'Allow law firms to partly reopen to safeguard people’s rights'

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The Malaysian Bar has urged the government to allow the partial reopening of all law firms nationwide during the ongoing total lockdown to safeguard the people’s right to proper legal representation.In a circular dated June 14 and e-mailed to lawyers, the Bar revealed that it had made the proposal to the National Security Council (NSC) and the Legal Affairs Division of the Prime Minister’s Department.On June 2, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Takiyuddin Hassan said that only law firms involved in corporate legal services and conveyancing for the essential services sector could apply for permission to operate during the total lockdown together with the companies, factories or essential services-related businesses they represented.During the total lockdown that is part of a movement control order (MCO 3.0), legal firms are generally not considere…