SELECTED WRITINGS OF CHARLES HECTOR
Listed below are selected writings of Charles Hector on various socio-economic, political, justice and peace and human rights issues.
2001
TOWARDS A TRANSFORMED BAR - by Charles Hector (15/6/2001) - looks critically at the Bar Council, the cliques, the politics and its failings...
TOUGHER PENALTIES ALONE MAY NOT STEM INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS - by Charles Hector (23/8/2001)
THE CENSURE AND THE BAR ELECTIONS - by Charles Hector (8/12/2001)
2002
INCREASING DEPOSITS WILL DEPRIVE - by Charles Hector (23/3/2002) using pseudonymn "Potential Candidate".
THE RIGHT OF SUSPECTS AND THE REMAND PROCEEDINGS - Charles Hector (June 2002)
MANDATORY PUBLIC SERVICE FOR LAWYERS & LAW - by Charles Hector (26/7/2002) - a response to the statement of the AG Datuk Abdul Ghani Patail’s statement that lawyers should serve the public including people who may not be able to afford legal fees (Star, 26/7/2002)...
MAKE THE INFOLINE A MORE EFFECTIVE TOOL OF COMMUNICATION - by Charles Hector (August 2002) - sent to BUT never published by the Malaysian Bar, Bar practices censorship was admitted at the 2002 AGM
TOWARDS A IMPARTIAL, INCORRUPTIBLE, AND INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY - by Charles Hector (19/8/2002)
AN ENVIRONMENT OF JUSTICE WILL CREATE LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE - by Charles Hector (23/8/2002)
2003
LAWYERS AND THEIR LEADERS - by Charles Hector (February 2003) - criticizes the KL Bar Committee's response when a KL lawyer was arrested and later charged for something done while carrying out his duty as a lawyer
WITHERING AWAY RIGHTS OF THE ARRESTED- by Charles Hector (February 2003)<
THE FIRE STILL BURNS IN THE HEARTS OF YOUNG LAWYERS - by Charles Hector (12/5/2003)
FORTIFYING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY- by Charles Hector (16/6/2003) - wrong for CJ to immediately join a law firm after retirement..
PATRIOTISM CANNOT BE FORCED ONTO A MALAYSIAN - by Charles Hector (26/6/2003)
MAHATHIR AND THE JUDGES - THE JUDICIARY DURING THE MAHATHIR ERA by Charles Hector (was also published in Aliran Monthly 2003:8 )
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS, ELEVATIONS AND DISCIPLINE IN MALAYSIA - by Charles Hector (1/10/2003)
PLANTATION WORKERS IN MALAYSIA - by Charles Hector (8/11/2003)
UNHERALDED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS STILL DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION - Suspended from campus even before the courts can find them guilty - by Charles Hector (Aliran Monthly 2003:11)
NEW FACE SAME BODY -ABDULLAH BADAWI IS PM, AND MAHATHIR IS NO MORE BUT … - by Charles Hector (ALIRAN Monthly 2003:11)
2004
MALAYSIA'S FEAR FACTOR- by Charles Hector (Aliran Monthly 2004:1)
RAFZAN AND FRIENDS ALSO WANT TO STUDY - by Charles Hector (5/1/2004)
CONGRATS TO DZAIDDIN - By Charles Hector (14/1/2004)
THE ROYAL COMMISSION IS ONLY AN AD HOC - by Charles Hector(5/2/2004) - looks at thhe Hong Kong ICAC as model that can work and should also be set up in Malaysia
ANOTHER REASON TO BRING BACK LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS - by Charles Hector (February 2004)
BN HAS NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – by Charles Hector (7/3/2004)
MALAYSIANS: HANG JEBAT OR HANG TUAH? – by Charles Hector (20/3/2004)
DECLARE MONDAY A PUBLIC HOLIDAY – by Charles Hector (19/3/2004)
A TAINTED ELECTIONS? – by Charles Hector (25/3/2004)
“WITCH-HUNTING”: UN-DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOUR - The BN govt must not discriminate against non-sympathisers - by Charles Hector (ALIRAN Monthly 2004:3 )
WALKING THE TALK TO FIGHT CORRUPTION - by Charles Hector (24/4/2004) - this looks at the Hong Kong peoples' struggle against corruption and the solution they found in the ICAC
POLICE COMMISSION TREADS OLD GROUND - by Charles Hector (18/5/2004)
UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE : MERITOCRACY ONLY WILL BE UNJUST – by Charles Hector (28/5/2004)
MALAYSIANS, BUMIS OR NON-BUMIS, ARE EQUALLY SMART AND CAPABLE – by Charles Hector (4/6/2004)
DEATH IN CUSTODY:- GOOD START BY THE IGP BUT MORE IS NEEDED - by Charles Hector (10/6/2004)
RELEVAN: THE ENEMY OF JUSTICE? - by Charles Hector(9/7/2004) - a reaction to a suddenly subdued KL Bar Committee newsletter that did not even deal with the critical current human rights issues at all...
BN HAS NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - All this talk about change and the concern for human rights is an eye-wash - by Charles Hector (Aliran - Malaysian General Election 2004 Special)
2005
MIGRANT WORKERS – HUMAN BEINGS NOT ANIMALS – by Charles Hector, which was published in Malaysiakini on 28/2/2005
POST-RETIREMENT CONDUCT OF JUDGES WILL AFFECT PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY - by Charles Hector (16/3/2005)
ARE WE “PRISONERS” OF THE LAW OR ARE WE FURTHERING THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE? - Charles Hector (14/6/2005)
'NO DISCOUNT RULE' IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LAWYERS – by Charles Hector (19/10/2005)
'No room for "past Presidents group" in the Malaysian Bar - ALL are EQUAL – by Charles Hector (October 2005)
HYPOCRISY OF REHDA IN SHIFTING BLAME TO LAWYERS - by Charles Hector (25/10/2005)
2006
MIGRANTS AND RIGHTS IN MALAYSIA - More Important Than Rights is the Access to Justice - by Charles Hector (7/4/2006) - an article that looks at the issue of rights of Migrants
SUHAKAM TIGERS FACE EXTINCTION – by Charles Hector, which was published in Malaysiakini on 7/4/2006
TIME FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS TO BE GUARANTEED BASIC WORKER RIGHTS - by Charles Hector (25/4/2006)
WE PROTEST HARRASSMENT OF LAWYERS BY POLICE - Brave Lawyers Acted As Bar Leadership Procrastinates , an article by Charles Hector (28/4/2006)
MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENT MUST ACT FOR THE PEOPLE NOT FOR THEIR PARTY – a short letter by Charles Hector (8/5/2006)
LAWYERS TURN UP IN PARLIAMENT TO SUPPORT MOTION PROTESTING MALTREATMENT OF LAWYERS BY THE POLICE – by Charles Hector (10/5/2006)
SUPRESSION OF PEOPLES’ VOICES AND USE OF VIOLENCE UNACCEPTABLE IN A DEMOCRACY Links – an article by Charles Hector criticizing the use of force to suppress legitimate peaceful protest of the people about the fuel price hike and the increase in electricity tariff (29/5/2006)
KEMASUKAN CHERIE BLAIR HANYA SEKELIBAT MASA DEPAN MALAYSIA – an article by Charles Hector in the Malay Language, that looks at the attempt of foreign lawyer to be able to appear in the Malaysian courts as a glimpse of what is to come as a result of Malaysia’s signing of the WTO Agreements and the other FTAs. This was carried in the Malaysian Bar Website – (31/5/2006)
50 LAWYERS TURN UP IN BUKIT AMAN FOR MEETING WITH IGP – by Charles Hector, also published on the Malaysian Bar website (7/6/2006)
WHAT HAS THE BAR DONE ABOUT LAWYER UTHAYAKUMAR’S ARREST AND DETENTION? By Charles Hector, which was published on the Malaysian Bar website (June 2006)
GIVE THE “RAKYAT” COMPLETE ANSWERS AND STOP TRYING TO DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL ISSUES - an article by Charles Hector in response to the Malaysian government’s attempts to distract rather than providing real answers to questions and criticisms. Was published in the Opinions section in Malaysiakini (22/6/2006)
NO LONGER FROGS UNDER A COCONUT SHELL( - No Longer “Katak Di Bawah Tempurung” – an article by Charles Hector on the need of the Malaysian government to be more transparent and accountable. Published also in Malaysiakini (27/6/2006)