KOTA KINABALU: Law practitioners in Sabah and Sarawak are capable of handling legal matters in their own states without interference from "outsiders", say the Sabah Law Society (SLS) and the Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS).
In a joint statement, SLS and AAS said they opposed provisions concerning the extension of the Legal Profession Act 2019 (LPA Act 2019) and the repeal of the Advocates Ordinances in Sabah and Sarawak (the Extension and Repeal provisions) as contained in the proposed draft of the Legal Profession Bill 2019 (the LPA Bill).
