IF YOU SUPPORT JUSTICE AND HUMANITY..READ THIS!!!!

IF YOU SUPPORT HUMANITY..PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!

"Allahumma innaka a'fuwwun karim..tuhibbul 'afwa fa'fu a'nna"~~marhaban ya ramadhan!!!i just wana wish all of u a bilssful ramadhan...

On last Thursday..after i got back from kangar court.. I had to attend a seminar held by Kedah/Perlis Legai Aid Bureau...the seminar was about our role as legal practitioner in dealing with refugees matter..

The speakers and the organizer were from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ..And two young lawyers who are actively involved in this area were invited as speakers...

I have to admit that the issue on refugees is quite alien to me...and I guess to most of us..but believe me..its not alien to us..its just that we never want to spend a little time on this because we are too busy to think of others but ourselves...or just because we were born to be just the way we are...complacent..the virus that creates the disease of individualism which only means we care only about ourselves...

But there's always room for improvement...all that we need to bear in mind is to spread the words of virtue..and justice shall be upheld...

Without realizing it...refugees..or "pelarian" have always been the issue in the court of law..as Malaysia is not a party to the Refugee Convention, therefore these international rules governing refugees do not apply in Malaysia...to make things even worse..those refugees who had been detained by malaysian authority and brought before the court are tried by the immigration law which does not specifically deal with refugees...

And I wonder...we apply law which is not meant to be applied to these refugees...wouldn't it be absurd?unjust?and inhumane?--well..that's what has been going on and on..therefore UNHCR was given the duty to remedy this situation even though its not 100% effective to absolve those unfortunate refugees...

Then I came to realize that it is our duty as legal practitioner to fight for these people..people who couldn't fight for themselves...

What is a refugee then..it simply means people who flee/leave their countries because they are afraid of persecution (they might be killed or threatened if they stay in their own countries) just because they belong to certain social group or ideology...these people flee their countries to find protection in other country..and it is an established customary international law principle of "non-refoulement" which means that when a refugee seeks protection in another country..we cannot send him back to his country...but its important to note that there's a distinction between a refugee and economic migrant. An economic migrant or better known as illegal immigrant normally leaves a country VOLUNTARILY to seek a better life or working opportunities in another country. Therefore, if..by any chance you get to see someone from the specified countries as ive listed above with fears of going back to his country of origin because he might face persecution/threat to his life..do not hesitate to call or sms the above number of UNHCR.

Having said the above, this suggests that refugees must be treated in great fairness in the enjoyment of the essence of humanity...but what the law has been treating them all this while suggests otherwise...because, in most cases when our local authority detain them...they would be prosecuted for illegally entering our country without valid documents...and the ones who need protection now are the fugitives before our own law...

Therefore, it is my humble request to all people out there...that we can help these people who are in need of our attention...if you have any doubts or suspicion with regards to any accused in court who particularly are Achehnese from Indonesia , Muslims from Myanmar, Chin from Myanmar,or those who came from Palestine or Iran...kindly as soon as possible contact the UNCHR HOTLINE NO: 012 6305060 via sms or calls or voicemails and they would respond to you ASAP to save those refugees from being wrongly prosecuted for crimes they do not commit...

Im glad and grateful to realize that being in this legal field actually gives us more rooms to safeguard the value of humanity from being gravely violated without any justified grounds...and it is our duty to respond to issues that involve humanity...because how strong we try to evade ourselves from these kinds of issue..believe me..that our conscience can never keep its mouth shut from telling you what is right and what is wrong ..right there at the back of our heads...its time for us to think about the world while we still have time to save it....

~~Peace out~~