Bar’s sexual misconduct mechanism faulty, can’t hold inquiries

A mechanism by the Malaysian Bar to deal with sexual misconduct adopted more than a decade ago is faulty due to a legal impediment, it was found.

It was learned that the hindrance had caused a case, which was lodged with the Bar over alleged sexual misconduct this year, to not move forward as an inquiry could not be held.

This was despite the Bar maintaining that it has an internal mechanism to deal with sexual misconduct among its members.

It was reported that the Malaysian Bar...