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The Criminal Practice Committee ("CPC") had organised a talk on Criminal Advocacy from the Prosecutors’ Perspective, as one of its programmes to encourage more lawyers to practice Criminal Litigation and understand the same on Thursday, 05.07.2012 at 3.00pm at the KL Bar Auditorium. The Talk was presented by a CPC member, En Shamsul Bin Sulaiman who is also a partner in Edlin Ghazaly and Associates. He shared his experience as a Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) with the 44 participants who attended the talk. The Talk was moderated by the CPC Chairperson, Mr Amrit Pal Singh. Based from the evaluation form filled by the participants, the talk was quite well received. The CPC would like to record its thanks and appreciation to En Shamsul Bin Sulaiman for coming forward and generously sharing his knowledge and experience with members of the Bar. Prepared by Amrit Pal Singh,Chairperson, KL Bar Criminal Practice Committee

Contributed by Brendan Navin Siva The Kuala Lumpur Bar Criminal Practice Committee organised a Forum entitled “Preventive Laws – Past, Present & Future” at the Tun Mohamed Suffian Auditorium, Universiti Malaya on 28 June 2008 at 9.00 a.m. The speakers were Dato’ Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (representative from SUHAKAM ), Professor Dr. Shad Saleem Faruqi (from Universiti Teknologi Mara UiTM) and Mr M.M. Athimulan (Advocate & Solicitor). The Forum was moderated by N. Sivananthan, Chair of the Kuala Lumpur Bar Criminal Practice Committee. After the opening address by R. Ravindra Kumar, Chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Bar, Dato’ Shafee was called upon to give his views on the state of preventive laws in Malaysia. Dato’ Shafee, formerly with the AG’s Chambers, formerly a Deputy Public Prosecutor and currently a member of the Bar Council, did not mince words. He said that the official position of SUHAKAM is that all preventive laws should be repealed. He however said that the preventive la...

Kindly take note that the Forum on "Preventive Laws - Past, Present & Future", initially imposing an entrance fee, is now allowing free admittance. See Message below from KL Bar Committee. Thank you. Sincerely, Richard Wee Chair Information Technology Committee KL Bar Preventive laws! Detention without trial! Hearing it too often! What does it actually mean? Come find out for yourself in a Forum organised by the KL Bar Criminal Practice Committee. Speakers from Suhakam, The Bar, The University and possibly our HOME MINISTER himself! ...

Forum on "Preventive Laws - Past, Present & Future" on 28.06.2008 Preventive laws! Detention without trial! Hearing it too often! What does it actually mean? Come find out for yourself in a Forum organised by the KL Bar Criminal Practice Committee. Speakers from Suhakam, The Bar, The University and possibly our HOME MINISTER himself! Date: 28.06.2008 (Saturday) Time: 9.00a.m. Venue: Auditorium Tun Mohamed Suffian, Law Faculty, University of Malaya Speakers: Y.B. Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Bin Jaafar Albar (Home Minister) - To be confirmed Yg. Bhg. Dato' Muhammad Shafee Abdullah (SUHAKAM) Professor Dr. Shad Saleem Faruqi (UiTM) Mr. M.M. Athimulan (Advocate & Solicitor ) Moderator: Mr. N. Sivananthan (Chairman, Criminal Practice Committee)