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Committed lawyer of ex-maid Parti Liyani leaves no stone unturned and shuns the limelight
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Indonesian maid Parti Liyani with her lawyer Anil Balchandani outside the State Courts on Tuesday after the last charge against her was dropped.
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The sheer amount of work that Mr Anil Balchandani put into defending a maid left such an impression that High Court judge Justice Chan Seng Onn, in lauding him for his pro bono work, took special note of the number of pages of his written submissions.
For the record, he turned in 279 pages after a 22-day district court trial, while his submissions for the High Court appeal numbered 221 pages - excluding attachments.
