Malaysian Human Rights Commission criticises treatment of lawyers

April 23rd, 2010 by Law Gazette Leave a reply »

The Law Society has welcomed a report by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission published today which finds that the arrest of five legal aid lawyers last year was unlawful.

The lawyers were called to the police station to represent clients who had been arrested for attending an illegal assembly, but were then detained in the same cell by the Malaysian police.

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