– To maintain and improve the standards of conduct and learning of the legal profession in Malaysia; 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. 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. * Suspects facing the death penalty (death penalty) may apply to the High Court of Malaysia for free legal representation under the Public Defenders Programme. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. 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. The ultimate goal is for every imprisoned citizen to be legally represented. – represent, protect and support members of the legal profession in Malaysia and adequately promote the interests of the legal profession in Malaysia; Given the risks associated with Covid-19, the Secretariat will operate on a rotating basis and hopefully work at full capacity soon. 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 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. 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.