The confusion surrounding the jurisdiction to grant prohibitory order in Sarawak persist to date mainly due to the lack of reported case on this issue. This confusion is further compounded by the e-filing system, also known as the court's management system, which allows for the e-filing of prohibitory orders in both the subordinate courts and the High Court at Sarawak. This issue must be answered as obtaining a prohibitory order from the wrong court would render the order invalid and subsequently invalidate the sale of the attached land. However, the Court of Appeal had, in 2018, settled the issues of the court's jurisdiction to grant prohibitory order in the context of the National Land Code can only be applied to Peninsular Malaysia and the Federal Territory of Labuan, but not to Sarawak, this article aims to answer whether the principle in the Court of Appeal's case, decided in the context of the National Land Code, is applicable to Sarawak and whether there is any local Sarawak case law that adopts the principle of the Court of Appeal's case.

The eCommerce industry is dramatically growing significantly, with revenues reaching new highs. As the industry blooms, concerns about the impacts concerning consumers' privacy have gradually increased due to the integration of the Predictive Analytics (PA) technology — a branch of advanced analytics that uses historical data, statistical modelling, data mining tools, and machine learning to produce predictions about future outcomes. In a fiercely competitive eCommerce environment, PA is the answer for businesses finding the way to their target market. The use of PA is profound that in addition to all the positive business possibilities, there are just as many new privacy concerns being created, such as privacy breaches, price discrimination, customer segmentation and many more. Adopting the doctrinal research methodology, this research investigates the legal risks of PA and the threshold of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 ('PDPA') in addressing them. Comparatively, this research examines the application and strength of the privacy-by-design ('PbD') model adopted by the European General Data Protection Regulation ('GDPR') as part of the new data protection construct requirements for advanced technologies. This research hopes to shed light on the interaction between PA and the traditional data protection regime of the PDPA, thus providing a case for the privacy-by-design model as a way forward in Malaysia.

Indigenous communities often pride themselves on their artistic handicrafts that come in various forms and are usually unique to the communities themselves. These handicrafts are part of their traditional cultural expressions and demonstrate their knowledge and intellectual inputs that have been passed down through many generations. Since specific tribal communities are producing special, innovative, and distinctive handicrafts, these should logically and ideally be protected as geographical indications (GIs) and allow them to reap the benefits. However, due to some uncertainties and since the international jurisprudence on GI is still in the development stage, the position on GIs has not been extended to handicrafts per se in Malaysia. Taking the Pua Kumbu handicraft weave as a case study, this study, using legal research methodology, has explored the different intellectual property mechanisms in place to accord protection to traditional cultural expressions. By examining the provisions of international legal instruments and best practices from other countries such as Indonesia and New Zealand, this study proposes suggestions for a sui generis regime that can be incorporated and modified to suit the Malaysian landscape, thus offering some options and avenues of thoughts for the policymakers to create a comprehensive protection system for traditional cultural expressions in the country.

Wearing a hijab is a personal, voluntary choice of Muslim women of their own free will, motivated by personal piety of being identified as a Muslim. Muslim women should not be deprived of wearing the hijab, as this will impede their fundamental rights to manifest their religion and constitute indirect discrimination on the grounds of religion where everyone should be treated equally before the law, regardless of their gender, religion, race, color of their skin or language. Muslim women's freedom to wear the hijab is enshrined in numerous human rights provisions recognized by several international legal instruments and fundamental rights in countries' constitutions as the freedom to practice one's religion. According to Articles 14, 25, and 25(1) of the Indian Constitution, there is freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess, practice, and propagate religion. This paper aims to investigate the position of the hijab worn by Indian Muslim women and controversies raised during the present time.

MALAYSIA
Employment
5G network expected to create employment boost in Malaysia
Prof Hafizal Mohamad, Department Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, said the country could see more new jobs with the advancement of the network, coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) applications, particularly in the education, agriculture, and manufacturing sectors. Being one of the first countries in the region to build a 5G ecosystem, he said some projections estimated that approximately 148,000 new jobs would be created as the new 5G rollout progresses.

MALAYSIA
Employment
Socso coverage to go up in June
The take-up rate by employers towards social protection coverage for their domestic helpers can be improved with greater awareness, says Social Security Organisation (Socso). Its chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed said 7,700 employers employing domestic workers and 8,280 domestic workers had registered with Socso since contribution was made compulsory for them since June 1 last year. From the total registered domestic workers, 5,238 are currently actively contributing to Socso, he said. “In terms of employer response, there is much room for improvement,” he said. More employers were expected to register their domestic workers after June 1, 2022, when the workers’ existing insurance policies expire, he added.

AUSTRALIA
Employment
Dismissal of worker due to unforeseen health situation was ‘harsh, unjust and unreasonable’
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) recently dealt with an unfair dismissal claim of a worker who said he was unjustly terminated for missing work because he was required to get a COVID test and then isolate. The employer said that the worker was dismissed due to his “inability to follow established company procedures” regarding his “unapproved absences” from work. The case highlights how HR must ensure that the interests of the employer and the needs of employees must both be met.