PETALING JAYA: Unscrupulous legal firms have now resorted to using chambering students to solicit clients at magistrates’ courts, say several senior criminal lawyers. But now, they have changed the modus operandi and a lot of touting is done by using chambering students. “These chambering students will be based at one court, and when we see them, we can’t actually accuse them of touting because they will then say they are chambering students, ” said a criminal lawyer based in Kuala Lumpur who only wanted to be known as “Anne”. She said touting was rampant, especially at the Petaling Jaya Magistrate’s Court, where such chambering students would target vulnerable individuals who have got into trouble with the law. A criminal lawyer known as Tam revealed that one would easily stumble into touts at the Petaling Jaya Magistrate’s Court in the mornings.

Source: The Star March 10, 2021 23:48 UTC