PALESTINE HUMANITARIAN FUND

The Bar Council has set up a Humanitarian Fund to collect donations from members of the Bar to assist Palestinians affected by the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The National Young Lawyers Committee of the Bar Council (NYLC) has been entrusted with the task of collecting funds for this humanitarian effort. In this respect, the NYLC will work closely with Mercy Malaysia, and all monies collected by the Bar Council will be channeled to them who currently have an ongoing project to send medicine and food to Gaza via Egypt. Since donations to Mercy Malaysia are tax-exempt, you are hereby advised to follow the followings steps in

order to obtain this exemption:-

Step 1 : Deposit money (whatever amount) into the Bar Council Account

Relevant info of the Account Name

Bar Council

CIMB Bank Berhad 6 Jalan Tun Perak, 50050 Kuala Lumpur

Account No: 1408-1205691-05-8

Step 2 : Fax to the Bar Council (+603-20261313) to the attention of the

‘ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT', where the following details must be included:-

a. Name of Donor

b. NRIC of Donor (if Individual donation) or Legal Firm's name (if donated by the Firm)

c. Relevant Contact details – Tel & Fax No, e-mail address, and Address of the Donor.

Members who choose to donate by way of a cheque must issue the same in favour

of “Bar Council” by marking “Palestine Humanitarian Fund” at the back of the

cheque. For purposes of tax exemption, kindly also provide the details as stated

in step 2 above. The cheque must be sent to:

Bar Council Malaysia

(Attn: Ms Lily Aw, Accounts Department)

No. 13, 15 & 17, Leboh Pasar Besar , 50050 Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

In the absence of any such details, we will assume that the donors have preferred

to remain anonymous.

Please note that all donations should reach us before 1 February 2009.

It is hoped that the legal fraternity will once again rise to the occasion and show

that we care for the unfortunate victims in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.