On 5 May 2009, His Excellency, David B Collins, the High Commissioner paid a courtesy call on the President of the Malaysian Bar, Mr Ragunath Kasevan.
I would not elaborate long on the meeting but would just like to point out a few main things that I am interested.
Firstly, regarding the notorious prevention detention, ISA, H.E. David Collins said that there was no equivalent to such preventive laws in Canada.
Secondly, legal aid in Canada is FULLY funded by the Government. Law students in Canadian Universities are encouraged to take up legal aid cases during their 2nd year study and that some legal firms were known to survive purely by handling legal aid cases.
Malaysia’s legal aid is currently provided by the Government as well as Bar council. Bar council is pressing so that the Government widen the scope and availability of legal aid services in the country.
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