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MALAYSIA, AFTER LINA JOY: A DIALOGUE
Date: 7 June 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Armada Hotel, Petaling Jaya
Room: Laksamana Room, Level 3
Panel of Distinguished Speakers:
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YB Lim Kit Siang,
Parliamentary Opposition Leader
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Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim,
General Secretary of PKR
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Lim Guan
Eng, Secretary-General of DAP
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Ambiga Sreenevasan, Malaysia
Bar Council President
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Yusri Mohammad, President of
Angkatan Belia Islam (ABIM)
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Leonard Teoh, Legal Advisor to
Malaysia Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism
and Sikhism (MCCBCHS)
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Dr Azmi Sharom, Associate
Professor, UM Law Faculty
Chairperson: Tony Pua
"To
say that she is not under the jurisdiction of the Syariah Court –
because she no longer professes Islam – is not appropriate... In other
words, one cannot embrace or leave a religion according to one's whims
and fancies."
Chief Justice Tun Ahmad
Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim
"Illegal
and unreasonable... to expect the appellant (Lina) to apply for a
certificate of apostasy – when to do so would likely expose her to a
range of offences under the Islamic law – is, in my view,
unreasonable."
Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Datuk
Richard Malanjum
"I
am disappointed that the Federal Court is not able to vindicate a
simple but important fundamental right that exists in all persons;
namely, the right to believe in the religion of one's choice... The
Federal Court has not only denied me that right but to all Malaysians
who value fundamental freedoms."
Lina Joy
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