SENATOR YUSMADI YUSOFF PERSONAL Age: 46 Date of Birth: 12th Oct 1974 Place of Birth: Balik Pulau, Penang Citizenship: Malaysia CONTACT (Residence) No. 30, Jalan 2/132, Taman Gasing Indah, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mobile +6012 3093469 E-mail:
[email protected] (Office) Suite 5-05-03A VSQ@PJ City Centre Jalan Utara, Petaling Jaya Selangor, Malaysia Tel +603 7931 6187 Fax +603 77842684 SOCIAL MEDIA @yusmadi Yusmadi Yusoff @yusmadi.yusoff Yusmadi Yusoff yusmadi.my fny.my rights.com.my https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusmadi_Yusoff SUMMARY Yusmadi is a lawyer and former Member of Parliament (2008-2013). He is a Partner at Fahda Nur & Yusmadi and the founding Chairman of RIGHTS Foundation (RIGHTS), an independent think tank and charity organisation focusing on regional governance, human rights and social justice initiatives. He is a prominent member of the Malaysian legal community with a wealth of experience in law, politics, human rights and international affairs. Called to the Malaysian Bar in 1999, Yusmadi was trained and practiced as a lawyer in a few of Malaysia’s top law firms before joining Fahda Nur & Yusmadi as a partner. As a lawyer, Yusmadi was involved in many high profile cases such as Al Maunah, the first case on waging war against YDP Agong, counsel in the Royal Commission Enquiry on VK Lingam Tape, Sharifah Aini vs Siti Nurhaliza, Dato Seri Koh Kim Teck murder case, defending squatters from forced evictions, illegal assembly cases etc. Yusmadi is also active in defending cases assigned by YBGK (National Legal Aid Foundation). He is also an active member of the international legal community, regularly invited as speaker by international governments to forums such as the Doha Forum (Qatar), World Forum for Democracy (Strasbourg), Forum 2000 (Prague) and Tamil Eelam Human Rights Protection Conference (Chennai).