Updated 5:40pm, 29 July 2009 SHAH ALAM, 29 July 2009: The inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock has been adjourned to 5 Aug. Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas adjourned the hearing to enable lawyer Gobind Singh Deo (representing Teoh’s family), lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar (representing the Selangor government) and the Bar Council [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 July 2009: The High Court has allowed an international observer from Lawasia (The Law Association for Asia and the Pacific) to hold a watching brief in the sedition trial of DAP chairperson Karpal Singh. Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah directed Lawasia to write officially to the court, and forward a copy of the [...]

(ATM pic public domain / Wiki Commons) PARLIAMENT’S suspension of Puchong legislator Gobind Singh Deo‘s allowances and benefits for a year is revealing. That Gobind, who has filed a suit against his suspension, is an opposition Member of Parliament (MP) makes the whole exercise more telling. The episode betrays a mindset about the concept of [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 April 2009: Member of Parliament (MP) for Puchong Gobind Singh Deo filed an originating summons at the High Court here today seeking a declaration that his suspension as an MP is null and void. In his summons filed at the High Corut registry through Messrs Karpal Singh & Co, he claimed tht [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz said the decision of the Dewan Rakyat today to suspend the membership of Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong) for one year was fair. He said the penalty, which takes effect today, was decided after considering the offence committed by [...]

(Updated 4:25pm, 16 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo was suspended from the Dewan Rakyat for a year with immediate effect for accusing the deputy prime minister of murder and for contempt of the deputy speaker. Gobind The motion to suspend the MP, which was tabled [...]