Invited by Feng Cai Magazine to Discuss the Child Marriage Case of an 11-Year-Old Girl Marrying a 40-Year-Old Man in Kelantan
Invited by Feng Cai Magazine to Discuss the Child Marriage Case of an 11-Year-Old Girl Marrying a 40-Year-Old Man in Kelantan On the afternoon of 16 July 2018, Ms. Alice Lee was invited by Feng Cai Magazine to the headquarters of Nanyang Siang Pau to discuss the recent child marriage case of an 11-year-old girl
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Invited by the Marriage Registration Group of the Selangor Hainan Association to Give a Lecture on Malaysian Marriage Law
Invited by the Marriage Registration Group of the Selangor Hainan Association to Give a Lecture on Malaysian Marriage Law On 15 July 2018, Ms. Alice Lee was invited by the Marriage Registration Group of the Selangor Hainan Association (Thean Hou Temple) to give a lecture on Malaysian marriage law.
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Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Appeal to the Home Minister to Stop Prosecuting Innocent Adoptive Parents in Court
Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Appeal to the Home Minister to Stop Prosecuting Innocent Adoptive Parents in Court To the Secretary of the Home Minister Subject: Request to Halt Prosecution of Adoptive Parents in Court and Expedite Issuance of Birth Certificates for Adoption Procedures Dear Madam, With the utmost respect, we refer to our
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Boundless Horizons｜Lee Sok Wah: Whose Fault Is It When Laws Are Ignored?
Boundless Horizons｜Lee Sok Wah: Whose Fault Is It When Laws Are Ignored? In Ms. Alice Lee’s previous column, she mentioned cases where children could not automatically become Malaysian citizens because their Malaysian fathers did not register their marriages with the children’s foreign mothers in time. When these mothers leave Malaysia or pass away after giving
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Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Humanitarian Approach to Citizenship Applications
Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Humanitarian Approach to Citizenship Applications For 31 years, Ms. Alice Lee, a seasoned lawyer, has witnessed countless cases of innocent children becoming stateless or losing their Malaysian citizenship due to the ignorance of their biological or adoptive parents regarding the law. These children have consequently lost their dreams and
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Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: The Latest Trends in the 1976 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act
Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: The Latest Trends in the 1976 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act The 1976 Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act, which promotes monogamy, was not implemented until 1 March 1983. From what Ms. Alice Lee understands, this delay was due to concerns among non-Muslim communities that non-Muslim men, who
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Boundless Horizons: Lee So Wah: How Does the Court Distribute Marital Property During Divorce?
Boundless Horizons: Lee So Wah: How Does the Court Distribute Marital Property During Divorce? The Non-Muslim Marriage and Divorce Reform Act was officially implemented nationwide on 1 March 1982. When clients applying for divorce ask me how the court will distribute the marital property between the couple, I can confidently tell them that the contribution
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Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Please Save the Helpless Adoptive Parents
Boundless Horizons | Lee Sok Wah: Please Save the Helpless Adoptive Parents Dear Prime Minister / Home Minister / Minister of Women, Family, and Community Development / Minister of Justice, First and foremost, I extend my congratulations to our nation for the recent Cabinet reshuffle under the leadership of Prime Minister Anwar. I understand the
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