Cecil Rajendra: Oppose unjust laws with every fibre of your being

Multi-award winning poet and lawyer Cecil Rajendra says lawyers must oppose inherently unjust laws with "every fibre of our being and campaigning for their repeal".

In a hard-hitting lecture at the Penang Club yesterday, Cecil cited the Internal Security Act, Official Secrets Act, Sedition Act and Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) as unjust laws.

"But which only a fraction of our profession dare speaks out against," he said as a special speaker at the 10th James Richardson Logan Memorial lecture themed 'Law or Justice'...