Chew Swee Yoke, Malaysia’s legal aid pioneer and lawyer in Anwar’s ‘black eye’ case, dies at 81

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In 1982, Chew established the first Legal Aid Centre in Kuala Lumpur and became the first Chairperson of the Bar Council Legal Aid Committee.

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