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Employment

Your company not paying your EPF? Here’s what you can do

by Tanusha Sharma on 21 September 2019

You got a new job and everything’s going great. You’re settled in, the pay’s pretty good, and you can finally save up for that new house in Bangsar that you’ve been eyeing. You...

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Tampered with your TNB meter? You can get fined up to RM1mil

by Tanusha Sharma on 04 October 2019

You’ve heard from your friends that they’ve recently been saving over hundreds of ringgit on their electricity bill simply by installing a device on their TNB meter. They recommend this...

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Contract General

In Malaysia, how old must you be to sign a contract?

by Tanusha Sharma on 05 November 2019

Getting into a contract can be such a basic and common right, we don’t even realise we’re doing it. Contracts happen in our daily lives and it includes things such...

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Criminal General

Can a person's opinion be used as evidence in Malaysian courts?

by Tanusha Sharma on 18 February 2020

When we hear about someone being summoned to testify in court as a witness, our initial thought would be that a person is asked to come to court to testify...

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General Employment

Malaysian fathers may finally be getting paternity leave. Here's why it's taking so long

by Tanusha Sharma on 02 December 2019

    Whether it applies to you or not, maternity leave is something that’s to be expected at any company in Malaysia. It’s pretty much one of the 5 types...

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Civil

5 ways to "sue" someone in Malaysia without going to court

by Tanusha Sharma on 12 November 2019

Imagine this. You’re going for your routine dentist appointment and your dentist tells you that your wisdom tooth needs to be pulled. So he prepares the equipment for your tooth...

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Contract General

In Malaysia, how old must you be to sign a contract?

by Tanusha Sharma on 05 November 2019

Getting into a contract can be such a basic and common right, we don’t even realise we’re doing it. Contracts happen in our daily lives and it includes things such...

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Civil

You can make an appeal if you lose your case in Malaysian courts. Here's how it works

by Tanusha Sharma on 01 November 2019

Let’s say you went to Subway to get the 6 inch sub sandwich but when you measured it, it was actually only 5 inches long (!!!). So you decide to...

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Civil

Here's the law that Najib used to stop Tony Pua from talking about 1MDB

by Tanusha Sharma on 24 October 2019

With the 1MDB scandal blowing up over the past few years, many revelations have been made causing a few reputations here and there to plunder. Defamation suits which are meant to suppress...

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Civil Constitution General

Can a Malaysian company be Muslim? Here's the court case that gave us the answer

by Tanusha Sharma on 17 October 2019

(Note: Article has been updated to include his acquittal from his Shariah case in Dec 2020) In 2012, Ezra Zaid was arrested by Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor (JAIS). His crime? Ezra’s publishing...

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Criminal General

How two women on death row changed Malaysia's drug law

by Tanusha Sharma on 11 October 2019

When Alma Nudo Atenza, a then 38-year-old Filipino woman, was apprehended by the customs officer in the early hours of 19 August 2014 at KLIA, she must have thought this was...

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Criminal General

Tampered with your TNB meter? You can get fined up to RM1mil

by Tanusha Sharma on 04 October 2019

You’ve heard from your friends that they’ve recently been saving over hundreds of ringgit on their electricity bill simply by installing a device on their TNB meter. They recommend this...

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Criminal General

What's life REALLY like when you're out on bail in Malaysia?

by Tanusha Sharma on 30 September 2019

In many movies that we’ve seen, it’s always the rich bad guy who gets arrested by the cops and gets someone to bail him out. But then right after that, he goes...

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Employment

Your company not paying your EPF? Here’s what you can do

by Tanusha Sharma on 21 September 2019

You got a new job and everything’s going great. You’re settled in, the pay’s pretty good, and you can finally save up for that new house in Bangsar that you’ve been eyeing. You...