Circular No 166/2014 Dated 5 Aug 2014

Issued by: Kuthubul Zaman Bukhari and M Ramachelvam, Co-Chairpersons, Bar Council Task Force on IPCMC
16 Aug 2014 (Saturday) | 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium
Straits Trading Building, Unit 2-02A, 2
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2 Leboh Pasar Besar, 50050 Kuala Lumpur
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Admission is free but advance registration is required
CPD Code: T3/16082014/BC/BC141098/2
The personal information that you provide to the Bar Council, whether
now or in the future, may be used, recorded, stored, disclosed or otherwise
processed by or on behalf of the Bar Council for the purposes of facilitation
and organisation of this event, research and audit, and maintenance of a
participant database for the promotion of this event, and such ancillary
services as may be relevant.
The Bar Council is renewing its focus once again on the need
to establish the Independent Police Complaints and
Misconduct Commission (IPCMC), particularly in light of
the deaths in police custody that continue unabated in
Malaysia.
In this regard, the Bar Council Task Force on IPCMC is
holding a public forum on Police Accountability in
Malaysia.
Speakers for this forum include Christopher Leong,
President of the Malaysian Bar; Yeo Yang Poh, former
President of the Malaysian Bar; and Phil Robertson, the
Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch Asia.
Programme
09:00 am Registration
09:30 am Introduction
09:35 am Opening remarks by Christopher Leong
President of the Malaysian Bar
09:45 am Keynote address by YB Senator Datuk Paul Low
Seng Kuan, Minister in the Prime Ministers
Department (Invited)
10:15 am Presentation by Phil Robertson
Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch Asia
10:45 am Presentation by Yeo Yang Poh
Former President of the Malaysian Bar
11:05 am Presentation by The Honourable Tan Sri Abdul
Gani Patail, Attorney General of Malaysia
(Invited)
11:25 am Question-and-Answer Session
12:00 pm End

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15 Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2050 2050
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The organisers reserve the right to modify, cancel or postpone the
event, should circumstances arise that make such action necessary.
Points for the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Scheme
will not be awarded to Members of the Bar who arrive more than 15
minutes late, are not present throughout the event, or leave before its
scheduled end.
Please direct all correspondence (including completed registration
forms) and enquiries to:
Florence Laway
(03-2050 2104; florence@malaysianbar.org.my) or
Rajeswari Gunarasa
(03-2050 2089; rajeswari@malaysianbar.org.my)
Fax: 03-2032 2043
Registration for the forum will begin at 9:00 am