IPOH, 27 July 2009: Embattled Perak state assembly speaker V Sivakumar still wants to meet and seek clarification from Barisan Nasional (BN)-installed speaker Datuk R Ganesan through the rights and privileges committee to resolve two issues following the 7 May 2009 state assembly sitting. Sivakumar, who still considers himself speaker, fixed the meeting for 10am [...]

Sivakumar (left) and Ganesan PETALING JAYA, 23 July 2009: Embattled Perak Speaker V Sivakumar will chair a Powers and Privileges Committee hearing on 27 July 2009 against Barisan Nasional-installed Speaker Datuk R Ganesan for “usurping the functions and role of the speaker in the House”. The committee hearing will be held in the speaker’s chambers, [...]

THE Malaysian Bar is alarmed and perturbed that the police continue to harass and intimidate lawyers by calling them in for questioning on matters relating to the execution of their professional duties. Most recently, lawyer Chan Kok Keong was served a Section 111 notice that was silent as to the subject he would be questioned [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 June 2009: Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein defended the action by police in entering the Perak state legislative assembly to remove embattled Speaker V Sivakumar from the assembly hall on 7 May. Hishammuddin (File pic courtesy of theSun) Hishammuddin said that the move was taken to restore order and was in [...]

Updated 10.07pm on 26 May 2009 KUALA LUMPUR, 26 May 2009:Police arrested 19 people including eight Pakatan Rakyat (PR) elected representatives during PR’s hunger strike this morning, Chinese-language news portal Merdeka Review reported. However, alll 19 were later released by police. Since 5 May, police have made a total of 146 arrests mainly for what [...]

THE debate on the legality of the removal of V Sivakumar as speaker of Perak state legislative assembly (“LA”) has raised a number of pertinent questions. This is the first and most crucial question: at what point did the first meeting of the second session of the 12th state LA on 7 May (7 May [...]