In addition, LAC regularly conducts legal awareness programs. These programs have proven to be very popular, as evidenced by the overwhelming response to various events. This has enabled LACS to achieve its desired outcome of increased awareness of individual legal rights and the availability of legal aid to the public. – To maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Malaysia; This was an important step for the Bar Council, which has been working tirelessly for such a government initiative for many years. YBGK will do something to address the lack of legal representation for detained citizens. Of the approximately 100,000 citizens arrested each year by the police, 80,000 are not legally represented. This is an unfortunate statistic when article 5, paragraph 3, of the Federal Constitution stipulates that any citizen arrested may be consulted and defended by a lawyer of his choice. – represent, protect and support members of the legal profession in Malaysia and adequately promote the interests of the legal profession in Malaysia; * Suspects facing the death penalty (death penalty) may apply to the High Court of Malaysia for free legal representation under the Public Defenders Programme. YBGK addresses both of these issues because its goal is to help every imprisoned citizen at every stage of the judicial process. This includes their arrest; their pre-trial detention procedure or whether they have been charged and there is an application for bail; and mitigation of the sentence after an admission of guilt.
In order to achieve our ongoing educational goals, LACS offers a series of training programs for room students, the main objective of which is to instill a sense of social responsibility in our students. LACS believes that the impact of these educational programs will be significant, as ethics is one of the core values of students throughout their careers, whether in private practice, in government legal services or in business. LACS also provides training to practising lawyers through a variety of specially designed programs. Thus, LACS has a large pool of volunteers covering various areas of practice such as family law, criminal law and labour law. This allows many volunteers to gain additional knowledge and understanding of judicial review and labour court. The two widely accepted grounds for the lack of legal representation are: (a) the arrested person cannot afford legal representation; and (b) the arrested person is unaware of his or her legal rights. The establishment of YBGK is only the first step in ensuring that in the event of imprisonment, every citizen receives legal representation. However, the continued success of this initiative depends on the participation of more lawyers. The ultimate goal is for every imprisoned citizen to be legally represented. The Selangor Legal Aid Centre (LACS) was originally established to care for the poor and needy and to ensure that they have a one-stop shop where they can obtain impartial legal advice and/or representation.
Over the years, the objectives and work of the LAC have been expanded, with education, awareness and public awareness campaigns becoming other focal points. LAC also organizes outreach programs to educate the public on legal issues, increase legal awareness and raise the profile of LACS. Outreach programs brought the LACS to the settlements of Orang Asli, giving them the opportunity to address a variety of legal issues, including land, employment, education, birth registration/NRIC as well as social issues. Since YBGK`s objective is the public interest, applicants are not required to pay when using YBGK`s services. However, lawyers who provide YGKB`s services are compensated based on the number of people they serve. The National Legal Aid Foundation or Yayasan Bantuan Guaman Kebangsaan, better known as YBGK, was established on 2 April 2012 by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato` Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak. To be eligible, your monthly income (net of monthly expenses) must NOT exceed – if you are asked to do so in order to express your opinion on matters affecting the law, administration and practice of law in Malaysia; In summary, YBGK offers support in the following cases: LACS also acts as an administrative center for YBGK, which was established in April 2012. In cooperation with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, LACS expanded its activities to Bangi in January 2013. – to defend the cause of justice, without regard for one`s own interests or those of its members, without being affected by fear or favouritism; In addition, you do not have to own property or have savings: free advice and assistance is offered in areas such as arrest, pre-trial detention, mitigation and applying for bail. If the services of a pro bono lawyer are required for the trial, this is subject to a means test, where the income of the individual citizen must be less than RM 3,000 per month or RM 36,000 per year.
The legal aid programme is implemented by the Legal Advice Legal Aid Centres through their staff and pro bono lawyers. In view of the growing awareness of the Commission and the workload, a second mutual legal assistance advisory centre was established in Kuala Selangor in January 2008. – to make arrangements for or contribute to the promotion of a system whereby indigent persons can be represented by lawyers and lawyers. The Malaysian Bar Association is unique in that it has established the Bar Council`s legal aid centres throughout the Malaysian peninsula to facilitate citizens` access to justice. the death penalty (39B Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and 302 Criminal Code), fines (Road Transport Act 1987) and prevention of detention (Dangerous Drugs Act 1985 (Act 316)), the Emergency Regulations 1969 and the Homeland Security Act). In the event that the person being cared for needs additional services beyond those described above, i.e. If they need a litigator, if their case goes to court, they can hire a lawyer on their own initiative or, if they cannot afford one, they may be eligible to have a pro bono lawyer assigned to them. To receive the services of a pro bono lawyer, they must pass a means test, when their annual income cannot exceed RM36,000.00. From April 2012 to December 2014, Selangor YBGK`s volunteer lawyers assisted 44,657 citizens in remand and 3,426 citizens in the mitigation or bail phase, interviewed 7,072 citizens detained at the respective district police stations, and approximately 954 cases were assigned to volunteer lawyers to attend court.
