Tag: Latheefa Koya

Law In Malaysia Permits Judicial Review On Public Interest Grounds

In law, judicial review asks whether the decision-maker considered irrelevant factors, ignored relevant ones, acted in bad faith or reached a conclusion no reasonable authority could reach (Part 2).

Delayed Motherhood Remains Stigmatised In Malaysia

Motherhood pressure in Malaysia remains entrenched as married couples are still expected to have children soon after marriage, despite fertility rates dropping to historic lows. Siva Tangai Raju has the story
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MACC Should Reopen Probe On Guan Eng’s Bungalow-gate Scandal

The Penang MIC has called on Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to reopen the investigation on DAP leader Lim Guan Eng’s Bungalow-gate scandal. Chairman M. Nyanasegaran...

Malaysia seizes $328 million held by Chinese state-owned unit in HSBC

By Leslie Lopez (Straits Times Regional Correspondent) Malaysian authorities have seized more than RM1 billion ($328 million) held by China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd...

Sex and Power: Dirty Politics Returns to Mahathir’s Malaysia

The lack of a transition plan casts doubt on the prime minister’s intentions. By Philip Heijmans and Anisah Shukry (Bloomberg) A power struggle, a sex scandal and slow progress...

Latheefa’s Appointment Shows Crisis Looming Large In Pakatan

By Aathi Shankar Latheefa Koya’s appointment as the new Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner clearly indicates that a major crisis is brewing in Pakatan...

Mahathir reforms government institutions with political appointments

Make no mistake, Latheefa Koya is a politician. A prominent lawyer who clearly favours PKR, a member of PKR’s legal bureau and has been...