Justice walk ends peacefully after memorandum handed over to deputy minister


Walk For Judicial Independence by the bar council members at Padang Merbok in Kuala Lumpur Friday. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: The Walk For Judicial Independence by the Malaysian Bar ended without any protest march by lawyers to Parliament, after police did not allow them to leave the vicinity of Padang Merbok.

Lawyers began gathering at Padang Merbok as early as 8am with some travelling from several other states to join in the protest march which was to have started at 10am.

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