Medical conditions can affect the personal livelihood and employment of a person. The question is this: should let your boss know about it? Now, there are two scenarios where the disclosure becomes an issue – either the medical condition developed before employment or the medical condition developed during the course of employment. If you are…
If you are the type to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the dawn of “V Day” can be exciting or dreadful, depending on whether you have someone to spend it with. For this year’s Valentine’s Day, legally speaking, your pool of potential candidates may have widened to include someone else’s spouse, due to the recent Federal Court’s…
On 2 February 2024, the former Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak (“Najib”), successfully obtained a reduction of his punishment.[1] Najib’s prison sentence was reduced from 12 years to 6 years while his fine was reduced from RM210 million to RM50 million. This decision has upset Malaysians across the board, although for different reasons. Some…
I have suffered through countless rush hour traffic jam, but there is this one memory that has stuck with me until today: my mom and I were running late for my violin lesson because we were caught in the rush hour traffic jam. I looked out of the window and I saw cars speeding away…
During the height of the Isreali-Palestian war, we saw people flying all sorts of flags in support of their cause. Many displayed the Palestinian flags while some chose to fly the Israeli flag. It then came as a shock to many Malaysians when a local man was sent to prison for six months and fined…
A Chinese Muslim eatery in Kuala Lumpur attracted criticisms from the public when news was published that it sacked its employee after a video of that employee wearing a cross necklace at work, went viral. While most of the netizens were aghast at the action taken by the eatery against the employee, did you also…
The ongoing Israeli-Palestinian war has seen a brutal, disproportionate and inhumane use of force. Many commentators have used terms like “war crime”, “genocide”, “crimes against humanity” or “crime of aggression” to describe the situation, especially the violence committed by Israel. But what do these terms mean and is there really a place for law when…
Recently, a video went viral showing a child being flung out of a moving car that was making a U-turn somewhere in Kota Bharu. For some unknown reason, the rear door of the car suddenly flung open, and the child fell on to the busy road. Horrified citizens watched the child get hit twice by…
Malaysians were recently shocked by viral images on social media of national school teachers brandishing toy guns and parading in front of their students while clad in black-and-white chequered Palestinian scarves or green bandanas, in an apparent show of support for the Palestinians who are embroiled in a bitter war with Israel. Understandably, right minded…
Guarded community has become the norm rather than the exception these days. Developers often use this as a selling point to promote new housing projects. However, like in any residential community, there would be those who stubbornly refuse to pay the monthly security charges imposed to maintain the facility. If you are a fee-paying resident,…