Zheng Hong See (he/him) is a PhD candidate in Law at St Catharine's College, the University of Cambridge under the Tunku Abdul Rahman Scholarship. He completed his BCL at the University of Oxford in July 2021 and was called to the Bar in November 2022 as a Middle Temple Scholar. His research focuses on judicial power, judicial studies, law and religion, the right to equality and non-discrimination as well as the right to freedom of religion, particularly in the context of Malaysian jurisdiction.
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Malaysian Federal Court Held that a Fatwa Cannot Declare a Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings
On 19 June 2025, the Federal Court of Malaysia overturned a Court of Appeal decision which upheld a fatwa (religious edict) declaring SIS Forum (Malaysia), individuals and organisations subscribing to ‘liberalism and religious ...
Malaysian Court of Appeal Upholds Fatwa Declaring A Company ‘Deviant’ from Islamic Teachings
On 21 March 2023, the Court of Appeal in Malaysia – by a 2-1 majority – upheld a decision of the Malaysian High Court dismissing a judicial review application brought by a company challenging a fatwa which declared the company to be ...
Women in Malaysia Can Now Pass on Citizenship to Overseas-Born Children
Image description: A woman with a passport in hand.
On 27 September 2021, the Kuala Lumpur High Court in Suraini Kempe & Ors v the Government of Malaysia & Ors held that Malaysian women married to foreign men enjoy an equal ...
Christians in Malaysia have the right to use the word “Allah”
On 17 March 2021, the High Court in Malaya at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment in Jill Ireland’s case, nullifying the 1986 Directive (the impugned Directive) by the Ministry of Home Affairs, which imposed an ...
The Federal Court of Malaysia held state Syariah law criminalising ‘unnatural sex’ void and unconstitutional
On 25 February 2021, the Federal Court of Malaysia delivered a landmark judgment, declaring that Section 28 of the Syariah* Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 (the 1995 Enactment), which criminalises ‘unnatural sex’, is ...
