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Tommy Thomas (born 1952) is a Malaysian barrister and the former Attorney General of Malaysia from 2018 to 2020. [1] [2] [3] He was the first practising barrister to be appointed directly from the Malaysian Bar to be the Attorney General, [4] and the first non-Malay and non-Muslim Malaysian to hold this post after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
The Council's headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. No. 2, Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur. Tel: +603-20502050. The Malaysian Bar ( Malay: Badan Peguam Malaysia) is a professional body which regulates the profession of lawyers in peninsular Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is no distinction between a barrister and a solicitor, in that, it is a fused ...
Siti Kasim. Siti Kasim is a Malaysian human rights lawyer and activist. She came to national prominence with her work within the Human Rights Committee of the Malaysian Bar highlighting the issues being faced by the indigenous peoples of Malaysia. Her work has since grown to encompass defending the rights of other minority and marginalised ...
The Certificate in Legal Practice ( CLP) is a 9-month post-graduate course and examination taken by foreign law graduates and graduates of the Bachelor of Jurisprudence (Hons) from the University of Malaya [ 1] and Bachelor of Legal Studies (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA, [ 2] to become a qualified lawyer in Malaysia. [ 3][ 4] The ...
Latheefa Koya. Latheefa Beebi Koya (Latīpha Bīvi Kēāya; born 4 February 1973), [ 1] often called Kak Lat, is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and human rights activist who was the fifth Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) from June 2019 to March 2020. [ 2] She was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR ...
agc .gov .my. The Attorney General of Malaysia ( Malay: Peguam Negara also referred to as the AG; Jawi: ڤڬوام نڬارا مليسيا ) is the principal legal adviser of Malaysia. The Attorney General is also the highest ranking public prosecutor in the country and is also known as the Public Prosecutor, or simply PP.
Law of Malaysia. The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. This was a direct result of the colonisation of Malaya, Sarawak, and North Borneo by Britain between the early 19th century to the 1960s. The supreme law of the land—the Constitution of Malaysia —sets out the legal framework and rights of Malaysian citizens.
Surendran was born in Kuantan, Pahang and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah.His late father was a postmaster, and he has three siblings. [2] He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London and was admitted to the Malaysian Bar in 1994.