handsome couple! Our heartfelt thanks also go to the
firm of Lee Hishammudin Allen Gledhill and another firm that
does not wish to be named for their monetary donations. We
would also like to thank Teo Bong Kwang, Nahendran Navaratnam,
Alex Chang, GK Ganesan, Gopal Sreenevasan, Ben Chan and
Lim Tuck Sun, for generously contributing books authored
by them. Our appreciation is also extended to LexisNexis for
their goodie bags and the CLE Committee for contributing CLE
Vouchers. The entertainment for the evening was delivered in
splendid fashion by the “Backbreakers”, consisting of Mohd
Izral Khairy, Mark Ho, Gregory Ling, Clarence Chua and Weina
Ha who were supported by the singing of Kaushalya, Falah
and Dee Wei. Kudos to them! Last but not least, we also thank
the pupils of Raja, Darryl & Loh for meticulously preparing the
backdrop for the party and to Habizan Habeeb for taking
the photographs of the evening.
7.
The committee believes in collaborating with other committees
who may share common objectives and towards this end, we
joined the KL Bar Young Lawyers Committee (YLC) to talk to
law students about a career in law. Workshops were held at
National University Malaysia (UKM) and UiTM. The response
from the students was good and we hope that we can continue
working with the YLC.
8.
Still in the pipeline is the publication of a pupillage handbook.
The handbook when completed, is designed to act as a
comprehensive guide for persons who intend to apply for and
undertake pupillage in Kuala Lumpur. At the time of
this report, the committee is in the process of finalising the
collation of material and the drafting of the contents of the
intended handbook.
9.
I would like to extend my gratitude to all the committee members
for their participation and input. The members of this
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committee showed extreme dedication and commitment and
were genuinely interested and concerned about the welfare of
the pupils. Each event was a team effort and the success of
each programme must be credited to the whole team.
10.
On a final note, Mary Tan and Melissa Dass of the KL Bar
secretariat both demonstrated excellent organisational
capabilities and we must say that we could not have pulled off
the events without their assistance and contribution.
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Chairman
Pupils Welfare Committee
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Social Committee
Informal Social Get-together
The first event for the term 2006/07 was an informal social get-together
held on 26 May 2006 at Cheers in Damansara. Due to heavy downpour,
the turnout was small but everyone had an enjoyable evening.
Annual Dinner & Dance
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Chairman
Committee members
The Annual Dinner and Dance was held on 2 December 2006 at the
Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Kuala Lumpur. Despite a crowded social
calendar, more than 480 guests managed to attend the Dinner. A fair
number of the guests made an effort to dress up “in theme” as there
were attractive prizes in store for the best dressed couple. The dinner
was generally well received with free flowing drinks throughout the
night and were kept entertained by well known musician Bala. The
committee would like to take this opportunity to thank the many firms
and individual members for their unwavering support in ensuring that
the Annual Dinner remains an enjoyable and important tradition.
Visit to the Yayasan Sunbeams Home, an
Orphanage
A visit to the Yayasan Sunbeams Home was held on 16 July 2006
where the proceeds (amounting to RM5,000.00) from the KL Bar Motor
Treasure Hunt that took place on 26 February 2006 and toiletries
donated by Body Basics Sdn Bhd were handed over to the Home. A
lunch was also hosted for the children. The turnout of members was
not encouraging but the children at the Home had an enjoyable time.
Blood Donation
A blood donation drive was held at the Bar Room at the Lower Courts
in Jalan Raja on 17 August 2006 with the assistance of Pusat Darah
Negara. A total of 34 units of blood was collected from generous donors.
LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt
The LexisNexis-KL Bar Treasure Hunt took place on 4 November 2006
with an excellent turn out of 66 cars and approximately 250 participants.
The Hunt commenced at the Volvo showroom in Jalan Sungai Besi and
ended in Genting Highlands Resort where we were treated to a late
lunch which was then followed by the announcement of the winners
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and prize-giving. We look forward to working with LexisNexis again
next year to make the Treasure Hunt an annual affair. All nett proceeds
of the Hunt were split between the co-organisers to be channeled
towards charitable causes and the KL Bar CLE Programme. We would
also like to take this opportunity to thank the many hunt enthusiasts in
our fraternity for their support in making this event a success.
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Chairman
Social Committee
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Sports Committee
1.
Committee Members
The following convenors were appointed to assist in the organising of
the following games :-
Anand Ponnudurai
Chairman
i.
Badminton
ii. Cricket iii. Golf
iv. Hockey
v. Netball
vi. Soccer
vii. Squash
viii. Tennis
ix. Volleyball :
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A.I. Nathan
Alex De Silva
Koh Yew Chong
K. Vijayaraj
Wong Keat Ching
Peter Ling
Jayne Koe
Yeoh Cho Keong
Cheow Wee
2.
Annual Series
2.1
6th KL/Selangor Bar Games
(Lall Singh Muker Challenge Trophy)
The 6th series was hosted by the Selangor Bar at various venues on
20 and 21 January 2006. The KL Bar started on a winning note when
they beat the Selangor Bar and won the Kandiah Chelliah Trophy for
Golf on 20 January 2006 at the Bukit Kemuning Golf course.
The KL Bar then went on to compete with the Selangor Bar in hockey,
snooker, netball, volleyball, football and badminton on 21 January
2006, wherein the KL Bar triumphed in all except snooker. As such,
the KL Bar retained the Lall Singh Muker Challenge Trophy with an
overall score of 6-1.
The 7th Series will be hosted by the KL Bar on 12 and 13 January
2007.
2.2
17th Sports Carnival – KL Bar vs Royal Selangor Club
(Tan Sri Dato’ Harun Hashim Challenge Trophy)
The 17th Sports Carnival was scheduled to be held and co-hosted during
the week beginning 20 November 2006 with various games being
played culminating in the field games such as soccer, netball, cricket
and hockey being played at their Kiara Sports Annexe on 25 November
2006 and followed by dinner/prize-presentation.
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The KL Bar started strongly when its badminton team defeated
the RSC badminton team 5-0 at the Kuen Cheng badminton
courts on the night of 20 November 2006. However, the KL Bar
received a call from the RSC Sports Chairman on 22 November
2006 with a request that the games be deferred because of the
very bad condition of their ground in Kiara, due to incessant rain
which caused the ground to be closed. Rather than to proceed
with the indoor games and postpone the field games to a future
date, it was jointly decided that the entire 17th Series and
dinner be postponed. It is likely that the 17th Series will be held
in February or March 2007.
3.
Inter-State Bar Tournament
3.1.
An Inter-State Bar Tournament was organised by the Bar
Council and hosted by the Kedah Bar in Alor Setar on 18
and 19 November 2006. The games that were played
were badminton, golf, netball, soccer and volleyball and
the KL Bar sent teams to compete in all events.
3.2.
The KL Bar teams emerged champions in soccer, netball
and volleyball at the games.
3.3.
In golf and badminton, the KL Bar emerged as runner-up
after losing very narrowly to the Selangor Bar.
3.4.
The final dinner and prize-presentation was held at the
Revolving Restaurant in the Alor Setar Telekom Tower
and was very well attended by all participants.
3.5.
Special thanks to the Kedah Bar for a very well organised
tournament and to the respective convenors from the
KL Bar who led their teams to splendid performances
in Alor Setar.
3.6.
Apparently, the Kelantan Bar has agreed to host the next
Inter-State Tournament next year which KL Bar will no
doubt participate in with the hope of repeating (maybe
improving) this year’s performance.
4.
Soccer
The 18th Thayalan Memorial Cup 7-A-Side Football Tournament
for the Challenge Trophy donated by Messrs Skrine was held on 4
March 2006 at the UNITEN ground in Bangi. The tournament was
keenly contested with participation from various teams from all
over the country. A band of lawyers who called themselves “Feng
Tau FC” emerged champions with “Chocolate Bar” as runners up.
The 19th Annual Tournament will be held in March 2007.
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5.
General
Members of the KL Bar regularly meet to play various sports which
include volleyball and badminton. The KL Bar has a fixed
booking initially at the SBA Hall in Kampung Attap and now at KLBA
Hall in Cheras every Wednesday evening for badminton and bookings
for volleyball at the Bangsar Sport Complex on Sunday evenings and
there is active participation from both members and pupils at these
sessions.
6. Note of Thanks
I wish to place on record my thanks to all convenors for sacrificing their
time and effort in organising their respective games. The committee
also wishes to thank all donors for the trophies and sponsorship in
various forms in the past years which greatly contributed towards the
success of the various sports activities. Last but not least, the
committee thanks all “sporting members” who have participated and
supported the various activities of the Sport Committee over the
past year. Whilst participation has increased and is encouraging in
general, it is hoped that more members in particular the younger
lawyers, will participate in the coming years’ activities.
Anand Ponnudurai
Chairman
Sports Committee
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Young lawyers Committee
YLC Chairman’s report
This term, YLC continued to engage with the younger members, and
relay their views and comments to the KLBC. Projects from last term
were carried on into this term, and new projects were also initiated.
Without wanting to sound repetitious (since the specific reports of
each sub-committee are set out below), listed here are some significant
projects/activities we have carried out this term:1.
Involvement in the drafting and distribution of the RED BOOK,
launched on 20 April 2006. A project initiated by a group of
concerned lawyers called “TANGKAP” (some YLC members
are part of TANGKAP), this was a carry-forward project from
last term’s YLC. The 2nd edition of the RED BOOK will be out
soon.
2.
Organising visits to our local Universities with legal fraternities,
namely UM, UKM & UiTM to conduct workshops with LLB
undergraduates. We have received positive feedback from all
the participating Universities and this lends further support
for us to possibly making this a permanent feature in YLC’s
calendar for years to come.
3.
Charity Nite 2006 - the 2nd instalment of this event. It was more
successful than last year’s inaugural Nite, and there are plans
to hold similar Charity Nites at Melaka and Perak.
4.
Visit to the DBKL Magistrate’s Court to attend the ‘KLCCkissing-couple’case. YLC was also part of the entourage of
lawyers who marched to Bukit Aman on 7 June 2006, in protest
of the arrest of a lawyer who wanted to meet his client at a
Police Station.
5.
Attended the Young Lawyers Forum at the President of Law
Association [POLA] Conference in Singapore from 25 to 27
August 2006. More than 15 members of KL YLC represented
Malaysia at the event. Other YLC members from other states
were also part of the Malaysian contingent. We attended the
conference under the NYLC umbrella, and the conference
certainly cements the close relations with our Singapore
counterparts.
6.
Our YLC member, Lai Chee Hoe attended the “Mechanisms and
Richard Wee T.S.
Chairman
Secretary
Melissa Ram
Committee members
Vincent Tey
Dinesh Praveen Nair
D’zaki Ezhar Bahar
Janet Chai
Lai Chee Hoe
Lee Shih
Lee Chooi Peng
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Legislation to Promote and Protect Gender Equality” at Petaling
Jaya, from 28 to 30 August 2006, representing the Bar Council
and also KL YLC. The Conference, jointly organised by Penangbased Women’s Centre for Change (WCC) and the international
solidarity network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws, is a
meeting of international experts to compare and discuss gender
equality legislation and mechanisms.
7.
Some YLC members were also part of the Bar Council’s team of
solicitors in the ‘Bloody Sunday’ Inquiry of SUHAKAM.
8.
Production of a video documentary of KL Legal Aid Centre (LAC).
This short documentary is meant to be shown to the younger
members to reflect the history and importance of the LAC. Ravi
Nekoo [Secretary of KL LAC] was instrumental in ensuring the
commencement of this project.
9.
Career Advancement Fair - The Career Advancement Sub-committee
[Internal] will organise the said Fair, inviting prominent
Universities and Colleges to conduct an Education Fair
to expose younger lawyers to the potential of furthering
their education. YLC had also contacted some prominent
Scholarship Trust Funds who have indicated their willingness
to offer scholarships to qualified lawyers. This report is not complete without mention of the most significant
change in YLC policies, i.e. the abolishment of limb (a) of Section 46A
of the Legal Profession Act 1976. With this abolishment it now means
that younger lawyers are no longer prohibited or restrained to offer
themselves as candidates in Bar Council or State Bar Committees
elections. A struggle starting in 1978 finally culminated in its abolishment
on 2 October 2006 when the Amendment Act abolishing that limb was
gazetted. When the Bill was first introduced at Dewan Rakyat in July
2006, some YLC members were present at Parliament to meet Datuk
Seri Nazri and a few other legally qualified Members of Parliament to
show support in the abolishment of the restrictive section.
YLC is also represented at the National Young Lawyers Committee of
the Bar Council [NYLC]. Being the YLC which represents the largest
group of young lawyers, we undertook to ensure the interests of our
members were constantly amplified at NYLC meetings. We were also
involved in the many projects of NYLC.
At this juncture, I must express my appreciation to each and every
member of YLC for their assistance in our various projects this term.
The office bearers of YLC must be applauded for leading by example
and remaining focused on representing the views and needs of the
younger members of the KL Bar.
I also wish to thank the Secretary of YLC, Melissa Ram, who worked
tirelessly behind the scenes for the benefit of YLC.
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The KL Bar Secretariat staff, namely Mary, Melissa Dass and former
Executive Officers [Kavitha and Nazatul] were instrumental in ensuring
that our projects took off and for that, YLC is grateful to them.
The KL Bar Committee members were also very supportive of YLC’s
cause. Melissa and I have been and continue to be beneficiaries of
their guidance, encouragement and assistance throughout our term.
Lastly, we appreciate the encouragement of KL Bar members and
hope you will continue to support future YLC activities.
The YLC will continue to be around, as the committee is not merely
an Anti S46A Committee, but (to borrow the phrase from the great
Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg address) is a “committee of young
lawyers, by young lawyers and for young lawyers”.
Richard Wee T.S.
Chairman
Young Lawyers Committee
Human Rights Sub-committee
Members:
Dinesh Nair [Chair]
Sharifah Thaherah
Ng Yueng May
Ranjeeta Kaur
Ravi
The Human Rights Sub-committee of the YLC had an eventful and
fruitful tenure this year wherein we had undertaken several activities
as part of our continuous effort to promote human rights awareness
among lawyers, especially young lawyers in general.
The following are the activities that we have undertaken and/or
participated in:
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a)
attended the DBKL Magistrate’s Court on two occasions for the
hearing of the ‘KLCC-kissing-couple’ case;
b)
was part of the “march” to Bukit Aman on 7 June 2006, in protest
of the Royal Malaysian Police’s arrest and manhandling of a lawyer
who wanted to meet his client at the Petaling Jaya Police
Station;
c)
had proposed and prepared a draft statement to be issued
either by the YLC or KLBC in protest of the Royal Malaysian
Police’s abuse of a detainee in custody following the airing of
the same by TV3’s “Buletin Utama” on 26 August 2006;
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d)
attended the Malaysian Human Rights Day 2006 Conference
organised by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) on 9 September 2006 at
Renaissance Hotel, K.L;
e)
continuing to liaise with Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the Minister of Women, Family and Community
Development with regard to inviting the Minister for a forum to deliver an address of the Malaysian
Government’s perspective of the Islamic Family (Federal Territories) (Amendment) Bill 2005.
Attempts thus far to convene the said forum have been unsuccessful as the Minister is
understandably inundated with numerous engagements.
In sum, we believe that the above activities have exposed many lawyers (especially young lawyers) to a
greater awareness of human rights and its related issues. That said, we hasten to add that we are extremely
optimistic in participating in many other activities to further the cause of human rights in Malaysia.
Dinesh Nair
Chair
Human Rights Sub-committee
Career Advancement Sub-committee [CAC]
For this term, this sub-committee is further divided into 2 units of External and Internal Units. Whilst the
External Unit deals with works outside KLBC’s jurisdiction, the Internal Unit aims to improve the career
prospects of the younger members of the KL Bar.
Members:
Janet Chai [Co-Chair – Internal Unit]
Lai Chee Hoe [Co-Chair – External Unit]
Lee Shih
Alan Teoh
Wilson
Agnes Chow
Sumitha
Ng Chian Huey
Benjamin
Yong Hui
Athena Ang
Vivian Tan
Chew Liitsan
Khor Tze Ming
Lee Chooi Peng
Azrina
Hanie
Razanna
External unit
The CAC, this term, continued the workshop project with LL.B undergraduates at local universities which
was initiated by the last committee.
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students’ expectations. This is especially so when the mainstream education in Universities do not provide the
students details of the practical aspects in practising law and the core competencies needed to excel or even to
merely survive in the ever competitive legal market.
Hence, we believe in nurturing and equipping all the lawyers-to-be with the skills and attitude to face the stiffer
competition, especially when globalisation creeps in to the profession where foreign lawyers are allowed to
practise in Malaysian jurisdiction.
We have conducted in total 3 workshops ie. University Malaya (“UM”), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (“UKM”)
and University Institute Technology Mara (“UiTM”).
We started the project by holding a workshop in UM on 22 July 2006. There were about 100 final year students
present on that day and the feedback from the volunteer lawyers and the final year students was encouraging,
which some has suggested that the workshop should be set to be a permanent feature in the UM’s diary.
In view of the success of the UM workshop, CAC decided to expand its reach to universities around the State
of Selangor. After obtaining approval from Selangor Bar, we conducted the 2nd workshop at UKM on 5 August
2006. The UKM students were enthusiastic and excited. They posed many questions and the volunteer lawyers
were more than pleased to provide an insight into their daily working life.
The 3rd workshop was conducted in UiTM on 23 September 2006 which also marked the conclusion of the
projects undertaken by the CAC 2006/2007. This workshop has attracted the presence of Haji Sulaiman Abdullah,
Lim Chee Wee, Edmund Bon and young volunteer lawyers from the Selangor and Perak Bar. The students from
UiTM had the opportunity to gain insight into the reality checklist and core competencies a lawyer should possess.
The full evaluation of these workshops is indeed positive and the workshops were favourably received by the
students and volunteer lawyers. We believe there is a need for repeating the workshops in the upcoming year to
continue managing the students’ expectations.
Lai Chee Hoe
Chair [External Unit]
CAC
Internal unit
This sub-committee has, in addition to the various visits to local universities as outlined above, organised a talk
on Anti-Money Laundering Act (“Act”) which was held on 1 August 2006. The talk was held in view of the recent
amendments to the Act whereby the reporting obligations under the Act was extended to lawyers who now has a
duty to report suspicious transactions encountered in his work. Feedback from attendees, which includes pupils
and members of the legal profession and also non-members like accountants and office managers of law firms,
was extremely good.
This sub-committee also targets to start year 2007 with a career advancement fair on postgraduate courses for
pupils and members of the legal profession who aim for betterment of their knowledge and who has no time to
sieve through massive information from the various local universities and colleges for options on their courses available.
Janet Chai
Chair [Internal Unit]
CAC
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Sports Sub-committee
Members:
Dipendra [Chair]
Farez Jinnah
This year the Sports Sub-committee had originally planned to jointly organise a Sports Carnival with the KL Bar
Sports Committee. The said Sports Carnival was planned for in November or December 2006.
However, in view of the large number of events organised and planned for during this period, the Sports Subcommittee decided to defer the Sports Carnival to January or February 2007 (depending on availability and
suitability). The Sports Sub-committee is also looking into alternative events like paintball tournaments and/or
futsal tournaments.
As Chair of this sub-committee I also sit in the KL Bar Sports Committee led by Anand Ponnudurai, where the
views of the younger members are shared and conveyed to that Committee.
It must be noted that members of the Sports Sub-committee had also actively contributed to the successful
organising of events like the Charity Nite 2006. Members of the Sports Sub-committee also participated in the
Young Lawyers Forum at the President of Law Association [POLA] Conference in Singapore from 25 to 27 August
2006.
H R Dipendra
Chair
Sport Sub-committee
Welfare Sub-committee
Members:
D’zaki [Chair]
Lee Chooi Peng [Deputy Chair]
Melissa Ram
Hoong May Yin
Benjamin
This year the Welfare Sub-committee had jointly organised a Charity Nite with the Social Sub-committee on 27
July 2006 to raise funds for Taman Megah Handicapped and Disabled Children’s Home (“the Home”).
We visited the Home on 27 May 2006 and were touched by the needs of the ‘special children’ in the Home. The
Home which serves almost 130 children has a monthly expenditure of RM32,164-00. Therefore, we decided to
organise another Charity Nite, following the overwhelming response to last year’s event, to help these ‘special
children’.
To attract more donations, we conducted a singing contest during the Charity Nite where the winner is decided
by the amount of donations collected from his/her performance. The singing contest successfully raised funds
of RM 6,185.15 for the Home and also jazzed up the atmosphere of the event.
We sold 418 tickets for the Charity Nite and generous donations from individuals and law firms had raised funds
of RM 12,702.06 for the ‘special children’.
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This year, we have not just raised funds of almost RM20,000.00 for Taman Megah Handicapped and Disabled
Children’s Home but also managed to get a sponsor to donate 2 computers to the Home.
Lee Chooi Peng
Deputy Chair
Welfare Sub-committee
Social Sub-committee
Members:
Vincent Tey [Chair]
Lee Shih [Deputy Chair]
Dinesh Kana
Tiffany Heah
Vivian Tan
Alan Teoh
The highlight of the year for the Young Lawyers’ Social Sub-committee was the 2006 Charity Nite which was held
at CoChine Restaurant along Jalan Doraisamy. This event was jointly organised with the Welfare Sub-committee
on 27 July 2006. Due to the overwhelming support from lawyers who attended and/or contributed to this event,
a sum of almost RM20,000.00 was raised for the Taman Megah Handicapped and Disabled Children’s Home
(“the Home”). At risk of repetition, particulars of the 2006 Charity Nite as stated in the Welfare Committee’s
2006 Report are referred to and adopted herein.
The Social Sub-committee would like to extend its utmost gratitude to everyone who has made this event possible
and a successful one. Whilst raising funds was the main agenda of the night, the event itself provided a perfect
arena for lawyers to chill out and also discuss current legal issues, not to mention making a few friends along
the way. The success of this event again reflects the concern and sensitivity of lawyers to the needs of the less
fortunate in our society. Through this event, we have taken another step in the right direction.
The Social Sub-committee has also assisted in organising a Majlis Berbuka Puasa on 13 October 2006. The
dinner was held in great Malaysian Muhibbah spirit. We had participants of all races in attendance. We aim to
attract more participation next year.
The KL YLC is currently discussing the possibility of holding a year-end party to be co-organised with the KL Bar
Social Committee. We look forward to a huge turnout should this event be confirmed. We will keep you posted.
Once again, on behalf of the Social Sub-committee, I would like to thank everyone of you for your belief and
untiring support in making this a memorable year for the KL Bar Young Lawyers Committee. I look forward to
your continued support next year!!
Vincent Tey
Chair
KL Bar Idol
The idea for a KL Bar Idol competition crystallised sometime in May 2006, as the Young Lawyers Committee
brain-stormed on ideas for this year’s Charity Nite. The idea developed into the novel concept whereby the
audience members would vote for their favourite idol, by donating money into the boxes we provided. The Idol
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with the highest sum raised would be crowned KL Bar Idol, and all proceeds would be donated to charity. With e-mails
flying to and fro, and with even more meetings, the format and the rules of the competition were put in place.
The Qualifying Round for the KL Bar Idol competition was held on a Saturday 8 July 2006, at the KL Bar Conference
Room. At the earlier stage of organising the competition, we were worried that we would not have enough
participants. We had limited the number of participants to 10, but that limit was very quickly breached, and in
the end, we allowed 13 participants to take part in the Qualifying Round, and we had to turn the other enthusiastic
late entries away.
As the 13 participants each entered the “competition arena” which was the Conference Room, what greeted them
was a scene right out of a press conference. The room was packed with supporters, bright lights, a photographer
snapping away, two video cameras running, and amidst all of that, each participant had to sing and impress the
panel of 5 judges. Each participant could sing a maximum of 2 songs, either in Bahasa Malaysia or in English.
4 finalists were eventually selected to go on to the Finals to be held on the Charity Nite. They were:
1. 2. 3. 4. Falah, of Oon & Partners
Dee Wei, of Skrine
Brendan, of Susie See, Norbaya & Cheah
Kaushalya, of Shafee & Co
But, many congratulations to the other participants: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9. Jamal, of Othman Hashim & Co.
Steven, of Shook Lin & Bok
Esther, of Badri Kuhan Yeoh & Ghandi
CW Lim, of Paul Cheah & Associates
YS Kho, of Lim Kian Leong & Co.
Sheryl, of Wong & Partners
Melody, of Shearn Delamore & Co.
Nancy, of NC Yew & Partners
‘A Shy Guy’
In the lead-up to the Charity Nite, the 4 finalists had many rehearsals with the all-lawyer band, led by Izral and
Mark Ho and the other band members, Chua, Chee Hoe, Greg Ling and guest singer, Melody.
27 July 2006. Charity Nite ’06 was upon us. With every square inch of CoChine Restaurant at Asian Heritage
Row packed with lawyers and other supporters, the KL Bar Idol competition kicked off. Each Finalist had to sing
two songs, while backed up by the band, and the crowd cheered at the end of each of their songs. The audience
enthusiastically placed their donations into the specially created donation boxes, appreciative of the quality of
the performance of each of the KL Bar Idol Finalists. After the Finalists had completed their songs, the all-lawyer
band continued to entertain the cheering crowd, even as members of the KL YLC frantically started to count all
the donations.
The results of the KL Bar Idol competition was then announced, with Kaushalya being crowned as KL Bar
Idol 2006. At the end of an exhausting night, the members of the KL YLC took pride in the fact that everyone
had thoroughly enjoyed the night and that more importantly, we had raised a record-breaking sum of around
RM20,000.00 for charity.
Lee Shih
Deputy Chair
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Bar Council Legal Aid Centre
(Kuala Lumpur)
The Panel
Chairperson
M. Puravalen
Honorary Secretary
Ravi Nekoo
Assistant Honorary Secretary
Alexis Diana
Treasurer
N. Surendran
Members
K.M Nachammai
Nik Nurul Atiqah Nik Yusof
N. Sivanesan
Renuka T. Balasubramaniam
M. Moganambal
Pushpa Ratnam
Sunil Vijayan
K.A. Ramu
Sivarasa Rasiah
Anni Santhiago
Meera Samanther
So Chien Hao
Ramesh Lachmanan
Kalaiichelvii
Preetam Kaur
Baljit Singh Sidhu
Stanley Sinnappen
A.
REPORT OF THE MANAGEMENT
PANEL
Report submitted by Ravi Nekoo
(Honorary Secretary)
Introduction
The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) assisted 10062
clients. We continued to serve the remand prisoners, migrant workers
and also rendered our services to clients seeking assistance in
domestic violence issues and matrimonial disputes.
This year, we were also involved in several public interest litigation in
matters concerning housing rights for settlers who have been living in
urban Kuala Lumpur for about 40 years. We are representing about
108 of them from Kampung Semarak. The Centre is also assisting a
coalition of NGO’s interested in animal welfare. There were a group
of lawyers who have shown keen interest in this area of work and are
working with the NGOs.
In overcoming the shortage of volunteer lawyers in handling criminal
files, we organised a Criminal Law Training Programme spearheaded
by Mr Jagjit Singh. We have since trained about 63 number of lawyers.
Further, a 3-day advanced leadership training programme was held
in Selesa Hill Homes to create new leaders for the Centre. The
participants were the pupils who have served at our Centre.
As you would recall in 2005 there were several allegations of financial
and managerial improprieties and staff indiscipline levelled at the
Centre. The Bar Council saw it fit to establish an Investigation
Committee to investigate these allegations. The investigation committee
have completed their investigations and submitted the report to the
Bar Council. It is the finding of the Investigation Committee that there
is no evidence of the allegations that have been levelled against the
Centre.
This year the Centre saw an increase in the number of participation
from volunteer lawyers. Though the increase is still short of the requisite
number that we require to serve at the Centre, nevertheless the
increase in the number is encouraging.
The various reports from the various sub-committees would show that
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the activities that were undertaken this year. These sub-committes have identified several areas of weakness
that still exist in some of the programmes and have given recommendations to overcome them. We recognise
the fact that there still remains a lot to be done to serve our clients better. We are constantly looking at ways to
enhance the performance of the centre in serving its clients.
We take this opportunity to thank all the volunteer lawyers, our NGO partners, project heads, staff and pupils who
have given us their support and assisted us in fulfilling our statutory obligations to our client
B.
A.
STATISTIC
CLIENT STATISTICS: Summary - 2006
Clinic/Programme
Clients 2004
Clients 2005
Clients 2006
1
Sungai Buloh Prison:
•Malaysian clients
•Migrant clients
1298
(860)
(438)
1294
(876)
(418)
1285
(1010)
(275)
2
Kajang Women Prison
236
181
200
3
Kajang Women Migrant Prison
473
153
84
4
Juvenile Remand Home
107
121
77
5
Dock Brief
5100
5216
4714
6
LAC/Syariah Clinic
1691
1898
1808
7
SIS
707
523
568
8
AWAM
542
571
493
9
PTF
10
87
82
10
WAO
5
102
166
11
Tenaganita
1121
998
585
11290
11144
10062
Total
B.
FILES: OPENED, ASSIGNED & UNASSIGNED - 2006
2005
Category
2006
Opened Assigned Unssigned Opened Assigned Unssigned
1
Criminal
•LAC Clinic
•Prisons Program
141
123
96
114
45
9
154
119
102
115
52
4
2
Employment
28
28
-
31
29
2
3
Family
64
64
-
67
67
-
4
Syariah
24
20
4
38
37
1
5
Others
4
5
7
6
4
3
6
6
2
1
-
9
7
9
8
6
9
1
1
-
402
341
61
434
373
61
•SOCSO
•Public Interest Litigation
•H/Tenancy
•Misc
Total
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C.
BAIL APPLICATIONS: 2006
D.
C.
1. 2005
2006
17
36
ACTIVE VOLUNTEER LAWYERS (VL): 2006
2005
2006
2005
Total VL
NEW VL
TOTAL
NEW VL
TOTAL
365
44
409
76
485
COMMITTEE REPORTS
LEGAL AID CENTRE CLINIC
Report submitted by: LAC Committee
Committee Members
Nachammai Kumarappan
Alexis Diana
Ahmad Ridza
Jayaletchumi Rajaretnam
Ramesh Lachmanan
Kalaiichelvii
Molly Gomez-Kerisnan
Loh Mei Fun
Devika Sothinathan
Andrew Teh
Mohd Hafiizh Ghazali
Introduction
The Legal Aid Centre Clinic (“LAC Clinic”) has been operating since 1983 at the secretariat to cater for members
of public who walk-in to the LAC Clinic. The Clinic provides free legal advice for those qualified under the means
test, legal awareness, render legal representation and legal intervention. The LAC Clinic is supervised and
managed by a group of volunteer lawyers under the LAC Clinic committee. The LAC Committee met 4 times and
ironed out some administrative problems faced by the LAC Clinic. The LAC Clinic operates from Mondays to Fridays
based at Legal Aid Centre, (KL) from 10.00 am to 4.30 pm.
The Clientele (walk-in clients) comparison between 2005 and 2006 are as follows:-
NO
1
2
YEAR
2005
2006
NO OF CLIENTS
1643 (as at 30/12/05)
1586 (as at 8/12/06)
The Clientele (legal representation rendered) comparison between 2005 and 2006 are as follows:-
NO
1
2
62
YEAR
2005
2006
L egal A id
NO OF CLIENTS
249 (as at 30/12/05)
244 (as at 8/12/06)
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The Committee/Volunteer Lawyers/Pupils
On behalf of the Committee and secretariat, we would like to render our sincere appreciation and hats off to all
the members of the Committee and not forgetting the bulwarks of the LAC Clinic, the pupils, without whom
the Clinic could not be able to cater to the public. The lack of lawyers walking in to the Clinic and supervising the
pupils made the committee’s objective of providing verified legal advice lacking. This lead to situations where
pupils gave advise without consulting supervising lawyers which puts the LAC Clinic in circumstances whereby
the LAC could be sued for dispensing wrong advise. However, thus far our ably qualified LAC Clinic staff has
been monitoring the pupils and has been successful in averting any untoward incidents/suits. We appeal to
all volunteer lawyers to drop by at the secretariat whenever possible to supervise the pupils and also to take the
added burden of monitoring legal advise given by pupils off the shoulders of the LAC Clinic staff.
Further, there has been a rising trend amongst the public trying their luck to obtain free legal advise/
representation when they know they do not qualify for legal aid under the means test administered by the LAC
Clinic. Our very limited resources are wasted attending to such applicants. There have been instances where such
people have turned unpleasant and rebuked and terrorised the pupils and staff of the LAC Clinic. Most times we have
observed that having volunteer lawyers taking an active part in facing such applicants acts as a deterrent to and as
a buffer against attempts to bully and terrorise staff and pupils.
The Legal Intervention
This year saw a greater increase/demand in cases involving legal intervention where our pupils and the Dock
Brief pupils joined hand-in-hand in assisting clients who were being sidelined by authorities based on their status
or gender. Pupils were required to escort such clients to aid them in asserting their rights. We saw a major
difference when our pupils escorted such clients.
The pupils who participated in the legal intervention process were very enthusiastic as they had a chance to
have various ‘hands-on’ experiences in situations where members of the public faced difficulties with authorities/
government departments at ground level.
Unfortunately, we have had situations where to date no action or reply have been provided to us on matters
where legal interventions have been conducted. The pupils have expressed their dissatisfaction and frustration
with certain government departments. The committee found that the lack of funding and supervision by volunteer
lawyers have been stumbling blocks to the legal intervention process for both the pupils and the secretariat.
A comparison on legal intervention rendered between 2005 to 2006 as follows: NO
YEAR
TOTAL NUMBERS
NO OF PUPILS
PARTICIPATED
1
2005
11 cases
12 pupils
2
2006
51 cases
80 pupils
AREAS VISITED
Police, Commissioner of Oath, Family Court,
Ampang/KL Court, JPN
Police, MPJ, Labour Dept, Asrama Sentul,
JKM, Industrial Relations Dept, Magistrate/
Session/Traffic/Denmark Ct, Banks, Tanah
Selangor, Amanah Raya
The Pupils Training
The committee reformatted the pupils training program whereby we had inserted more role-plays and participatory
method with group dynamics.
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Through this process, we saw that pupils’ interest and grasp of the law was better as compared to being
given lectures. To test the pupils understanding we conducted role-plays acted out by our staff, pupils
and volunteer lawyers. The pupils advised the “clients” and their oversights/mistakes were spotted by our
volunteer lawyers and rectified. We also implemented a notebook on basic guidelines on family, criminal and
employment issues which we came up with based on questionnaires and findings, which we put into practice in
2005 and 2006 and found it useful and effective during interviewing clients. We also did an informal survey on
Dock Brief pupils who did not attend our training and based on the guidelines they managed to conduct better
interviews for the LAC Clinic.
The committee members conducted most of the talks and facilitated them. We are indebted to our volunteer lawyers
such as Mr Muhendaran Suppiah, Mr Satgurunathan, Mr Yong Kum Lam, Mr Ravindran Ramanujam and Mr Ravi
Nekoo who so graciously gave up their precious spare time for the Clinic and came in to train our pupils.
The Outreach Clinic
The committee for year 2006 decided not to hold any outreach clinic for communities since we are overwhelmed
with the School Program.
1a
REPORT ON LAC CLINIC SCHOOL PROJECT
Report prepared by: LAC Clinic Committee
The Objectives
The Legal Aid Centre Clinic (“LAC Clinic”) had been handling walk-in clients on daily basis from Monday till Friday,
from 10.00 am till 4.30 pm at Wisma Kraftangan, Kuala Lumpur. The Clinic had been catering for members of
public especially juvenile who are still schooling charged for crime (statutory rape, theft, extortion, illegal racing, etc)
and comes in via social related issues such as cohabiting, teenage pregnancies, unwed couple etc). Hearing or
handling cases sadden our heart and the Committee decided to target the schools and provide the basic
legal information, implication, complication, consequences and prevention since that age group is vulnerable.
As such, the target group is Secondary school students.
The Theory
The formation or ideal solution of the school program was to ensure that in long run, the LAC Clinic would receive
less students being caught for petty or serious crimes and being victims of social ills.
The Content
In recent years the LAC Clinic managed to enhance the program by adding social concept as per the request by
the schoolteachers, upon inserting the social matters such as teenage pregnancies, youth delinquency, sharing
real life problems, sports personalities and motivational talks to accommodate and capture the students’ attention.
The Government Support
The LAC Clinic received the approval letter from the Education Ministry (Wilayah Persekutuan) for the past 3 years
for this project. It was indeed an encouragement for the committee to conduct the sessions in schools, which
carry a lot of influence when we approach the schools on individual basis since most of the teachers’ fears that
their school is being branded as high in discipline problems. This myth was changed after the teachers saw the
students’ participation and the various relevant question posed by them to the speakers.
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The Groups/Individuals Who Care for the Students- Hand in Hand Came Forward
In line with legal awareness and to attract the students, the committee managed to impart vital information and
great involvement of other NGO and social groups, which deals with youth development. The LAC Clinic had
managed to obtain groups/organisation such as the Attorney General Chambers (AG), Police Diraja Malaysia,
Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, Positive Malaysia Treatment Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG), Pink Triangle
Foundation, All Women Action Society (AWAM), Women and Health Association of Kuala Lumpur (WAKE), Persatuan
Karate, Pusat Kebahagian Wanita & Remaja (KEWAJA), Ex Students from respective schools, sharing real
life problems to trigger social awareness among the students. Together with our valued LAC volunteer lawyers
who spared their valuable time and effort in making this project a success as per the evaluation forms which we
received from the students themselves with their teachers’ comments. The students rated 90% beneficial to
them the content of the seminar, which we conducted for them and said that this talks in an eye opener for them.
The Support from Committee/Staffs/Students Contribution
The LAC staff usually trains the school kids and conducts short role-play on the day of the program or prior to
the seminar. The staff also uses simple mechanism that made the students to act out the real problems, which
they face during school days. The committee assisted the project reviewed the process and said that students
gets excited when seeing their peers doing the role-play and most of them rated 85% for the role-play. Though, it
was difficult when we are faced with students who are not interested hence more persuasion is required and we
observed that our staff made a real impact in that. The committee members worked hand in hand with the teachers
and enhanced the network with the respective principals.
The Funding
The committees’ lack of funding this year made our trips and the supports staff travel allowances unclaimable
though they made the effort to drive to locate the school prior to the event and on the day. The committee
could not claim the materials provided to the students and some resource kits. However, for 2007 we had been
funded for this project and we hope we could reach out to more schools.
Overview
On the whole the project was a success however some speakers needed to relate to the kids with the lively
presentation. Some speakers’ strength in telling stories and sharing experiences indeed acquired the attention of
the kids. The teachers also sought to organize such a program earlier during the year so as to reduce the truancy
and assist the “teaching” of the students to respect and accept potential problems, which ought to be faced
during their teenage life.
However, we believe that more volunteer lawyers are needed which would enable us to cater for the need of
the various schools effectively when the demand had since increased for this year. The committee had invited
the Police Diraja Malaysia to join and share their experiences in a friendlier manner so that the students would
not fear the Police and shy away from them. The Police officers also came in despite their hectic scheduled and
conduct the session mannerly and shared their concerns on teenage being involved in crime.
The Appreciation
We would like to extend our gratitude to all the PEOPLE WHO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INVOLVED in this project
and their efforts are appreciated. The below are the highlights of the personalities assisted the school programs:-
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The Highlights
The Attorney General Chambers (AG) namely YB Dato’ Mohd Yusof bin Haji Zainal Abiden (Head of Prosecution)
for supporting this program, Puan Noorin Badaruddin (DPP) for her continues contribution in the program and
her informal approach in capturing the students attention despite her tight work schedule.
The Police Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) officers ranks from the ASP, Chief Inspectors and Inspectors post came in from
the Sentul Station, Setapak Station, Puchong Station and Cheras Station hence presented their sessions in a
friendly manner and made students to talk freely to them. The students also made inquiries in becoming a
police officer and posed questions in relation to crime prevention.
The Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Wilayah Persekutuan (JKM) officer, En Raymund Jagan who also joined in
hand and did their part for this program via discussing the Child provision and the Juvenile Remand Home as well
as becoming a Welfare officer. The slot was introduced for 2 schools and we feel the JKM’s input is also vital in
crime and social ills prevention amongst the students.
The NGO representatives who came all the way to assist in the program though they are extremely busy with
their office workloads and some of the NGO representatives made very lively presentation and captured the
students’ attention and they also conducted group dynamics (games) with the assistance from our volunteer
lawyer and staff.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pertubuhan Wanita & Kesihatan (WAKE) (Pn Catherine Arunayagam (deceased), Cik Erin, Cik Rina
All Women Action Society (AWAM) (Pn Manohary, Puan Haslinah, Pn Vanitha Veriah (deceased)
Pusat Kebahagian Wanita & Remaja (KEWAJA) (En Yahya Yusoff)
Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) (Mr Hisham Huseein, Pn Fathimah, Mr Benedict Moterou)
Harapan Komuniti (Mr Marhalem Mansor) and MTAAG (Mr Marhalem Mansor)
The next vital listing goes to our Mother and a full time housewife who without fail came to most of the programs
and contributed her thoughts under the topic “Amalan Hidup Membawa Kebahagian, Testimoni Ibu Yang Berjaya”
is Madam Amarjit Kaur who managed to network with the students on her motherly aspects. She was a star in
our program and we hope she will continue rendering her service to the projects.
We also managed to obtained ex-students from respective schools (Cik Selfi Mualamah & Ex-SMK Puteri
Titiwangsa student) to share and appear on behalf of the program where they were well accepted and the
bonding was established. The students’ achievements and the guidance they received during their school days
were spoken, the current students were amazed that their school had created potential leaders and personalities
and that place some respect for the school.
Last not least, the sports personalities, Mr Arivalagan Ponniyah (National Karate Coach & Ex-La-Salle Boy,
Sentul) and Mr Thiagu Ponniyah (Ex-National Champion) spared their time personally and also send their best
students to share their lifestyle prior becoming a champion as part of their social obligation to the society. The sports
session made an impact in leading disciplined and healthy life style for our school students. The organizers as
well as the teachers were stunned to see their students listen attentively to the speech from the sports persons
and making inquires in developing their self in sports and endure healthy lifestyle for life long.
While handling the school program, we personally saw a good bonding developed between some schools namely
the Sekolah Menengah Perempuan, Jalan Ipoh who are inviting us yearly without fail and some of their students
wanted to help the KLLAC to fold pamphlets and in general work.
We also render our deepest gratitude to LAC Clinic Committee, LAC Staffs and all of the volunteer lawyers such
as Ramlah Begum and Satgurunathan and others who had made this project a success.
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The saying goes “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN THE CURE” and that is our Motto, which we are trying to
achieve to our level best.
The Statistics on School Program year 2006
Data for 2006
NO
DATE
SCHOOLS
INVITED GUESTS / VOLUNTEERS
1
3 APRIL 2006
SMP JALAN IPOH
(2 sessions)
MS RAMLAH (VL), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), MDM AMARJIT
KAUR (HOUSEWIFE), PN FATHIMAH, CIK RINA, CIK ERIN
(WAKE)
2
13 APRIL 2006
SMK SETAPAK INDAH
MS ALEXIS (VL), MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), C/I BALASUBRAMANIAM (SETAPAK STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN
(AG’S), MDM AMARJIT (HOUSEWIFE), MR NELSON THOMAS
(KARATE), EN YAHYA YUSOF (KEWAJA), MS SULASTRI (PTF)
3
28 APRIL 2006
SMP JALAN IPOH
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), INSP. ZURITA AHMAD (SENTUL
STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN (AG’S), PN FATHIMAH
(WAKE), CIK SELFI MUALAMAH (KARATE), MDM AMARJIT
(HOUSEWIFE)
4
15 JUNE 2006
SMK WANGSA MAJU,
SEK 5
MR AHMAD RIDZA (VL), MR SATGURUNATHAN (VL), ASP
TEH BOON ANG (SENTUL STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN
(AG’S), EN YAHYA YUSOF (KEWAJA), MR NELSON THOMAS
(KARATE), MR MARHALEM (HARAPAN KOMUNITI)
5
13 JULY 2006
SMK BATU 8,
MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), ASP AHMAD
PUCHONG, SELANGOR DZAFFIR (PUCHONG STATION), MR BENEDICT (PTF), MR
(KLLAC WAS INVITED) NELSON THOMAS (KARATE)
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15 SEPTEMBER SMK PUTERI
2006
TITIWANGSA
(2 sessions)
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), PN HASLINAH (AWAM), CIK SELFI
MUALAMAH (EX-STUDENT), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), PN
HASLINAH (AWAM), CIK SELFI MUALAMAH (EX-STUDENT)
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20 SEPTEMBER SMK LA SALLE
2006
SENTUL
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), C/I
AZAMUDDIN AHMAD (SENTUL STATION), PN NOORIN
BADARUDDIN (AG’S), MR ARIVALAGAN PONNIYAH
(NATIONAL COACH-KARATE & EX-STUDENT), MDM
AMARJIT (HOUSEWIFE)
8
13 OCTOBER
2006
SMK CONVENT BUKIT PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN (AG’S), MS MOLLY (VL), CIK
NENAS
KOGILA VAANY (EX-NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPS), MDM
AMARJIT KAUR (HOUSEWIFE), PUAN FATHIMAH (PTF)
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17 OCTOBER
2006
SMK SETAPAK INDAH
EN AHMD RIDZA (VL), ASP YAHYA (SETAPAK STATION),
MR RAYMUND JAGAN (JKM COUNSELOR), MR NELSON
THOMAS (KARATE), EN MARHALEM (HARAPAN KOMUNITI)
10
19 OCTOBER
2006
SMK TAMAN
CONNOUGHT
MR RAMESH (VL), C/I JAAFAR NOAH (CHERAS STATION),
MR RAYMUND JAGAN (JKM COUNSELOR), CIK VASANTHA
MARIAH (NATIONAL KARATE ATHLETE), MR BENEDICT (PTF)
GRAND TOTAL
10 SESSIONS includes (4 in same schools)
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SYARIAH CLINIC
Report prepared by Committee
Project Head
Committee Members
Sabrina Ali Mohamad Ashfar
Arham Diyana Abdullah
Mohd Hafiizh Mohd @ Ghazali
Ellysyeliza Mohd Desa
Nur Azlin @ Azliana Arifin
Introduction
The Syariah Clinic operates from the Secretariat and is opened to members of public from Monday to Friday
from 10.00 am - 4.30 pm. This clinic is manned by pupils who are supervised by experienced Syariah Lawyers.
Objectives
The primary objective of this clinic is to provide free legal advise and representation to deserving members of
public especially on matters pertaining to Syariah laws. It further creates awareness and educates the public on
their rights and obligations under syariah law.
The pupils are given a half-day training which focus on law and procedures pertaining to Syariah Civil and Criminal
Law. Pupils are also required to undergo a one-day training with Legal Aid Clinic which provides basic training on
interviewing techniques, means test as well as discussions on criminal, employment and family law.
Activities
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Talk on syariah family law to workers and students of German Malaysian Institute (GMI) on 17
August 2006
Strengths
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Increasing demand from the public
Improves legal knowledge, interviewing and advisory skills via exposure on laws e.g. criminal,
family, employment, immigration and syariah law
Helps to enlighten muslims on their rights and obligations under syariah law
Weaknesses
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Lack of volunteer lawyers to handle files or to supervise pupils at the Centre
Not enough skilled trainers to conduct trainings
Attitude of pupils who do not take their duties seriously
Not enough publicity to the public on this clinic
Recommendations
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To recruit more volunteers
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To have good working relationship with Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Syariah Courts
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To organize more outreach session to create awareness amongst the public on syariah law
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DOCK BRIEF PROGRAMME
Project Head
Baljit Singh Sidhu
Committee Member
Mary Song
Tuan Hanif Hashim
Tuan Kamarul Zaman
Mohd Irwan Nizam
Selvarani Thiyagarajah
Introduction
The programme offers free legal advice, representation and assistance to unrepresented persons in the Magistrate
Courts in Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur. Pupils offer assistance in terms of remand hearings, bail applications and
mitigation of sentences. This programme needs at least about 60 pupils in which 12 pupils are required per day
to cover 7 Courts. As time pass by, we are now covering more than 7 courts including the Traffic Court, Juvenile
Court & Magistrate Court 8 in KL.
Strengths
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Providing legal access to those in need of assistance
Assistance to families of those in remand
Helping to reduce time in remand/prison and the remand population in prison
A popular programme with pupils providing practical court skills
Increase number in bail application
Increase number in representing clients for remand hearings
Weakness
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Lack of confidence and initiative on the part of pupils
Need for cooperation between the Prosecution, Judiciary and LAC
Lack of supervisors to assist pupils in court
Recommendations for the year 2007
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To have more talks and seminars on legal matters such as UNHCR workshop on refugees and
asylum seekers
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Systematic training and briefing for pupils especially by senior practitioners
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Meetings with Judiciary to facilitate the process of representation
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To build a team of legal supervisors to assist pupils in courts
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To come up with plans and strategies to decrease the remand population
Last but not least we would like to thank all our Volunteer Lawyers, Supervisors, our speakers for training; Mr Jagjit
Singh and Mr Akbardin, Court Staff, POs and most importantly Tuan Azman & Other Magistrates and Session
Court Judges for their kind effort in making this programme a successful one.
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4.
ANNUAL REPORT ON SG BULOH AND KAJANG WOMEN PRISON CLINIC,
MIGRANT CLINIC AND JUVENILE REMAND HOME CLINIC
Project Head, Sg. Buloh & Kajang Women Prison
Sivanesan Nadarajah
Project Head, Sg. Buloh & Kajang Women Migrant Prison
Renuka T.Balasubramaniam
Project Head, Juvenile Remand Home Clinic
M. Moganambal
Committee Members
Ramesh Lachmanan
Tan Hui Chuan Samynathan
M Kamalam
Andy Yong Kim Seng
Letchemanan
Benard Francis
Introduction
The Legal Aid Centre (“LAC”) operates the:
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Sungai Buloh Prison Clinic (SBP);
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Sungai Buloh Migrant Prison Clinic (SBMP);
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Kajang Women Prison Clinic (KWP);
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Kajang Women Migrant Prison Clinic (KWMP); and
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Juvenile Remand Home Clinic (JRH).
Initially, each Clinic was run independently. However, in early March 2005, the various programmes were
merged to enable better effective coordination and use of resources and costs under a single programme. The
LAC also collaborates with the Selangor Legal Aid Centre (Selangor LAC) by inviting pupils from the Selangor LAC
to participate in the SBP.
The objectives of the Clinic include, amongst others:
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To ensure detainees have access to legal advice and representation
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To provide legal services to persons under remand, including advice and information on mitigation,
bail, possible punishments for offences committeed and/or other options available to them as
well as to provide moral support and encouragement to detainees;
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To provide an opportunity to chambering students to experience and learn about the criminal
legal system and to offer services to clients who would not otherwise have legal representation;
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To ensure that there is a sufficient pool of volunteer lawyers to provide legal advice; and
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To ensure that an effective follow-up mechanism is in place at prisons to monitor the progress
of matters handled by the clinic.
Summary of the programme
Every three months, approximately 27 pupils from Kuala Lumpur and about 6 to 10 pupils from the Selangor
LAC participate in the Clinic. Teams of pupils, with one or two supervisor visit the various prisons and the JRH to
interview persons under remand. The pupils are given training and manuals containing essential information,
including information on the criminal process and common offences. The pupils also come into the Legal Aid
Centre for followed-up action, which consists of:
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Contacting family members on matters related to bail and legal representation;
Referring relevant cases to the dock brief programme, the respective state legal aid centre or for
capital offences cases, to the court assigned counsel scheme; and
Liaising with volunteer lawyers on the status of files.
The Centre also contacts the respective Embassies to notify them of the presence of the foreign remand prisoners
of their respective countries at the prison for their necessary action. The Centre also refers cases involving inmates
from other states to the respective Bar Council Legal Aid Centres to enable them to do the relevant follow up.
Strengths
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The Clinic provides some comfort to remand prisoners and the opportunity to seek advice on the
likely outcome of their situation.
The Clinic has reached out to many remand prisoners as the first point of contact with these
clients of the LAC, form which they may go on to receive further assistance in the form of legal
representation.
Other cases are referred to the Dock Brief Programme for mitigation and bail application.
The main strength of the Clinic is the working together of the parties involved namely the Legal
Aid Centre in running the Clinic especially the supervisors, the pupils and the Prison’s Authorities.
The Parties have worked together to provide legal assistance to the inmates of the prison whom
otherwise would be unrepresented and are not given an opportunity to see that justice is being done.
As we operate under one programme a revised interview sheet format has been introduced in 2005.
There was a meeting between BCLAC (KL) and Tuan Haji Darussalam the Sungai Buloh Prison’s
Director to discuss the various matters for the year
Weaknesses
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Out of the persons interviewed only a few files are assigned to volunteer lawyers to represent the
accused in the court.
For the other state LACS only advice is given to the remaining clients.
Lack of feedback on the cases referred to the other state Legal Aid Centres.
The Clinics does, however face some setback in achieving its objectives:
Pupils inability to extract proper relevant fact from the detainees, fact not being in order and
inadequately filled Interview Sheets;
Pupil’s inability to give adequate advice to the detainees;
The Centre’s lack of capacity to secure sufficient volunteer lawyers to cope with the increasing
number of cases assigned for court representation.
Recommendation
To improve the success of the Prisons Clinic, the following steps are recommended:
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Where necessary, to have an interpreter available for remand prisoners who are not conversant in
English or Malay;
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To reduce the number of remand prisoners among the lower income segment of society;
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To ensure that remand prisoners do not remain in remand for more than 3 months;
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To ensure that remand prisoners obtain proper advice to enable them to make an informed
decision as to their next course of action;
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To increase liaisons and cooperation with the authorities;
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To have more exposure and training to be given to the pupils;
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To recruit more volunteer lawyer to assists in handling of the cases and supervision of the duty pupils;
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To have (LAC) posters in Prisons and Juvenile Home to enable member of public and family
members to contact us;
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Advocacy skills need to be improved;
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Discipline and punctuality must be strictly observed;
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A merger of the Prison Clinic Programme and Dock Brief Programme;
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To have a short review session at Legal Aid Centre after the interview to provide an opportunity
to pupils to voice out any problems faced and solutions. At the same time, pupils also can
learn from others experience. This might improve pupils’ interview skill and knowledge which
will be beneficial and informative to all those concerned;
To have multi-racial pupils for interviews in order to overcome any language problems as some
of the remand prisoners are not conversant in English and Malay;
To organize similar Prison Clinic Programmes at other state’s legal aid centre;
To visit all the prison cells to have a better understanding on the life of remand prisoners.
This might improve communication with the prisoners;
To encourage pupils to assist the volunteer lawyer handling the cases in order to experience and
learn about the criminal legal system; and
To encourage pupils to handle criminal cases visits interviewed by them during prison visits and
also preferably conduct the mitigation under the Dock Brief Programme.
LAC/AWAM LEGAL INFORMATION SERVICE CLINIC
Report prepared by: AWAM Committee
AWAM Representative
Betty Yeoh
Wong Lai Cheng
Committee Members
Stefeny David
Foo Li Mei, Michelles
Vasanthi Clement
Mary Manickam
Hanita Naliane
Raymond Tan
The Clinic
The clinic is run in co-operation with a voluntary, non-profit and non-government women’s organization, All
Women’s Action Society (AWAM). AWAM established the TELENITA phone counseling service in 1990. Partly as
a result of AWAM success in raising public awareness about violence against women issues, AWAM began to
receive a growing number of calls in relation to women and children who had been abused/violated. Demand for
this service continued to rise, and AWAM later expanded services assistance to include face-to-face counseling
and legal information services as well. The clinic has been going on since September 1994 as many women
whom have contacted TELENITA wanted legal advice but did not know how to get the information and were even
not aware of their legal rights. It was from here that the idea to hold weekly legal clinic begun. The clinic provides
legal advice and assistance on family matters both civil and Syarie, domestic violence, sexual harassment, sexual
abuse and other matters relating to women. The clinic is open from every Mondays to Saturdays from 10.00 am
to 4.30pm at the AWAM Centre in Petaling Jaya. In this clinic, pupils are required to fulfill their duty at AWAM as
part of the legal aid program for the period of 3 months.
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Joint Training Programme
This year joint training program for the pupils was extended to two days. The first day training is on gender
sensitization by the Joint Action Group (JAG) of AWAM/WAO/SIS. The training program has been revamped
to include feminist and gender equality concept. The main objective of these new concepts is to sensitize
young lawyers on gender equality and feminist law. Role-plays have been implemented in order to improve pupil’s
communication skills, as pupils are not allowed to provide counseling service to clients, as they are not trained
counselors. On the day two the training is on civil family law and domestic violence procedure conducted by
LAC/AWAM Committee volunteer lawyers. During the family law training and domestic violence talks, the pupils
participate in the role-plays and case presentation, which is supervised and facilitated by the speakers. These
sessions will ensure that pupils would be able to apply the relevant law after hearing the theory and they are
placed in a situation of applying the law.
The amended program gives pupils a better and clearer understanding of issues and perspectives. Beside
that, pupils also realize that there are loopholes in law. For the past year, the Clinic had been also participated
by male pupils, an encouragement for the development for both sexes to work hand in hand in ending violence
against women and also in partnership with the Legal Aid Centre Selangor.
Legal Intervention
Pupils are needed in this clinic to provide advice, assistance and legal intervention to women via phone or face
to face. During the cause of legal intervention, the pupils shared with us the hurdles the clients face inorder to
obtain their basic fundamental rights. The pupils also provide women with information on their legal rights and
the legal process but in the long term it equips and sensitizes pupils towards issues faced by women in general
in Malaysia. Through this process, the pupils increase their knowledge on the various ways to handle government
authorities.
Lawyers On Duty Thru Phone
This program began since year 2005. Pupils at AWAM are advised to seek clarification or consult the panel lawyers
when pupils are in doubt on legal matters before they advise clients. The panel lawyers are the committee
members, who are willingly to be on stand by to assist the clinic. The panel lawyers on duty will also come in and
check the interview sheets. This is to ensure the smooth running of the clinic.
Outreach Clinic
Primary objective of the outreach clinic is to create awareness to the communities on the legal and social issues.
This year the committee has managed to obtain a contact person at Sri Sabah Flat that is under the banner of
Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur and have a formal letter has been sent to be out and now we are waiting for
a appointment date for meeting.
Awam Clinic- Pupils Sharings
Pupil 1
“The AWAM/Legal Aid Clinic has proved to be a meaningful and informative experience for most of us. Besides
preparing us for the everyday concerns of women’s rights and issues, the Clinic had helped to instill greater
understand and awareness of the actual happenings around us. Overall, my stint at AWAM has been a very
enlightening mind opener. It as provided me with a much clearer and broader outlook on life as it really is.
Pupil 2
“Throughout my chambering students period with AWAM, I have gained experiences that one can’t get in a law
firm. The lesson that I have learned is invaluable as it deals with situations and realities in life that people
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don’t usually expect to see. AWAM has taught me to be more patient and sensitive towards others as well as to
listen more.
Statistics- Cases From Jan To Nov 2006
TYPE OF CASES
Divorce (Civil)
TOTAL
212
Maintenance (Civil)
18
Custody (Civil)
20
Maintenance and Custody (Civil)
6
Judicial Separation
5
Annulment
3
Divorce (Syariah)
32
Maintenance (Syariah)
2
Custody (Syariah)
4
Maintenance and Custody (Syariah)
1
Domestic Violence
84
Sexual Assault
6
Sexual Harassment
7
Child Abuse
1
Conversion
4
Employment
2
Adoption
1
Harassment
3
Others
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6.
487
BCLACKL/PTF LEGAL INFORMATION SERVICE CLINIC 2006
Report submitted by: PTF Committee
Committee Members
Pink Triangle Foundations representatives
BCLACKL representatives
So Chien Hao
Hisham Hussein (PTF Chair)
Preetam Kaur Sulastri Ariffin
Wong Ee Lynn
Loh Wei Leong
Lim Ka-Tsung
Lee Choo Suat, Tevina
Introduction
The Bar Council Legal Aid Centre Kuala Lumpur (BCLACKL) jointly with Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) has
been conducting the legal clinic for the six (6) recognized marginalized communities which is the drug users, sex
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workers, people living with HIV/AIDS, transsexuals and homosexual men and women. At present, we are still maintaining 2 pupils who work in pairs to attend to the PT Clinic every Thursday afternoon
from 2.00 pm till 4.30 pm at PTF premises in Chow Kit. During the morning session, the pupils usually assist in
the LAC Clinic or attend to clients at LAC Clinic.
The PTF representatives for the year 2006 have been single handedly running the PT Clinic. Only recently the
PTF office has managed to obtain their funding from Malaysian Aids Council (MAC) and now they have support
staff to run their Drop in Centre. Our pupils managed to attend to 4 clients’ dealing mainly with issues involving
Identity Cards, Birth Certificate, Foreign Women Visa and Breach of Police Bail cases, which are never ending
issues faced by the communities.
We have in past year conducted 4 pupils trainings program where we had to sensitize the pupils on the pertinent
issues faced by the communities. Some of the pupils on their own initiative have volunteered and networked with PTF.
This year we also managed to translate the “Arrest & Bail” pamphlets into the Chinese and Tamil language,
which was done by our pupils. The Chinese draft had been completed and is now awaiting verifications. This was
done completely on our pupils’ own initiative. The pupils had also voluntarily participated for the PTF Red Ribbon
Campaign at Sungai Wang Plaza.
The activities by the LAC/PTF Clinic which has been conducted and our on going projects for the year 2006 are
as follows: A)
Pupils Program- Legal Information Clinic at PTF
Both So Chien Hao and Preetam Kaur handled the pupils training in rotation. In total we had 8 pupils for the year
2006 assigned to the PTF Clinic.
B) Dialogue Session with the Police Diraja Malaysia
The dialogue sessions was mooted by the LACKL as a first step to build a working relationship with the KL Police
force since we realized that such networking was necessary as we needed to ensure that the Police have a better
understanding of the problems and the issues faced by the Legal Aid Centre when dealing with PTF clients who
are HIV + and drug users who are constantly harassed and arrested during raids and “operasi”.
We sent a letter to Dang Wangi and surprisingly Tuan Kamal Pasha immediately responded and fixed an
appointment for a dialogue session, which was attended by his team of officers including the chief inspectors of
all the police station under his jurisdiction, 2 special branch officers and some officers from the drug and crime
team. Here we would like to take the opportunity to extend our sincere appreciation to Tuan Kamal Pasha and
his team of officers for accepting our invitation for a dialogue session. The Committee hopes in the long run such
networking will sensitize and enhance a greater understanding from the Police force when handling any cases
involving the six communities and they would comply with human rights regulations upon any arrest done. Tuan
Kamal Pasha also stated that the LACKL could call them for any further discussions and the force would assist
us and work together especially in preventing HIV/AIDS to increase.
i)
Inaugural Dialogue Session with Tuan Kamal Pasha (Head, Dang Wangi Police
Station) with 13 Head of Departments The meeting was attended by the OCPD of Dang Wangi, Tuan Kamal Pasha, his Deputy, Information Chief, Chief
CIDs and a few Chief Inspectors of the Police Station in the Klang Valley (Hang Tuah, Dang Wangi, H S Lee etc).
So Chien Hao, Preetam Kaur and Chitrah represented the LACKL. Joe Selvaratnam and Eric represented the
Malaysian Aids Council (MAC) and Mr. Hisham represented the PTF.
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During this session, we briefly highlighted issues such as police arresting the drug users (DU), loosing their IC
and licenses during detention etc. We also highlighted the various raids conducted at spas or places frequented
by gay men where the police have seized the condom machines. Tuan Kamal Pasha assured us that such
practices will be looked into and any human rights violation could be forwarded to him directly for him to take
stern action against the officers involved. Tuan Kamal Pasha also stressed to us that raids which are conducted
within his jurisdiction could not be discontinued, since it is the duty of the police to maintain law and order and
to ensure public safety and are usually done based on peoples’ complaints and during operasi/raid time. Once Mr. Hisham pointed out that the PTF and MAC’s main objectives is to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS infections
where 75% of HIV/AIDS are drug users and the remaining 25% is largely made of heterosexuals, Tuan Kamal
Pasha was shocked. In knowing this statistics, Tuan Kamal Pasha agreed to assist PTF and MAC to reduce the
infections, with the first step of reducing the arrest of anyone carrying condoms, with the assumption that
prostitution or homosexuality was the reason for the carrying of the condoms.
Tuan Kamal Pasha also stated that detainees who suffer from illness especially HIV would be provided
medical attention however if they are not given such attention when requested, the detainees could make a
report against such incidents. Tuan Kamal even requested us to obtain the OCS mobile number if we needed to
speak directly to them on any complaints received.
ii)
Dialogue Session with Dang Wangi Police Station at Ikhlas Drop In Centre, Chow Kit
The joint meeting session was attended by Police representatives from the Narcotics, Lock Up, Deputy Timbalan
OCPD etc (DSP Wan Ahmad, DSP Ding Teow Hing, Chief Insp. Chua Poh Teik, Chief Insp. Abdul Hadi, Tuan Yahya),
Malaysian Aids Council (MAC), Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) (Hisham Hussein and Rafique) representatives
and Bar Council Legal Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) representatives (So Chien Hao, Preetam Kaur and Chitrah).
Initially when the Police officers walked into the Ikhlas Drop In Centre (which caters to the Drug Users (DU) and
People Living with HIV/AIDS community) at Lorong Haji Taib, it was difficult to get the session going as most
participants were ill prepared to face the police in an amicable session. Only later, the session took off with good
participation from both sides and the police officers were patient and willing to answer most questions raised
although some were irrelevant.
Mr. Hisham raised several issue and complaints, which has been collected and documented from the Drug Users
during raids. The loss of Identity Cards and licenses in the lock up was raised by one of the DU. Tuan Yahya
advised us that when a person is arrested and is later released, the detainee has to sign a Borang 59 stating all
his belongings has been returned to him, but in most cases the detainees will sign the form and later complain
that he has lost certain items. When this happens, it will be difficult to investigate as a certain period of time
would have passed and the things cannot be traced.
We hope that from the session held the Police officers have understood the reality of the situation, which is
faced by the DU community during detention.
iii)
The Mass Arrest by OPERASI/RAIDS on Transsexuals and Sex Workers by Brickfields
Police Station
The LACKL for the 1st time conducted a mass legal intervention for about 40 detainees arrested, being mainly
Transsexuals and Sex Workers along with Malaysian Aids Council (MAC), Women & Health (WAKE), Pink Triangle
Foundation (PTF), Sutheswary (Volunteer Lawyer), James Loh (PTF Pupil) and Zaitun Kassim (SUARAM).
The LACKL would here like to mention our utmost sincere appreciation to Ms Dolly Fernando (Administrator,
WAKE) for allowing us to utilized their secretariat as our working station.
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During this intervention by LACKL, most of the detainees were released without being charged in court. Thereafter
some of those that were arrested called LAC and thanked us for the assistance given and have indicated that
they would like us to conduct some dialogue sessions with them. Most of them are from Klang, so we are now
looking into the logistics of having a session with them and as whether to get the Selangor Bar involved.
7.
LAC/WAO LEGAL AID CLINIC
Report prepared by: WAO
Project Head
Meera Samanther
WAO Representatives
Jessie Ang.
Shoba Aiyar
The objective of the clinic is
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To provide free legal services to our telephone and shelter clients.
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To expose the chambering students the various problems faced by clients coming to WAO, in the
hope that they have the skills and empathy to deal with other such clients upon graduation and
entering the legal practice.
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To instill in the students some advocacy skills for legal reform.
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To volunteer their time efforts upon entering practice freely.
WAO is a non profit organisation with a policy that states no one deserves to be abused and in particular, chose
to work with women and children. She opened her shelter twenty four years ago, primarily in giving refuge to
women and their children who were abused physically, psychologically, sexually, financially and socially.
Just giving physical and psychological help was not enough and the management went on to lobby with other
women’s groups and legal associations for legal reforms and remedy in the form of the Domestic Violence Act,
the Guardianship Act and the Child Act, to name a few.
The activities are mostly carried out by paid workers at the Shelter. However, with demands at work and
complexities of cases, we explored the assistance of chambering students complementing the social workers
in pursuit of educating women of their rights in a marriage, choice of legal remedies, seeking fair treatment
and protection. The joint cooperation with Legal Aid Centre started four years ago formally. It started with just
one student once a week to two; one on a Monday and the other on a Friday.
Recently, just about the time the chambering students joined us, we have been receiving diverse kinds of cases;
predominately domestic violence, single pregnant women, Muslim women having problems with their husbands,
polygamy, trafficked women, abused migrant domestic workers, refugees, women facing sexual harassment at
their work place, labor and employment matters, debt and financial matters and also women who have to deal
with husbands changing their faiths.
The work has been overwhelming emotionally for the workers and having the chambering students has helped
the workers look at situations rationally and in the face of law and practicality. We are happy that at times the
students not work in the ambit of their training but also are willing to take out their shoes and spend time with
the women and their children in the various rooms of the shelter; budding them, chatting with them, playing and
singing with them.
The chambering student starts her work with her attending the LAC/AWAM/WAO/SIS training, over one day.
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The syllabus includes family law, syariah law, gender issues, violence’s against women issues, feminism and
practicing listening and helping skills.
Upon arrival at the Shelter, the student has to read the manuals and past reports to have a ‘feel’ of the work.
Usually the student from the previous batch is there to ‘orientate’ and give pointers to the new student. Then
she is put in the deep end-so to speak- to handle the cases as they come.
This year, we have had 9 students who have handled telephone counseling, face to face interviews, recording
documentation of cases, research on the law, accompanying women to the courts, police stations and hospitals.
8.
LAC/SIS CLINIC
Report prepared by SIS
The overall objectives of the Legal Clinic are:
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To provide free legal services to the public
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Obtain data for reform to access to justice and legal reform advocacy
LAC, AWAM and WAO provide similar legal advice service to the public but SIS is the only organization which
identifiably provides assistance to Muslim women pertaining to Malaysian Shariah Law. As such, many
cases get referred to us.
SIS has been providing the service since 2003 and has received around 1720 clients since its inception. The
Clinic has served clients through face-to-face appointments, telephone and e-mail on Islamic Family Law matters.
Please see attached sheet for case statistic of 2006.
This year alone, as at 8 December, 581 people approached Sisters In Islam’s Legal Clinic to seek pro bono legal
aid. SIS member and employee Razlina Razali runs the clinic with the help of in-house trainees who assist as
part of their compulsory practical training. With the help of Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur and Selangor
(the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Legal Aid Centre), SIS’s Legal Clinic is open on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
from 10am to 5pm.
Each person presents various problems and issues that often inter-related, especially in the case of divorce.
Normally, the most common issues that arise are about the financial rights of a wife upon divorce, such as
nafkah, iddah, mut’ah, and harta sepencarian. Among the frequent questions asked are whether they have a
right to harta sepencarian if they were not working or employed prior to the divorce. They were also frequently
confused by threats made by the husband that they would stand to lose all their rights if they were the ones who
filed for divorced. This made them afraid to ask for divorce even if, in most cases, they had very strong grounds
for divorce from the perspective of religious law. The issue of harta sepencarian also arise in the context
of administering inheritance. Women should be made more aware of the administration of inheritance so that
they can claim their rights to harta sepencarian accordingly from the deceased husband’s property.
Going by the kinds of complaints we receive, and the issues that these women want resolved, we are heartened
that women today are more aware of their rights and more courageous in demanding for them.
LAC/NGOs Training
SIS, AWAM and WAO have started a new syllabus with the objectives not only to promote gender sensitivity, but
also to acknowledge that the law is not always just, into the training. The training sessions comprise of subjects
on Sex and Gender, Violence vs Women, Feminism, Feminism and the Law and in the afternoon session, it is
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exclusively dedicated to the Listening Skill. In this session is where the practical ability of the pupils is tested. e-Lawyers
This program began in October, 2006. SIS receives a high volume of email queries from women requiring
information and advice, in particular on Islamic Family Laws and procedures. Our lack of human resources to cope
with the volume has prompted us to explore ways in which we can work with other groups and organisations
to ensure women continue to receive vital information that they need in order to exercise their rights. The
e-lawyers system is not geographically bound which makes it possible to recruit lawyers who are not based in
the KL/Selangor area.
Initially we had tried to get an agreement going with the Penang Bar Shariah Committee (from as far back as
March 2006) but it kept getting stalled. So, we needed a change in strategy – we then set up the e-Lawyers
group, where we get a group of volunteer lawyers to take turns to respond to e-mails from the public. Currently
we have 5 lawyers on file. Erza makes sure the emails go the the lawyers, and we maintain quality control by
having Raz ensure that the answers are in line with SIS perspectives. These volunteers are mainly ex-pupils of
SIS. They are (the pupils) Farah Abd Rahim, Zarina Nadzmuddin, and Mohd Saufi bin Shafiee. Recently, however, the Penang Bar Shariah Committee has begun to be more responsive. So we are still
monitoring this.
Problems/Difficulties
There was a time when SIS faced difficulties in getting enough pupils to assist due to the fact that not many
pupils volunteer to be in this program. But for the final batch for the year 2006, SIS had 4 pupils for the Clinic.
In view of this, the LAC has recently initiated an attachment program with the law faculties of several universities,
the objective of this program being to develop interest amongst students to be involved in NGOs. These students
visit SIS, AWAM and WAO to get to know what each NGO is about.
LAC admits that it has had problems in developing a panel of lawyers which can be consulted when our students are in doubt – because Syariah lawyers are apparently less interested in doing volunteer work. Through
the years, SIS has created its own pool of lawyers, mostly comprising personal friends and previous pupils who
are willing to help. LAC however, has promised to work on this so that we have a reliable panel of lawyers.
List of Cases for the Year 2006 Jan-Nov
TYPE OF CASES
Registration Of Marriage/Marriage Procedure
TOTAL
58
Wali/Wali Hakim
13
Marriage Conditions/Additional Marriage Condition
7
Polygamy
28
Divorce Procedure
232
Alimony, Compensation & Matrimonial Assets
53
Caveat on Matrimonial Property
0
Wife Maintenance
23
Custody (Hadhanah)
51
Children’s maintenance
37
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Wife Disobedience (Nusyuz)
6
Domestic Violence
8
Reconciliation (Ruju’)
11
Illegitimate Children
11
Adoption Of Children
1
Division Of Property (Faraid)
46
Will (Wasiat)
4
Gifts (Hibah)
3
Syariah Criminal Offences
5
Conversion Procedure
9
Sexual Assault
0
Sexual harassment
2
Complaints on Shariah Court
2
Complaints on Prosecution Department
0
Appointment of lawyer
3
Complaints about lawyer
2
Procedure to Change Lawyer
0
Court Order/Enforcement of Order
3
Counselling
9
Miscellanous
42
Wakaf
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As of November, we received 568 clients with various problems identified as in the Table. The total of cases does
not represent the number of clients as one client faced various problems.
9.
LAC/TENAGANITA MIGRANT WORKERS CLINIC
Report prepared by Tenaganita
Project Head
Anni Santhiago
Tenaganita Representative
Aegile Fernandez
Florida
The Migrant Rights Program handles cases of migrants from different countries and from the 5 sectors working
in Malaysia comprising of both documented and undocumented workers including refugees. Today we receive
migrant workers from 12 countries. It also handles cases of arrest, domestic violence. Divorce, statelessness
and advise sought by employers and agents.
Our objective is to promote and increase the migrant workers protection of their rights. In doing this, the desk,
besides helping the migrant workers in solving their cases, empowers them to face their challenges in protecting
their rights.
Migrant Workers Clinic in partnership with Legal Aid Centre of the KL BAR has worked together in asserting
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Migrant Workers Protection. The dedication of Young Pupils in the case management has contributed greatly
in achieving our objective. In 2006, a total of 50 pupils have participated in the Migrant Workers Clinic which
is based at Tenaganita. The pupils gained considerable practical skills when delivering their legal services to
the migrant workers. They are confronted with real life situation of the various legal gaps in the protection of
migrant workers in Malaysia. While most pupils are exposed to a theoretical education system, pupils at the
Migrant Clinic learn and apply their knowledge, as well as identifying the gaps in law and policies in practical
circumstances.
The Migrant Workers Clinic begins with 2 days compulsory training. Any pupil not attending the 2 days training
will be barred from the program. In 2006, 2 pupils have been barred from the program as they did not attend the
1st day training. It is crucial as the organization deals with government agencies and the court daily. 1st day of
training begins with an introduction of the organization, our objectives and our mission. The pupils are then taken
through an overview on the historical patterns of migration, tracing back to the 18th century and the development
in the 21st century in the light of Industrialization and Globalization. The pattern of migration in Asia and most
importantly they are given an in-depth look into migration in Malaysia, The session continues on enhancing
their skills on listening, communication and negotiation. The session ends with current laws and policies related
to migration, Labour laws, Family laws, arrest and detention conducted in line with International laws and
various UN Conventions and Instruments by Ms Anni Santhiago.
The 2nd day training begins with the out going pupils sharing and exchanging their views, expectation,
experiences and mistakes learned with the new batch of pupils. The second half of the program focus on practical
training of documentation skills, discussion and workshop of case studies on issues, who are the stakeholders,
laws and policies applicable and the remedies are discussed. The training ends with the do’s and dont’s and
in- house rules that must be adhered strictly when on duty.
Each file handled are supervised and the pupils must report back. Pupils are required to write a brief report on
each file they handle. Their task and responsibilities are as follows:Tasks and responsibilities
•
Documentation of new cases which normally takes about 2 to 3 hours. A challenging task
with different languages and thus strengthens the skills in obtaining facts for the next course of action.
•
Drafting of letters to various government authorities, Embassies, employers and assisting
complainants in drafting and filing police report. Follow – up on police investigation.
•
Assisting in negotiations with employers (companies) and recruiting agents for a speedier
settlement to save time and cost.
•
Follow-up of cases with various government agencies, court and embassies
•
Visit to detention camps and prisons for repatriation and documentation
•
Accompanying migrant workers to hospitals/ clinic for medical treatment and as a go- between
with doctors.
Each time a pupil handles a file at the various government departments they are faced with many challenges
dealing with bureaucracy brush off, delays and long waits. As most government departments have now
moved to Putrajaya, the pupils are advised to travel early so that they may return early and not be caught in
the evening traffic. However, despite measures taken, delays are sometime unavoidable due to the number
of cases being handled. According to the pupils the most difficult government agency they have dealt with is
the Immigration Department.
Pupils are challenged on their negotiation skill as well. For every negotiation the position we take is only to
facilitate for an amicable settlement. We will not take sides or be judgmental but only argue for our client’s
best interest based on the facts available. Negotiation and early settlement are always encouraged as Immigration
policies are not protective of migrant workers right. Justice delayed is justice denied. Migrant workers with long
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allowed to work. Special pass are allowed to be renewed for 3 months only after which they fall into the illegal
status.
Outstanding Issues
•
Renewal of special pass to migrant workers pending court cases are delayed or most of the times
refused by Immigration Department
•
Right to work denied for migrant workers pending court cases
•
Withholding of passport by Employers or agents and lack of enforcement by Immigration
Department in retrieving the passport
•
Cheated recruitment by agent in promise of legal employment
•
Increase in Industrial Accidents
•
Outsourcing worker – Issues in determining who is responsible, employer or agencies?
•
Absence of employment contract
What the pupil says …
The biggest hurdle for me was the Immigration Enforcement Department at Putrajaya. Even request for renewal
of special pass was made so difficult when the reason was so obvious.
The whole experience taught me that whoever the people are, no matter how different they are from us, what
they wanted was just the same like anyone else, to have a better life, to be respected for what they do and to
be recognized for their hard work. It doesn’t matter that we speak different languages. What matter is we
understand the same word, “right and wrong” … Zudy Zharrelyn Andrew
2006
One of the most important thing I have gained from my experience at the clinic in Tenaganita is the analyzing
and strategizing involved. Many foreign workers who enter into the clinic have little education or money and it
is not surprising that when they seek help at the clinic, they lack empowerment. They do not understand what
their avenues for help are. Part of my task was to evaluate their situation and consider what the most effective
solution to their problem is. This is done by familiarizing myself with the relevant legislations such as the
Immigration Act 1959 and understanding from a practical view point the legal implication of their situation.
…Sean Tan
2006
10. LEGAL AWARENESS PROGRAM (ORIENTATION)
Project Head
Sivarasa Rasiah
Committee Members
Rajen Devaraj (Bar Council)
Charles Hector
N Surendran
Sunil Vijayan
Sukvinder Kaur
Latheefa Koya
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Kavitha Rajan
Parames K
K. Arumugam
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Introduction
This program intends to give pupils a “real dimension” as to what is required from them in their 14-day compulsory
Legal Aid duty and to introduce them to the various clinics and programs conducted by Legal Aid Centre.
Objectives
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To assist pupils to discover their role and responsibility as lawyers in society, and to develop a
sense of social obligation and a concern for human rights, rule of law and justice
To introduce pupils to new ideas, and to instill and develop long term commitment towards
legal aid and access to justice, beyond the compulsory Legal Aid duty
The sessions (about 4 ½ hours each), uses a participative methodology, with group dynamics and general
discussions. The structure is new, and is being modified and developed according to pupils’ evaluations.
Activities
Throughout the year the committee has conducted and introduced the following programs/sessions:
•
Eight (8) orientation sessions were held and have trained approximately 520 pupils. •
The committee also has opened up the orientation session for pupils from
other states. To date the committee had trained approximately 25 pupils from Selangor Legal Aid. •
Introduced an Exit Evaluation Session for all pupils involved in the various LAC programs to
appreciate their contribution to the public and LAC. Three (3) sessions were held and approximately
300 pupils have participated in the sessions and shared their experience in the various
programs which they have served as part of their legal aid duty. Pupils from Selangor Legal Aid
also participated in this session.
•
Conducted a pilot “Legal Awareness and Leadership for Lawyers” program at Selesa Health Farm
Resort, Bukit Tinggi, Bentong Pahang on 3rd to 5th November 2006 to encourage pupils/
young lawyers to continue their involvement in the Legal Aid Centre (LAC) on a long term
basis. The session was held mainly due to the fact that to date, pupils have not been
encouraged to volunteer their service and be involved in the LAC after completion of their
duties under the various LAC programs. The main objectives of this program are (i) to motivate
and encourage pupils/young lawyers to be more involved in the LAC; (ii) to introduce soft skills
essential for leadership; and (iii) to enhance their knowledge in specific areas/issues. Pupils
from Selangor and Kedah also have participated in this training
Proposed Activities for the future:
•
Besides the normal programs, the Committee suggested having training for new trainers to
focus on orientation facilitating skills for the coming year.
Strengths
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•
Committee members who are committed and their ability to come up with ideas to further im
prove the program and implement new programs
Motivation of pupils on the need to serve the needy and marginalized
Education of pupils on human rights and instills in them a sense of justice
Committee members who are committed and their ability to come up with ideas to further improve
the program and implement new programs
Weaknesses
•
•
Time, Human Resources / Volunteers with the appropriate skills or those open to undergoing training
Budget constraints and Follow-Up Actions.
Recommendations
•
To be able to organize more awareness and human rights sessions for lawyers and/or even
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11.
the public
To organize training and formation sessions for lawyers involved in Legal Aid/Human Rights work
at the Legal Aid & Human Rights Centres of the Bar Council.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Committee Members
K A Ramu Ravi Nekoo Mary Manickam Pushpa Ratnam Parames K Kavitha Rajan
Sukhvinder Kaur Tamil Selvi Krishnaraj Sreekant Pillai
Agnes Chow
Thineswary M
Vilashini Menon
Kurien Ray Joseph
Jayamurugan Vadivelu
Doreen Wan
Andiappan Arumugam
A. Balakisnan
Introduction
This Program aims to develop/enhance skills and increase motivation amongst all pupils, NGO partners and volunteer
lawyers in order to improve the quality of service delivered to the clients.
Objectives:
•
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•
Activities
i)
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Organizing/evolving training programs for current and future volunteers lawyers and paralegals to
meet the needs of LACKL
Assisting with training programs for pupils
Reviewing the training programs making recommendations for improvements, as appropriate
Training of trainers.
Training Workshop on “How to Handle Conversion Cases” (20 May 2006)
This training was mooted due to the fact that there is a dearth of practitioners volunteering to take
up cases in view of the tremendous increase of LAC clients requiring advice on conversion matters.
The training session was held with particular emphasis to provide guidance to lawyers on the
various legal and procedural aspects of conversion cases.
128 participants – which include the existing pool of LAC volunteers, new lawyers, NGO partners
and pupils attended this training session. Out of 128 participants, a total of 33 representatives
from other State Bar and State Legal Aid Centre, namely Malacca, Penang, Negeri Sembilan,
Kedah, Perak, Kelantan and Johore also attended this training.
The training included various issues concerning the conversion matters and the dual legal system
practiced in Malaysia especially in cases where on of two non-Muslim spouse decides to
convert to Islam and cases involving renunciation of Islam.
Criminal Law Training (15 & 16 September 2006)
This training was jointly organized with Bar Council’s Criminal Law Committee, KL Bar CLE Committee and the Selangor Legal Aid.
This training session was held with particular emphasis on the preparation and enhancing the
skills of defence lawyers in criminal trials.
The aim of the training was twofold, firstly to create a ready pool of able lawyers who would acquire
advocacy skills in conducting criminal trials competently. Secondly, having acquired these skills,
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these lawyers would then be expected and requested, from time to time, to assist the poor and
marginalized members of our society who seek legal representation from the Bar Council Legal
Aid Centre (Kuala Lumpur) and the other various State Legal Aid Centres.
A total of 63 practising lawyers and 36 pupils together with 120 final year law students of
University Malaya and 13 UKM law students participated in the training. Lawyers from Selangor,
Malacca, Johore, Kedah and Terengganu also attended this training.
The training was conducted by Mr Jagjit Singh, Mr Manjeet Singh Dhillon,,
Encik Akberdin Abdul Kadir, Mr Edmund Bon, Mr Tan Hock Chuan, Mr Mah Weng Kwai, Dato’
Kumarendran and Mr Harminder Singh.
For continuity in the training and to bolster the confidence of lawyers to handle criminal files, a
“Buddy System” was introduced, for experienced criminal defence lawyers to guide new criminal
law practitioners.
Proposed Activities for the future:
The Committee had planned the following training sessions for the coming year:
•
Criminal Law
•
Family Law
•
Employment Law
•
Syariah Law and
•
Staff Training on Team Building for all State LAC Staff.
Strengths
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•
•
Enhances the legal skills, knowledge and confidence of participants, to equip and encouraged
them to handle files and carry out Legal Aid work.
Facilitates and complements existing LACKL programs
Committed Committee members and their ability to come up with ideas to implement and
further improve the training session.
Weaknesses
•
Budget constraints.
Recommendations
•
Duration - Most participants prefer shorter hours and for the program to be conducted over a
few days as opposed to the long hours now.
•
Crowd Capacity- Sessions should be conducted in smaller groups to be more effective
•
Concise - Topics covered should be more focused. The reading materials should be more well
organized and in a compact form.
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To extend invitation to senior lawyers as trainers.
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Videotape training sessions, for future sessions and to incorporate into training materials for pupils
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LAporan Pengerusi
A. Pengenalan
Ia adalah satu kebanggaan bagi saya selaku Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur (JPKL) untuk melaporkan kepada ahliahli bahawa penggal 2006/07 merupakan penggal yang sibuk dan
produktif hasil kerja keras dan dedikasi Sekretariat, ahli-ahli pelbagai
jawatankuasa kecil dan para sukarelawan yang mengorbankan masa
mereka dalam meningkatkan kepentingan dan kebajikan Bar Kuala
Lumpur.
Di dalam penggal ini, kami meneruskan lagi matlamat utama penggal
lepas, iaitu mengadakan dialog yang kerap dengan Badan
Kehakiman serta pihak berkuasa, meningkatkan ataupun setidaktidaknya mengekalkan pendapatan daripada sumber bukan yuran
ahli, memperkenalkan khidmat bukan profesional kepada ahli-ahli
serta pembaikan yang berterusan ke atas Sekretariat. Perlu disebutkan
disini berkenaan produktiviti Jawatankuasa Pendidikan UndangUndang Lanjutan yang mana aktiviti syarahan dan bengkel yang
dijalankannya hampir setiap minggu, telah menyumbang kepada
peningkatan besar di dalam pendapatan daripada sumber bukan
yuran ahli yang diperolehi (mencukupi bagi menampung sewa
Auditorium Bar KL yang berjumlah RM50,078.40 setahun). Kedudukan
kewangan kami adalah stabil dengan penambahan sumbangan
kewangan daripada rakan kongsi sektor swasta melalui usahasama
dan juga pengiklanan.
Kami amat berbesar hati dengan pengukuhan hubungan dengan
rakan kami di dalam pentadbiran undang-undang. Kami telah terusmenerus menjalankan dialog yang lazim diadakan dengan Badan
Kehakiman serta Ketua pelbagai Bahagian, untuk menyelesaikan isuisu berbangkit sejak mesyuarat yang lepas. Sehubungan dengan itu,
usaha yang dijalankan oleh Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah
amatlah dihargai. Hakim Besar Malaya yang telah bersara amat
reseptif terhadap pandangan kami dan telah memberikan bantuan
yang termampu oleh beliau. Kami berharap bahawa pengganti Tan Sri
Dato’ Siti Norma Yaakob juga seorang yang berfikiran terbuka seperti
beliau.
Kami juga gembira kerana dapat membuka ruang baru komunikasi
dengan Pejabat Peguam Negara, dimana cadangan kami dalam
memperbaiki sistem undang-undang jenayah adalah dialu-alukan.
Kami mengucapkan terima kasih kepada yang Yang Berhormat
Peguam Negara di atas kerjasama beliau di dalam mengurangkan
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keperluan “draconian” kuorum untuk Mesyuarat
Agung Tahunan Bar Malaysia dan Bar Negeri, yang telah
menyebabkan pengurangan yang besar di dalam
perbelanjaan.
Ucapan selamat bersara kami tujukan kepada
Tan Sri Dato’ Siti Norma Yaakob dan berharap beliau
menjalani persaraan yang menggembirakan.
Kami juga mengucapkan selamat sembuh kepada
Tan Sri Dato’ Abdul Malek Ahmad. Beliau merupakan
seorang banyak memberi sokongan kepada Bar melalui
dengan sikap reseptif beliau terhadap pandangan
kami serta pernyertaan beliau di dalam acara-acara
Bar. Bar KL ingin meyampaikan ucapan takziah kepada
keluarga Yang Arif Dato’ Abdul Wahab bin Said Ahmad
di atas pemergiannya yang tidak disangkakan. Budi
bahasa dan pembawaan kehakiman yang berhemat
(measured judicial temperament), jenaka pintar dan
kelucuan Yang Arif akan dikenang oleh ahli-ahli Bar.
B. Aktiviti Jawatankuasa
(i)
Survey oleh JPKL
Untuk lebih memahami keperluan ahli–ahli, satu
survey telah diadakan mengenai cabaran dan
masalah yang dihadapi oleh ahli-ahli. Walaupun
kami hanya menerima 20 borang survey yang
dilengkapkan, maklumbalas yang diterima daripada
ahli-ahli adalah instruktif. Meskipun para ahli memberi
pujian keatas perkhidmatan JPKL, survey tersebut
memperlihatkan bahawa ahli-ahli menghadapi
masa yang sukar, berhadapan dengan cabaran
seperti kekurangan tugasan, tekanan b a g i
m enurunkan bayaran perkhidmatan, masalah
merekruit dan melatih kakitangan dan kesulitan
dalam aliran kewangan. Daripada maklumbalas
yang diterima kami telah merancang mengadakan
seminar bagi melatih kakitangan dan juga membangkitkan
isu-isu tersebut di dalam Majlis Peguam.
(ii) Mesyuarat dengan Menteri Hal-Ehwal UndangUndang, Peguam Negara, Presiden Mahkamah
Rayuan, Hakim Besar Malaya dan Berkenaan
Kompleks Mahkamah Baru di Jalan Duta
1.
Kami telah bertemu Yang Berhormat Datuk
Seri Mohamad Nazri Aziz pada 12 September 2006,
dan memohon supaya beliau mempertimbangkan
penubuhan Suruhanjaya Perlantikan Hakim,
Suruhanjaya Reform Undang-Undang, IPCMC,
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sistem Ombudsman dan Suruhanjaya DiRaja bagi
Krisis Kehakiman 1988, memperuntukkan sumber
yang lebih bagi Kehakiman (termasuklah sistem
e-Mahkamah yang sewajarnya) serta melihat kepada
penahanan semula dan kadar jenayah di dalam
negara. Kami telah bersepakat untuk tidak bersetuju
dalam sesetengah isu dimana Menteri tersebut tidak
berkongsi pandangan kami.
2.
Kami telah menemui Presiden Mahkamah
Rayuan pada 6 Jun 2006 dan Hakim Besar Malaya
pada 15 November 2006. Kami membangkitkan
isu berkenaan kualiti para Hakim, tunggakan
kes, pembaikan ke atas sistem, kompleks baru
Mahkamah, arahan amalan dan lain-lain isu.
3.
JPKL telah bertemu dengan Peguam Negara buat
pertama kalinya, setelah beberapa tahun, dan ia
merupakan per temuan yang membuahkan hasil
yang baik dimana kami dapat mengutarakan isu
penahanan semula, penemuan di dalam perbicaraan
jenayah, keadaan Kehakiman, penubuhan Suruhanjaya
Perlantikan Hakim dan Suruhanjaya Reform UndangUndang, serta pembaikan di dalam sistem pentadbiran
undang-undang.
4.
JPKL telah mengadakan lawatan kerja ke
kompleks baru Mahkamah pada 28 November 2006
dan masalah yang kami jangka akan berlaku adalah
kekurangan tempat letak kereta serta pengangkutan awam.
5.
JPKL telah menulis kepada Perdana
Menteri,Ketua Hakim Negara dan Ketua Polis Negara,
bagi memohon mesyuarat diadakan. Namun begitu,
sehingga tarikh laporan ini disediakan, masih tiada
sebarang mesyuarat ditetapkan.
(iii)
Usahasama dengan LexisNexis
JPKL dengan usahasama LexisNexis telah mengadakan
perasmian Pencarian Harta Karun LexisNexis-Bar KL
bagi mengutip dana untuk kebajikan dan program
Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan Bar KL. Acara
ini juga diadakan bagi mengukuhkan perhubungan
dengan LexisNexis, salah satu pembekal utama
bagi penyelesaian maklumat (information solution)
dan rakan kongsi lama bagi golongan peguam.
Pencarian Harta Karun tersebut diadakan pada 4
November 2006, dari Kuala Lumpur ke Genting. 250
orang perserta di dalam 66 buah kereta telah
mengambil bahagian di dalam acara ini, yang telah
berjaya mengumpul lebih kurang RM18,500.00
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(iv)
Fast Track PRO Finance oleh CIMB
Bank Bhd
Kami berharap dengan pelancaran CIMB Fast Track
PRO Finance yang menyediakan kemudahan
pembiayaan bagi ahli-ahli, dapat mengurangkan
masalah aliran kewangan yang dihadapi sebahagian
daripada para peguam.
Skim ini dilancarkan pada 17 November 2006. Ia
adalah unik, kelulusan diperolehi dengan pantas,
mudah dan pakej pinjaman yang murah disediakan
khusus untuk membantu membiayai para professional
di dalam mengembangkan modal kerja dan
perniagaan, termasuklah pembiayaan peralatan
dan pengubahsuaian premis kerja. Pinjaman
maksimum berjumlah RM100,000.00 pada kadar
bunga yang kompetatif, serendah BLR + 1.5% setahun
Kami mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Tan Sri
Dato’ Seri Haidar Mohamed Nor di atas kerjasama
beliau dalam menghasilkan projek ini.
(v)
Pusat Bantuan Guaman - Rayuan
untuk Lebih Ramai Sukarelawan dan Siasatan
1.
Untuk penggal ini, saya bagi pihak JPKL telah
menulis kepada 918 firma guaman di Kuala Lumpur
merayu agar lebih ramai memberi bantuan dengan
sukarela di dalam pelbagai projek Pusat Bantuan
Guaman. Rayuan tersebut telah membawa peningkatan
sebanyak 76 sukarelawan peguam untuk Pusat Bantuan
Guaman.
2.
3 ahli Panel Siasatan yang dilantik untuk
menyiasat pelbagai tuduhan ke atas Pusat Bantuan
Guaman KL telah menyerahkan laporan kepada Majlis
Peguam dan mendapati bahawa tuduhan-tuduhan
yang dibuat adalah tidak benar. Terdapat cadangan
dibuat oleh Panel tersebut dan ia dipertimbangkan
oleh Pusat Bantuan Guaman Nasional dan Pusat
Bantuan Guaman KL.
(vi)
Mesyuarat-mesyuarat Jawatankuasa
Sehingga 31.12.2006, Jawatankuasa telah berjumpa
sebanyak 10 kali dan kehadiran setiap ahli adalah
seperti berikut:
Lim Chee Wee
R Ravindra Kumar
Anand Ponnudurai
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Abdul Rashid Ismail
N Sivananthan
GK Ganesan
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Ravindran Nekoo
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9
9
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Steven Thiru, wakil ke Majlis Peguam dijemput untuk
menghadiri mesyuarat-mesyuarat Jawatankuasa
sebagai pemerhati dan juga untuk melapor ke Majlis
Peguam mengenai perkara-perkara yang berkaitan
apakala penting dan diperlukan. Beliau telah menghadiri
9 mesyuarat kesemuanya.
Pengerusi dan Setiausaha Peguam Muda, Richard
Wee dan Melissa Ram, dijemput untuk menghadiri
mesyuarat-mesyuarat Jawatankuasa sebagai pemerhati.
Mereka menghadiri sejumlah 10 dan 7 mesyuarat
masing-masing.
(vii) Kewangan, Yuran dan Pendapatan Bukan
Yuran
Kedudukan kewangan Jawatankuasa kekal stabil
dengan jumlah wang sebanyak RM640,778.70 di
Deposit Tetap dan RM271,227.02 di dalam Akaun
Amanah dengan Amanah Raya Berhad. Perincian
bagi kedudukan kewangan adalah sepertimana yang
dibentangkan di dalam Akaun Teraudit berakhir pada
31.12.2006.
Yuran bagi tahun 2006 dikekalkan pada RM100.00
di Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan pada 09.03.2006.
Pada akhir tahun kewangan bagi Jawatankuasa pada
31.12.2006, 85 ahli-ahli masih belum menjelaskan
yuran bagi tahun 2006.
Kami dapat memungut sejumlah RM97,176.72 dari
tajaan-tajaan, pengiklanan di laman web dan surat
berita dan syarahan Pendidikan Undang-undang Lanjutan.
Seperti penggal yang lepas, kami membuat sasaran
untuk mendapatkan belanjawan yang seimbang supaya
nilai yuran dapat dimanfaatkan kepada ahli-ahli dengan
cara mengadakan aktiviti-aktiviti. Namun, setelah aktivitiaktiviti diadakan, kami mendapati masih terdapat
lebihan kewangan pada akhir tahun kewangan
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Aktiviti-aktiviti Jawatankuasa
Kecil
12 Jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa Kecil dan pengerusipengerusi mereka adalah:
D. Obituari-obituari
Kami merekod dengan dukacitanya kematian ahliahli Bar Kuala Lumpur berikut sepanjang penggal
Jawatankuasa ini, dari Mac 2006:
Anandan Ganesan pada 28.06.2006
Phang Ah Hee pada 12.07.2006
David Chai Kai Wooi pada 11.08.2006
Lim Chor Pee pada 05.12.2006
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Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan:
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Amalan Konveyansing
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Perhubungan Mahkamah (Sivil)
R Ravindra Kumar
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Amalan Jenayah:
N Sivananthan
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Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar:
GK Ganesan
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Teknologi Maklumat:
Abdul Rashid Ismail
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Bantuan Guaman:
Ravindran Nekoo
(Setiausaha Bantuan Guaman)
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Penerbitan:
Lim Chee Wee
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Hal Ehwal Pelatih-pelatih Dalam Kamar:
Daripada maklumat yang diperolehi daripada Pendaftar
Mahkamah Tinggi Malaya buat masa ini, kami
menjangkakan masalah yang agak besar akan
timbul berikutan dengan pemindahan MahkamahMahkamah ke Jalan Duta, dimana terdapat kekurangan
tempat letak kereta, pengangkutan awam dan jarak
diantara pelbagai Mahkamah merangkumi ruang
yang amat luas. JPKL sekarang dan semestinya JPKL
bagi penggal yang akan datang akan mencuba
sedaya upaya memastikan peralihan tersebut berjalan
dengan licin.
Abdul Rashid Ismail
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Sosial:
Ivan Wong
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Sukan:
Anand Ponnudurai
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Peguam Muda:
Richard Wee
Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing telah beberapa
kali menulis kepada Pejabat Tanah Wilayah, memohon
supaya diadakan satu temujanji bertujuan
membincangkan masalah yang dihadapi oleh ahliahli kita. Namun begitu, tiada sebarang maklum balas
diperolehi. Sebagai penyelesaian terakhir, kami telah
mengadakan satu sidang media pada 22.11.2006
untuk mengutarakan masalah ini. Walaubagaimanpun,
tiada sebarang liputan dibuat oleh akhbar.
Laporan pelbagai jawatankuasa Kecil yang
diser takan, memperlihatkan kerja-kerja yang telah
diusahakan oleh jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa Kecil.
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JPKL akan menemui Hakim RKK1 yang baru bagi
mendapatkan tarikh bagi mengadakan Istiadat “Reference”
untuk menghormati dan mengingati ahli-ahli Bar yang
tersebut diatas dan Hira Singh yang meninggal dunia
pada 12.11.2005.
E. Cabaran
(i)
(iii)
Kompleks Baru Mahkamah
Pejabat Tanah
Keadaan Semasa Bar
Penggal ini merupakan penggal berlakunya pergolakan,
dimana Mesyuarat Agung Luar Biasa pada 16
November 2006 telah mempertimbangkan Usul
Tidak Percaya terhadap 6 ahli Majlis Peguam serta
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berlaku kekecohan (fiasco) berkenaan undi pos
pilihanraya. Keadaan sekarang ini adalah amat
menyedihkan dan memalukan. Namun begitu, ia
tidak menghalang para ahli daripada menjalankan
tugas mulia mereka. Gambaran keyakinan para ahli
boleh dilihat dengan pengelibatan ahli-ahli Bar yang
telah bermurah hati menyumbangkan masa mereka
mendidik ahli-ahli lain melalui program Pendidikan
Undang-Undang Lanjutan serta memberi khidmat
nasihat dan mewakili mereka yang tidak berkemampuan
bagi menampung kos guaman, dan juga terlibat dalam
membantu program-program Jawatankuasa Peguam
KL. Ahli-ahli kita juga telah bermurah hati mendermakan
wang mereka untuk kebajikan melalui Malam
Kebajikan yang berlangsung dengan jayanya. Acara
tersebut diaturkan oleh Peguam Muda (ia berjaya
mengutip RM18,000.00) dan derma kepada Dana
Pendidikan Lanjutan Undang-Undang melalui acara
Pencarian Harta Karun, satu usahasama dengan
LexisNexis.
(iv)
Pembelian Bangunan Sendiri
Sekretariat (termasuk Auditorium Bar KL) buat masa
ini menduduki 5,297.6 kaki persegi manakala Pusat
Bantuan Guaman KL menduduki 1,877 kaki persegi.
Kami membayar sewa masing-masing, berjumlah
RM10,595.20 dan RM3,754.00 sebulan. Perancangan
asal kami adalah untuk turut berpindah bersama
Majlis Peguam sekiranya ia mempertimbangkan untuk
membeli premis baru ataupun premis kedua. Namun
begitu, pencariannya tidak berhasil. Kemudian, kami
bercadang untuk membeli premis kami sendiri di Solaris
Dutamas supaya lebih hampir dengan Kompleks
Mahkamah baru. Bagaimanapun, harga belian pada
RM4,959,000.00 untuk 13,020 kaki persegi (termasuk
Pusat Bantuan Guaman KL) dan RM2,726,000.00
untuk 7,258 kaki persegi (untuk Sekretariat sahaja)
dengan caj penyelenggaraan masing-masing pada
RM3,906.00 dan RM2,177.40 sebulan, memerlukan
kenaikan yang tinggi bagi yuran untuk beberapa tahun.
Kami juga mempertimbangkan premis alternatif di
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kawasan Hartamas dan Jalan Duta. Namun begitu,
kami gagal mendapatkan premis yang bersesuaian
dengan kehendak dari segi ruang dan juga kemampuan
kewangan. Kami mengalu-alukan cadangan daripada
ahli-ahli yang mungkin mempunyai lebih maklumat
daripada kami, di dalam hal-hal hartanah.
F. Kesimpulan
Selain daripada individu yang disebutkan pada awal
tadi, JPKL menghargai kerjasama dan bantuan yang
diberikan oleh Hakim-Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi,
Timbalan dan Penolong Kanan Pendaftar serta HakimHakim Mahkamah Sesyen dan Majistret-Majistret.
Saya gembira menjalankan khidmat saya di dalam
penggal yang kedua ini, dan memohon maaf di atas
kekurangan yang mana mungkin disebabkan oleh
kesilapan JPKL. Saya berharap agar ahli-ahli
menghargai apa yang dilakukan oleh kami hanyalah
setakat mana yang termampu, dengan sumbersumber yang kami ada.
Akhir sekali, saya optimistik bahawa, kebaikan dan
kebenaran akan terserlah juga di pengakhirannya,
dan masalah yang dihadapi oleh Bar akan berakhir
dengan penyatuan Bar.
Lim Chee Wee
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur 2006/07
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LAporan Sekretariat 2006/07
Kakitangan
Di dalam tahun 2006, Sekretariat telah kehilangan salah seorang
daripada Pegawai Eksekutifnya, Kavitha, kepada profesion perundangan.
Beliau yang menyertai Sekretariat pada 05.02.2003 dan pada
01.05.2006 telah menamatkan perkhidmatannya untuk menjalani
latihan di dalam kamar dan seterusnya diterima masuk ke Bar. Kami
di Sekretariat mengucapkan agar kejayaan sentiasa bersama beliau
di dalam bidang yang baru diceburinya. Kami gembira bahawa beliau
masih lagi sebahagian daripada kami sungguhpun dalam kapasiti
yang berlainan.
Kekosongan jawatan tersebut kemudiannya diisi oleh Nazatul Syima,
seorang graduan Teknologi Maklumat. Beliau bagaimanapun mengambil
keputusan untuk beralih ke lapangan Teknologi Maklumat, setelah 3
bulan berkhidmat dengan Sekretariat. Tempat beliau digantikan oleh
Melissa Dass, graduan Undang-Undang yang menyertai Sekretariat
pada 07.08.2006.
Melissa mengendalikan Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat,
Jawatankuasa Penerbitan, Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal Pelatih,
Jawatankuasa Sosial dan Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda manakala
seorang lagi Pegawai Eksekutif, Azura, mengendalikan Jawatankuasa
Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan, Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing,
Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah, Jawatankuasa Amalan
Jenayah dan Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar. Jawatankuasa
Sukan dikendalikan oleh Rajan, Pegawai Pentadbiran yang juga
selain daripada menyelenggarakan direktori ahli, menjalankan
pelbagai tugas pentadbiran. Mereka ini dibantu oleh kakitangan lain
yang mempunyai skop tugas tersendiri. Struktur Organisasi dengan
maklumat terperinci bagi setiap portfolio dimuatkan di dalam laman
web Bar KL www.klbar.org.my
Di dalam tahun 2006 juga, Sekretariat telah kehilangan Hong,
seorang pekerja am yang telah berkhidmat untuk Jawatankuasa Peguam
Kuala Lumpur (JPKL) selama hampir 9 tahun. Beliau menamatkan
perkhidmatannya pada 01.02.2006. Tiada gantian dibuat bagi
jawatan tersebut, tetapi tugas itu disalurkan kepada Punca Bersih,
sebuah syarikat profesional dalam penyelenggaraan dan pembersihan
pejabat.
Rosilawati, penyambut tetamu di Sekretariat dan yang telah dilantik
sebagai kerani pentadbiran mulai 01.01.2006, menerima anugerah
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perkhidmatan jangka panjangnya pada 22.04.2006.
Rosilawati telah berkhidmat untuk JPKL selama 10
tahun.
Peranan dan Fungsi
Tahun ini adalah sibuk dan produktif seperti tahuntahun yang lepas, jika tidakpun lebih lagi. Pelbagai
projek dan aktiviti dijalankan oleh 11 jawatankuasa
kecil yang diseliakan dan diuruskan oleh kakitangan
Sekretariat, yang mana tenaga kerjanya masih kekal
seramai 9 orang. Perincian berkenaan projek dan
aktiviti yang dijalankan terkandung di dalam laporan
Pengerusi dan laporan-laporan jawatankuasajawatankuasa kecil. Selain daripada menyelaras dan
mengurus projek dan aktiviti JPKL dan jawatankuasajawatankuasa kecilnya, kakitangan Sekretariat juga
menjalankan fungsi-fungsi lazim antaranya seperti
merekod prosiding mesyuarat, memproses Petisyen
Kemasukan ke Bar, pungutan yuran tahunan, sewa
Peti Dokumen (B.C. Box), penyelengaraan akaun,
pendaftaran ahli dan sistem B.C. Box, melayani
pertanyaan daripada ahli-ahli Bar, pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar dan juga masyarakat awam.
Kakitangan Sekretariat terus memainkan peranan
aktif di dalam melaksanakan polisi-polisi dan aktivitiaktiviti JPKL dan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa kecilnya,
serta menjadi daya penggerak dalam menyokong
JPKL dan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa kecilnya. Kami
berhasrat membawa perubahan terhadap organisasi
dan struktur Sekretariat bagi memperbaiki lagi
peruntukan sokongan kesetiausahaan dan tadbir
kepada JPKL dan juga jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa
kecilnya. Kami juga akan melihat kepada latihan dalaman
untuk kakitangan bagi meninggikan prestasi.
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Penghargaan
Kakitangan Sekretariat ingin menyampaikan
penghargaan kami kepada Pengerusi JPKL, Encik
Lim Chee Wee, Setiausaha Kehormat Encik
Ravindra Kumar dan semua ahli jawatankuasa di
atas sokongan mereka dalam memastikan kelancaran
perjalanan projek-projek dan aktiviti-aktiviti. Ucapan
terima kasih juga ditujukan kepada ahli-ahli Bar KL
yang telah memberikan bantuan dan sokongan secara
langsung atau tidak langsung di dalam perlaksanaan
fungsi-fungsi kami.
Maklumbalas/Komen dan Khidmat
Bar KL
Kami akan terus berusaha untuk memberikan khidmat
yang lebih baik untuk Bar KL dan menyediakan
Sekretriat yang lebih efisyen untuk para ahli.
Sebarang maklumbalas dan komen dari para ahli
Bar KL berkenaan cara bagi Sekretariat memperbaiki
perkhidmatannya kepada ahli adalah dialu-alukan.
Maklumbalas atau komen boleh diajukan melalui
e-mail kepada [email protected]. Kami amat pasti
bahawa sumbangan dalam memperbaiki lagi Bar KL
dan profesion perundangan akan dapat sama-sama
dicapai.
L aporan S ekretariat
Mary Tan
Executive Secretary
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JAWATANKUASA PENDIDIKAN
UNDANG-UNDANG LANJUTAN
Pengerusi
Ahli-Ahli Jawatankuasa
Joanne Long
Wong Tat Chung
Noor Arianti Osman
Renny Suzanna Zaidi
Brendan Navin Siva
Ken St. James
M. Moganambal
Sumitha Shaanthinni Kishna
Janet Chai
Pada tahun ini, Jawatankuasa Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan
telah mengadakan 46 seminar dan bengkel dimana, sehingga kini
telah menarik hampir 3,965 orang peserta dan 49 orang pensyarah.
Program ini telah dibahagikan kepada lapangan yang berikut.
Modul 1: Asas Amalan
Ia merangkumi bidang-bidang yang menjadi keperluan bagi setiap
pengamal untuk menguasainya. Sasaran bagi kategori ini adalah para
pelatih dalam kamar, peguam muda dan peguam yang ingin menukar
bidang amalan mereka. Bidang-bidang amalan merangkumi litigasi,
kaedah alternatif resolusi pertikaian, konveyansing dan undangundang korporat.
Modul 2: Bidang Khusus
Modul ini disasarkan kepada pengamal yang telah mempunyai
penguasaan yang kukuh di dalam bidang asas. Modul ini merangkumi
bidang seperti kecuaian perubatan, pertikaian syarikat, harta intelek
serta undang-undang Syariah Keluarga dan Harta Pusaka.
Modul 3: Bengkel
Modul ini merangkumi latihan praktikal di dalam kepeguaman jenayah
dan penggubalan undang-undang.
Modul 4: Pengurusan Amalan
Modul ini meliputi bidang berkaitan pengurusan amalan guaman,
seperti keperluan penzahiran (disclosure requirements), perancangan
cukai dan analisis risiko.
Modul 5: Program Pelatih dalam Kamar
Bagi melaksanakan resolusi yang diluluskan di dalam Mesyuarat Agung
Tahunan yang lepas, jawatankuasa ini telah merangka satu program
khusus bagi para pelatih dalam kamar. Program ini merangkumi
bidang yang mempunyai kemungkinan tinggi untuk dihadapi oleh
para pelatih ketika menjalani latihan dalam kamar. Berikut merupakan
bidang-bidang yang dirangkumi di dalam program ini:
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(i)
Litigasi Jenayah/Hak Asasi Manusia (diadakan
pada 19.06.2006, 17.10.2006 dan 11.01.2007);
(ii)
Litigasi Sivil (diadakan pada 29.06.2006,
22.09.2006, 04.12.2006 dan 19.03.2007);
(iii)
Prosiding Bankrapsi/Wasiat Probet dan
Pentadbiran Estet (diadakan pada
14.07.2006, 13.10.2006 dan 15.02.2007);
(iv)
Konveyansing (diadakan pada 20.07.2006,
27.09.2006 dan 15.11.2006)
(v)
Kepeguaman dan Etika Professional / Disiplin
Pelatih dalam Kamar (diadakan pada
08.01.2007)
Program Keseluruhan - Berikut merupakan program keseluruhan untuk tahun ini:
Tarikh
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Tajuk
Penceramah
Moderator
13.04.2006
Mediation, Its Benefits and Possible
Use in Malaysia
En. Paul Emerson
Cik Joanne Long
19.04.2006
Tax Planning For Lawyers - Employees,
Sole Proprietors & Equity Partners
Assoc. Prof. Choong
Kwai Fatt
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
20.05.2006
Minority Shareholders’ Protection and
Convening a General Meeting under
ss.144, 145 and 150, Companies Act 1965
En. Ben Chan
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
29.05.2006
General Concepts of Bankruptcy Law
En. GK Ganesan
En. Sanjeev Kumar
10.06.2006
Criminal Advocacy Workshop
Dato’ V Sithambaram
En. N Sivananthan
En. Baljit Singh Sidhu
Tuan Mohd Aimi
Zaini bin Mohd Azhar
En. Balbir Singh
19.06.2006
En. Edmund Bon
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
24.06.2006
Conducting a Civil Trial
Dato’ Bastian
Vendargon
En. Gunaseelan
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
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Tarikh
Tajuk
Penceramah
Moderator
29.06.2006
Civil Litigation
En. Sanjeev Kuma
Rasiah
En. Colin Andrew Pereira
07.07.2006
Due Diligence: First Principles
En. Wong Tat Chung
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
12.07.2006
Disclosure Requirements for Joint
Accounts and Trust Accounts
Cik Sherilin Mohd Ali
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
14.07.2006
Encik Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
Cik Reggie Wong
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
20.07.2006
Conveyancing
Cik Renny Suzanna
Zaidi
22.07.2006
Sale-Registration-Finance of Ships
Cik Joanne Long
En. Zulkurnain Ayub
15 to
16.09.2006
Criminal Law Training
- jointly organised by KL LAC with CLE
Committee, Bar Council Criminal Law
Committee and LAC, Sgor
En. Jagjit Singh
En. Manjeet Singh
Dhillon
Encik Akber Abdul
Kadir
En. Edmund Bon
En. Tan Hock Chuan
En. Mah Meng Kwai
Dato’ Kumarendran
En. Harminder Singh
22.09.2006
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
23.09.2006
Introduction to Section 218 Winding-up
Petitions
En. Alex Chang
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
26.09.2006
Enforcement of Judgments and Execution
Proceedings
En. Paul Subramaniam
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
27.09.2006
Conveyancing
En. Jeremiah Gurusamy
12.10.2006
Rules and Regulations Pertaining to
Mergers and Acquisition
En. Lim Kar Han
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
13.10.2006
En. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
Cik Reggie Wong
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
17.10.2006
En. Edmund Bon
En. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
09.11.2006
Schemes of Arrangement
(s176)-Practice & Procedure
En. Lim Chee Wee
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
10.11.2006
(Part I)
Cik Jackie Yeoh
11.11.2006
(Part II)
Cik Jackie Yeoh
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Tajuk
Penceramah
Moderator
15.11.2006
Conveyancing
Cik Renny Suzanna
Zaidi
En.Jeremiah Gurusamy
18.11.2006
Case Management and Preparation for
Trial
En. Robert Lazar
24.11.2006
The Law Relating to Medical Negligence En. Sagadaven
Thangavelu
En. Brendan Navin
Siva
25.11.2006
Practical Aspects of Registration and
Intellectual Property Rights
Cik Noor Arianti
01.12.2006
Registration and Enforcement of Foreign En. Rabindra Nathan
Judgments and Arbitration Awards
04.12.2006
Civil Litigation
Mr. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
06.12.2006
Intellectual Property: Protection and
Enforcement in Malaysia
Cik Chew Kherk Ying
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
12.12.2006
The Law Relating to Injunctions and
Other Interlocutory Relief
En. Shahul Hameed
Amirudin
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
19.12.2006
Conducting A Trial:
Expectations of the Bench
Y.A Datuk Abdul Wahab
Patail
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
05.01.2007
2nd Workshop on Modern Legal Writing Cik Jackie Yeoh
(Part I)
06.01.2007
2nd Workshop on Modern Legal Writing Cik Jackie Yeoh
(Part II)
08.01.2007
Pupils’ Advocacy & Professional Ethics
/ Discipline
En. Mah Weng Kwai
En. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
En.Colin Andrew Pereira
11.01.2007
En. Edmund Bon
12.01.2007
Judicial Review – Law & Procedure
En. Sivarasa Rasiah
15.01.2007
Syariah Family & Estate Law
Puan Hajah Shamsuriah
Sulaiman
18.01.2007
Conveyancing and Loan Documentation En. YP Cheong
En. Edmund Liew
22.01.2007
Investigative and Forensic Accounting
En. T. Gunaseelan
En. Prabhat Kumar
26.01.2007
Drafting Commercial Agreements
En. Wong Tat Chung
31.01.2007
Alternative Dispute Resolution MEDIATION
Datuk William Lau
Cik Joanne Long
06.02.2007
Winding-up: Law and Procedure
15.02.2007
En.Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
CikReggie Wong
En. Colin Andrew
Pereira
En. Michael Soo
En. Brendan Navin
Siva
Cik Sa’adiah Din
En. Jeremiah
Gurusamy
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Tarikh
Tajuk
Penceramah
28.02.2007
Practice Management Seminar
i. Managing A Legal Practice
ii. Risk Management for Practitioners
Cik Nallini
Pathmanathan
Ms. Corrine Wong
19.03.2007
Civil Litigation
En. Sanjeev Kumar
Rasiah
22.03.2007
Litigation Drafting – Principles and
Method
En. Nahendran
Navaratnam
Moderator
Ucapan Terima Kasih
Jawatankuasa ini mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada para penceramah, moderator dan peserta diatas
sumbangan yang diberikan di dalam menjayakan program ini.
Latihan Klinikal Peguam / Penyelia Pendidikan Undang-Undang
Pada 14.06.2006 dan 16.06.2006, empat orang ahli jawatankuasa ini telah menyertai Latihan Klinikal Peguam
/ Penyelia Pendidikan Undang-Undang (First Malaysian Clinical Legal Education Attorney / Supervisor Training)
yang dianjurkan bersama oleh Bar Malaysia, UIAM, UiTM dan Open Justice Initiative.
Persidangan Bantuan Guaman Antarabangsa
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur telah menaja para peguam berikut menghadiri Persidangan Bantuan
Guaman Antarabangsa (International Legal Aid Conference) yang diadakan di Kuala Lumpur pada 21.07.2006
hingga 23.07.2006:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
So Chien Hao;
Ahmad Ridza bin Mohd Noh
Kalaiichelvii
Ramesh Lachmanan
Jayamurugan Vadivelu.
Persidangan Undang-Undang Buruh Lawasia
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur telah menaja para peguam berikut menghadiri Persidangan UndangUndang Buruh Lawasia (Lawasia Labour Law Conference) yang diadakan di Kuala Lumpur pada 10.08.2006
hingga 12.08.2006:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
Joanne Long;
Chong Chia Chi;
Lai Chee Hoe;
Stanislaus Cross;
Ganasen Karuppiah
Penghargaan
Kejayaan program pendidikan undang-undang lanjutan adalah hasil daripada kerja keras para ahli jawatankuasa
dan Cik Azura, pegawai eksekutif dari sekretariat yang bertanggungjawab bagi program pendidikan undang-undang
lanjutan. Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan saya tujukan kepada mereka.
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Pendidikan Undang-Undang Lanjutan
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JAWATANKUASA AMALAN
KONVEYANSING
Peranan yang dimainkan oleh Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing
adalah untuk mengutarakan masalah yang dialami oleh para pengamal
konveyansing.
Pengerusi
Pejabat Tanah Wilayah
Naib Pengerusi
Wong Lu Peen
Cheong Yoke Ping
Goh Hoon Huar
Kalathevy Sivagnanam
Rita Sabrina Wong
Chong Yuen Chin
Hanani Sidek
Jeremiah R. GurusamyV a s a n thi Clement
Pada awal penggal ini, satu survey telah dijalankan dikalangan para
ahli bagi mengenalpasti masalah yang dihadapi ketika berurusan
dengan Pejabat Tanah Wilayah. Berikut adalah antara isu-isu yang
dibangkitkan:
(i)
Nombor giliran yang dikeluarkan adalah terhad;
(ii)
Pelbagai syarat dikenakan dengan sewenang-wenangnya;
(iii)
Jangkamasa pengeluaran hakmilik strata;
(iv)
Masalah untuk mengesahkan cukai tanah telah dijelaskan;
(v)
Carian tidak tepat;
(vi)
Kekurangan kakitangan untuk memproses serahan;
(vii)
Kakitangan tidak beradab dan tidak memberi kerjasama.
Daripada maklum balas yang diterima, jawatankuasa ini berpendapat
perlunya diadakan satu perjumpaan dengan para pegawai Pejabat
Tanah Wilayah, bagi membincangkan masalah yang berbangkit. Oleh
yang demikian, jawatankuasa ini telah beberapa kali menulis kepada
Pejabat Tanah Wilayah, untuk memohon supaya perjumpaan dapat
diadakan. Namun begitu, kami tidak mendapat sebarang maklum
balas. Kemudian, jawatankuasa ini telah menulis kepada Menteri yang
bertanggungjawab, untuk memohon satu perjumpaan diadakan. Buat
masa ini kami masih membuat susulan keatas perjumpaan tersebut.
Mesyuarat Dengan Penasihat Undang-Undang
Negeri Selangor
Jawatankuasa ini diwakili oleh Pengerusinya, dan disertai oleh rakan
sejawat daripada Bar Selangor telah bertemu Penasihat UndangUndang Negeri Selangor, YB Datin Paduka Hajah Badariah Bt Hasan
pada 7 Jun 2006 untuk membincangkan isu-isu berikut:
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(i)
Keperluan yang ditetapkan oleh Pejabat Tanah Shah Alam
yang mana akuan statutori berkenaan kaveat persendirian
perlu distemkan;
(ii)
Keperluan yang ditetapkan oleh Pejabat Tanah Ulu Langat yang
mana akuan statutori berkenaan permohonan keizinan perlu
distemkan;
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(iii)
Keperluan yang ditetapkan oleh Pejabat Tanah
Gombak yang mana pemberi surat kuasa
wakil mesti hadir untuk menurunkan cap jari
dalam surat kuasa wakil.
Berikutan daripada pertemuan tersebut, pejabat
Penasihat Undang-Undang Negeri Selangor telah
mengeluarkan arahan kepada Pejabat Tanah Shah
Alam dan Gombak untuk membatalkan keperluan
yang tersebut diatas.
Forum Penguatkuasaan Perintah
Saraan Peguamcara
Jawatankuasa ini telah mengaturkan satu forum
interaktif bertajuk Penguatkuasaan Perintah Saraan
Peguamcara – Status Semasa dan Perancangan
Masa Depan (SRO Enforcement - The Present Status
and Plans for the Future). Forum ini diadakan pada
22 September 2006 bertempat di Auditorium Bar KL.
Panelis bagi forum ini adalah:
(i)
Encik Lim Chee Wee - Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur;
(ii)
Encik Roger Tan - Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Amalan Konveyansing dan Jawatankuasa
Penguatkuasaan Perintah Saraan Peguamcara
Majlis Peguam;
(iii)
Encik Andrew Wong - Naib Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Amalan Konveyansing Majlis Peguam;
(iv)
Encik Ong Siew Wan - Naib Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Penguatkuasaan Perintah Saraan Peguamcara
Majlis Peguam
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Pindahmilik Palsu
Salah seorang daripada ahli jawatankuasa, Encik Goh
Hoon Huar, bersukarela untuk menyediakan
memorandum berkenaan pindahmilik palsu dan
masalah yang berbangkit daripada keputusan
Mahkamah Persekutuan dalam kes Adorna Properties
Sdn. Bhd. lwn. Boonsom Boonyanit. Apabila siapnya
memorandum ini, kami menjangka ia akan diserahkan
kepada Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar bagi
pertimbangan beliau dengan kemungkinan adanya
pindaan legislatif bagi melindungi hak mangsa penipuan.
Penghargaan
Saya ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada
para ahli jawatankuasa dan Cik Azura, pegawai
eksekutif dari sekretariat yang bertanggungjawab
untuk Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing diatas
usaha dan kerja keras yang dilakukan oleh mereka.
Saya juga ingin menyampaikan setinggi-tinggi
penghargaan kepada Naib Pengerusi jawatankuasa
ini, Puan Wong Lu Peen diatas sokongan dan bimbingan
beliau disepanjang penggal ini.
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Amalan Konveyansing
A malan K onveyansing
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JAWATANKUASA perhubungan
Mahkamah (sivil)
Pengerusi
R. Ravindra Kumar
Naib Pengerusi
Dahlia Lee Wooi Mien
Andrew Teh Leng Guan
Annou A. Xavier
Audrey Jacqueline Pillai
Chan Kheng Hoe
Dato’ Zuraidah Atan
Edward Saw Keat Leong
Michelles Foo Li Mei
Francis Soh Chee Ming
Reggie Wong Mew Sum
Yap Lai Lian
Tahun ini saya diberi penghormatan untuk mempengerusikan
jawatankuasa kecil ini sekali lagi. Pada permulaan penggal kami
telah mengeluarkan satu pekeliling dan menjemput ahli-ahli Bar KL
untuk mengutarakan sebarang kilanan atau kebimbangan mengenai
pengurusan keadilan di Mahkamah Kuala Lumpur.
Kami didorong oleh maklum balas yang diperoleh daripada ahli-ahli
dan telah cuba untuk mengutarakan kebimbangan-kebimbangan ini
di forum-forum yang diadakan sepanjang tahun ini.
Mesyuarat dengan Mahkamah Keluarga pada 30
Jun 2006
Kami telah berjaya mengadakan mesyuarat pertama dengan
Mahkamah Keluarga pada penggal ini pada 30 Jun 2006. Mesyuarat
ini adalah amat bermanfaat dan ulasan-ulasan kami telah disambut
dengan baik oleh Mahkamah. Dato’ Aziah Ali adalah terbuka kepada
cadangan-cadangan kami dan telah bersetuju untuk mengadakan
mesyuarat-mesyuarat selanjutnya dengan jawatankuasa ini.
Melalui perbincangan ini kami telah berjaya mendapatkan senarai
kausa Mahkamah Keluarga. Satu pekeliling dan minit mesyuarat ini
telah diedarkan kepada ahli-ahli pada 13 Julai 2006. Ahli-ahli Bar kini
boleh mengakses senarai Bahagian Keluarga Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala
Lumpur melalui laman web Bar KL, www.klbar.org.my.
Mesyuarat dengan Pegawai-pegawai Kehakiman
Mahkamah-mahkamah Rendah pada 5 Julai
2006
Mesyuarat ini telah berjaya diadakan atas inisiatif jawatankuasa ini
dengan perlantikan Puan Suraya sebagai Hakim Kanan. Puan Suraya
telah, sejak dari masa itu, dilantik sebagai Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman.
Kami telah mendapat sambutan yang baik daripada pegawaipegawai kehakiman dan banyak isu-isu yang dibangkitkan oleh ahliahli telah diutarakan di mesyuarat ini. Sesalinan minit mesyuarat telah
diposkan kepada ahli-ahli pada 10 Ogos 2006 melalui e-mel dan
salinan cetak.
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Cadangan
Mesyuarat
dengan
Hakim-hakim Bahagian Rayuan
dan Kuasa-kuasa Khas Mahkamah
Tinggi Kuala Lumpur
Kami tidak dapat mengadakan satu mesyuarat dengan
Bahagian Rayuan dan Kuasa-kuasa Khas memandangkan
kenaikan Dato’ Raus ke Mahkamah Rayuan. Kami
berharap untuk mengadakan satu mesyuarat selepas
ketibaan Datuk KP Gengadharan yang kami difahamkan
akan melaporkan diri di RKK1 dalam bulan Januari
2007.
Mesyuarat dengan Ketua Hakim
dan Pendaftar-pendaftar Bahagian
Dagang Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala
Lumpur
Kami telah mengadakan satu mesyuarat yang
lancar dengan Bahagian ini pada 7 Disember 2006.
Jawatankuasa telah mengambil kesempatan untuk
mengucapkan tahniah kepada Bahagian Bankrupsi
yang telah mengimplementasikan satu sistem untuk
mengurangkan masa menunggu yang lama. Pelbagai
isu-isu telah dibangkitkan dan banyak cadangan-cadangan
telah diterima. Kami seterusnya menekankan isuisu mengenai kekurangan tempat letak kereta di
Kompleks Mahkamah baru di mana terdapat hanya
450 tempat letak kereta untuk dikongsikan sesama
peguam-peguam dan orang awam. Kami juga
mendorong Mahkamah-mahkamah untuk memberi
pertimbangan ke atas kesukaran yang akan dialami
oleh ahli-ahli di Kompleks Mahkamah baru di Jalan
Duta dan mencadangkan supaya kes-kes tidak dibatalkan
sementara ahli-ahli membiasakan diri dengan Kompleks
Mahkamah. Dato’ Vincent Ng dan Pendaftar-pendaftar
bersetuju bahawa akan terdapat masalah awal dan
mereka adalah terbuka terhadap cadangan kami
untuk tidak membatalkan kes-kes antara 2 hingga
3 bulan selepas pemindahan. Kami akan membuat
representasi selanjutnya kepada Hakim Besar Malaya
untuk memastikan sedikit kelonggaran diberikan
kepada peguam-peguam dalam tidak membatalkan
kes-kes memandangkan pemindahan melibatkan
penempatan Mahkamah-mahkamah Rendah dan
juga Mahkamah-mahkamah Tinggi di dalam Kompleks
Mahkamah baru. Sesalinan minit mesyuarat telah
diedarkan kepada semua ahli.
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Mesyuarat dengan Ketua Hakim dan
Pendaftar-pendaftar Bahagian Sivil
Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur
Jawatankuasa telah bermesyuarat dengan Bahagian
ini pada akhir bulan Februari 2006 dan juga pada 15
Disember 2006.
Kami telah memjalani satu mesyuarat yang lancar
dengan Yang Arif Hakim Dato’ Hj Abdul Malik Ishak
dan Pendaftar-pendaftarnya. Sesetengah isu-isu
yang dibangkitkan dalam mesyuarat pada bulan
Februari telah dibangkitkan semula dan keputusankeputusan telah diambil. Sesalinan minit mesyuarat
telah diedarkan kepada semua ahli-ahli.
Kami telah menjalani satu mesyuarat yang lancar dan
telah mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengetengahkan
beberapa kebimbangan-kebimbangan yang ahli-ahli
akan hadapi di Kompleks Mahkamah baru.
Kompleks Mahkamah Baru di Jalan
Duta
Beberapa ahli jawatankuasa ini dan juga ahli-ahli
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur (JPKL) telah
dijemput untuk melihat Kompleks Mahkamah Baru
pada 28 November 2006. Kami terkejut atas pendedahan
bahawa hanya terdapat 450 tempat letak kereta
untuk dikongsikan antara peguam-peguam dan
orang-orang awam. Kami telah diberitahu bahawa
sebahagian tempat letak kereta bawah tanah telah
diubahsuaikan untuk menjadi bilik fail. Sementara
Kompleks Mahkamah amat besar, kami telah
memerhatikan bahawa Mahkamah-mahkamah Majistret
bertempat pada satu hujung manakala Mahkamahmahkamah Sesyen bertempat pada hujung yang
lain. Mahkamah-mahkamah Tinggi ditempatkan di
tengah-tengah Kompleks Mahkamah. Jarak antara
Mahkamah-mahkamah Majistret dan Sesyen adalah
lebih daripada 500 meter. Adalah dijangkakan bahawa
peguam-peguam yang menghadiri Mahkamahmahkamah Rendah terpaksa berjalan jauh memandangkan
lokasi Mahkamah-mahkamah tersebut. Oleh itu,
jawatankuasa serta ahli-ahli JPKL telah membuat
pelbagai representasi untuk mengenalpasti beberapa
masalah-masalah ini. Kami jangka bahawa masalah
letak kereta hampir sama dengan masalah letak
kereta di Mahkamah Shah Alam dan berharap bahawa
langkah-langkah interim dapat dilaksanakan.
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Perjumpaan Peguam Kuala Lumpur
dan Badan Kehakiman di RSC pada
12 Januari 2007
Jawatankuasa ini telah ditugaskan untuk menganjurkan
perjumpaan ini sekali lagi. Pada tahun yang lepas,
kami telah mendapat sambutan yang baik daripada
ahli-ahli kami. Kami telah memutuskan untuk
menganjurkan perjumpaan ini setiap tahun untuk
memberi peluang kepada ahli-ahli kami untuk berjumpa
dengan ahli-ahli Badan Kehakiman di majlis sosial.
Respons daripada Badan Kehakiman dijangka akan
lebih baik tahun ini.
Acara pada tahun ini adalah istimewa memandangkan
ia juga berfungsi sebagai majlis perpisahan untuk
YAA Tan Sri Dato’ Siti Norma Yaakob yang akan bersara
pada 5 Januari 2007.
mengetuai jawatankuasa ini telah dimudahkan dengan
kerjasama semua ahli-ahli jawatankuasa.
Ucapan terima kasih yang tulus dan ikhlas ditujukan
kepada Mary dan Azura yang telah banyak membantu
dalam kerja kami.
Akhir sekali, saya ingin mengucapkan penghargaan
saya kepada Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Peguam KL,
Encik Lim Chee Wee dan kepada rakan-rakan sekerja
saya di Jawatankuasa Peguam KL atas penglibatan
yang tidak mengenal penat dalam mesyuaratmesyuarat kami dengan Badan Kehakiman.
Ahli-ahli Bar KL perlu terus menujukan kebimbangankebimbangan, memberi idea-idea dan cadangancadangan kepada jawatankuasa ini bagi mengurangkan kelemahan-kelemahan yang wujud dalam amalan
undang-undang kita.
Penghargaan
Saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih, khas kepada
Dahlia, Andrew, Annou, Audrey, Li Mei, Lai Lian, Reggie,
Gopi dan Dipendra atas usaha-usaha dan komitmen
mereka kepada jawatankuasa ini. Tugas saya dalam
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R.Ravindra Kumar
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Perhubungan Mahkamah
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Jenayah
Pengerusi
N.Sivananthan Naib Pengerusi
Baljit Singh Sidhu Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa
Abd Shukor Bin Ahmad
K.A. Ramu
Sivanesan Nadarajah
Kuldeep Kumar
Richard Wee
Tujuan utama bagi penubuhan Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah adalah
bagi memastikan bahawa terdapatnya satu badan yang secara khususnya
menumpukan perhatian terhadap isu-isu berkenaan ahli-ahli Bar dan
badan-badan lain yang terlibat di dalam amalan undang-undang jenayah.
Pada tahun ini, Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah telah terlibat didalam
beberapa aktiviti seperti berikut:
Mesyuarat dengan Ketua Unit Pendakwaan Kuala
Lumpur
Para ahli Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah telah meghadiri suatu mesyuarat
bersama Ketua Unit Pendakwaan, Puan Sarala Pillai bertempat di Jabatan
Peguam Negara pada 14 April 2006. Mesyuarat ini juga telah dihadiri
oleh beberapa pegawai dari Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah IPK Kuala Lumpur,
Pegawai Bertugas Unit Pendakwaan Mahkamah Rendah Kuala Lumpur
dan Timbalan Pendakwaraya dari Unit Pendakwaan Kuala Lumpur.
Tujuan mesyuarat ini diadakan adalah bagi membincangkan permasalahan
berkaitan dengan dokumen-dokumen di dalam perbicaraan jenayah.
Antara isu-isu yang dibincangkan adalah seperti prosedur permohonan
keatas Laporan Maklumat Pertama (FIR), Percakapan Beramaran,
Laporan Kimia dan Bedah Siasat, serta laporan dibawah seksyen 399
Kanun Acara Jenayah untuk kesalahan dibawah seksyen 302 Kanun
Keseksaan dan seksyen 326 Kanun Keseksaan.
Hasil daripada perbincangan di dalam mesyuarat ini, kesemua pihak
yang terlibat telah mencapai persetujuan mengenai prosedur dan peraturan
yang diamalkan didalam urusan membabitkan dokumen didalam
perbicaraan jenayah. Minit bagi mesyuarat ini telah diedarkan kepada
para ahli Bar KL melalui pekeliling bernombor KLBC 28/06.
Mesyuarat Rang Undang-Undang Keterangan
Saksi Kanak-Kanak
Diatas jemputan Jabatan Peguam Negara Malaysia, Jawatankuasa ini
telah menghantar wakilnya, Encik Abdul Shukor bin Ahmad bagi
menghadiri Mesyuarat Rang Undang-Undang Keterangan Saksi
Kanak-Kanak pada 27 Jun 2006, bertempat di Bilik Mesyuarat Utama,
Bahagian Gubalan, Jabatan Peguam Negara. Mesyuarat ini adalah
bertujuan bagi membincangkan Draf Rang Undang-Undang Keterangan
Saksi Kanak-Kanak, sebelum ia dimuktamadkan.
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Mesyuarat dengan Jawatankuasa Hak
Asasi Manusia dan Undang-Undang
Jenayah Bar Selangor
Pada 29 Jun 2006, telah berlangsung satu mesyuarat
diantara Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah Bar KL dan
juga Jawatankuasa Hak Asasi Manusia dan UndangUndang Jenayah Bar Selangor, bertempat di Sekretariat
Bar Kuala Lumpur.
Di dalam mesyuarat ini, kedua-dua jawatankuasa
telah berbincang dan bertukar-tukar pandangan tentang
Draf Protokol yang disediakan oleh Jawatankuasa
Hak Asasi Manusia dan Undang-Undang Jenayah Bar
Selangor, yang mengupas tentang tugas peguam dan
tugas polis didalam perkara-perkara seperti proses
penahanan, mendapatkan maklumat kehadiran
peribadi, prosiding reman dan apabila yang tertuduh
didakwa.
Selain dari membincangkan Draf Protokol tersebut,
tujuan lain mesyuarat ini diadakan adalah bagi
membincangkan isu-isu persamaan yang berbangkit
bagi kedua-dua pihak didalam mengamalkan undangundang Jenayah. Melalui mesyuarat ini, Jawatankuasa
Amalan Jenayah Bar KL dan juga Jawatankuasa Hak
Asasi Manusia dan Undang-Undang Jenayah Bar
Selangor telah menjalinkan ikatan yang erat dengan
membentuk kerjasama, dimana para ahli bagi keduadua jawatankuasa akan berusaha bertukar-tukar
maklumat dan memberikan bantuan jika terdapat sebarang
permasalahan ketika bertugas di negeri masingmasing, memandangkan para peguam dari kedua-dua
Bar negeri sering bertugas di KL dan juga Selangor.
Sehubungan dengan itu, kami percaya bahawa para
peguam akan beroleh manfaat dengan adanya hubungan
erat diantara kedua-dua Bar negeri Selangor dan Kuala
Lumpur. Ucapan terima kasih saya tujukan kepada
Encik Rajpal Singh, selaku pengerusi jawatankuasa
Hak Asasi Manusia dan Undang-Undang Jenayah Bar
Selangor, dan para ahli-ahlinya diatas kesudian untuk
berkerjasama dengan jawatankuasa ini.
Sidang Media
Satu sidang media telah berlangsung pada 29 Jun
2006, bertempat di Bilik Mesyuarat Sekretariat Bar
KL. Sidang media ini diadakan bagi menyatakan
pandangan Bar KL keatas insiden yang berlaku di
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A M A L A N J enayah
Simpang Renggam, dimana tahanan yang dibebaskan
dengan perintah Mahkamah telah di tangkap semula
sebaik sahaja mereka dibebaskan.
Wakil Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah Bar KL telah
mengeluarkan kenyataaan mereka dari sudut
pandangan peguam, manakala Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Peguam KL menyatakan perspektif Bar mengenai
insiden tersebut, serta sikap tidak hormat pihak Polis
terhadap perintah Mahkamah.
Bantuan kepada ahli-ahli yang mempunyai
masalah dengan pihak berkuasa.
Pada setiap masa, ahli-ahli JawatankuasaAmalan Jenayah
telah bersedia dan telah menghulurkan bantuan kepada
mana-mana ahli Bar KL yang memerlukannya. Ini
termasuk berurusan dengan pihak Mahkamah melalui
perbincangan yang diadakan dengan Bahagian
Jenayah, Mahkamah Rendah Kuala Lumpur, pihak
Polis dan Bahagian Pendakwaan dan Pendaftar
Jenayah Mahkamah Rendah Kuala Lumpur.
Salah satu insiden dimana bantuan telah diberi
adalah apabila seorang ahli Bar KL telah ditangkap
tanpa apa-apa alasan yang munasabah. Pihak kami
telah terus berjumpa dengan Timbalan Ketua Polis
Daerah berkenaan yang telah memberi jaminan bahawa
ahli tersebut tidak akan ditahan dan akan dibebaskan
setelah memberi penyataannya dan jaminan ini
memang telah dilaksanakan.
Penghargaan
Setinggi-tinggi penghargaan saya tujukan kepada ahliahli Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah diatas sokongan
dan kerjasama yang diberikan bagi memastikan segala
aktiviti dapat dilaksanakan dengan jayanya. Ucapan
terima kasih juga saya tujukan bagi semua pihak
yang terlibat di dalam aktiviti-aktiviti yang dijalankan
sepanjang penggal ini diatas kerjasama dan perhatian
yang diberikan. Adalah menjadi harapan saya, bahawa
usaha yang dilakukan oleh Jawatankuasa ini dapat
sedikit sebanyak membantu membawa perubahan
positif kepada para pengamal undang-undang jenayah.
N. Sivananthan
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Amalan Jenayah
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JAWATANKUASA Undang- Undang
Alam sekitar
Pengerusi
GK Ganesan
Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa
Wong Ee Lynn
Asmet Nasruddin
Nurliza Ramli
Shishila Surya Kassim
VK Raj
Pada tahun ini, Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar berusaha
meneruskan kerja-kerja yang telah dimulakan oleh jawatankuasa
yang lalu; dimana Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar melihat
peranannya lebih cenderung kearah meningkatkan kesedaran dan
pengetahuan daripada berfungsi sebagai jawatankuasa yang
berasaskan acara semata-mata. Berikut merupakan aktiviti yang
mengambarkan kerja-kerja yang berasaskan proses, yang dijalankan
oleh jawatankuasa ini.
Lawatan ke CETDEM’s Energy-Efficient House
Pada 1 Julai 2006, Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar telah
menganjurkan satu lawatan ke Pusat Demonstrasi dan Dokumentasi
bagi Pusat Alam Sekitar, Teknologi dan Pembangunan Malaysia (Centre
for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM))
atau lebih dikenali sebagai Rumah Efisyen-Tenaga atau Cool Demo
House.
Objektif lawatan ini adalah bagi membina kesedaran dan menarik
minat serta sokongan dari ahli Bar terhadap isu berkenaan tenaga,
dengan memberi pendedahan berkait dengan peranan mereka sebagai
pemilik rumah dan kenderaan, individu professional, pengguna
dan pembayar bil. Semasa lawatan ini, para peserta juga diberikan
taklimat oleh Penyelia Teknikal CETDEM mengenai cara mencapai
pengunaan tenaga yang efisyen, iaitu pengunaan tenaga yang lebih
rendah untuk mengendalikan tugasan yang sama dan seterusnya
mengurangkan pembaziran tenaga dan memelihara alam sekitar.
Artikel mengenai lawatan ini diterbitkan di dalam Relevan keluaran
No. 2/06.
Audit Tenaga
Turutan daripada lawatan ke Rumah Efisyen-Tenaga atau Cool
Demo House CETDEM, Jawatankuasa ini telah mengambil inisiatif
untuk menjalankan Audit Tenaga di Sekretariat Bar KL. Audit tersebut
akan dilakukan pada January 2007, dengan bantuan penasihat daripada
CETDEM.
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Mesyuarat bersama Badan Bukan
Kerajaan (NGO) dan Ajensi Kerajaan
Jawatankuasa ini juga telah menghantar wakilnya
untuk mengambil bahagian di dalam mesyuarat
yang dianjurkan oleh beberapa Badan Bukan
Kerajaan (NGO) dan Ajensi Kerajaan. Antaranya
adalah seperti Bengkel Pelan Fiskal Kebangsaan
dan Bengkel Perancangan Pengurusan Strategik
IWRM 2005. Ahli jawatankuasa ini turut terlibat di
dalam mesyuarat bagi mengkaji cadangan pindaan
Akta Kualiti Alam Sekitar 1974.
Kenyataan Akhbar berkenaan Jerebu
Berikutan daripada peristiwa jerebu yang telah
melanda negara ini, Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang
Alam Sekitar telah menyediakan satu kenyataan akhbar
yang disiarkan di dalam akhbar “The Star” pada
7 Oktober 2006.
Di dalam kenyataan akhbar tersebut, jawatankuasa
ini telah menekankan keperluan bagi Malaysia dan
Indonesia mengambil langkah efektif dan berpanjangan
untuk menyekat dan seterusnya menghapuskan
masalah jerebu trans-sempadan ini.
Di dalam kenyataan akhbar tersebut, jawatankuasa
ini juga menekankan bahawa undang-undang
antarabangsa mengiktiraf hak negara berdaulat untuk
melindungi biosferanya dan juga tanggungjawabnya
untuk tidak merosakkan biosfera milik negara lain.
Dalam memastikan keselamatan ekologi yang lebih
baik bagi Malaysia dan Indonesia, jawatankuasa ini
merasakan bahawa kedua-dua Negara terbabit perlu
mengambil serius obligasi masing-masing di bawah
undang-undang alam sekitar antarabangsa.
Kami mencadangkan bahawa perlu diadakan rundingan
mengenai tindakan pencegahan kebakaran dan jerebu,
yang mana menjadi punca pengulangan masalah
pencemaran udara. Selain itu, kami juga mencadangkan
perhatian sepatutnya dialihkan daripada isu gantirugi
kewangan semata-mata.
Penyerahan Memorandum Berkenaan
Ahli Majlis Pihak Berkuasa Tempatan
pada 4 November 2004 oleh Jawatankuasa UndangUndang Alam Sekitar bagi penggal 2004/05. Oleh
kerana tiada sebarang tindakbalas diterima daripada
Kementerian tersebut, Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang
Alam Sekitar bagi penggal ini mengambil keputusan
untuk menyerahkannya kepada Jabatan Perdana
Menteri.
Memorandum ini mengupas mengenai perlantikan
dan tanggungjawab Penasihat Kerajaan Tempatan
di dalam rangka Akta Kerajaan Tempatan 1976, dan
mempertimbangkan kepincangan berkait dengan
perlaksanaan tugas Penasihat Kerajaan Tempatan.
Kerjasama dengan Global Water
Partnership (GWP) untuk mengadakan
Persidangan Pengurusan Sumber Air
Bersepadu (Intergrated Water
Resources Management)
Jawatankuasa ini telah memperolehi persetujuan Majlis
Peguam untuk mengadakan Persidangan Pengurusan
Sumber Air Bersepadu dengan kerjasama Global Water
Partnership, dibawah naungan Majlis Peguam. Program
ini adalah agak kompleks, dan memerlukan masa
bagi mendapatkan kebenaran. Pada masa laporan
ini dicetak, persediaan masih lagi dibuat. Sebarang
perkembangan di dalam kerjasama ini, akan diteruskan
lagi oleh Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar
bagi penggal akan datang, sehinggalah Persidangan
ini berjaya dilaksanakan.
Penghargaan
Saya ingin mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan
kepada para ahli jawatankuasa ini yang telah banyak
memberikan sumbangan dan sokongan di dalam
menjayakan segala aktiviti yang dijalankan oleh
Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar bagi
penggal ini. Ucapan terima kasih juga saya tujukan
kepada semua pihak yang terlibat di atas segala
bentuk kerjasama dan bantuan yang disumbangkan.
GK Ganesan
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Undang-Undang Alam Sekitar
Memorandum ini pada awalnya diserahkan kepada
Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan
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JAWATANKUASA Teknologi
Maklumat
Pengerusi
Abdul Rashid Ismail
1.
Megat Abdul Munir
Zulkifli Tanabalan Ja’far
Mohamad Reza Hassan
Fokus Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat pada tahun ini
adalah untuk menggunakan teknologi maklumat untuk
berkomunikasi dengan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar berkenaan
dengan aktiviti-aktiviti Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur
dan untuk menyediakan sistem pendaftaran dan perkhidmatanperkhidmatan melalui laman web untuk proses-proses latihan
dalam kamar.
Pendaftaran Latihan Dalam Kamar Melalui
Laman Web
2.
Kami amat berbesar hati untuk mengumumkan bahawa
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur akan menjadi Jawatankuasa
negeri pertama yang memperkenalkan pendaftaran latihan dalam
kamar dan komunikasi melalui laman web dengan pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar di Malaysia.
3.
Perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan laman web yang akan diperkenalkan
termasuk:
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•
•
•
•
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pendaftaran melalui laman web oleh pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar;
komunikasi melalui laman web di antara Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur dengan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar;
pendaftaran melalui laman web untuk sesi-sesi pengenalan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar;
notifikasi melalui laman web oleh Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar;
peringatan-peringatan melalui laman web bagi acaraacara pada masa hadapan di antara Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur dengan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar;
respon-respon automatik dari sekretariat Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
4.
Dengan pengenalan perkhidmatan- perkhidmatan melalui
laman web untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar, pelatih-pelatih
dalam kamar akan dapat melihat status proses latihan dalam
kamar mereka melalui laman web. Apa yang jelas adalah
bahawa keseluruhan proses pendaftaran latihan dalam
kamar akan direvolusikan dan diautomatikkan.
5.
Dengan pengenalan perkhidmatan- perkhidmatan melalui laman
web pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar akan menghasilkan penjimatan
T eknologi M aklumat
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kos yang besar kepada Jawatankuasa Peguam
Kuala Lumpur dan mempertingkatkan tahap
kecekapannya. Apabila diamalkan, suasana
tanpa kertas boleh mengurangkan kos-kos
kertas, pengeposan dan tenaga manusia.
6.
Setakat pada masa penulisan repot ini, banyak
tenaga manusia telah digunakan untuk projek
ini dan pendaftaran pelatih dalam kamar
melalui laman web dijangkakan akan dilaksanakan tidak lama lagi.
ahli-ahli akan dapat menikmati penggunaannya
tanpa gangguan.
9.
Nota Penghargaan
10.
Saya ingin menyampaikan rasa terima kasih
saya kepada semua ahli-ahli jawatankuasa ini
untuk penglibatan dan input yang mereka
berikan. Saya juga ingin menyuarakan
penghargaan saya kepada Melissa, Indira
dan Rajan dari Sekretariat Bar KL di atas
sumbangan mereka di dalam penciptaan sistem
pendaftaran dan perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar melalui laman web.
11.
Saya berharap inovasi yang telah diperkenalkan
ini akan dapat memberi faedah kepada ahliahli. Kami mengalu-alukan cadangancadangan dan komen-komen untuk membolehkan
kami terus memberikan perkhidmatan yang
baik dan efektif kepada ahli-ahli.
Laman Web, Perkhidmatan E-mel dan
Pesta IT
7.
8.
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Laman web Bar Kuala Lumpur masih terus
me r e ko d k a n pencapaian-penca p a i a n
penggunaan harian yang baik kerana
semakin ramai ahli-ahli menggunakan laman
web dan perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan melalui
laman web. Pengiklanan di dalam laman web Bar
Kuala Lumpur tahun ini telah menghasilkan
pendapatan sebanyak RM25,400.00 berbanding
sejumlah RM19,250.00 pada 2005/06 dan
RM8,600.00 pada tahun 2004/05 untuk
Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur.
Pada 12 Februari 2007 jawatankuasa akan
menganjurkan satu Pesta IT untuk membolehkan
ahli-ahlinya melihat sendiri produk-produk terkini
Undang-undang IT yang ada di pasaran.
Disebabkan oleh peningkatan penggunaan
e-mel di antara Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala
Lumpur dengan ahli-ahlinya, Jawatankuasa
Peguam Kuala Lumpur telah mempertingkatkan
perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan e-melnya bagi
memenuhi trafik yang lebih tinggi dan supaya
T eknologi M aklumat
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat
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JAWATANKUASA penerbitan
Pengerusi
Lim Chee Wee
Naib Pengerusi
GK Ganesan
Surat berita RELEVAN
1.
Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa
Cheng Poh Heng
Nicole Wee
N Surendran
Brendan Navin Siva
Rishwant Singh
Bernard Francis
Edmund Balthazar
Jessica Lim YinYin
Brent Yap Hon Yean
Yudistra Darma Dorai
Selvarani Paneerselvam
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Jawatankuasa Penerbitan pada tahun ini meletakkan matlamatnya
sama seperti jawatankuasa terdahulu iaitu untuk meneruskan
tugasnya dengan menerbitkan hasil-hasil penulisan dan
pandangan dari kalangan ahli-ahli kita. Walaubagaimanapun,
terdapat kesukaran untuk mencapai matlamat ini, disebabkan
oleh kekurangan sumbangan penulisan daripada ahli-ahli Bar
Kuala Lumpur untuk keluaran suku tahunan.
Pada tahun ini, RELEVAN hanya dapat menerbitkan satu isu
di bulan Ogos 2006 yang telah menampilkan temuduga dengan
Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Editorial dalam isu ini adalah “Death
Penalty” dan kolum baru juga diperkenalkan dalam isu
RELEVAN iaitu “Statistics of the KL Bar”, “Book Review” dan
juga “Down Memory Lane” yang menampilkan gambar-gambar
dan petikan dari peristiwa-peristiwa Bar KL yang lalu.
Artikel-artikel yang lain yang ditampilkan adalah sambungan
“Gender Advocacy” yang disumbangkan oleh Cik Jashpal Kaur
Bhatt, artikel oleh Encik David Pannick, QC yang disumbangkan
oleh “The Times” dan sumbangan dari Pengerusi Jawatankuasa
Peguam Muda, Richard Wee, “To YLC or not to YLC, that is
the question!”. Laporan lawatan ke Pusat Demonstrasi
dan Dokumentasi bagi Pusat Alam Sekitar, Teknologi dan
Pembangunan Malaysia (Centre for Environmental, Technology
and Development, Malaysia) (CETDEM) dalam bulan Julai
2006 oleh Jawatankuasa Undang-undang Alam Sekitar juga
dimuatkan dalam isu RELEVAN ini yang disumbangkan oleh
Wong Ee Lynn.
2.
Isu RELEVAN kedua berada dalam peringkat terakhir dan
dijangka akan diterbitkan pada akhir bulan Januari 2007.
Editorial kali ini adalah “Happenings of the Malaysian Bar in
2006” dan artikel-artikel dalam isu ini antara lain adalah
bahagian 3 “Gender Advocacy” dan satu lagi artikel oleh
Encik David Pannick, QC.
3.
Sumbangan dari para penulis masih kurang dan Jawatankuasa
Penerbitan berharap agar lebih ramai ahli Bar Kuala Lumpur
mengambil kesempatan menerusi penerbitan ini untuk
memberi pandangan mereka mengenai isu-isu yang
melibatkan mereka.
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4.
RELEVAN tidak mungkin wujud jikalau tiada dedikasi dan
kerja keras oleh ahli jawatankuasanya dan penyumbangpenyumbangnya yang menolong menjadikan surat berita ini
lebih menarik. Adalah diharapkan pada tahun yang akan
datang, kita akan melihat lebih penulisan daripada ahli-ahli
Bar Kuala Lumpur dan akan terus menyokong penerbitan
RELEVAN.
Lim Chee Wee
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Penerbitan
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P enerbitan
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JAWATANKUASA Hal Ehwal
Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar
Pengerusi
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa
Raja Eileen Soraya bt Raja Aman
Hanie Izawatie bt Ahmad Kamil
Razanna bt Raslan
Ding Jo-Ann
Chua Sook Mun
Falah Dizar Khaidizar
S Lalithambigai
Aziz Ishak
Kavitha Thilagar
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1.
Dengan penuh rasa sukacita Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal
Pelatih-pelatih Dalam Kamar telah mengadakan mesyuarat
pertamanya pada 24 April 2006. Pelbagai idea-idea telah
diberikan dan kehadiran ramai ahli-ahli muda Badan Peguam
di dalam jawatankuasa ini terbukti adalah satu aset dan daya
kuasa kepada pelbagai aktiviti-aktiviti yang telah dirancang
untuk sepanjang tahun. Adalah dirasakan bahawa jawatankuasa
harus memainkan peranan yang aktif di dalam membantu
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar bersedia untuk amalan guaman
dan untuk menjaga hal ehwal pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar.
Kami telah mengadakan lebih dari 6 perjumpaan dan hasil
usaha kami dapat dilihat melalui acara-acara yang telah
dijalankan dengan penuh kesungguhan di sepanjang tahun.
2.
Pertama sekali, kami melihat untuk memperbaiki proses latihan
dalam kamar. Dalam hal ini, jawatankuasa telah berkerjasama
dengan Jawatankuasa Teknologi Maklumat untuk
memperkenalkan sistem pendaftaran dan perkhidmatanperkhidmatan melalui laman web.
3.
Kami juga telah berhadapan dengan sesi-sesi pengenalan
yang telah mula dianggap sebagai satu sesi yang biasa. Satu
persetujuan telah dicapai di mana untuk menjadikan sesi ini
lebih bermakna, pelatih-pelatih akan diperkenalkan dengan
sejarah Bar Malaysia. Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar kini
dihiburkan dengan 20 minit persembahan slaid diiringi muzik
yang sayu, mengenai kejayaan-kejayaan dan pencapaianpencapaian Bar Malaysia sejak dari penubuhannya. Responrespon daripada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar adalah amat
positif. Ucapan terima kasih ditujukan kepada Majlis Peguam
Malaysia yang telah memberikan slaid-slaid tersebut.
4.
Pembaikkan proses “Call to Bar” juga telah dipertimbangkan.
Kandungan-kandungan taklimat “Call to Bar” telah dikemaskini
dan diperkemaskan. Dalam hal ini, jawatankuasa berterima
kasih kepada Mark La Brooy dan Hanie Izawatie kerana bersetuju
untuk gambar mereka diambil sebagai model-model bagi contoh
pakaian untuk “Call to Bar”. Ucapan terima kasih kami juga
buat Tan Yee Boon kerana mengambil gambar model-model ini.
Bip-bip, kolar-kolar dan jubah-jubah juga telah dibeli dan
sudah tersedia untuk disewakan kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam
kamar ketika situasi-situasi kecemasan di hari “Call to Bar”
mereka setelah ianya dibawa kepengetahuan kami bahawa ada
sesetengah pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang tidak bersedia
dengan pemakaian yang betul pada hari bersejarah mereka.
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5.
Seterusnya, kami juga telah berhadapan
dengan masalah-masalah praktikal yang
dihadapi oleh pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar
yang sedang menjalani latihan dalam kamar.
Jawatankuasa telah memperkenalkan satu
siri seminar yang dikenali sebagai “The Great
Expectations”. Pada seminar ini, pengamalpengamal yang merupakan pengajarpengajar telah dijemput untuk berucap kepada
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar berkenaan dengan
jangkaan mereka. Pengajar-pengajar ini
datang dari pelbagai spektrum firma guaman;
merangkumi firma-firma guaman kecil, sederhana
dan besar. Daripada maklum balas yang
diterima setakat ini, respon-respon daripada
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar adalah amat
memberangsangkan. Sebilangan besar
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar mengambil
peluang ini untuk bertanyakan soalan-soalan
yang mereka secara normalnya tidak akan
bertanya kepada pengajar-pengajar mereka.
Penghargaan kami buat Steven Thiru, Karen
Wilfred, M. Reza Hassan, Asmet Nasruddin,
Maidzuara Mohammed dan Gopi Krishnan
R Seshadari kerana sanggup meluangkan
masa mereka untuk berucap.
6.
Agenda seterusnya, adalah satu acara sosial
yang diadakan terutamanya untuk membolehkan
pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan pengajarpengajar mereka bergaul di dalam satu suasana
sosial. Dengan itu, Majlis malam yang dikenali
sebagai “The Pupil-Master Trivia Night” ini telah
diadakan pada 16 November 2006. Kami berasa
sungguh lega apabila malam tersebut menjadi
satu malam yang menyeronokkan dengan
kehadiran yang melebihi daripada apa yang
dijangkakan. Sesungguhnya ia bukan satu tugas
mudah untuk meyakinkan pelatih-pelatih dan
pengajar-pengajar untuk meluangkan satu
malam untuk bersosial bersama-sama! Ketika
pertandingan “trivia” tersebut, pasukan-pasukan
telah bertanding merebut pelbagai hadiah
dan Hadiah Utama yang mengandungi, inter
alia, satu hamper buku undang-undang
bernilai lebih RM2,000.00 telah dimenangi
oleh pasukan yang memanggil diri mereka
sebagai “Kalashnikov”. Jawatankuasa ingin
mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Mark La
Brooy dan Elaine Daly kerana telah bersetuju
dengan “sportingly” untuk menjadi pengacarapengacara majlis. Ramai yang merasakan
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mereka adalah satu pasangan yang sangat
sepadan! Rasa terima kasih yang tidak terhingga
juga ditujukan kepada firma Lee Hishamuddin
Allen Gledhill dan satu firma lain yang tidak
mahu nama mereka disebutkan untuk dermaderma kewangan mereka. Kami juga ingin
mengucapkan rasa berterima kasih kami kepada
Teo Bong Kwang, Nahendren Navaratnam, Alex
Chang, GK Ganesan, Gopal Sreenevasan,
Ben Chan dan Lim Tuck Sun kerana telah
bermurah hati menyumbangkan buku-buku
yang ditulis mereka. Rasa penghargaan kami
juga ditujukan kepada LexisNexis untuk begbeg barangan mereka dan Jawatankuasa
Pendidikan Undang-undang Lanjutan kerana
telah menyumbangkan baucar-baucar Pendidikan
Undang-undang Lanjutan. Hiburan pada
malam itu telah diberikan di dalam gaya yang
sangat hebat oleh “Backbreakers”, yang
terdiri daripada Mohd Izral Khairy, Mark Ho,
Gregory Ling, Clarence Chua dan Weina Ha
yang telah disokong dengan nyanyian Kaushalya,
Falah dan Dee Wei. Tahniah buat mereka.
Akhir sekali, kami juga berterima kasih
kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dari Raja
Darryl & Loh kerana telah dengan sangat teliti
menyediakan latar belakang (backdrop) untuk
pesta itu dan kepada Habizan Habeeb yang
telah mengambil gambar pada malam itu
7.
Jawatankuasa percaya kepada usahasama
dengan jawatankuasa-jawatankuasa lain
yang mungkin berkongsi objektif yang sama
dan atas niat ini, kami telah menyertai
Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Kuala Lumpur
(YLC) untuk berucap kepada pelajar-pelajar
undang-undang berkenaan dengan kerjaya di
dalam bidang perundangan. Bengkel -bengkel
ini telah diadakan di Universiti Kebangsaan
Malaysia (UKM) dan di UiTM. Respon-respon
dari pelajar-pelajar adalah sangat baik dan
kami berharap agar kerjasama ini dapat diteruskan.
8.
Masih lagi di dalam proses penyiapan adalah
penerbitan buku panduan latihan dalam
kamar. Buku panduan ini apabila siap,
telah direka bentuk untuk bertindak sebagai
satu panduan yang padat bagi mereka yang
berniat untuk memohon dan menjalani tempoh
latihan dalam kamar. Pada masa laporan ini,
jawatankuasa adalah di dalam proses untuk
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dan penderafan kandungan-kandungan buku panduan
tersebut.
9.
Saya ingin menyampaikan rasa terima kasih saya kepada
semua ahli-ahli jawatankuasa untuk penglibatan dan
input yang diberikan. Ahli-ahli jawatankuasa ini telah
menunjukkan dedikasi dan komitmen sepenuhnya dan
adalah benar-benar berminat dan mengambil berat
terhadap hal ehwal pelatih-pelatih. Setiap acara adalah
hasil usaha sepasukan dan pujian ke atas kejayaan
setiap program adalah milik keseluruhan pasukan.
10.
Akhir sekali, buat kedua-dua Mary Tan dan Melissa Dass
dari Sekretariat Bar KL yang telah menunjukkan
keupayaan organisasi yang mantap dan sesungguhnya
acara-acara tersebut tidak akan dapat kami jalankan
tanpa pertolongan dan sumbangan dari mereka.
Abdul Rashid Ismail
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Hal Ehwal
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JAWATANKUASA SOSIAL
Pengerusi
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Pertemuan Sosial Informal
Acara pertama bagi penggal 2006/07 adalah satu pertemuan sosial
informal yang diadakan pada 26 Mei 2006 di Cheers di Damansara.
Walaupun tidak ramai yang datang disebabkan hujan lebat, ia tetap
menyeronokkan bagi yang hadir di pertemuan ini.
Majlis Makan Malam & Tari-Menari Tahunan
Majlis Makan Malam & Tari-Menari Tahunan telah dilangsungkan
pada 2 Disember 2006 di Hotel Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Kuala Lumpur.
Walaupunramai yang sibuk dengan aktiviti-aktiviti sosial masing- masing,
seramai lebih daripada 480 orang tetamu telah menghadiri Majlis
tersebut. Sejumlah tetamu juga turut tampil berpakaian mengikut
tema Majlis serta hadiah-hadiah menarik disediakan untuk dimenangi
oleh pasangan yang berpakaian paling menarik. Majlis tersebut telah
mendapat sambutan baik daripada para tetamu yang disajikan
dengan pelbagai hidangan serta minuman sepanjang malam dan
juga hiburan oleh Bala, seorang pemuzik terkenal. Ahli jawatankuasa
ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan ribuan terima
kasih kepada firma-firma dan pihak individu yang telah memberikan
sokongan penuh bagi memastikan Majlis Tahunan ini kekal menjadi
suatu tradisi penting yang menyeronokkan.
Lawatan ke Rumah Yayasan Sunbeams, Rumah
Anak Yatim
Satu lawatan ke Rumah Yayasan Sunbeams telah diadakan pada 16
Julai 2006 dimana hasil kutipan (berjumlah RM5,000.00) daripada
acara Pencarian Harta Karun Motor Bar KL yang berlangsung pada
26 Februari 2006 dan kelengkapan dandanan diri sumbangan Body
Basics Sdn Bhd telah diserahkan kepada Rumah Anak Yatim tersebut.
Makan tengahari juga diadakan untuk kanak-kanak Rumah Anak Yatim
itu. Kehadiran ahli-ahli Bar adalah tidak menggalakkan, namun begitu
kesemua kanak-kanak terbabit menikmati hari yang menyeronokkan.
Derma Darah
Kempen menderma darah telah diadakan di Bar Room, Mahkamahmahkmah Rendah, Jalan Raja pada 17 Ogos 2006 dengan bantuan
Pusat Darah Negara. Sejumlah 34 unit darah telah berjaya dikumpul
daripada penderma-penderma yang murah hati.
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Pencarian Harta Karun LexisNexis-Bar KL
Acara Pencarian Harta Karun LexisNexis-Bar KL yang berlangsung
pada 4 November 2006 telah mendapat sambutan hangat dengan
kehadiran 66 buah kereta serta 250 orang peserta. Acara ini bermula
dari pusat pameran Volvo di Jalan Sungai Besi dan berakhir di Genting
Highlands Resort di mana peserta-peserta telah disajikan dengan
makanan lewat tengah hari dan diikuti dengan pengumuman namanama pemenang serta upacara pemberian hadiah. Kami berharap
agar dapat bekerjasama dengan LexisNexis lagi tahun hadapan agar
acara Pencarian Harta Karun ini dapat dijadikan sebagai acara
tahunan. Semua hasil bersih yang diperolehi daripada acara ini
dibahagi sama rata di antara penganjur-penganjur untuk disalurkan
bagi tujuan-tujuan kebajikan dan Program Pendidikan Undang-undang
Lanjutan Bar KL. Kami juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk
mengucapkan terima kasih kepada penggemar-penggemar Pencarian
Harta Karun di kalangan “fraternity” kami atas sokongan mereka bagi
menjayakan acara ini.
Ivan Wong Ee-Vern
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Sosial
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JAWATANKUASA Sukan
1.
Pengerusi: Anand Ponnudurai
Ahli-ahli berikut telah dilantik sebagai konvenor-konvenor bagi membantu
dalam organisasi untuk sukan tersebut :i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
Badminton
Kriket Golf
Hoki
Bola Jaring
Bola Sepak
Squask
Tenis
Bola Tampar
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
A.I. Nathan
Alex De Silva
Koh Yew Chong
K. Vijayaraj
Wong Keat Ching
Peter Ling
Jayne Koe
Yeoh Cho Keong
Cheow Wee
2.
Siri Tahunan
2.1
Sukan Bar KL/Selangor Yang Ke-6
(Piala Pusingan Lall Singh Muker)
Sukan Bar KL/Selangor Yang Ke-6 telah dianjurkan oleh Bar Selangor
dipelbagai tempat pada 20 dan 21 Januari 2006. Bar KL telah
memenangi permainan pertama dengan mengalahkan Bar Selangor
dan telah memenangi Piala Kandiah Chelliah untuk permainan
golf pada 20 Januari 2006 di Bukit Kemuning Golf Course.
Bar KL telah menandingi Bar Selangor dalam permainan hoki,
snooker, bola jaring, bola tampar, bola sepak dan badminton pada 21
Januari 2006, dimana Bar KL telah menjuarai kesemua permainan
kecuali snooker. Dengan demikian, Bar KL telah memegang semula
Piala Pusingan Lall Singh Muker dengan markah keseluruhannya 6-1.
Bar KL akan menjadi tuan rumah bagi Siri Yang Ke-7 pada 12 dan 13
Januari 2007.
2.2
Karnival Sukan Yang Ke-17 - Bar KL lwn Kelab DiRaja Selangor (RSC)
(Piala Pusingan Tan Sri Dato’ Harun Hashim)
Karnival Sukan Yang Ke-17 telah dijadualkan di adakan bermula
minggu 20 November 2006 dengan beberapa permainan dimainkan
dengan bola sepak, bola jaring, kriket dan hoki pada penghujung
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yang akan diadakan di Kiara Sports Annexe pada
25 November 2006 yang diikuti dengan jamuan
makan malam / penyampaian hadiah.
Bar KL telah menguasai permainan badminton dengan
mengalahkan RSC dalam badminton 5-0 digelanggang
badminton Kuen Cheng pada malam 20 November
2006. Walaubagaimanapun, pada 22 November
2006, Bar KL telah menerima panggilan daripada
Pengerusi Sukan RSC dengan satu permintaan
bahawa Siri ini ditangguhkan memandangkan
keadaan padang mereka yang tidak memuaskan akibat
daripada hujan yang berterusan yang menyebabkan
padang tersebut terpaksa ditutup. Semua pihak telah
bersetuju untuk menangguhkan Siri Yang Ke-17 ini dan
juga makan malam sehingga pada Februari atau March 2007.
3.
Kejohanan Bar Diantara NegeriNegeri
3.1. Satu pertandingan Kejohanan Bar antara negerinegeri telah diaturkan oleh Majlis Peguam Malaysia
dan dianjurkan oleh Bar Kedah di Alor Setar pada 18
dan 19 November 2006. Sukan yang dipertandingkan
adalah badminton, golf, bola jaring, bola sepak dan
juga bola tampar dan Bar KL telah menghantar pasukan
untuk menyertai semua pertandingan tersebut.
3.2. Pasukan Bar KL telah muncul juara didalam
pertandingan bola sepak, bola jaring dan bola tampar.
3.3. Bar KL telah muncul naib juara didalam
permainan golf dan badminton apabila telah kalah
dengan tipis kepada Bar Selangor.
3.4. Jamuan makan malam dan juga penyampaian
hadiah telah diadakan di Revolving Restaurant di Alor
Setar Telekom Tower dan dihadiri oleh semua pesertapeserta.
3.5. Ucapan terima kasih ditujukan kepada Bar
Kedah kerana menganjurkan sukan tersebut dengan
sempurnanya dan kepada semua peserta-peserta
dari Bar KL untuk persembahan yang mengagumkan.
3.6. Bar Kelantan kelihatan seperti telah bersetuju
untuk menjadi tuan rumah bagi sukan bagi negerinegeri tahun depan dimana Bar KL akan menyertai
dengan harapan mengulangi (mungkin mempertingkatkan)
persembahan tahun ini.
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4.
Bola Sepak
Pertandingan Bola Sepak 7-Sebelah yang Ke-18
Piala Memorial Thayalan untuk Piala Pusingan yang
diderma oleh Tetuan Skrine telah diadakan pada 4
Mac 2006 di UNITEN Bangi. Pertandingan ini disertai
oleh beberapa pasukan yang berminat dari seluruh
negara. Sekumpulan peguam-peguam yang bernama
“Feng Tau FC” muncul sebagai juara dengan “Chocolate
Bar” sebagai naib juara. Pertandingan yang Ke-19
akan berlangsung pada bulan March 2007.
5.
AM
Ahli-ahli Bar KL sering bertemu untuk permainan bola
tampar, dan badminton serta sukan-sukan lain. Bar
KL telah menempah dewan yang pada mulanya di SBA
di Kampung Attap dan sekarang di KLBA di Cheras
setiap petang Rabu untuk badminton dan menempah
Bangsar Sport Komplex pada setiap petang hari Ahad
untuk bola tampar dimana terdapat penyertaan aktif
oleh peguam-peguam dan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar
didalam sesi-sesi tersebut.
6.
Ucapan terima kasih
Saya dengan ini ingin berterima kasih kepada semua
konvenor-konvenor untuk masa dan usaha mereka
dalam mengendalikan permainan-permainan tersebut.
Jawatankuasa juga berterima kasih kepada pendermapenderma atas sumbangan-sumbangan hadiah, pialapiala dan berbagai penajaan dalam tahun-tahun
terdahulu untuk menjayakan pelbagai aktiviti sukan.
Akhir sekali, jawatankuasa berterima kasih kepada
semua ahli-ahli yang mengambil bahagian dan memberi
sokongan dalam pelbagai aktiviti Jawatankuasa Sukan
dalam beberapa tahun ini. Walaupun penglibatan
ahli-ahli telah bertambah dan secara umumnya amat
menggalakkan, adalah diharapkan lebih ramai ahli
terutama peguam-peguam muda akan mengambil
bahagian dalam aktiviti-aktiviti dalam tahun-tahun
yang akan datang.
Anand Ponnudurai
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Sukan
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Pengerusi
Richard Wee T.S.
Laporan Pengerusi
Setiausaha
Melissa Ram
Vincent Tey
Dinesh Praveen Nair
D’zaki Ezhar Bahar
Janet Chai
Lai Chee Hoe
Lee Shih
Lee Chooi Peng
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Untuk tahun ini, Jawatankuasa Peguam-peguam Muda (JPM) terus
berhubung dengan ahli-ahli muda dan menyampaikan pandangan
dan komen mereka kepada Jawatankuasa Peguam Kuala Lumpur
(JPKL). Projek dari penggal lepas telah dibawa ke penggal ini dan
projek baru juga telah dimulakan.
Tanpa cuba mengulangi laporan-laporan jawatankuasa kecil yang lain,
berikut adalah projek-projek/aktiviti-aktiviti yang telah kami jalankan :1.
Terlibat dalam merangka dan pengagihan BUKU MERAH
(“RED BOOK”) yang telah dilancarkan pada 20 April 2006.
Projek ini telah dimulakan oleh sekumpulan peguam yang
dikenali sebagai TANGKAP (terdapat ahli JPM terlibat di sini).
Projek ini adalah usaha berterusan dari JPM penggal yang
lepas. Edisi kedua BUKU MERAH akan diterbitkan dan diedarkan
tidak lama lagi.
2.
Lawatan ke Universiti-universiti; terutama sekali Universiti
Malaya (UM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) dan Universiti
Institute Teknologi Mara (UiTM), untuk menjalankan kem-kem
bersama pra-siswazah Ijazah Sarjana Muda Undang-undang.
Kami telah menerima maklum balas yang positif dari semua
universiti-universiti yang telah menyertai kem-kem ini. Dengan
sambutan seperti ini, ada kemungkinan besar JPM akan
meneruskan aktiviti ini di masa-masa akan datang.
3.
Malam Amal 2006 - untuk kali kedua. Malam Amal pada kali
ini telah mendapat sambutan yang lebih memberangsangkan
jika dibandingkan dengan Malam Amal tahun 2005. Negerinegeri Melaka dan Perak juga merancang untuk mengadakan
Malam Amal yang hampir sama dengan Malam Amal di Kuala
Lumpur.
4.
Lawatan ke Mahkamah Majistret Dewan Bandaraya Kuala
Lumpur (DBKL) bagi menghadiri kes pasangan berkelakuan
sumbang di KLCC “KLCC-kissing-couple”. JPM juga telah
bergabung tenaga bersama sekumpulan peguam yang telah
berarak ke Bukit Aman pada 7 Jun 2006 bagi memprotes
penangkapan peguam yang hendak berjumpa dengan
anakguamnya di stesen polis.
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5.
Forum Peguam-peguam Muda yang berlangsung dari 25 sehingga 27 Ogos 2006 di Persidangan President
of Law Association [POLA] di Singapura telah dihadiri oleh lebih daripada 15 orang ahli dari JPM Kuala
Lumpur (JPM KL). Ahli-ahli JPM dari negeri lain juga turut serta mewakili Malaysia di Persidangan tersebut. Kami
menghadiri Persidangan tersebut dibawah payung Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Nasional (JPMN), dan
Persidangan ini tentu mengeratkan perhubungan yang rapat dengan rakan sejawat kami dari Singapura.
6.
Ahli JPM, Lai Chee Hoe telah menghadiri Konferens “Mechanism and Legislation to Promote and Protect
Gender Equality” yang diadakan dari 28 hingga 30 Ogos 2006, bagi mewakili Majlis Peguam dan juga
JPM KL. Konferens ini yang telah dianjurkan bersama oleh Women’s Centre for Change (WCC) dari
Pulau Pinang dan international solidarity network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws, adalah satu
mesyuarat dengan hasrat untuk membandingkan dan berbincang tentang undang-undang saksama
dan mekanisma untuk isu “gender”. 7.
Sebahagian ahli JPM juga telah mengambil bahagian bersama kumpulan peguam-peguam Majlis Peguam
dalam program Persoalan “Bloody Sunday” bersama SUHAKAM.
8.
Produksi video dokumentari mengenai Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur. Dokumentari pendek ini
bertujuan untuk memberi gambaran kepada ahli-ahli muda mengenai sejarah dan kepentingan Pusat
Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur. Setiausaha Pusat Bantuan Guaman ini, Ravi Nekoo, telah memastikan
projek ini dijayakan dengan lancar.
9.
Pameran Kemajuan Kerjaya-Jawatankuasa Kemajuan Kerjaya [Dalaman] akan mengaturkan Pameran
tersebut dengan menjemput Universiti-universiti dan Kolej-kolej terkemuka untuk mengadakan Expo
Pendidikan bagi mendedahkan kepada peguam-peguam muda potensi melanjutkan pengajian mereka.
JPM juga telah menghubungi Tabung Amanah Biasiswa terkemuka yang sanggup menawarkan
biasiswa kepada peguam yang berkelayakan.
Laporan ini tidak lengkap sekiranya tidak menyebut berkenaan perubahan yang paling ketara di dalam polisi
JPM - iaitu pemansuhan bahagian (a) dalam Seksyen 46A Akta Profesion Undang-undang 1976. Pemansuhan
tersebut memberi makna peguam-peguam muda tidak lagi dihalang atau dikawal daripada menawarkan diri
sebagai calon dalam Majlis Peguam atau Jawatankuasa Bar Negeri. Perjuangan menentang Seksyen 46A (a)
ini telah bermula sejak 1978 dan akhirnya dimansuhkan pada 2 Oktober 2006 dimana ianya telah diwartakan.
Ketika Bill untuk Akta tersebut mula-mula dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat pada bulan Julai 2006, beberapa ahli
JPM hadir di Parlimen untuk berjumpa Datuk Seri Nazri dan beberapa Ahli Parlimen lain yang berlatarbelakang
perundangan untuk menunjukkan sokongan keatas pemansuhan seksyen yang menyekat ini.
JPM juga diwakili di JPMN di Majlis Peguam Malaysia. Sebagai JPM yang mewakili peguam-peguam muda yang
terbesar, JPM telah memastikan kepentingan ahli-ahli kami sentiasa diprihatinkan di mesyuarat-mesyuarat
JPMN. Kami juga terlibat dalam banyak projek-projek JPMN.
Di sini saya ingin merakamkan ucapan terima kasih kepada setiap seorang ahli JPM untuk bantuan yang telah
mereka hulurkan.
Ketua-ketua jawatankuasa juga seharusnya diberi pujian atas contoh teladan mereka dan kerana sentiasa prihatin
tentang kehendak ahli-ahli muda Bar Kuala Lumpur.
Saya juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Setiausaha JPM, Melissa Ram, yang telah berkerja tanpa
mengira penat di belakang tabir demi untuk faedah JPM.
Saya amat berterima kasih dan terhutang budi kepada Sekretariat Bar Kuala Lumpur, terutama sekali Mary dan
Melissa Dass dan bekas Pegawai-pegawai Eksekutif [Kavitha dan Nazatul] yang telah memastikan projek-projek
JPM berjalan lancar.
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Saya juga mesti merakamkan terima kasih kepada JPKL atas sokongan mereka. Saya dan Melissa banyak
beruntung daripada dorongan dan pertolongan mereka sepanjang waktu kami berada di bawah JPKL.
Akhir sekali, kami menghargai galakkan ahli-ahli Bar Kuala Lumpur dan berharap sokongan yang padu terhadap aktiviti-aktiviti JPM akan berterusan.
JPM akan terus beroperasi kerana jawatankuasa ini bukanlah semata-mata jawatankuasa Anti Seksyen 46A
tetapi (seperti dipetik dan dipinjam dari ucapan Abraham Lincoln di Gettysburg) “a committee of young lawyers,
by young lawyers and for young lawyers”.
Richard Wee T.S.
Pengerusi
JPM
Jawatankuasa Kecil Hak Asasi Manusia
Ketua:
Dinesh Nair
Ahli-ahli:
Sharifah Thaherah
Ng Yueng May
Simrin
Ranjeeta Kaur
Ravi
Jawatankuasa kecil Hak Asasi Manusia telah mengadakan beberapa aktiviti-aktiviti sebagai meneruskan usaha
mempromosikan kesedaran hak-hak asasi manusia di kalangan peguam-peguam terutama sekali peguam-peguam
muda secara amnya.
Berikut adalah aktiviti-aktiviti yang telah diadakan dan/atau disertai :
a)
telah menghadiri sebanyak dua kali ke perbicaraan pasangan-berkelakuan-sumbang KLCC atau
“KLCC-kissing-couple” di Mahkamah Majistret Dewan Bahasa Kuala Lumpur;
b)
mengambil bahagian dalam perarakan ke Bukit Aman pada 7 Jun 2006, bagi memprotes penangkapan
yang dibuat oleh Polis Diraja Malaysia terhadap peguam yang mahu berjumpa dengan anakguamnya
di Balai Polis Petaling Jaya;
c)
telah mencadangkan dan menyediakan penyataan deraf untuk diisukan oleh JPM atau JPKL bagi memprotes
penganiyaan oleh Polis Diraja Malaysia terhadap orang yang ditahan berikutan dengan siaran oleh
Bulletin Utama TV3 pada 26 Ogos 2006;
d)
menghadiri Persidangan Hari Hak-hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia 2006 yang dianjurkan oleh Suruhanjaya
Hak-hak Asasi Manusia pada 9 September 2006 di Hotel Renaissance, Kuala Lumpur;
e)
meneruskan perhubungan bersama Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Menteri Kemajuan Wanita, Keluarga
dan Komuniti berkenaan dengan jemputan Kementerian ke forum bagi menyampaikan perspektif Kerajaan
Malaysia terhadap Islamic Family (Federal Territories) (Amendment) Bill 2005. Percubaan menyampaikan
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forum tersebut selama ini tidak dapat dijayakan kerana Menteri terlampau sibuk dengan perkara-perkara
penting yang perlukan perhatian utama.
Secara keseluruhannya, kami percaya bahawa aktiviti-aktiviti di atas telah memberi pendedahan kepada ramai
peguam (terutamanya peguam-peguam muda) kesedaran mengenai hak-hak asasi manusia dan isu-isu yang
berkait rapat dengannya. Dengan itu, kami tidak teragak untuk mengatakan di sini bahawa kami berasa sungguh
optimis dalam mengambil bahagian aktiviti-aktiviti lain untuk membawa lebih jauh hak-hak asasi manusia di
Malaysia.
Dinesh Nair
Ketua
Jawatankuasa Kecil Hak Asasi Manusia
Jawatankuasa Kecil Kemajuan Kerjaya [JKK]
Untuk penggal 2006/07, jawatankuasa kecil ini dibahagikan kepada 2 unit kecil iaitu Unit Eksternal dan Unit
Internal. Unit Eksternal ditanggungjawabkan untuk projek-projek di luar bidang kuasa JPKL, dan Unit Internal
pula bertanggungjawab atas kerjaya peguam-peguam muda Bar KL.
Ketua-Unit Internal
Janet Chai
Ketua-Unit Eksternal
Lai Chee Hoe
Ahli-ahli:
Lee Shih Alan Teoh
Wilson
Agnes Chow
Sumitha
Ng Chian Huey
Benjamin Yong Hui
Athena Ang
Vivian Tan
Chew Liitsan
Khor Tze Ming
Lee Chooi Peng
Azrina
Hanie
Razanna
Unit Eksternal
JKK pada penggal ini, telah meneruskan projek workshop bersama siswa LL.B di universiti-universiti tempatan,
yang dimulakan oleh jawatankuasa penggal lepas.
Apa yang telah menyebabkan JKK untuk menyambungkan program ini adalah kerana JKK melihat keperluan
dan kepentingan untuk mengendalikan ekspektasi pelajar-pelajar fakulti undang-undang. Terutamanya aliran
utama pendidikan di kebanyakan universiti tidak memberi aspek aspek pratikal semasa mengamal undang-undang dan
teras kecekapan (core competencies) yang diperlukan untuk berjaya atau untuk hidup sahaja dalam pasaran
undang-undang yang mempunyai banyak persaingan.
Sebab itu, kami percaya bahawa mendidik dan melengkapi peguam-peguam akan datang dengan kemahiran
dan sikap yang betul untuk menentang persaingan, terutamanya globalisasi yang akan dimunculi di profesion
undang-undang di mana peguam luar negara adalah diberikan peluang untuk mengamalkan undang-undang
di Malaysia.
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Kami telah mengadakan 3 workshop iaitu di University Malaya (“UM”), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (“UKM”)
dan University Institut Teknologi Mara (“UiTM”).
Kami memulakan projet tersebut di UM pada 22 Julai 2006. Workshop tersebut mempunyai kira-kira 100 pelajar
dalam tahun terakhir dan maklum balas daripada peguam sukarela dan pelajar-pelajar adalah memberangsangkan,
dan ada yang mencadangkan workshop tersebut dijadikan rencana tetap di UM.
Memandangkan kejayaan workshop tersebut, kami memutus untuk meluaskan sentuhan kami kepada universiti
di negeri Selangor. Setelah mendapati kelulusan daripada Bar Selangor, kami telah mengadakan Workshop
kedua di UKM pada 5 Ogos 2006. Pelajar-pelajar di UKM adalah ghairah dan gembira. Mereka menanya banyak
soalan dan peguam sukarela juga memberikan jawapan tentang kehidupan seharian semasa bekerja.
Workshop ketiga diadakan di UiTM pada 23 September 2006 dan ia juga merupakan workshop terakhir dalam
projek JKK 2006/07. Projek ini telah menarik kehadiran Haji Sulaiman Abdullah, Lim Chee Wee, Edmund Bon
dan peguam muda dari Bar Selangor dan Perak. Pelajar-pelajar UiTM mempunyai peluang untuk memperlajari
“reality checklist” dan teras kecekapan yang diperlukan oleh seorang peguam.
Penilaian keseluruhan adalah positif dan workshop-workshop tersebut telah disambut baik oleh pelajar-pelajar
dan peguam-peguam sukarela. Kami percaya workshop-workshop ini harus diulangi pada tahun yang akan datang
untuk mengendalikan ekspektasi pelajar-pelajar.
Lai Chee Hoe
Ketua [Eksternal]
Unit Internal
Jawatankuasa kecil ini telah, sebagai tambahan kepada beberapa lawatan ke universiti-universiti tempatan
sepertimana yang digariskan di atas, menganjurkan suatu ceramah berkenaan dengan Akta Pencegahan
Pengubahan Wang Haram (“Akta”) yang telah diadakan pada 1 Ogos 2006. Ceramah tersebut telah diadakan
memandangkan pindaan-pindaan yang telah dibuat baru-baru ini kepada Akta tersebut yang mana tanggungjawab
pelaporan di bawah Akta tersebut telah menjangkau kepada pihak peguam yang kini mempunyai tanggungjawab
untuk melaporkan apa-apa jua transaksi yang mencurigakan yang mungkin dialami dalam kerja mereka. Tindak
balas daripada para peserta, yang adalah termasuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan ahli-ahli profesion undangundang dan juga bukan ahli seperti para akauntan dan pengurus syarikat dalam firma guaman, adalah amat
memberangsangkan. Jawatankuasa kecil ini juga bercadang untuk memulakan tahun yang akan datang ini
dengan mengadakan suatu bengkel mempertingkatkan kerjaya berkenaan dengan kursus-kursus lepas ijazah
untuk pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan ahli-ahli profesion undang-undang yang ingin mempertingkatkan lagi
pengetahuan mereka dan yang tidak dapat meluangkan masa untuk meneliti maklumat yang terlalu banyak
daripada universiti-universiti dan kolej-kolej tempatan untuk membuat pilihan dalam kursus-kursus yang sedia-ada.
Janet Chai
Ketua [Internal]
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Jawatankuasa Kecil Sukan
Ketua:
Dipendra
Ahli-ahli:
Farez Jinnah
Tahun ini, pada mulanya Jawatankuasa kecil Sukan telah berancang untuk berganding bahu bersama
Jawatankuasa Sukan Bar Kuala Lumpur mengadakan Carnival Sukan. Ini telah dirancang sekitar di dalam
bulan November atau Disember 2006.
Walaubagaimanapun, memandangkan terdapat pelbagai acara-acara lain yang telah dirancang dalam jangka
masa tersebut, Jawatankuasa kecil Sukan membuat keputusan untuk menunda Karnival Sukan ke bulan
Januari atau Februari 2007 (bergantung kepada kesesuaian dan keadaan peda masa tersebut). Jawatankuasa
kecil Sukan juga mengharapkan kepada acara-acara alternatif lain seperti pertandingan paintball dan/atau
pertandingan futsal.
Sebagai Ketua Jawatankuasa kecil ini, saya juga adalah ahli di Jawatankuasa Sukan Bar KL yang diketuai oleh
Anand Ponnudurai, dimana pandangan ahli-ahli muda dikongsi dan diberitahu kepada jawatankuasa tersebut.
Perlu juga diberi perhatian bahawa terdapat ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa kecil Sukan yang menyumbang secara aktif
dan telah menjayakan Malam Amal 2006. Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa kecil Sukan juga telah mengambil bahagian
dalam Forum Peguam-peguam Muda yang diadakan di Persidangan President of Law Association [POLA] di
Singapura dari 25 hingga 27 Ogos 2006.
H R Dipendra
Ketua
Jawankuasa Kecil Sukan
Jawatankuasa Kecil Kebajikan
Ketua:
D’zaki
Naib Ketua:
Lee Chooi Peng
Ahli-ahli:
Melissa Ram
Hoong May Yin
Benjamin
Pada tahun ini Jawatankuasa Kecil Kebajikan telah menganjurkan suatu Malam Amal [Charity Nite] bersama
dengan Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial pada 27 Julai 2006 untuk mengumpul dana bagi Pusat Penjagaan KanakKanak Cacat Taman Megah (“Rumah Kebajikan tersebut”).
Kami telah melawat Rumah Kebajikan tersebut pada 27 Mei 2006 dan amat terharu dengan keperluan ‘kanakkanak istimewa’ dalam Rumah Kebajikan tersebut. Rumah Kebajikan tersebut menjaga lebih kurang 130
kanak-kanak dan mempunyai perbelanjaan bulanan sebanyak RM32,164.00 tiap-tiap bulan. Oleh itu, kami
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memutuskan untuk menganjurkan suatu malam amal lagi, berikutan dengan sambutan hangat dari tahun
lepas, untuk menghulurkan bantuan kepada ‘kanak-kanak istimewa’ ini.
Untuk menarik lebih banyak dermaan, kami juga telah mengadakan pertandingan nyanyian pada Malam Amal
dimana pemenang pertandingan nyanyian tersebut adalah diputuskan berdasarkan jumlah derma yang dapat
dikutip oleh peserta-peserta dari persembahan mereka. Pertandingan nyanyian tersebut bukan sahaja berjaya
mengutip derma sebanyak RM 6,185.15 untuk Rumah Kebajikan tersebut tetapi juga telah menceriakan lagi
suasana Malam Amal tersebut.
Pada Malam Amal tersebut, kami telah berjaya menjual 418 tiket dan juga mengutip derma sebanyak
RM12,702.06 dari individu-individu dan firma-firma untuk ‘kanak-kanak istimewa’ tersebut .
Pada tahun ini, kami bukan sahaja berjaya mengutip derma hampir RM20,000.00 untuk Pusat Penjagaan
Kanak-Kanak Cacat Taman Megah tetapi juga berjaya mendapatkan penganjur untuk menderma 2 buah komputer kepada Rumah Kebajikan tersebut.
Lee Chooi Peng
Naib Ketua
Jawatankuasa Kecil Kebajikan
Jawatankuasa kecil Sosial
Ketua:
Vincent Tey
Naib Ketua:
Lee Shih
Ahli-ahli:
Dinesh Kana
Tiffany Heah
Vivian Tan
Alan Teoh
Acara kemuncak tahun ini bagi Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial Peguam Muda adalah Malam Amal 2006 yang telah
diadakan di CoChine Restaurant yang terletak di Jalan Doraisamy. Acara ini telah dianjurkan bersama
dengan Jawatankuasa Kebajikan pada 27 Julai 2006. Disebabkan sambutan besar-besaran oleh peguam-peguam
yang menghadiri dan/atau menyumbang kepada acara ini, sejumlah hampir RM20,000.00 telah dikutip
untuk Taman Megah Handicapped and Disabled Children’s Home. Untuk mengelakkan pengulangan, butirbutir Malam Amal 2006 seperti yang dinyatakan di dalam Laporan Jawatankuasa Kecil Kebajikan 2006 adalah
dirujuk dan diterimapakai di sini.
Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial ingin menyatakan setinggi-tinggi hutang budinya kepada semua yang telah
menjadikan acara ini suatu realiti dan yang berjaya. Sungguhpun agenda utama malam tersebut adalah untuk
mendapatkan sumbangan wang, acara tersebut secara sendirinya telah menjadi suatu pentas yang sempurna
untuk membolehkan peguam-peguam bersantai dan membincangkan isu-isu undang-undang semasa, dan
juga berkawan baru pada masa yang sama. Kejayaan acara ini sekali lagi mencerminkan keperihatinan dan
kepekaan peguam-peguam kepada keperluan golongan yang kurang bernasib baik di dalam masyarakat kita.
Melalui acara ini, kami telah mengambil suatu langkah di dalam arah yang betul.
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Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial juga telah membantu di dalam penganjuran Majlis Berbuka Puasa pada 13 Oktober
2006. Makan malam telah diadakan dengan meriahnya dalam semangat muhibbah Malaysia. Terdapat kehadiran
dari semua kaum di acara tersebut. Kami berharap dapat menarik lebih ramai hadirin tahun depan.
Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda KL kini dalam proses perbincangan untuk mengadakan suatu majlis akhir tahun
untuk dianjurkan bersama Jawatankuasa Sosial Bar Kuala Lumpur. Kami mengharapkan penyertaan besar-besaran
sekiranya acara ini disahkan. Kami akan memberikan maklumat terkini.
Sekali lagi, bagi pihak Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial, saya ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada anda semua
atas kepercayaan dan sumbangan anda yang tidak kenal penat dalam membuat tahun ini suatu tahun yang
tidak dapat dilupakan oleh Jawatankuasa Peguam Muda Kuala Lumpur. Saya tidak sabar-sabar mendapatkan
sokongan anda tahun depan!!
Vincent Tey
Ketua
Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial
Idol Bar KL
Idea untuk pertandingan Idol Bar KL yang diperjelaskan sekitar dalam Mei 2006, sebagai ilham jawatankuasa
peguam-peguam muda mengenai idea-idea untuk Malam Amal tahun ini. Idea tersebut dikembangkan ke dalam
konsep yang baru yang dengannya penonton-penonton akan mengundi untuk idol kegemaran mereka, dengan
menderma wang ke dalam kotak-kotak yang kami sediakan. Idol yang mempunyai jumlah wang dikutip yang
tertinggi akan memahkotai sebagai Idol Bar KL, dan semua hasil kutipan akan didermakan kepada pertubuhan
amal. Dengan e-mel yang dihantarkan ke merata-rata tempat, dan juga dengan banyak mesyuarat, format dan
peraturan-peraturan pertandingan ditetapkan.
Pusingan Kelayakan untuk pertandingan Idol Bar KL diadakan pada hari Sabtu, 8 Julai 2006, di Bilik Persidangan
Bar KL. Pada peringkat awal penganjuran pertandingan tersebut, kami berasa khuatir bahawa kami tidak akan
mempunyai peserta yang cukup. Kami telah mengehadkan jumlah peserta kepada 10 orang, tetapi dengan
amat cepatnya had tersebut dilebihi, dan akhirnya, kami membenarkan 13 orang peserta untuk mengambil
bahagian dalam Pusingan Kelayakan, dan kami telah menolak kemasukan peserta yang lewat.
Sebaik sahaja 13 orang peserta ini masing masing memasuki “competition arena” di Bilik Persidangan, mereka
disambut oleh satu keadaan seperti suatu sidang akhbar. Bilik tersebut dipenuhi dengan penyokong-penyokong,
lampu yang berkilau-kilau, seorang jurugambar yang menangkap gambar, dua kamera video yang sedang
dijalankan, dan di tengah-tengah kesemua itu, setiap peserta dikehendaki menyanyi dan menarik hati 5 orang
pengadil. Setiap peserta boleh menyanyi dengan maksimum 2 lagu, sama ada dalam Bahasa Malaysia atau
Bahasa Inggeris.
Akhirnya, 4 orang peserta akhir telah dipilih untuk memasuki Pusingan Akhir yang diadakan pada Malam Amal.
Mereka adalah:
1. 2. 3. 4. Falah, dari Oon & Partners
Dee Wei, dari Skrine
Brendan, dari Susie See, Norbaya & Cheah
Kaushalya, dari Shafee & Co
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Dan, ribuan tahniah kepada peserta-peserta yang lain:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Jamal, dari Othman Hashim & Co.
Steven, dari Shook Lin & Bok
Esther, dari Badri Kuhan Yeoh & Ghandi
CW Lim, dari Paul Cheah & Associates
YS Kho, dari Lim Kian Leong & Co.
Sheryl, dari Wong & Partners
Melody, dari Shearn Delamore & Co.
Nancy, dari NC Yew & Partners
‘A Shy Guy’
Sebagai persediaan untuk Malam Amal, 4 orang peserta akhir telah menjalankan banyak latihan dengan band
semua peguam, yang diketuai oleh Izral dan Mark Ho dan ahli-ahli band yang lain, Chua, Chee Hoe, Greg Ling
dan penyanyi undangan, Melody.
27 Julai 2006. Malam Amal 2006 telah menjelang tiba. Setiap sudut CoChine Restaurant di Asian Heritage Row
dipenuhi dengan peguam-peguam dan penyokong-penyokong yang lain, pertandingan Idol Bar KL dimulakan.
Setiap peserta akhir dikehendaki menyanyi dua lagu, sambil diiringi oleh band, dan ramai orang bersorak
apabila tamatnya lagu-lagu mereka. Penonton-penonton dengan penuh ghairah meletakkan dermaan mereka
ke dalam kotak-kotak dermaan yang khas disediakan, menunjukkan penghargaan bagi persembahan setiap
Peserta Akhir Idol Bar KL. Selepas Peserta Akhir telah selesai menyanyikan lagu mereka, band semua peguam
terus menghiburkan orang ramai yang bersorak semasa ahli-ahli JPM KL mula mengira dengan cepatnya
kesemua dermaan.
Keputusan bagi pertandingan Idol Bar KL diumumkan kemudian, dengan Kaushalya yang dimahkotai sebagai
Idol Bar KL 2006. Semasa tamatnya malam yang riah itu, ahli-ahli JPM KL berasa bangga dengan hakikat
bahawa semua orang benar-benar telah menikmati keseronokan malam tersebut dan yang lebih penting lagi,
kami telah mengutip dermaan dengan jumlah yang memecah rekod di sekitar RM20,000.00 untuk pertubuhan
amal.
Lee Shih
Naib Ketua
Jawatankuasa Kecil Sosial
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(Kuala Lumpur)
Ahli Panel
A.
LAPORAN PANEL PENGURUSAN 2006
Laporan disediakan oleh Ravi Nekoo
(Setiausaha Kehormat)
Pengerusi
M. Puravalen
Setiausaha Kehormat
Ravi Nekoo
Pengenalan
Penolong Setiausaha Kehormat
Alexis Diana
Bendahari
N. Surendran
Ahli-Ahli
K.M Nachammai
N. Sivanesan
Renuka T. Balasubramaniam
M. Moganambal
Pushpa Ratnam
Sunil Vijayan
K.A. Ramu
Sivarasa Rasiah
Anni Santhiago
Meera Samanther
So Chien Hao
Ramesh Lachmanan
Kalaiichelvii
Preetam Kaur
Baljit Singh Sidhu
Stanley Sinnappen
Pusat Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam (Kuala Lumpur telah membantu
10062 klien. Kami memberi perkhidmatan kepada tahanan reman,
pekerja asing dan mereka yang memerlukan pertolongan dalam
masalah keganasan rumah tangga serta mengalami masalah dalam
perkahwinan.
Pada tahun ini, kami juga terlibat dalam beberapa kes yang melibatkan
kepentingan awam seperti berkenaan hak-hak penduduk setinggan
yang telah mendiami kediaman mereka di Kuala Lumpur selama 40
tahun. Kami telah mewakili lebih kurang 108 penduduk dari Kampung
Semarak. Pusat ini juga membantu gabungan Badan-Badan Bukan
Kerajaan (NGO) yang berkepentingan dalam kebajikan haiwan. Terdapat
sekumpulan peguam yang menunjukkan minat mendalam dalam
bidang ini dan bersedia bekerjasama dengan Badan-Badan Bukan
Kerajaan tersebut.
Dalam menangani kekurangan peguam sukarela yang mengendalikan
kes jenayah, kami telah menganjurkan Program Latihan Undang-undang
Jenayah yang diterajui oleh En. Jagjit Singh. Setakat ini kami telah
melatih 63 orang peguam. Selain itu kami telah mengadakan Program
Latihan Kepimpinan selama 3 hari di Selesa Hill Homes, Bentong untuk
melahirkan pemimpin baru bagi pusat ini. Para peserta program ini
terdiri daripada pelatih dalam kamar yang pernah membuat tugasan
di Pusat ini.
Sepertimana yang diketahui, pada tahun 2005 terdapat pelbagai tuduhan
mengenai salah laku pengurusan dan kewangan serta masalah
disiplin pekerja yang telah dilemparkan pada Pusat ini. Majlis
Peguam merasakan adalah perlu untuk menubuhkan Jawtankkuasa
Siasatan untuk menyiasat dakwaan-dakwaan tersebut. Jawatankuasa
tersebut telah menyiapkan laporan dan menyerahkan laporan tersebut
kepada Majlis peguam. Jawatankuasa tersebut mendapati bahawa
tiada bukti untuk menyokong dakwaan-dakwaan tersebut.
Tahun ini, Pusat ini mendapati terdapat pertambahan dari segi bilangan
peguam sukarela. Walaupun pertambahan ini masih tidak mencukupi,
namun peningkatan ini tetap menggalakkan.
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Laporan daripada pelbagai Jawatankkuasa Kecil akan menunjukkan aktiviti-aktiviti yang telah dijalankan
pada tahun ini. Jawatankuasa tersebut telah mengenalpasti beberapa kelemahan yang wujud dalam program
tersebut dan mengesyorkan beberapa cadangan bagi mengatasinya. Kami mengakui bahawa masih banyak
perkara yang perlu dilakukan untuk kepentingan klien. Oleh itu, kami sentiasa melihat kepada langkah-langkah
untuk memperbaiki prestasi Pusat ini dalam memberi khidmat kepada klien.
Kami mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan ucapan terima kasih kepada semua peguam sukarela,
rakan-rakan dari badan-badan bukan kerajaan (NGO0, ketua-ketua projek, kakitangan serta pelatih dalam
kamar yang telah memebri sikingan dan membantu kami dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab undang-undang
kepada klien.
B.
A.
STATISTIk
STATISTIK Klien: Ringkasan - 2006
Klinik/Program
Klien 2004
Klien 2005
Klien 2006
1
Sungai Buloh Prison:
•Klien Malaysia
•Klien Migran
1298
(860)
(438)
1294
(876)
(418)
1285
(1010)
(275)
2
Penjara Wanita Kajang
236
181
200
3
Penjara Wanita Kajang (Migran)
473
153
84
4
Rumah Tahanan Juvana
107
121
77
5
Dock Brief
5100
5216
4714
6
Klinik LAC/Syariah
1691
1898
1808
7
SIS
707
523
568
8
AWAM
542
571
493
9
PTF
10
87
82
10
WAO - *N/A
5
102
166
11
Tenaganita
1121
998
585
11290
11144
10062
Jumlah
B.
File: Dibuka, Ada Peguam & Tiada Peguam - 2006
2005
Kategori
Buka
Ada
Peguam
Tiada
Peguam
Buka
Ada
Peguam
Tiada
Peguam
1
Jenayah
•Klinik LAC
•Program Penjara
141
123
96
114
45
9
154
119
102
115
52
4
2
Pekerjaan
28
28
-
31
29
2
3
Keluarga
64
64
-
67
67
-
4
Syariah
24
20
4
38
37
1
5
Lain
4
5
7
6
4
3
6
6
2
1
-
9
7
9
8
6
9
1
1
-
402
341
61
434
373
61
Jumlah
128
2006
•SOCSO
•Litigation Hak-hak awam
•Perumahan/Penyewaan
•Pelbagai
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D.
PERMOHONAN JAMINAN: 2006
2005
2006
17
36
PEGUAM SUKARELA (VL): 2006
2005
2006
2005
Jumlah VL
Baru VL
JUMLAH
Baru VL
JUMLAH
365
44
409
76
485
C.
LAPORAN JAWATANKUASA
1
KLINIK BANTUAN GUAMAN
Disediakan oleh: Ahli Jawatankuasa Klinik Bantuan Guaman
Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa:
Nachammai Kumarappan
Alexis Diana Jayaletchumi Rajaretnam
Ramesh Lachmanan
Kalaiichelvii
Mohd Hafiizh Ghazali
Molly Gomez-Kerisnan
Ahmad Ridza
Andrew Teh
Devika Sothinathan
Loh Mei Fun
Pengenalan
Klinik Bantuan Guaman (“LAC Clinic”) telah pun dikendalikan dari 1983 di sekretariat bagi memberikan khidmat
kepada orang awam yang datang ke Bantuan Guaman. Klinik ini juga menyediakan khidmat nasihat percuma
kepada mereka yang layak berdasarkan Ujian Kelayakan, kesedaran undang-undang, perwakilan undangundang dan campurtangan undang-undang. Klinik ini juga menyelia dan menguruskan sekumpulan peguam
sukarela di bawah Klinik Bantuan Guaman yang mana mengadakan perjumpaan 4 kali dan memperbaiki
masalah pentadbiran yang dihadapi oleh Klinik. Klinik ini beroperasi dari Isnin hingga Jumaat berpusat di Bantuan
Guaman (KL) dari 10 pagi hingga 4.30 petang.
Perbandingan klien (Mengunjungi Sekretariat) antara tahun 2005 dan 2006 adalah seperti berikut:-
NO
1
2
TAHUN
2005
2006
BILANGAN KLIEN
1643 (Hingga 30/12/05)
1586 (Hingga 8/12/06)
Perbandingan (Perwakilan Peguam yang diberi) antara tahun 2005 dan 2006 adalah seperti
berikut: NO
1
2
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Jawatankuasa/ Peguam Sukarela / Pelatih dalam Kamar
Bagi pihak Jawatankuasa dan Sekretariat, penghargaan ikhlas kami berikan kepada ahli jawatankuasa dan
tidak lupa juga kepada nadi/tunjang kepada Klinik LAC, Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar di mana tanpa mereka,
Klinik ini tidak mampu untuk memberi khidmat yang diperlukan kepada orang awam. Kekurangan peguam yang
menyertai Klinik ini dan menyelia pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar menyebabkan objektif jawatankuasa untuk
memberikan nasihat perundangan tidak tercapai objektifnya. Secara tidak langsung, ia membawa kepada situasi
di mana pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar memberikan nasihat tanpa diselia oleh peguam dan meletakkan Klinik
LAC dalam kemungkinan yang ia boleh disaman kerana memberikan nasihat yang salah. Walaubagaimanapun, dengan
pengawasan oleh kakitangan Klinik LAC yang berkelayakan terhadap pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar ini telah
berjaya menggelakkan dari sebarang kemungkinan atau tindakan undang-undang ke atasnya. Kami memohon
kepada peguam-peguam sukarela untuk datang ke sekretariat ini pada bila-bila masa yang mereka rasakan
sesuai dan terluang untuk menyelia pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar ketika mereka memberikan nasihat undangundang kepada orang awam.
Tambahan pula, terdapat peningkatan tren ketika ini di kalangan orang awam yang mencuba nasib untuk
mendapatkan nasihat atau wakil guaman secara percuma walaupun mereka mengetahui bahawa mereka
tidak layak untuk menerima bantuan guaman tersebut di bawah “means tests” yang dilaksanakan oleh Klinik
LAC. Ini menyebabkan sumber kami yang terhad telah dibazirkan kepada permohonan- permohonan seperti
itu. Malahan, berlaku beberapa kejadian apabila pemohon-pemohon bantuan ini berkelakuan buruk dan cuba
untuk mengugut pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan kakitangan-kakitangan Klinik LAC. Kebiasannya, kami
perhatikan bahawa dengan penglibatan secara aktif peguam-peguam sukarela ini ketika berdepan dengan
pemohon-pemohon sedemikian, ianya secara tidak langsung dapat mencegah sebarang percubaan untuk
membuli dan mengugut kakitangan-kakitangan Klinik LAC itu sendiri.
Campurtangan Perundangan
Pada tahun ini telah menunjukkan pertambahan atau permintaan yang tinggi bagi kelas campurtangan
perundangan di mana pelatih dalam kamar dan pelatih dalam kamar (Dock-brief) bergabung tenaga bagi
membantu klien-klien yang telah diketepikan oleh pihak berkuasa kerana status dan jantina. Pelatih dalam
kamar juga dikehendaki untuk mengiringi klien-klien menegakkan hak asasi mereka. Kami dapat melihat
jurang yang besar apabila klien-klien diiringi oleh pelatih dalam kamar.
Pelatih dalam kamar yang terlibat di dalam proses ini adalah amat teruja kerana mereka berpeluang untuk
didedahkan kepada pelbagai situasi sebenar di mana orang awam menghadapi masalah dengan pihak berkuasa/
jabatan kerajaan pada akar umbi.
Malangnya, kami juga menghadapi situasi yang mana sehingga ke hari ini masih belum ada jawapan
atau tindakan susulan diberikan kepada kami apabila perkara-perkara yang melibatkan atau berkaitan campurtangan
perundangan dilaksanakan. Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar juga ada menyatakan rasa tidak puas hati dan
kecewa mereka terhadap beberapa Jabatan Kerajaan. Jawatankuasa ini juga mendapati kekurangan sumber
kewangan dan penyeliaan oleh peguam-peguam sukarela telah menyekat campurtangan perundangan oleh
Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan sekretariat.
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Perbandingan Campurtangan yang telah dilakukan pada tahun 2005 dam 2006 adalah seperti berikut:NO
TAHUN
JUMLAH
BILANGAN
BILANGAN PELATIH
DALAM KAMAR
YANG TERLIBAT
KAWASAN YANG DILAWAT
1
2005
11 kes
12 Pelatih dalam
kamar
Polis, Pesuruhjaya sumpah, Mahkamah
Keluarga, Mahkamah Ampang/KL, JPN
2
2006
51 kes
80 Pelatih dalam
kamar
Police, MPJ, Jabatan Buruh, Asrama Sentul,
JKM, Jabatan Perhubungan Industri, Majistret, Sesyen, Trafik, Mahkamah Denmark,
Bank, Tanah Selangor, Amanah Raya
Latihan Pelatih dalam Kamar
Komiti telah memperbaharui program latihan pelatih dalam kamar di mana kami telah memasukkan lebih banyak
“role-play” dan penyertaan langsung dengan kumpulan dinamik.
Melalui proses ini, kami melihat minat tertimbul dan pemahaman undang-undang oleh pelatih dalam kamar
dengan lebih baik berbanding dengan pemberian kuliah. Ujian yang kami jalankan iaitu “role-play” adalah
dilakoni oleh kakitangan kami, pelatih dalam kamar dan peguam sukarela. Pelatih dalam kamar boleh menasihati
“klien” dan ketinggalan mereka boleh ditegur oleh peguam sukarela. Kami juga melaksanakan satu buku
panduan asas dengan soalan-soalan ringkas mengenai undang-undang keluarga, jenayah, pekerjaan di mana
kami telah mempraktik buku ini untuk tahun 2005 dan 2006 dan keputusannya adalah ia adalah efektif dan
berguna semasa menemu duga klien.
Ahli komiti mengadakan hampir semua ceramah dan mengajar mereka. Kami adalah berbangga dalam
mempunyai peguam sukarela kami seperti Mr. Satgurunathan, Mr. Yong Kum Lam, Mr. Ravindran Ramanujam,
Mr. Ravi Nekoo dan Mr. Muhendaran Suppiah untuk meluangkan masa berharga mereka untuk klinik dan
melatih pelatih dalam kamar.
Klinik Luaran
Jawatankuasa bagi tahun 2006 juga telah memutuskan untuk tidak menganjurkan sebaran Klinik Luaran kepada orang ramai memandangkan kami mempunyai aktiviti yang padat dengan program sekolah.
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LAPORAN PROJEK SEKOLAH KLINIK LAC
Laporan disediakan oleh: Ahlijawatankuasa Klinik LAC
Objektif
Klinik LAC di Pusat Bantuan Guaman menyediakan khidmat kepada klien yang berkunjung setiap hari dari jam
10.00 pagi hingga 4.30 petang di Wisma Kraftangan, Kuala Lumpur. Klinik ini telah membantu segenap
lapisan masyarakat terutamanya bagi kes-kes juvana yang masih bersekolah, yang melibatkan tuduhan-tuduhan
jenayah (rogol statutori, curi, ugutan, lumba haram dan lain-lain) Selain daripada itu, Klinik LAC juga memberi
khidmat dalam isu-isu sosial seperti bersekedudukan, kehamilan dikalangan remaja, hubungan tanpa ikatan
perkahwinan dan lain-lain. Oleh yang demikian, Pusat Bantuan Guaman memutuskan untuk memberikan
maklumat asas, implikasi, kesan-kesan dan juga pencegahan yang perlu terutamanya kepada pelajar-pelajar
di Sekolah Menengah memandangkan usia mereka yang masih muda dan terdedah dengan pelbagai masalah
social.
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Teori
Pembentukan atau penyelesaian yang ideal untuk memastikan dalam jangka masa yang panjang, bilangan
pelajar-pelajar yang ditangkap kerana kesalahan jenayah yang serius mahupun kecil dan menghalang mereka
daripada menjadi mangsa masalah social.
Kandungan
Sejak sekian lama, Klinik LAC telah berjaya mengendalikan program ini seperti yang diminta oleh guru-guru
dengan menyelitkan maklumat berkenaan dengan isu-isu social seperti kehamilan kalangan remaja.
Kerosakan akhlak, perkongsian masalah hidup dan juga ceramah-ceramah motivasi bagi memenuhi kehendak
dan perhatian pelajar-pelajar.
Sokongan Kerajaan
Klinik LAC telah menerima surat persetujuan daripada Kementerian Pendidikan (Wilayah Persekutuan) sejak 3
tahun yang lalu. Ianya merupakan satu dorongan kepada Pusat Bantuan Guaman untuk terus mengendalikan
program-program sedemikian di sekolah-sekolah. Pusat Bantuan Guaman percaya program-program seperti
itu mampu menarik perhatian setiap individu pelajar memandangkan ramai guru-guru khuatir pelajar-pelajar
mereka terlibat dalam masalah disiplin.
Kumpulan/Individu yang mengambil berat kebaikan pelajar-pelajar
Sejajar dengan kesedaran undang-undang dan untuk menarik minat pelajar-pelajar, Pusat Bantuan Guaman
telah berjaya mendapat maklumat penting dengan penglibatan bersama NGO, pertubuhan-pertubuhan social
berkenaan dengan perkembangan remaja. Klinik LAC juga berjaya menarik perhatian pertubuhan/organisasi
seperti Pejabat Peguam Negara, Polis Diraja Malaysia, Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat, Positive M’sia Treatment
Access & Advocacy Group (MTAAG), Pink Triangle Foundation, All Women Action Society (AWAM), Persatuan Karate,
Pusat Kebahagian Wanita dan Remaja (KEWAJA), pelajar-pelajar lama daripada sekolah masing-masing,
berkongsi masalah reality kehidupan untuk mewujudkan kesedaran di kalangan pelajar-pelajar. Bersamasama dengan peguam-peguam sukarela yang telah sanggup mengorbankan masa dan tenaga bagi menjayakan
program ini dimana guru-guru telah memberikan penilaian yang positif terhadap program tersebut. 90% pelajarpelajar mendapati kandungan program ini sangat berfaedah dan telah membuka mata mereka berkenaan
dengan isu-isu social.
Sokongan daripada Ahlijawatankuasa Klinik LAC/Kakitangan/Sumbangan Pelajar-pelajar Kakitangan-kakitangan
di Klinik LAC telah dilatih untuk mengendalikan pelajar-pelajar serta memainkan peranan yang sewajarnya
semasa program dijalankan . Mereka juga menggunakan mekanisme-mekanisme yang mudah tetapi
efektif untuk membolehkan pelajar-pelajar bertindak dengan betul jika ditimpa sebarang masalah. Terdapat
juga sedikit lakonan pendek daripada kakitangan bertujuan untuk menonjolkan cara-cara menghadapi masalah
terutamanya ketika waktu persekolahan. 85% dikalangan pelajar sangat teruja dengan lakonan pendek tersebut.
Walaubagaimanapun, Klinik LAC turut menghadapi kesukaran terutamanya ketika berhadapan dengan pelajarpelajar yang tidak berminat dengan program seperti ini. Langkah-langkah yang sepatutnya telah diambil dalam
usaha untuk memujuk pelajar-pelajar berkenaan agar berminat untuk menyertai program tersebut. Kakitangan
di Klinik LAC telah berganding bahu bersama-sama dengan guru-guru dan pengetua-pengetua bagi menjayakan
program tersebut.
Pembiayaan
Kekurangan pembiayaan kewangan pada tahun ini menyebabkan kakitangan tidak memperolehi elaun pejalanan
meskipun mereka telah pergi ke sekolah-sekolah yang berkenaan pada hari dan waktu yang tertentu. Mereka
juga tidak memperolehi pembiayaan bagi menyediakan material kepada pelajar-pelajar. Walaubagaimanapun
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pada tahun 2007, kami telah menerima seperti ini di lebih banyak sekolah.
Kesimpulan
Keseluruhan projek boleh dianggap sebagai berjaya tetapi pelajar-pelajar perlu didedahkan dengan presentasipresentasi berkesan. Sesetengah penceramah menceritakan dan berkongsi pengalaman mereka untuk
menarik perhatian pelajar-pelajar. Guru-guru juga cuba menganjurkan satu program seperti ini pada awal tahun
untuk mengurangkan kes-kes seperti ponteng dan membantu mengajar pelajar-pelajar untuk menghormati
dan menerima masalah-masalah yang mungkin berbangkit ketika usia remaja mereka.
Walaubagaimanapun, kami percaya lebih ramai peguam-peguam sukarela diperlukan untuk membolehkan
kami memenuhi keperluan sekolah-sekolah secara efektif memandangkan permintaan telah meningkat pada
tahun ini.
Jawatankuasa telah menjemput PDRM untuk menyertai dan berkongsi pengalaman mereka dalam cara yang
lebih mesra agar pelajar-pelajar tidak merasa takut dan malu. Pegawai-pegawai berkenaan tetap hadir disebalik
jadual mereka yang sangat ketat dan telah menjalankan program tersebut dengan baik dimana mereka telah
berkongsi dan memberi tunjuk ajar kepada pelajar-pelajar tersebut berkenaan dengan kes-kes jenayah.
Penghargaan
Dengan hormatnya, kami ingin mengucapkan setinggi-tinggi ucapan terima kasih kepada mereka yang terlibat
secara langsung atau tidak langsung dalam projek ini dan usaha-usaha mereka amat kami hargai.
Pejabat Peguam Negara iaitu YB Dato’ Mohd Yusof Bin Haji Zainal Abidin (Ketua Pendakwa) yang menyokong
program ini, Puan Noorin Badarudin (Timbalan Pendakwaraya) diatas sumbangannya yang berterusan di dalam
program ini dan pendekatan secara tidak langsung dalam menarik perhatian pelajar-pelajar walaupun beliau
mempunyai jadual yang ketat.
Pegawai-pegawai Polis Diraja Malaysia yang bermula dari Jawatan ASP, Ketua Inspektor dan Inspektor dari
Balai Polis Sentul, Balai Polis Setapak, Balai Polis Puchong dan Balai Polis Cheras telah menyampaikan sesi
ucapan mereka dengan cara berhemah dan menyebabkan pelajar-pelajar berkomunikasi dengan mereka secara
terbuka. Pelajar-pelajar juga membuat pertanyaan untuk menjadi pegawai polis dan mengemukakan soalan
yang berkaitan dengan pencegahan jenayah.
Pegawai Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Wilayah Persekutuan, Encik Raymond Jagan yang juga terlibat sama
dan mengambil bahagian dalam program ini melalui perbincangan proviso kanak-kanak dan Rumah Tahanan
Juvana yang mana beliau juga merupakan Pegawai Kebajikan. Slot ini telah diperkenalkan kepada 2 buah
sekolah dan kami merasakan input JKM penting dalam membenteras jenayah dan masalah social dikalangan
pelajar.
Wakil-wakil NGO telah datang membantu dalam program ini walaupun mereka sangat sibuk dengan kerja
pejabat dan beberapa Wakil NGO telah membuat satu pembentangan yang berkesan dan telah menarik perhatian
pelajar-pelajar dan mereka juga telah menjalankan permainan yang dinamik secara berkumpulan dengan
bantuan daripada pekerja-pekerja dan peguam-peguam sukarela kami.
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5.
Pertubuhan Wanita & Kesihatan (WAKE)
All Women Action Society (AWAM) (Pn Manohary, Pn Haslinah, Pn Vanitha Veriah (deceased)
Pusat Kebahagian Wanita & Remaja (KEWAJA) (EN Yahya Yusoff)
Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) (En Hisham Hussein, Pn Fathimah, En Benedict Moterou, Pn Sulastri)
Harapan Komuniti (EN Marhalem Mansor) and MTAAG (MR Marhalem Mansor)
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Senarai Penting seterusnya ialah ibu kita dan seorang suri rumah sepenuh masa yang tidak pernah gagal untuk
menghadiri program dan menyumbangkan pandangannya di bawah tajuk ‘Amalan Hidup Membawa Kejayaan’ ,
‘Testimoni Ibu Yang Berjaya’ ialah Puan Amanjit Kaur yang berjaya mendekati pelajar dengan sifat keibuannya.
Beliau adalah bintang dalam program kami dan kami berharap beliau akan menyumbangkan khidmat beliau
dalam projek-projek kami yang seterusnya.
Kami juga berjaya mendapatkan bekas-bekas pelajar dari sekolah masing-masing (Cik Selfi Mualanah &
bekas pelajar SMK Puteri Titiwangsa) untuk berkongsi dan mewakili bagi pihak program di mana mereka telah
diterima dengan baik dan ikatan telah dapat diwujudkan.
Pencapaian pelajar-pelajar dan bimbingan yang telah mereka terima semasa mereka bersekolah dahulu
menyebabkan pelajar-pelajar masa sekarang berasa kagum yang sekolah mereka telah melahirkan pemimpinpemimpin dan personaliti yang berpotensi dan mereka lebih menghormati sekolah.
Akhirnya, personaliti sukan Mr. Arivalagan Ponniyah (Jurulatih Karate Kebangsaan & Ex-Salle-Boy Sentul) dan
Mr. Thiagu Ponniyah (Bekas Juara Kebangsaan) menghabiskan masa peribadinya dan juga menghantar pelajarpelajar terbaik mereka untuk berkongsi cara hidup mereka sebelum menjadi juara sebagai salah satu daripada
kewajipan mereka kepada masyarakat. Sesi sukan ini memberi kesan dalam membina disiplin dan cara hidup
sihat untuk pelajar-pelajar sekolah.
Pihak penganjur dan juga guru-guru sangat teruja melihat pelajar mereka menumpukan sepenuh perhatian
kepada ucapan daripada ahli sukan dan mengemukakan pertanyaan dalam membentuk diri mereka dalam
sukan dan mengekalkan cara hidup sihat untuk jangka masa panjang.
Semasa mengendalikan program sekolah secara peribadinya, kami lihat hubungan baik antara beberapa buah
sekolah terbentuk di antaranya Sekolah Menengah Perempuan Jalan Ipoh, yang tanpa gagal telah menjemput
kami pada setiap tahun dan di kalangan pelajarnya yang mahu menolong KLLAC untuk menyediakan risalah
dan kerja-kerja lain.
Kami juga mengucapkan terima kasih kepada ahli jawatankuasa klinik LAC, pekerja-pekerja LAC dan semua
peguam sukareal seperti Ramlah Begum dari Satgurunathan dan semua mereka yang menjayakan program ini.
Kata-kata berikut “MENCEGAH LEBIH BAIK DARIPADA MENGUBATI” merupakan moto kami yang mana kami
akan cuba mencapainya ke tahap yang terbaik.
Statistik Program Sekolah 2006
Data untuk 2006 No
134
Tarikh
Sekolah
Tetamu Jemputan/Peguam
1
3 APRIL 2006
SMP JALAN IPOH
(2 sesi)
MS RAMLAH (VL), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), MDM AMARJIT
KAUR (HOUSEWIFE), PN FATHIMAH, CIK RINA, CIK ERIN
(WAKE)
2
13 APRIL 2006
SMK SETAPAK INDAH
MS ALEXIS (VL), MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), C/I BALASUBRAMANIAM (SETAPAK STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN
(AG’S), MDM AMARJIT (HOUSEWIFE), MR NELSON THOMAS
(KARATE), EN YAHYA YUSOF (KEWAJA), MS SULASTRI (PTF)
3
28 APRIL 2006
SMP JALAN IPOH
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), INSP. ZURITA AHMAD (SENTUL
STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN (AG’S), PN FATHIMAH
(WAKE), CIK SELFI MUALAMAH (KARATE), MDM AMARJIT
(HOUSEWIFE)
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15 JUNE 2006
SMK WANGSA MAJU,
SEK 5
5
13 JULY 2006
SMK BATU 8,
MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), ASP AHMAD
PUCHONG, SELANGOR DZAFFIR (PUCHONG STATION), MR BENEDICT (PTF), MR
(KLLAC WAS INVITED) NELSON THOMAS (KARATE)
6
15 SEPTEMBER SMK PUTERI
2006
TITIWANGSA
(2 sesi)
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), PN HASLINAH (AWAM), CIK SELFI
MUALAMAH (EX-STUDENT), MS NACHAMMAI (VL), PN
HASLINAH (AWAM), CIK SELFI MUALAMAH (EX-STUDENT)
7
20 SEPTEMBER SMK LA SALLE
2006
SENTUL
MS NACHAMMAI (VL), MS KALAIICHELVII (VL), C/I
AZAMUDDIN AHMAD (SENTUL STATION), PN NOORIN
BADARUDDIN (AG’S), MR ARIVALAGAN PONNIYAH
(NATIONAL COACH-KARATE & EX-STUDENT), MDM
AMARJIT (HOUSEWIFE)
8
13 OCTOBER
2006
SMK CONVENT BUKIT PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN (AG’S), MS MOLLY (VL), CIK
NENAS
KOGILA VAANY (EX-NATIONAL KARATE CHAMPS), MDM
AMARJIT KAUR (HOUSEWIFE), PUAN FATHIMAH (PTF)
9
17 OCTOBER
2006
SMK SETAPAK INDAH
EN AHMD RIDZA (VL), ASP YAHYA (SETAPAK STATION),
MR RAYMUND JAGAN (JKM COUNSELOR), MR NELSON
THOMAS (KARATE), EN MARHALEM (HARAPAN KOMUNITI)
10
19 OCTOBER
2006
SMK TAMAN
CONNOUGHT
MR RAMESH (VL), C/I JAAFAR NOAH (CHERAS STATION),
MR RAYMUND JAGAN (JKM COUNSELOR), CIK VASANTHA
MARIAH (NATIONAL KARATE ATHLETE), MR BENEDICT (PTF)
GRAND TOTAL
2.
MR AHMAD RIDZA (VL), MR SATGURUNATHAN (VL), ASP
TEH BOON ANG (SENTUL STATION), PN NOORIN BADARUDDIN
(AG’S), EN YAHYA YUSOF (KEWAJA), MR NELSON THOMAS
(KARATE), MR MARHALEM (HARAPAN KOMUNITI)
Temasuk 10 SESI
(4 sekolah sama)
KLINIK SYARIAH
Laporan disediakan oleh Ketua Projek, Nik Nurul Atiqah Nik Yusof
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Arham Diyana Abdullah
Ellysyeliza Mohd Desa Sabrina Ali Mohamad Ashfar
Mohd Hafiizh Mohd @ Ghazali
Nur Azlin @ Azliana Arifin
Pengenalan
Klinik Syariah beroperasi di Sekretariat dan dibuka kepada orang awam dari hari Isnin hingga Jumaat dari pukul
10 pagi hingga 4.30 petang. Klinik ini dikendalikan oleh pelatih dalam kamar yang diselia oleh peguam syariah
yang berpengalaman sebagai penyelia.
Objektif
Objektif utama klinik ini adalah menyediakan perkhidmatan nasihat guaman percuma dan perwakilan
peguam sukarela untuk kes-kes syariah terutamanya kepada golongan yang tidak berkemampuan. Secara
tidak langsung ia memberi kesedaran dan pengetahuan kepada orang awam tentang hak-hak dan tanggungjawab
mereka di bawah undang-undang syariah.
Pelatih dalam kamar diberi latihan selama setengah hari dari pukul 9 pagi hingga 1 petang yang memfokuskan
kepada undang-undang syariah sivil dan jenayah serta prosedur mahkamah syariah. Mereka juga perlu mengikuti
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latihan selama satu hari dengan Klinik Bantuan Guaman yang mana mereka dilatih tentang teknik menemuduga
klien, status kelayakan serta perbincangan tentang undang-undang jenayah, pekerjaan dan keluarga.
Aktiviti
Seminar tentang undang-undang keluarga syariah kepada pekerja dan pelajar-pelajar Institut German-Malaysia
(GMI) pada 17 Ogos 2006.
Kelebihan
•
Permintaan tinggi daripada orang awam
•
Meningkatkan pengetahuan undang-undang, teknik menemuduga dan memberi nasihat melalui
pendedahan terhadap undang-undang jenayah, keluarga, pekerjaan, imigresen dan syariah.
•
Menolong menyedarkan masyarakat islam terhadap hak dan tanggungjawab mereka dibawah undang
undang syariah
Kelemahan
•
Kekurangan peguam syarie yang mengendalikan fail-fail dan menyelia pelatih di sekretariat
•
Kekurangan pelatih berpengalaman untuk memberi latihan kepada pelatih dalam kamar
•
Kelakuan pelatih dalam kamar yang menjalankan tugas dengan tidak serius
•
Tidak cukup publisiti tentang klinik ini kepada orang awam
Cadangan
•
Menambahkan lebih ramai peguam sukarela
•
Mengadakan hubungan kerja yang baik dengan Mahkamah Syariah Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor
•
Menganjurkan lebih banyak sessi-sessi luaran untuk memberi kesedaran kepada masyarakat tentang
undang-undang syariah
3.
PROGRAM DOCK BRIEF
Laporan disediakan oleh: En Baljit Singh Sidhu (Ketua Projek)
Ketua Projek:
Baljit Singh Sidhu
Ahli Jawatankuasa:
Mary Song
Tuan Hanif Hashim
Mohd Irwan Nizam
Tuan Kamarul Zaman Selvarani Thiyagarajah
Pengenalan
Program ini menawarkan nasihat perundangan secara percuma, perwakilan dan bantuan kepada pihak yang
tidak diwakili di Mahkamah Majistret di Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur. Pelatih dalam kamar menawarkan bantuan
dalam bentuk perbicaraan reman, permohonan ikat jamin dan mitigasi hukuman. Program ini memerlukan sekurangkurangnya 60 pelatih dalam kamar dimana 12 pelatih dalam kamar dikehendaki menyelia di 7 Mahkamah
setiap hari. Setelah beberapa jangka masa, kami kini berjaya membuat penyeliaan di lebih 7 Mahkamah
termasuk Mahkamah Trafik, Mahkamah Juvana dan Mahkamah Majistret 8 di Kuala Lumpur.
Kelebihan
•
Menyediakan akses perundangan kepada pihak yang memerlukan bantuan
•
Bantuan kepada keluarga mereka yang berada dalam reman
•
Membantu mengurangkan masa dalam reman/penjara dan populasi tahanan remandi dalam penjara
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•
•
Satu program popular yang mana pelatih dalam kamar menyediakan kemahiran praktikal di dalam
Mahkamah
Penambahan bilangan permohonan ikat jamin Mahkamah
Penambahan bilangan perwakilan klien dalam perbicaraan reman
Kelemahan
•
Kekurangan keyakinan dan inisiatif bagi pihak pelatih dalam kamar
•
Keperluan untuk bekerjasama di kalangan Badan Pendakwa, Kehakiman dan Bantuan Guaman
•
Kekurangan dari segi penyeliaan bagi membantu pelatih dalam kamar di dalam Mahkamah
Cadangan untuk tahun 2007
•
Mengadakan lebih banyak ceramah dan seminar mengenai hal-hal perundangan seperti bengkel
UNHCR berkaitan pelarian dan pencari perlindungan
•
Penerangan dan latihan sistematik untuk pelatih dalam kamar terutamanya daripada pelatih senior
•
Mengadakan lebih banyak perjumpaan dengan Badan Kehakiman untuk membantu proses perwakilan
•
Membentuk satu kumpulan penyelia undang-undang untuk membantu pelatih dalam kamar di Mahkamah
•
Memberikan rancangan dan strategi untuk mengurangkan populasi reman
Akhir kata kami ingin mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih kepada semua Peguam Sukarela, Penyelia-Penyelia,
speaker latihan; En Jagjit Singh dan En Akbardin, Kakitangan Mahkamah, Timbalan-Timbalan Pendakwa dan
terutamanya Tuan Azman dan Majistret-Majistret lain & Hakim-Hakim Mahkamah Sesyen bagi usaha murni
mereka dalam menjayakan program ini.
4.
LAPORAN TAHUNAN 2006 KLINIK PENJARA SUNGAI BULOH DAN PENJARA WANITA KAJANG, KLINIK MIGRANT DAN KLINIK RUMAH TAHANAN JUVENIL
Laporan dibuat oleh Jawatankuasa
Sivanesan Nadarajah (Ketua Projek, Penjara Sungai Buloh dan Penjara Wanita Kajang)
Renuka T.Balasubramaniam (Ketua Projek, Penjara Sungai Buloh dan Penjara Migran Wanita Kajang)
M. Moganambal (Ketua Projek, Klinik Rumah Tahanan Juvana)
Ahli-ahli Jawantankuasa
Mr.Ramesh Lachmanan Mr.Benard Francis
Mr.Tan Hui Chuan
Mr.Samynathan
Ms.M Kamalam
Mr.Letchemanan
Mr.Andy Yong Kim Seng
Pengenalan
Pusat Bantuan Guaman menguruskan:
•
Klinik Penjara Sungai Buloh
•
Klinik Penjara Migrant Sungai Buloh
•
Klinik Penjara Wanita Kajang
•
Klinik Penjara Migrant Wanita Kajang; dan
•
Klinik Rumah Tahanan Juvenil
Pada mulanya, setiap Klinik diuruskan secara berasingan. Akan tetapi, pada awal Mac 2005, pelbagai program
telah digabungkan untuk membolehkan koordinasi yang lebih efektif dan penggunaan sumber dan kos dibawah
satu program. Pusat Bantuan Guaman juga berkerjasama dengan Pusat Bantuan Guaman Selangor dengan
mempelawa pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dari Pusat Bantuan Guaman Selangor untuk turut serta dalam Klinik
Penjara Sungai Buloh.
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Objektif-objektif Klinik ini antara lainnya termasuk:•
Untuk memastikan para tahanan mempunyai peluang untuk diwakili dan mendapat bantuan guaman
•
Untuk memberi khidmat guaman kepada para tahanan reman, termasuk nasihat guaman dan maklumat
berkenaan dengan mitigasi, jaminan, hukuman-hukuman yang mungkin dikenakan dan/atau lain-lain
pilihan yang mereka ada di samping memberi sokongan moral dan dorongan kepada para tahanan
•
Untuk memberi peluang kepada pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar untuk menimba pengalaman dan mempelajari
sistem undang-undang jenayah dan menawarkan khidmat kepada klien yang tidak mempunyai wakil guaman
•
Untuk memastikan peguam sukarela yang cukup untuk memberi bantuan guaman
•
Untuk memastikan mekanisma “follow-up” yang efektif wujud di penjara-penjara untuk memantau
perkembangan hal-hal yang dikendalikan oleh klinik
Ringkasan Program
Setiap tiga bulan, lebih kurang 27 pelatih dalam kamar dari Kuala Lumpur dan kira-kira 6 hingga 10 pelatih
dalam kamar dari Selangor mengambil bahagian dalam Klinik. Kumpulan-kumpulan pelatih dalam kamar, bersama
satu atau dua penyelia melawat penjara-penjara dan Klinik Rumah Tahanan Juvana untuk menemuduga para
tahanan. Para pelatih dalam kamar diberi latihan dan risalah yang mengandungi maklumat penting, termasuk
maklumat berkenaan dengan proses jenayah dan kesalahan umum. Para pelatih dalam kamar juga datang ke
Pusat Bantuan Guaman untuk membuat “follow-up”, termasuk:•
•
•
Menghubungi ahli keluarga berkenaan hal-hal yang berkaitan jaminan dan wakil guaman
Membuat rujukan terhadap kes-kes yang relevan terhadap Program ‘Dock Brief’, Pusat Bantuan Guaman
Negeri atau untuk kesalahan yang membawa hukuman mati, kepada “Court Assigned Counsel Scheme”; dan
Bekerjasama dengan peguam-peguam sukarela berkenaan status fail.
Pusat Bantuan Guaman juga menghubungi Kedutaan yang berkaitan untuk memaklumkan kepada mereka
mengenai kewujudan tahanan asing yang berasal dari negara mereka di penjara untuk tindakan selanjutnya.
Pusat Bantuan Guaman juga merujuk kes-kes yang melibatkan tahanan dari negeri lain kepada Pusat Bantuan
Guaman negeri yang berkaitan bagi membolehkan mereka mengambil tindakan relevan yang selanjutnya.
Kekuatan
•
Klinik ini memberi keselesaan kepada tahanan dan memberi peluang kepada mereka untuk memperolehi
nasihat berkenaan dengan kesudahan situasi mereka.
•
Klinik ini telah menghubungi ramai tahanan sebagai klien-klien pertama untuk Klinik Bantuan Guaman,
di mana mereka memperolehi bantuan selanjutnya dalam bentuk wakil guaman.
•
Kes-kes lain yang dirujuk kepada program ‘Dock Brief’ untuk mitigasi dan permohonan jaminan.
•
Kekuatan utama Klinik ini adalah kerjasama pihak-pihak yang terlibat, iaitu Pusat Bantuan Guaman
dalam mengendalikan Klinik, terutama sekali para penyelia pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dan pihak
penjara. Mereka telah bekerjasama untuk memberi bantuan guaman kepada para tahanan penjara
yang tidak diwakili dan tidak diberi peluang untuk melihat bahawa keadilan ditegakkan.
•
Oleh kerana kami beroperasi di bawah satu program, satu format temuduga yang sudah disemak telah
diperkenalkan pada tahun 2005.
•
Satu mesyuarat telah diadakan di antara Pusat Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam (KL) dan Pengarah
Penjara Sungai Buloh Tuan Haji Darussalam untuk membincangkan pelbagai isu untuk tahun tersebut.
Kelemahan
•
Di antara para tahanan yang ditemuduga, hanya beberapa fail diberi kepada peguam sukarela untuk
mewakili tertuduh dalam mahkamah.
•
Bagi Pusat Bantuan Guaman negeri yang lain, hanya nasihat diberi kepada klien.
•
Kekurangan maklum balas berkenaan dengan kes-kes yang dirujuk kepada Pusat Bantuan Guaman
negeri yang lain.
•
Walaubagaimanapun, Klinik ini mempunyai “setback” untuk mencapai objektifnya:
a.
Ketidakupayaan para pelatih dalam kamar untuk memperolehi fakta-fakta yang relevan
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b.
c.
daripada para tahanan, fakta tidak tersusun dan Kertas Temuduga yang diisi dengan
lengkap.
Ketidakupayaan para pelatih dalam kamar untuk memberi nasihat yang
secukupnya kepada para tahanan
Kekurangan kapasiti Pusat Bantuan Guaman untuk mendapatkan peguampeguam sukarela untuk mengatasi peningkatan bilangan kes-kes yang diperuntukkan
kepada wakil mahkamah.
Cadangan
Untuk memajukan Klinik Penjara, langkah-langkah berikut adalah dicadangkan:•
bila diperlukan, memberi khidmat penterjemah kepada para tahanan yang tidak fasih bahasa
Inggeris dan bahasa Melayu;
•
untuk mengurangkan bilangan tahanan di kalangan golongan berpendapatan rendah
dalam masyarakat;
•
untuk memastikan para tahanan tidak direman lebih daripada tiga bulan;
•
untuk memastikan para tahanan memperolehi nasihat yang betul untuk membolehkan
mereka membuat keputusan berkenaan dengan tindakan mereka yang selanjutnya;
•
untuk meningkatkan kerjasama dengan pihak berkuasa;
•
untuk memperolehi pendedahan dan latihan yang lebih untuk diberikan kepada para
pelatih dalam kamar;
•
untuk mempelawa lebih ramai peguam sukarela untuk membantu dalam mengendalikan
kes-kes dan menyelia tugasan pelatih dalam kamar;
•
untuk memastikan poster-poster Pusat Bantuan Guaman ditampal di Penjara dan
Rumah Tahanan Juvenil bagi membolehkan ahli-ahli keluarga menhubungi kami
•
kemahiran “advocacy” harus ditingkatkan;
•
disiplin dan ketepatan masa haruslah diambil-berat secara serius;
•
mengabungkan program Klinik Penjara dan Program Dock Brief;
•
untuk mewujudkan sesi semakan singkat di Pusat Bantuan Guaman selepas temuduga untuk memberi
peluang kepada pelatih dalam kamar menyuarakan sebarang masalah yang dihadapi dan cara-cara
menyelesaikannya. Pada masa yang sama, para pelatih dalam kamar juga boleh berkongsi pengalaman
sesama mereka. Ini akan meningkatkan kemahiran menemuduga dan pengetahuan para pelatih
dalam kamar dan ini memberi faedah dan maklumat yang berguna kepada mereka;
•
untuk melibatkan para pelatih dalam kamar yang berbilang bangsa dalam temuduga untuk menyelesaikan
sebarang masalah bahasa kerana terdapat sesetengah tahanan yang tidak fasih berbahasa Inggeris
atau Melayu;
•
untuk mengendalikan Program Klinik Penjara di Pusat Bantuan Guaman negeri lain;
•
untuk melawat penjara bagi memahami kehidupan para tahanan. Ini boleh meningkatkan komunikasi dengan
para tahanan;
•
untuk mendorong para pelatih dalam kamar untuk membantu peguam sukarela yang mengendalikan kes-kes
bagi mempelajari sistem undang-undang jenayah; dan
•
untuk mendorong para pelatih dalam kamar mengendalikan temuduga semasa mengunjungi penjara dan juga, jika boleh, mengendalikan mitigasi dalam program Dock Brief.
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LAC/AWAM LEGAL INFORMATION SERVIS KLINIK
Laporan disediakan oleh: Jawatankuasa AWAM
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Stefeny David Mary Manickam Foo Li Mei, Michelles Vasanthi Clement
Raymond Tan
Hanita Naliena
Wong Lai Cheng (Wakil AWAM)
Betty Yeoh (Wakil AWAM)
Klinik
Klinik ini dikendalikan dengan sukarela tanpa sebarang keuntungan dan sebuah organisasi Wanita-wanita Bukan
Kerajaan (NGO), Persatuan Tindakan Wanita (AWAM). AWAM telah menubuhkan perkhidmatan kaunseling
melalui telefon iaitu (TELENITA) pada tahun 1990. Sebahagian daripada perncapaian unggul AWAM dalam
meningkatkan kesedaran AWAM mengenai isu-isukeganasan terhadap wanita, AWAM telah menambahkan
peningkatan panggilan berkenaan isu-isu wanita dan kanak-kanak yang didera/ditindas. Permintaan terhadap
perkhidmatan ini telahterus meningkat dan AWAM kemudiannya telah meluaskan perkhidmatan bantuan guaman
yang merangkumi kaunseling secara langsung (face to face) dan maklumat berkenaan dengan perkhidmatan
perundangan. Klinik ini telah bermula sejak September 1994 berikutan ramai wanita yang menghubungi TELENITA
memerlukan nasihat guaman akan tetapi tidak mengetahui cara untuk memperolehi maklumat dan tidak sedar
hak-hak mereka yang dilindungi Klinik undang-undang secara mingguan. Klinik ini bertujuan membekalkan
nasihat guaman dan bantuan mengenai hak ehwal keluarga bagi kedua-dua sivil dan syarie, keganasan
rumahtangga, gangguan seksual, penderaan seksual dll perkara berhubung dengan wanita. Klinik ini beroperasi
dari Isnin hingga Sabtu daripada pukul 10 pagi sehingga pukul 4.30 petang di Pusat AWAM di Petaling Jaya.
Dalam Klinik ini Pelatih Dalam Kamar diwajibkan untuk melaksanakan tugas mereka di AWAM sebagai sebahagian
daripada Program Bantuan Guaman untuk 3 bulan.
Program Latihan Bersama
Pada tahun ini, program latihan bersama telah dilanjutkan kepada Pelatih Dalam Kamar untuk selama 2 hari.
Latihan hari pertama adalah berkenaan dengan sensitivity Gender yang dikendalikan oleh Kumpulan Tindakan
Bersama (JAG) daripada AWAM/WAO/SIS. Program latihan ini dikaji semula dengan konsep feminis dan
kesamarataan Gender. Objektif utama konsep baruini adalah untuk memberi pendedahan kepada peguampeguam muda berkenaan isu-isu kesamarataan Gender dan Kesedaran Undang-Undang feminis. Peranan ini
telah dilaksanakan untuk meningkat komunikasi Pelatih Dalam Kamar, berikutan pelatih dalam kamar tidak
dibenarkan untuk memberikan sebarang perkhidmatan kaunseling kepada anak-anak guam, kerana pelatihpelatih dalam kamar bukan merupakan kaunselor yang terlatih. Pada hari kedua program, latihan berkenaan
undang-undang keluarga sivil dan prosedur keganasan rumahtangga dikendalikan oleh kumpulan peguampeguam sukarela daripada LAC/AWAM. Semasa latihan berkenaan undang-undang dan seminar berkenaan
keganasan rumahtangga, pelatih dalam kamar telah memainkan peranan penting dan membuat pembentangan
kes yang yang mana diselia/diawasi oleh facilitator berkenan. Sesi ini akan memastikan bahawa pelatih dalam
kamar mampu untuk mengaplikasikan undang-undang yang relevan selepas mendengar teori dan pelatih
dalam kamar akan diletakkan dalam situasi untuk mengapikasikan undang-undang dengan tepat.
Program pindaan ini, memberikan pelatih dalam kamar satu kefahaman yang baik dan jelas berkenaan isu-isu dan
perspektifnya. Di samping itu, pelatih dalam kamar juga boleh sedar berkenaan kekurangan (loop holes) dalam
undang-undang. Pada tahun kebelakangan ini pelatih dalam kamarlelaki juga melibatkan diri dalam Klinik ini,
dimana is merupakansatu cara untuk memajukan kedua-dua jantina dalam bekerjasama mengatasi
keganasan terhadap wanita dan juga mewujudkan persefahaman dengan Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala
Lumpur dan Selangor.
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Intervensi Perundangan
Pelatih dalam Kamar didalam Klinik ini diperlukan untuk memberikan khidmat nasihat dan maklumat
perundangan kepada wanita menerusi telefon atau secara bersemuka (face to face). Semasa memberikan
maklumat perundangan pelatih dalam kamar akan berkongsi masalah yang dihadapi oleh anak guam dalam
usaha menegakkan hak masing-masing. Pelatih dalam kamar juga memberi maklumat kepada wanita
berkenaan hak-hak, proses serta prosedur undang-undang yang secara langsung akan melengkapkan dan
menyedarkan pelatih dalam kamar dengan isu-isu yang timbul dikalangan wanita-wanita di Malaysia. Menerusi,
proses ini pelatih dalam kamar akan meningkatkan kefahaman mereka dengan pelbagai cara untuk mereka
berurusan dengan pihak berkuasa kerajaan.
Peranan Peguam Sukarela Program ini bermula sejak tahun 2005. Pelatih dalam Kamar di AWAM adalah dinasihatkan untuk mendapatkan
penjelasan/nasihat peguam-peguam panel apabila Pelatih dalam Kamar mempunyai sebarang keraguan
mengenai isu undang-undang sebelum mereka menasihatkan anak guaman. Peguam panel adalah
ahli jawatankuasa klini ini. Peguam panel yang bertugas juga memeriksa kertas temuduga. Ini untuk memastikan
perjalanan licin klinik ini.
Klinik Outreach
Tujuan utama Klinik ini adalah untuk memberikan kesedaran komuniti terhadap isu-isu undang-undang dan social.
Pada tahun ini, jawatankuasa peguam telah berjaya menghubungi penduduk Sri Sabah Flat yang diberikan
penyeliaan DBKL dan telah menghantar surat secara rasmi untuk mengadakan mesyuarat.
Pendapat Pelatih Dalam Kamar
Pelatih dalam Kamar 1
AWAM/LAC telah terbukti bermakna dan satu pengalaman dengan informasi. Disamping itu ia juga menyediakan
kita menitik beratkan hak-hak dan isu-isu wanita, klinik ini telah membantu dalam menyemai persefahaman
dan kesedaran mengenai kejadian benar yang berlaku disekeliling kita. Secara keseluruhan, AWAM merupakan
satu kegemilangan dan membuka minda masyarakat. Ianya telah menyediakan saya dengan realiti kehidupan
yang jelas dan benar.
Pelatih dalam Kamar 2
Sepanjang saya menjadi Pelatih dalam Kamar dengan AWAM, saya telah memperolehi pengalaman yang tidak
boleh diperolehi difirma guaman saya dan pengajaran yang dapati adalah sangat bernilai memandangkan
ianya lebih mengendalikan keadaan sebenar dan realiti hidup. AWAM telah mengajar saya untuk lebih bersabar
dan sensitif terhadap keperluan orang lain serta untuk lebih mendengar masalah orang ramai.
Statistik- Kes-kes Dari Jan Hingga Nov 2006
JENIS KES
JUMLAH
Penceraian (Sivil)
212
Nafkah (Sivil)
18
Hak Penjagaan (Sivil)
20
Nafkah dan Hak Penjagaany (Sivil)
6
Perpisahan Kehakiman
5
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Pembubaran
3
Penceraian (Syariah)
32
Nafkah (Syariah)
2
Hak Penjagaan (Syariah)
4
Nafkah dan Hak Penjagaan (Syariah)
1
Keganasan Rumah Tangga
84
Keganasan Seksual
6
Gangguan Seksual
7
Penderaan Kanak-Kanak
1
Pertukaran Agama
4
Pekerjaan
2
Pengangkatan
1
Gangguan
3
Lain-Lain
76
Jumlah Keseluruhan
487
Dari Januari hingga November 2006, Klinik ini menerima 487 kes dengan pelbagai kes yang dikategori seperti
dalam rajah diatas.
6.
KLINIK LAC/PTF
Laporan disediakan oleh: Jawatankuasa PTF
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Wakil PBG:
So Chien Hao
Preetam Kaur Wong Ee Lynn
Loh Wei Leong
Lim Ka-Tsung
Lee Choo Suat, Tevina
Wakil PTF:
Hisham Hussein (Pengerusi, PTF)
Sulastri Ariffin
Pengenalan
Pusat Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam Kuala Lumpur bersama dengan Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF) telah
mengadakan Klinik guaman bagi 6 komuniti yang disingkirkan iaitu penagih dadah, pekerja seks, orang yang
hidup dengan HIV/AIDS, Transsexual dan lelaki dan perempuan homoseksual.
Kini, kami masih mengekalkan 2 pelatih dalam kamar yang bertugas secara berpasangan untuk menghadiri PT
Klinik pada setiap hari petang Khamis dari 2.00 tengahari hingga 4.30 petang di premis PTF di Chow Kit. Pada
sesi pagi, Pelatih Dalam Kamar biasanya membantu dalam Klinik LAC atau berjumpa klien di LAC Klinik.
Wakil-wakil PTF bagi tahun 2006 telah menguruskan PT Klinik dengan sendirinya. Hanya baru-baru ini pejabat
PTF telah berjaya mendapatkan pembiayaan dari Majlis Aids Malaysia (MAC) dan kini mereka mempunyai staf
sokongan untuk menguruskan Drop In Centre. Pelatih Dalam Kamar telah berjaya melayani urusan-urusan dan
klien terutamanya berkenaan dengan isu berkait dengan kad pengenalan diri, sijil kelahiran, visa wanita asing,
kes-kes pelanggaran jaminan polis yang merupakan isu-isu yang sentiasa dihadapi oleh kominiti-komuniti ini.
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Kami telah mengadakan program latihan Pelatih Dalam Kamar (PDK) di mana kami perlu membantu PDK supaya
lebih peka terhadap isu-isu yang berkenaan yang dihadapi oleh komuniti-komuniti tersebut. Sesetenganh PDK
telah mengambil inisiatif bekerja secara sukarela dan telah berkerjasama dengan PTF.
Pada tahun ini, kami juga telah berjaya menterjemah risalah-risalah “Tangkapan dan jaminan” ke dalam bahasa
Cina dan Tamil yang telah dibuat oleh PDK kami. Draf dalam bahasa Cina telah lengkap dan sedang menunggu
pengesahan. Secara keseluruhan, ini telah dilakukan oleh PDK atas inisiatif mereka sendiri. PDK juga dengan
sukarela mengambil bahagian dalam kempen Riben Merah PTF di Sg Wang Plaza.
Aktiviti-aktiviti oleh LAC/PTF Klinik yang telah diadakan & projek-projek yang sedang dijalankan bagi tahun
2006 adalah seperti berikut:a)
Program PDK- Klinik Maklumat Guaman di PTF
So Chien Hao dan Preetam Kaur kedua-duanya mengendalikan latihan PDK secara bergilir-gilir. Secara
keseluruhannya kami mempunyai 8 PDK untuk tahun 2006 yang telah ditugaskan kepada Klinik PTF.
b)
Dialog Bersama Polis DiRaja Malaysia
Sesi dialog telah diutarakan oleh LACKL sebagai langkah pertama untuk membina kerjasama dengan Pasukan
Polis Kuala Lumpur sejak kami menyedari bahawa kerjasama seperti ini sangat penting kerana kami perlu
memastikan bahawa Polis mempunyai kefahaman yang lebih baik mengenai masalah-masalah dan isu-isu
yang dihadapi oleh Pusat Bantuan Guaman semasa berurusan dengan klien PTF yang menghidapi HIV + dan
penagih dadah yang selalu diganggu dan ditahan semasa serbuan dan “operasi’
Kami telah menghantar surat ke IPD Dang Wangi dan mengejutkan Tuan Kamal Pasha yang dengan serta merta
telah memberi respon dan menetapkan temujanji untuk satu sesi dialog yang dihadiri oleh pegawai-pegawainya
termasuk Ketua-ketua Inspektor semua balai-balai Polis dibawah bidang Kuasanya, 2 Pegawai Cawangan khas
dan beberapa Pegawai dari Pasukan Dadah dan Jenayah. Di sini kamiingin mengambil kesempatan untuk
memberi penghargaan ikhlas kepada Tuan Kamal Pasha dan Pegawai-pegawainya kerana menerima jemputan
kami. Jawatankuasa berharap untuk satu perkongsian yang lama dan kerjasama ini akan berterusan dan mengukuhkan
kefahaman dari Pasukan Polis semasa mengendalikan kes yang melibatkan 6 komuniti tersebut. Bahawa
mereka akan mematuhi hak-hak kemanusian semasa penahanan di buat. Tuan Kamal Pasha juga menyatakan
bahawa LACKL boleh menghubungi mereka untuk apa-apa perbincangan selanjutnya dan pasukan Polis akan
membantu kami dan bekrjasama terutamanya dalam mencegah peningkatan HIV/AIDS.
c) Sesi Dialog Julung kalinya Bersama Tuan Kamal Pasha (Head, Dang Wangi
Police Station)dengan 13 Ketua Bahagiannya
Mesyuarat ini dihadiri oleh OCPD Dang Wangi, Tuan Kamal Pasha, Timbalannya, Ketua Penerangan, Ketua CID
dan beberapa Ketua Inspektor Balai Polis di Lembah Kelang (Hang Tuah, Dang Wangi, H S Lee dan dll). Turut
dihadiri oleh So Chien Hao, Preetam Kaur dan Chitrah yang mewakili Biro Bantuan Guaman KL. Joe Selvaratnam
dan Eric. Mewakili Majlis Aids Malaysia (MAC) dan Encik Hisham Hussein (PTF).
Dalam sesi ini, kami menerangkan secara umum isu-isu seperti penahanan Polis keatas penagih dadah, orang
yang kehilangan kad pengenalan dan kesannya ketika ditahan dll. Kami juga menerangkan berbagai operasi
yang dilakukan di tempat yang kerap dikunjungi golongan gay dimana pihak Polis telah merampas mesin
kondom. Tuan Kamal Pasha telah menyakinkan kami bahawa tindakan tersebut akan dipantau dan sebarang
penindasan hak asasi manusia akan diketengahkan kepada keluarga secara langsung untuk diambil tindakan
terhadap pegawai-pegawai yang terlibat. Beliau juga menegaskan kepada kami bahawa operasi serbuan yang
dilakukan adalah dibawah bidang kuasa beliau, tidak dapat diteruskan kerana ia adalah didalam bidang kuasa
Polis untuk menegakkan undang-undang dan perintah serta untuk menjaga keselamatan awam dimana secara
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lazimnya dilaksanakan berdasarkan aduan daripada orang awam dan ketika waktu operasi.
Sejurus selepas itu, Hisham menutarakan objektif utama PTF dan MAC adalah untuk memberikan kesedaran
tentang jangkitan HIV/AIDS dimana 75% daripada penghidap HIV/AIDS telah daripada penghidap dadah dan
25% selebihnya adalah pengamal seks bebas, Tuan Kamal Pasha amat terkejut, selepas mengetahui stastitik
tersebut. Tyan Kama Kamal Pasha terus bersetuju untuk membantu PTR dan MAR untuk mengurangkan penahanan
terhadap sesiapa yang membawa kondom-kondom dengan anggapan bahawa pelacuran atau kegiatan
homoseksual adalah sebab utama mereka membawa kondon-kondon tersebut.
Tuan Kamal Pasha juga menyatakan bahawa tahanan-tahanan yang dijangkiti penyakit terutama HIV akan
disediakan kemudahan perubatan. Walau bagaimanapun, sekiranya mereka tidak dibekalkan dengan
kemudahan teresebut apabila diminta, mereka boleh melaporkan hal tersebut. Tuan Kamal juga meminta
kami mendapatkan nombor telefon OS sekiranta kami hendak bercakap secara terus dengan mereka di atas
aduan-aduan yang diberikan.
d)
Sesi dialog bersama Ketua Polis Dang Wangi di Ikhlas Drop In Centre, Chow Kit
Sesi mesyuarat ini telah dihadiri oleh wakil-wakil polis daripada Narkotik, Lokap, Timbalan OCPD dan lain-lain
(DSP Wan Ahmad, DSP Ding Teow Hing, Ketua Inspektor Chan Poh Teik, Ketua Inspektor Abd Hadi, Tuan
Yahya ), Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC), Pink Triangle Foundation (PTF), wakil-wakil (Hisham Hussein & Rafique
dan wakil-wakil Bar Council LAC, KL yang dihadiri oleh So Chien Hao, Pree Tam Kau dan Chitrah.
Pada mulanya, apabila pegawai-pegawai polis masuk ke dalam Ikhlas Drop In Cemtre (yang dihuni oleh penagih
dadah and mereka yang hidup bersama dengan penghidap HIV /AIDS) di Lorong Haji Taib, ia amat sukar untuk
meneruskan sesi tersebut kerana kebanyakan peserta-peserta keberatan untuk bersemuka dengan pegawai
polis di dalam sesi tersebut. Namun ia kembali lancar dan mendapat sambutan daripada kedua-dua belah
pihak kemudiannya dan pegawai-pegawai polis bersabar dan bersedia untuk menjawab setiap soalan yang
diutarakan walaupun terdapat soalan yang tidak relevan.
Encik Hisham telah mengutarakan bebrapa isu dan aduan yang telah dikumpulkan dan didokumentasikan
daripada penagih dadah ketika operasi. Isu kehilangan kad pengenalan dan lesen di dalam lokap telah diutarakan
oleh salah seorang penagih dadah. Tuan Yahya menasihati kami bahawa apabila seseorang itu ditahan dan
dibebaskan, tahanan tersebut harus menandatangani Borang 59 yang menyenaraikan semua barang-barang
milik mereka telah dipulangkan kepada mereka. Namun, dalam kebanyakan kejadian, tahanan-tahanan akan
menandatangani borang tersebut dan kemudiannya membuat aduan bahawa mereka telah kehilangan
beberapa barang. Apabila hal ini terjadi, ia amat sukar untuk disiasat kerana masa ynag lama tel;ah berlalu dan
barang-barang tersebut gagal dikesan.
Kami berharap agar daripada sesi ini, pegawai-pegawai polis dapat memahami realiti sebenar yang berlaku
yang harus dihadapi oleh penagih dadah ketika penahanan.
e)
Penahanan beramai-ramai dalam OPERASI/RAIDS terhadap Transeksual dan
Pekerja-Pekerja Seks oleh Balai Polis Brickfields.
Buat kali pertama, LAC KL telah menganjurkan Campurtangan Undang-Undang besar-besaran terhadap 40 tahanan
yang kebanyakannya adalah transeksual dan pekerja –pekerja seksual yang dilakukan bersama-sama MAC,
Woman & Health (WAKE), PTF, Sutheswary(Peguam sukarela), James Loh (PTF Pupil) dan Zaiton Kasim (SUARAM).
Di sini LAC KL ingin merakamkan setinggi-tinggi penghargaan kepada Miss Dolly Fernando (Pentadbir
WAKE) kerana membenarkan kami menggunakan secretariat mereka sebagai bilik gerakan kami.
Semasa campurtangan LAC KL ini, kebanyakan daripada tahanan-tahanan telah dilepaskan tanpa didakwa di
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mahkamah. Selepas itu, sebahagian daripada mereka yang telah ditangkap sebelum ini telah menghubungi LAC
dan mengucapkan terima kasih di atas bantuan yang diberikan mengharapkan satu sesi dialog bersama-sama
mereka. Kebanyakan daripada mereka berasal dari Klang, maka kami sedang mencari tempat yang sesuai untuk
mengajurkan sesi berikut dan sama ada ingin mengundang Selangor Bar bersama-sama dalam sesi ini.
7.
LAC/WAO KLINIK BANTUAN GUAMAN 2006
Laporan Disediakan oleh: WAO
Ketua Projek
Meera Samanther
Wakil-wakil WOA
Jessie Ang
Shoba Aiyar
Objektif Klinik adalah :
1.
2.
3.
4.
Menyediakan khidmat guaman percuma kepada pelanggan melalui telefon dan rumah perlindungan.
Memberi pendedahan kepada Pelatih Dalam Kamar kepada pelbagai masalah yang dihadapi oleh
pelanggan yang hadir di WAO, dengan harapan mereka akan memperolehi skil dan empati untuk
berurusan dengan pelanggan-pelanggan yang lain selepas diterima masuk sebagai peguambela dan
peguamcara dan melangkah masuk ke dunia perundangan.
Untuk menerapkan skil-skil pembelaan kepada Pelatih/Pelajar demi pembaharuan undang-undang.
Agar mereka meluangkan masa secara sukarela selepas melangkah masuk ke duniaperundangan.
WAO ialah sebuah organisasi yang tidak berteraskan keuntungan dengan polisi bahawa tiada sesiapa pun
berhak didera dan oleh itu, WAO memilih untuk bekerja dengan wanita dan kanak-kanak. WAO membuka
rumah perlindungan dua puluh empat tahun yang lalu, dalam usaha memberi perlindungan kepada wanita dan
anak-anak mereka yang didera secara fizikal, psikologi, seksual, kewangan dan social tidak memadai dan pihak
pengurusan turun padang bersama-sama dengan kumpulan-kumpulan wanita dan persatuan undang-undang
untuk pembaharuan perundangan dan remedi untuk Akta Keganasan Rumahtangga, Akta Penjagaan dan Akta
Kanak-kanak dan sebagainya.
Kebanyakkan aktiviti dijalankan oleh pekerja-pekerja yang dibayar gaji di rumah perlindungan. Namun, dengan
tuntutan kerja dan komplikasi kes, kami dedahkan Pelatih Dalam Kamar untuk membantu pekerja-pekerja
social dengan matlamat untuk memberi pendidikan kepada wanita-wanita mengenai hak mereka di dalam
perkahwinan, pilihan-pilihan remedi, mencari pemulihan yang adil dan perlindungan.
Secara rasminya, usahasama dengan Pusat Bantuan Guaman bermula empat tahun lalu. Ia bermula dengan
seorang Pelatih/Pelajar seminggu sekali ataupun dua, seorang untuk hari Isnin dan seorang lagi pada hari
Jumaat. Baru-baru ini, pada masa Pelatih Dalam Kamar menyertai WAO, kami telah menerima pelbagai jenis
kes, Akta Keganasan Rumahtangga terutamanya, wanita yang tidak berkahwin tetapi mengandung, wanita Islam
yang mempunyai masalah dengan suami, poligami, wanita yang diperdagang, pekerja domestik asing yang
didera, pelarian, wanita yang menghadapi masalah gangguan seksual ditempat kerja. Buruh dan hal-hal
pekerjaan, hutang dan masalah kewangan dan juga wanita yang terpaksa berhadapan dengan suami yang
bertukar pegangan/kepercayaan.
Pekerjaan ini telah menyebabkan pekerja menghadapi emosi yang keterlaluan dan dengan adanya Pelatih
Dalam Kamar, ia banyak membantu pekerja untuk melihat situasi ini secara rasional dan praktikal dalam
prospek undang-undang. Kami gembira walaupun bukan bidang yang dipelajari dan di dalam lingkungan latihan,
Pelatih/Pelajar sanggup menanggalkan kasut dan meluangkan masa bersama-sama dengan wanita-wanita
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dan anak-anak mereka di bilik-bilik yang terdapat di rumah perlindungan, menemankan mereka, berbual, bermain
dan menyanyi bersama.
Pelatih Dalam Kamar memulakan tugas dengan menghadiri latihan LAC/AWAM/WAO/SIS selam 1 hari. Sukatan
Pelajaran merangkumi Undang-undang Keluarga, Undang-undang Syariah, isu jantina, isu keganasan terhadap
wanita, feminisme dan latihan mendengar dan skil untuk memberi pertolongan.
Sebaik tiba di rumah perlindungan , Pelatih Dalam Kamar harus membaca manual dan laporan yang terdahulu
untuk mendapat ‘rasa’ mengenai tugas ini. Selalunya, Pelatih/Pelajar dari kumpulan yang terdahulu akan hadir
untuk memberi orientasi dan poin kepada Pelatih/Pelajar baru. Seterusnya, mereka akan belajar sendiri untuk
menghadapi kes secara semulajadi apabila mengendalikan kes tersebut.
Tahun ini, kami mempunyai 9 Pelatih/Pelajar yang mengendalikan kaunseling melalui telefon, temuduga secara
bersemuka, merekod dokumen-dokumen yang berkaitan dengan kes, penyelidikan undang-undang, menemankan
wanita-wanita ke Mahkamah, Balai polis dan hospital.
8.
Klinik LAC/SIS (SISTERS IN ISLAM)
Laporan disediakan oleh Sisters In Islam
Objektif Keseluruhan Klinik Perundangan ialah:i)
Untuk menyediakan khidmat perundangan secara percuma kepada orang ramai
ii)
Memperolehi data untuk pemulihan terhadap akses keadilan dan reformasi perundangan guaman
Pusat Bantuan Guaman, AWAM dan WAO menyediakan khidmat nasihat perundangan yang sama kepada orang
awam tetapi SIS merupakan satu-satunya organisasi yang dikenalpasti menyediakan bantuan kepada wanita
Muslim berhubung perkara berkaitan undang-undang Shariah Islam di Malaysia. Oleh itu, banyak kes telah
dirujuk kepada kami.
SIS telah menyediakan khidmat ini sejak tahun 2003 dan telah menerima lebih kurang 1720 klien (pelanggan)
sejak penubuhannya. Klinik ini telah memberi khidmat kepada pelanggan-pelanggan melalui pertemuan dua
hala, telefon dan e-mail mengenai perkara yang melibatkan undang-undang keluarga Islam. Sila rujuk lampiran
statistik kes pada tahun 2006.
Pada tahun ini sahaja, iaitu pada 8 Disember, seramai 581 orang telah datang ke Klinik Perundangan Sisters
In Islam untuk mendapatkan bantuan guaman “pro bono”. Ahli SIS dan seorang kekitangan, Raslina Razali
menguruskan Klinik ini dengan bantuan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang membantu sebagai salah satu latihan
amali wajib mereka. Dengan bantuan daripada Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor. Klinik SIS
dibuka pada hari Isnin, Khamis dan Jumaat dari 10 pagi hingga 5 petang.
Setiap individu yang hadir mengemukkan pelbagai masalah dan isu yang biasanya saling berkaitan terutamanya
dalam kes perceraian. Kebiasaanya, isu yang paling banyak dibangkitkan ialah mengenai hak kewangan isteri
semasa perceraian, seperti nafkah, iddah, mut’ah dan harta sepencarian. Antara soalan yang sering dikemukan
ialah samaada mereka (isteri) mempunyai hak keatas harta sepencarian sekiranya mereka tidak bekerja sebelum
berlaku perceraian. Mereka juga biasanya keliru dengan ancaman yang dibuat suami yang menyatakan bahawa
si isteri akan hilang hak mereka sekiranya si isteri memfailkan perceraian.
Ini menyebabkan mereka takut untuk meminta cerai dari suami walaupun mereka ini mempunyai alasan atau
sebab yang kukuh untuk bercerai berdasarkan perspektif undang-undang keagamaan. Isu harta sepencarian
juga dibangkitkan dalam konteks mentadbirkan perwarisan. Wanita-wanita sepatutnya diberikan pendedahan
mengenai pentadbiran warisan supaya mereka ini boleh menuntut hak mereka ke atas harta sepencarian daripada
harta suami (si mati).
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Berdasarkan pelbagai aduan yang diterima dan isu-isu yang ingin diselesaikan, kami gembira wanita hari ini sedar
akan hak-hak mereka dan lebih bersemangat dalam mengemukan permintaan mereka.
Latihan Pusat Bantuan Guaman (LAC)/Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO)
SIS, AWAM dan WAO telah memulakan satu sukatan baru dengan objektif bukan sahaja untuk membangkitkan
isu sensitiviti jantina tetapi juga untuk memperjelas undang-undang yang tidak selalunya adil di dalam latihan
ini.
Sesi latihan termasuklah berkenaan dengan subjek “Seks dan Jantina”, Keganasan vs Wanita”, “Feminism”,
Undang-undang dan Feminisme”. Pada sesi sebelah petang, ianya didedikasikan secara khususnya untuk
Kemahiran Mendengar”. Dalam sesi ini, kebolehan praktikal pelatih dalam kamar diuji.
e-Peguam
Program ini telah pun bermula dalam bulan Oktober 2006. SIS menerima sejumlah pertanyaan melalui emel
daripada wanita yang memerlukan maklumat dan nasihat terutamanya dalam hal-hal berkaitan Undang-undang
Keluarga Islam dan Prosedur. Kekurangan dari segi sumber manusia untuk membendung masalah-masalah
yang diajukan telah menarik kami untuk mencari jalan yang mana kami boleh bekerjasama dengan pihak
ataupun organisasi kami demi memastikan wanita menrima maklumat-maklumat penting yang diperlukan oleh
mereka untuk mempergunakan hak mereka secara berterusan. Sistem e-peguam tidak terikat secara geografi
yang menjadikannya merekrut peguam-peguam yang tidak ditempatkan di kawasan Kuala Lumpur atau Selangor.
Pada mulanya, kami telah cuba memastikan perjanjian dengan Jawatankuasa Shariah Pulau Pinang, namun
begitu, ianya tergendala. Jadi kami perlu mengubah strategi. Kami kemudian telah menubuhkan “e-Peguam’
dimana kami mendapatkan satu kumpulan peguam sukarela untuk bergilir-gilir membalas emails dari orang ramai.
Pada masa ini, kami mempunyai 5 orang peguam yang terlibat dengan kes. Erza akan memastikan semua
email akan diserahkan kepada peguam. Kami juga mengekalkan kawalan kualiti yang mana tugas ini dipertangungjawabkan
kepada Raz. Semua jawapan atau penyelesaian yang diberikan mestilah selari dengan matlamat SIS. Sukarelawan
disini kebanyaknnya bekas pelatih dalam kamar SIS. Mereka ialah Farah Abd Rahim, Zarina Nadzmuddin dan
Mohd Saufi bin Shafice.
Walaubagaimanapun, baru-baru ini, Jawatankuasa Guaman Shariah Pulau Pinang telahpun mula untuk memberi
respon kepada kami. Oleh yang demikian, kami masih dalam proses menyelia perkara ini.
Masalah-masalah/Kesukaran
Terdapat satu masa di mana SIS menghadapi kesukaran mendapatkan pelatih yang mencukupi untuk membantu
kerana tidak ramai pelatih yang menawarkan diri untuk program ini. Akan tetapi untuk kumpulan terakhir bagi
tahun 2006, SIS mempunyai 4 pelatih untuk Klinik ini.
Selaras dengan itu, PBG baru-baru ini telah menganjurkan program “attachment” dengan beberapa fakulti undangundang dengan objektif untuk mengembangkan minat di antara para pelajar untuk melibatkan diri dengan
pertubuhan-pertubuhan bukan kerajaan para pelajar berikut melawat SIS, AWAM & WAO untuk mengetahui
lebih lanjut mengenai Pertubuhan Bukan Kerajaan.
LAC mengakui bahawa terdapat masalah-masalah dalam mengembangkan panel-panel program yang boleh
dijadikan rujukan ketika pelajar-pelajar dalam keraguan kerana peguam shariah tidak berminat dengan kerjakerja amal. Sepanjang masa ini, SIS telah mengumpul rangkaian peguam-peguam sendiri yang yang terdiri daripada
kawa-kawan atau petalih-pelatih terdahulu menawarkan diri. Walaubagaimana pun, LAC berjanji untuk mencari
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Senarai Kes-kes Untuk Tahun 2006 Jan-Nov
JENIS-JENIS CASE
Pendaftaran Perkahwinan/Prosedur Perkahwinan JUMLAH
58
Wali/Wali Hakim
13
Syarat Perkahwinan/Syarat Tambahan Perkahwinan
7
Poligami
28
Prosedur Perceraian
232
Alimoni, Pampasan, Aset Perkahwinan
53
Kaveat keatas Aset Perkahwinan
0
Nafkah Isteri
23
Hak Penjagaan (Hadhanah)
51
Nafkah Anak
37
Keingkaran Isteri (Nusyuz)
6
Keganasan Rumahtangga
8
Rujukan (Ruju’)
11
Anak Luar Nikah
11
Anak Angkat
1
Pembahagian Harta (Faraid)
46
Wasiat
4
Hadiah (Hibah)
3
Kesalahan Jenayah Syariah
5
Prosedure Penukaran
9
Kekerasan Seksual
0
Gangguan Seksual
2
Aduan Terhadap Mahkamah Shariah
2
Aduan terhadap Jabatan Pendakwaan
0
Perlantikan Peguam
3
Aduan terhadap Peguam
2
Prosedure Menukar Peguam
0
Perintah Mahkamah/Perlaksanaan perintah
3
Kaunseling
9
Lain-lain Isu
42
Wakaf
1
Pada bulan Nov, kami telah menrima 586 klien dengan pelbagai jenis masalah seperti yang tertera diatas.
Jumlah kes-kes tidak mencerminkan jumlah klien kerana seorang klien mempunyai pelbagai jenis masalah.
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9.
LAC/KLINIK PEKERJA MIGRAN TENAGANITA
Laporan disediakan oleh: Tenaganita
Representasi Tenaganita
Aegile Fernandez
Florida
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Anni Santhiago
Program Hak Migran mengendalikan kes dari kebanyakkan negara dan dari 5 sektor pekerjaan Malaysia melingkungi
pekerja-pekerja berdokumen dan tidak berdokumen termasuk pelarian. Sehingga hari ini kami menerima
pekerja-pekerja migran dari 12 negara. Program ini juga mengendalikan kes seperti penangkapan, keganasan
domestik, perceraian, ketiadaan kewarganegaraan dan nasihat juga diminta oleh majikan dan ejen pekerja
migran.
Objektif kami adalah untuk mempromosi dan meningkatkan pengetahuan hak-hak mereka sebagai pekerjapekerja migran. Program ini selain daripada menolong pekerja-pekerja migran mengendalikan kes mereka ia
juga memberi mereka keberanian untuk menghadapi rintangan dalam melindungi hak mereka.
Klinik Pekerja Migran bersama-sama dengan Pusat BAntuan Guaman telah bekerjasama dalam menegaskan
Perlindungan Pekerja Migran. Dedikasi pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dalam pentadbiran kes telah menyumbang
dalam mencapai objektif. Pada tahun 2006, sejumlah 50 pelatih dalam kamar telah menyertai Klinik Pekerja
Migran di pejabat Tenaganita. Pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar telah mempelajari sedikit sebanyak latihan praktikal
apabila memberikan nasihat perundangan kepada pekerja migran. Mereka dihadapkan dengan situasi
kehidupan sebenar dan pelbagai kelonggaraan dalam melindungi pekerja-pekerja migran di Malaysia. Sambil
pelatih-pelatih kamar yang lain didedahkan kepada sistem pelajaran teori, pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar dalam
Klinik Migrant belajar dan mengaplikasikan pengetahun, dalam masa yang sama mereka juga mengenalpasti
kelonggaran perundangan dan polisi dalam situasi yang practikal.
Klinik Pekerja Migran bermula dengan latihan selama 2 hari. Sesiapa pelatih dalam kamar yang tidak menghadiri
latihan akan ditegah daripada program ini. Dalam tahun 2006, 2 orang pelatih dalam kamar telah ditegah daripada
menghadiri program ini disebabkan mereka tidak hadir latihan pada hari pertama. Ianya penting kerana organisasi
ini bekerjasama dengan Agensi Kerajaan dan Mahkamah setiap hari.
Latihan pada hari pertama bermula dengan pengenalan keada organisasi, objektif dan misi kami. Pelatihpelatih dalam kamar kemudiannya dikenalkan sejarah keseluruhan migrasi, kembai ke zaman 18an dan perkembangan abad ke-21 dalam kearah global dan perindustrian.percorakkan migrasi di Asia dan yang paling penting
adalah mereka diberi suatu pengetahuan dalam migrasi di Malaysia. Sesi ini disambung dengan mempelajari
skil dalam pendengaran, percakapan/perbualan dan perundingan. Sesi ini tamat dengan undag-undang masa
kini dan polisi berkenaan dengan migrasi, perundangan pekerjaan dan kekeluargaan, penangkapan dan penahanan
diadakan bersama dengan Perundangan Antarabangsa dan “berbagai Konvensyen Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu”
oleh Cik Anni Santhiago.
Latihan pada hari kedua bermula dengan pelatih-pelatih dalam kamar yang lama berkongsi dan bertukar
pengalaman yang telah dipelajari dengan pelatih dalam kamar yang baru. Program untuk sesi kedua
memfokuskan latihan praktikal dalam kemahiran dokumentasi, perbincangan dan bengkel dalam isu kajian
kes, siapakah yang akan menjadi “stakeholder”, polisi dan undang-undang yang terpakai serta remedi juga telah
dibincangkan. Latihan telah berakhir dengan menerangkan kepada kumpulan tersebut peraturan dalaman
yang harus dipatuhi semasa bertugas.
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Setiap fail yang dikendalikan adalah diselia dan pelatih dalam kamar perlu membuat laporan. Pelatih dalam
kamar dikehendaki menulis laporan ringkas bagi setiap fail yang dikendalikan. Tugas dan tanggungjawab mereka
adalah seperti berikut:
Tugas dan Tanggungjawab:
•
dokumentasi kes-kes baru yang biasanya mengambil masa 2 hingga 3 jam. Tugas yang mencabar dengan
bahasa yang berbeza dan dengan itu mengasah kemahiran dalam mendapatkan fakta untuk tindakan
yang seterusnya
•
menderaf surat untuk dihantar ke pelbaga badan kerajaan, kedutaan, majikan dan membantu pengadu dalam
menderaf serta memfailkan laporan polis. Melakukan tindakan susulan ke atas susulan polis.
•
Membantu dalam perundingan dengan pihak majikan(syarikat) dan melantik ejen untuk proses
penyelesaian yang lebih cepat bagi menjimatkan masa dan kos.
•
Melakukan tindakan susulan keatas kes-kes yang membabitkan agensi-agensi kerajaan, mahkamah
dan pihak kedutaan
•
Melawat kem tahanan dan penjara untuk penghantaran pulang dokumentasi
•
Membawa pekerja asing ke hospital/klinik untuk rawatan perubatan dan sebagai pengantara dengan doktor.
Seitap kali pelatih dalam kamar mengendalikan kes di jabatn-jabatan mereka berhadapan dengan pelbagai
cabaran seperti karenah birokrasi, kelewatan dan perlu menunggu lama. Oleh kerana kebanyakkan jabatan
kerajaan telah berpindah ke putrajaya, pelatih dalam kamar dinasihatkan untuk bertolak awal supaya mereka
dapat pulang awal dan tidak terperangkap dalam sesakkan jalan raya. Meskipun pelbagai langkh telah diambil
kelewatan kadang-kala tidak dapat dielakkan disebabkan bilangan kes-kes yang dikendalikan. Menurut pelatihpelatih dalam kamar, agensi kerajaan yang paling sukar untuk berurusan adalah jabatan imigresen
Pelatih dalam kamar juga menghadapi cabaran dari segi kemahira perundingan. Bagi setiap perundingan yang
diadakan kedudukan yang perlu kita ambil hanyalah untuk memudahkan dan membantu mendapatkan jalan
penyelesaian. kita tidak berpihak kepada sesiapa tetapi hanya berhujah untuk kepentigan klien berdasarkan
fakta yang sedia ada.
Perundingan dan penyelesaian awal adalah amat digalakkan oleh sebb polisi pihak immegresen yang tidak
begitu melindungi hak-hak pekerja migran. Keadilan yang dilengahkan adalh keadilan yang dinafikan. Pekerja
migran dengan kes keadilan yang dinafikan. Pekerja migran dengna kes yang telah lama tertunda dikehendaki
membayar rm100 setiap bulan untuk “pas istimewa” dan pada masa yang sama mereka idak dibenarkan bekerja.
Pas istimewa dibenarkan untuk diperbaharui untuk tempoh 3 bulan sahaja dimana selepas itu mereka akan
dikategorikan sebagai pendatang haram.
Isu-isu yang ketara
•
proses pembaharuan pas khas bagi pekerja migran yang kesnya tertangguh adalah lewat dan seringkali
ditolak jabatan imigresen
•
hak untuk bekerja dinafikan bagi pekerja migran yang kesnya tertangguh
•
penahanan paspot oleh majikan atau ejen dan kurang penguatkuasaan oleh jabatan imigresen dalam
pengambilan semula paspot teresebut
•
ditipu oleh ejen pengambilan pekerja yang menjanjikan pekerjaan yang sah
•
peningkatan dalam kemalangan industi
•
pengambilan tenaga kerja luar. isu menentukan siapakah yang bertanggungjawab, majikan atau ejen?
•
Ketidakwujudan kontrak pekerjaan
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Apa kata pelatih dalam kamar……
Halangan yang terbesar bagi saya adalah daripada jabatna penguatkuasaan imgresen di Putrajaya. Perkara
seperti pembaharuan pas khas adalah amat sukar. Pengalaman tersebut telah mengajar saya bahawa walau
sesiapa pun seseorang itu walaupun berlainan daripada kita apa yang mereka mahu ialah apa yang kita mahu;
kehidupan yang lebh baik, dihormati untuk apa yang mereka lakukan dan kerajinan mereka diiktiraf. Perbezaan
bahasa bukanlah satu perkara utama. Apa yang lebih utama adalah kita memahami makna “betul dan salah”
… Zudy Zharelyn
Andrew
2006
Satu perkara yang paling penting yang telah saya perolehi daripada pegalaman di Tenaganita adalah kemahiran
menganalisa dan menyusun strategi. Kebanyakkan pekerja migrant yang datang ke klinik tidak mempunyai
pengetahuan yang banyak atau tidak mempunyai wang malah adalah tidak hairan apabila mereka meminta
bantuan di klinik, mereka dalam keadaa yang tidak berupaya.
Mereka tidak mengetahui wujudnya prasarana bagi menyelesaikan persalahan/masalah mereka. Salah satu
daripada tugas saya adalah untuk menganalisis keadaan mereka lantas mengenal pasti jalan penyelesaian
yang paling bekesan untuk menangani masalah mereka. Ini dilakukan dengan membiasakan diri saya dengan
akta-akta yang relevan seperti Akta Imigresen 1959 dan memahami dari sudut praktikal implikasi perundangan
dalam situasi mereka.
… Sean Tan
2006
10. PROGRAM KESEDARAN PERUNDANGAN (ORIENTASI)
Laporan Disediakan oleh Sekretariat
Ketua Projek
Sivarasa Rasiah
Ahli Jawatankuasa
Rajen Devaraj (Majlis Peguam)
Charles Hector
N Surendran
Sunil Vijayan
Parames K
Sukvinder Kaur
Latheefa Koya
Harleen Kaur
Kavitha Rajan
K. Arumugam
Pengenalan
Program ini bertujuan untuk mendedahkan Pelatih Dalam Kamar kepada situasi sebenar yang dihadapi dalam
program wajib 14 hari di Biro Bantuan Guaman dan untuk memperkenalkan mereka kepada pelbagai klinik dan
program- program yang dikelolakan oleh Biro Bantuan Guaman.
Objektif- Objektif
•
Membimbing Pelatih Dalam Kamar dalam mengenalpasti tanggungjawab dan tugas- tugas sebagai
Peguam dalam masyarakat serta mempertingkatkan rasa tanggungjawab sosial dan mengambil berat
tentang hak asasi manusia, kedaulatan undang- undang, dan keadilan.
•
Memperkenalkan Pelatih Dalam Kamar kepada idea-idea baru, menyemai dan mempertingkatkan
komitmen jangka panjang terhadap Bantuan Guaman dan kearah keadilan selain daripada tugas wajib
bantuan guaman.
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Setiap sessi mengambil masa kira- kira 4 1/2 jam yang menggunakan kaedah penglibatan bersama dengan
kumpulan yang dinamik dan perbincangan umum. Memandangkan struktur sessi ini masih baru, ia telah
diperbaharui dan diperkembangkan mengikut penilaian Pelatih Dalam Kamar.
Aktiviti- Aktiviti
Sepanjang tahun ini, Jawatankuasa ini telah memperkenalkan dan mengendalikan program/ sessi berikut:
•
Sebanyak 8 sessi suai kenal telah diadakan dan memberi latihan kepada 520 Pelatih Dalam Kamar
•
Jawatankuasa juga telah membuka penyertaan kepada Pelatih Dalam Kamar dari negerinegeri lain
untuk mengikuti sessi tersebut. Sehingga hari ini Jawatankuasa telah mengatur lebih kurang 25 orang
Pelatih Dalam Kamar dari Biro Bantuan Guaman Selangor.
•
Memperkenalkan “Exit Evaluation Session” bagi Pelatih Dalam Kamar yang menyertai pelbagai program
Biro Bantuan Guaman untuk menghargai sumbangan mereka kepada orang awam dan Biro Bantuan
Guaman. 3 Sessi telah diadakan dan kira- kira 300 Pelatih Dalam Kamar telah menyertai sessi ini, dan
telah berkongsi pengalaman dalam pelbagai program yang mereka sertai. Sessi ini juga telah disertai
oleh Pelatih Dalam Kamar dari Biro Bantuan Guaman Selangor.
•
Mengendalikan program “Legal Awareness and Leadership for Lawyers” di Selesa Health Farm Resort,
Bukit Tinggi, Bentong, Pahang pada 3- 5 November 2006 untuk menggalakkan Pelatih Dalam Kamar
dan peguam- peguam muda untuk meneruskan penglibatan dalam Pusat Biro Bantuan Guaman (LAC)
untuk jangkamasa panjang. Sessi ini telah diadakan kerana pada hakikatnya tidak ada galakan diberi
kepada Pelatih Dalam Kamar untuk menyumbangkan tenaga dan melibatkan diri secara sukarela
selepas tamatnya program LAC wajib selama 14 hari tersebut.
Objektif utama program ini adalah
•
Untuk menggalakkan dan memotivasikan Pelatih Dalam Kamar dan peguam muda untuk melibatkan
diri dalam Biro Bantuan Guaman
•
Memperkenalkan kemahiran kepimpinan dan;
•
Menambah pengetahuan dalam isu dan bidang- bidang tertentu.
•
Pelatih Dalam Kamar dari Selangor dan Kedah juga menyertai latihan ini.
Cadangan/Proposal Bagi Aktiviti- Aktiviti Yang Akan Datang
Selain daripada program- program yang ada, pihak jawatankuasa telah mencadangkan untuk mengadakan
latihan bagi pelatih- pelatih baru untuk menumoukan dalam kemahiran membantu dalam sessi orientasi bagi
tahun yang akan datang.
Kelebihan
•
Ahli- ahli Jawatankuasa yang komited dan kebolehan mereka di dalam mengutar akan idea- idea baru
perlu bagi memperbaiki program ini pada masa akan datang.
•
Memberi motivasi kepada pelajar tentang pentingnya membantu golongan yang memerlukan.
•
Mendidik Pelatih Dalam Kamar tentang hak- hak asasi manusia dan memupukkan dalam diri mereka
tentang nilai- nilai keadilan.
Kelemahan
•
Kekurangan sukarelawan yang mempunyai kemahiran, masa atau sukarelawan yang ingin menyertai
latihan ini.
•
Tiada peruntukan dan tindakan susulan.
Cadangan- Cadangan
•
Menganjurkan sessi kesedaran dan hak- hak asasi manusia bagi peguam- peguam dan/atau orang awam.
•
Menganjurkan sessi latihan untuk peguam- peguam yang melibatkan diri dalam Pusat Bantuan Guaman
atau kerja- kerja yang melibatkan hak- hak asasi manusia dalam Pusat Bantuan Guaman dan Pusat
Hak Asasi Manusia di Majlis Peguam.
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11. PROGRAM PENINGKATAN KEMAHIRAN
Laporan Disediakan oleh K.A Ramu-Ketua Projek
Ahli JawatanKuasa
K A Ramu
Ravi Nekoo
Mary Manickam
Pushpa Ratnam
Parames K
Kavitha Rajan
Agnes Chow
Sukhvinder Kaur
Tamil Selvi Krishnaraj
Sreekant Pillai
A. Balakisnan
Andiappan Arumugam
Doreen Wan
Jayamurugan Vadivelu
Kurien Ray Joseph
Vilashini Menon
Thineswary M
Pengenalan
Tujuan program ini adalah untuk meningkatkan, memperkembangkan dan memperbaiki kemahiran dan juga
mempertingkatkan motivasi Pelatih Dalam Kamar, Badan-Badan Bukan Kerajaan dan peguam-peguam
sukarela untuk memperbaiki kualiti perkhidmatan kepada pelanggan.
Objektif
•
Menganjurkan program-program latihan untuk peguam sukarela yang sedia ada dan bakal-bakal peguam
sukarela untuk memenuhi keperluan Pusat Bantuan Guaman Majlis Peguam (Kuala Lumpur).
•
Membantu program-program latihan bagi Pelatih Dalam Kamar
•
Mengkaji semula program-program latihan, untuk memberi cadangan-cadangan bagi peningkatan program
ini jika perlu
•
Sebagai satu latihan untuk pelatih
Aktiviti-Aktiviti
i)
Bengkel Latihan “ How To Handle Conversion Cases”
•
•
•
Latihan ini telah dianjurkan disebabkan terdapat kekurangan peguam-peguam yang mengambil
kes-kes secara sukarela berikutan terdapat peningkatan yang tinggi dalam bilangan pelanggan
PusatBiro Bantuan Guaman yang memerlukan nasihat berkenaan dengan penukaran agama.
Sesi latihan ini telah diadakan khususnya untuk menyediakan bimbingan kepada peguam-peguam
terhadap pelbagai aspek perundangan dan prosedur berkenaan kes penukaran agama. Seramai
128 orang peserta termasuk sukarelawan-sukarelawan sedia ada, Badan-Badan Bukan Kerajaan
dan Pelatih Dalam Kamar telah menyertai sesi ini. Ini termasuk juga penyertaan seramai 33
orang wakil daripada Jawatankuasa Peguam Negeri dan dari Pusat Bantuan Guaman Negeri
iaitu Melaka, Pulau Pinang, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, Perak, Kelantan dan Johor.
Latihan tersebut melibatkan pelbagai isu-isu berkenaan dengan hal-hal penukaran agama dan
sistem perundangan dual yang dipraktikkan di Malaysia terutama yang melibatkan kes pasangan
yang bukan beragama Islam di mana salah seorang memilih untuk memeluk agama Islam dan
melibatkan kes-kes murtad.
ii)
Latihan Undang-undang Jenayah (15 & 16 September 2006)
•
Latihan ini telah dianjurkan besama oleh ahli Jawatankuasa Undang-undang Jenayah dari Majlis
Peguam, Jawatankuasa CLE Majlis Peguam Kuala Lumpur dan Biro Bantuan Guaman Selangor.
•
Latihan dikendalikan khususnya dalam persediaan dan peningkatkan kemahiran peguambela
dalam perbicaraan kes jenayah.
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Dua (2) tujuan latihan tersebut:menyediakan peguam-peguam yang mempunyai kemahiran pembelaan dalam mengendalikan
kes-kes jenayah.
Setelah menguasai kemahiran tersebut, peguambela berkenaan akan dijangka dan dituntut
dari masa ke semasa untuk membantu golongan yang memerlukan dan sesiapa yang memerlukan
khidmat guaman dari Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur dan Pusat Bantuan Guaman negerinegeri lain.
Seramai 63 orang peguam termasuk peguam dari Johor, Kedah dan Terengganu,13 orang
Pelatih dalam Kamar bersama 120 pelajar perundangan tahun akhir dari Universiti Malaya dan
13 orang dari Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia telah menyertai latihan ini.
Latihan ini telah dikendalikan oleh Encik Jagjit Singh, Encik Manjeet Singh Dhillon, Encik Akhbar
Din Abdul Kadir, Encik Edmund Bon, Encik Tan Hock Chuan, Encik Mah Weng Kwai,
Dato’Kumarendran dan Encik Harminder Singh.
Bagi latihan yang berterusan dan untuk meningkatkan keyakinan peguam-peguam untuk
mengendalikan kes-kes jenayah, “Buddy System” telah diperkenalkan di mana peguam bela
berpengalaman boleh membantu dalam membimbing peguam-peguam jenayah yang baru.
Cadangan Bagi Aktiviti-Aktiviti Akan Datang
Jawatankuasa telah merancang program-program berikut untuk sesi akan datang:
•
Undang-undang Jenayah
•
Undang-undang Keluarga
•
Undang-undang Pekerjaan
•
Undang-undang Syariah
•
“Staff Training On Team Building: bagi semua kakitangan Pusat Bantuan Guaman.
Kelebihan
•
Mempertingkatkan dan melengkapkan kemahiran perundangan, pengetahuan dan keyakinan para peserta
dan menggalakkan mereka mengendalikan kes-kes “Bantuan Guaman”.
•
Membantu dan melengkapkan program-program Pusat Bantuan Guaman Kuala Lumpur yang sedia ada.
•
Ahli-ahli Jawatankuasa yang komited dan berkebolehan digalakkan untuk memberi idea bagi melaksanakan
dan memperbaiki program sesi latihan.
Kelemahan
•
Kekurangan Bajet
Cadangan
•
Tempoh-Kebanyakan Peserta-Peserta telah memilih tempoh masa yang singkat untuk program ini diadakan
dalam masa beberapa hari berbanding satu tempoh masa yang panjang yang diadakan dalam masa
sehari.
•
Bilangan ahli dalam kumpulan- Sesi dikendalikan dalam kumpulan yang lebih kecil agar lebih efektif.
•
Ringkas- Topik-topik yang disentuh hendaklah diberi tumpuan yang penuh dan mendalam.
•
Bahan- bahan bacaan seharusnya lebih tersusun dalam bentuk yang lebih padat.
•
Menjemput peguam- peguam yang berpengalaman sebagai pelatih dan merakamkan sesi latihan untuk
kegunaan dalam sesi yang akan datang dan disertakan dalam bahan- bahan latihan bagi Pelatih Dalam
Kamar
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