Law & Disorder

Written by Muthiah of Law & Disorder

In revisiting the Al-Ma’unah case, more than two decades after it unfolded, we are reminded of the enduring importance of learning from our past. While the headlines have faded from public memory, the events of July...

Last month, an unemployed man - the husband of a child’s caregiver - was sentenced to thirty years’ imprisonment and thirteen strokes of the cane by the Shah Alam High Court for the sodomy and murder of a nine-month-old...

Last month, a 13-year-old student from India named Kajal Gaud, passed away a week after allegedly being forced to perform 100 sit-ups with her heavy school bag on her back as punishment for arriving a few minutes late...

In recent months, Malaysia has been shaken by a disturbing wave of bullying cases; students beaten in dorms, humiliated on camera, and in some cases, losing their lives. Each viral video brings public outrage, yet after...

In the wake of two deeply disturbing incidents; the gang rape case involving students at a school in Melaka, the recent school stabbing in Bandar Utama and at the time of this writing another gang rape in a school in...

“Seperti membeli kucing didalam karung” is a Malay proverb that literally means how it reads. By committing to the act of purchasing a cat in a sack, the buyer does not know what he has in fact purchased; if it is a cat...