KUALA LUMPUR, 13 Nov 2008: Bukit Gelugor Member of Parliament Karpal Singh today lodged a police report on the statement by Chief Justice Tan Sri Zaki Azmi that Zaki had bribed court staff during his days as a lawyer. Karpal lodged the report at the Dang Wangi police station at 3pm. He said that Azmi’s […]
Selangor police chief confirms Ronnie’s detention
SHAH ALAM, 12 Nov 2008: Selangor state executive councillor for local government, research and development, Ronnie Liu, was detained at his office at the Bangunan Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah at about 2pm today. Selangor Police Chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, when contacted this afternoon, confirmed Liu’s detention with regard to the case of obstructing […]
Ex-CJ forsees common law-syariah court merger
PUTRAJAYA, 12 Nov 2008: Retired Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad forsees the possibility of a merger of common law and syariah courts in Muslim-majority countries. He said this would harmonise common and syariah law principles to deal with the issues of conflicting laws and jurisdictions arising from inter-faith cases. “The same judges may be […]
“Welfare fund not for ISA families”
IPOH, 12 Nov 2008: The Perak government should not use the RM2 million allocation under the People’s Special Welfare Fund to help the families of Internal Security Act (ISA) detainees. Instead, former Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali has told his successor Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin and the 10 Pakatan Rakyat state […]
Penang goes ahead with multi-language signage
PENANG, 7 Nov 2008: The Penang government will proceed with its plan to put up road signages in various languages in heritage areas despite objections from various parties. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government would proceed with the plan as it was not throwing away the signage in Bahasa Malaysia but was […]
Raja Petra surprised with release
SHAH ALAM, 7 Nov 2008: Malaysia Today website operator and blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin said he was surprised with the High Court’s decision here to release him from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention. He said not many people have succeeded in their application to challenge detention under Section 8 of the ISA. “Therefore, I had […]
EC’s integrity challenged
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Nov 2008: An opposition Member of Parliament (MP) says the Election Commission (EC) has lost its integrity because it is unable to verify the status of 11,842 voters on the electoral roll. Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh said it was illogical that the commission was unable to confirm whether these voters’ should be […]
Rulers may disagree with government
KUCHING, 7 Nov 2008: The Rulers may disagree with government advice which goes against the spirit of the constitution, rule of law and universal principles of justice, the Raja Muda of Perak Raja Nazrin Shah said last night. “Generally, the Rulers act based on the advice by government leaders elected by the people. Nevertheless, the […]
Raja Petra freed (Updated)
SHAH ALAM, 7 Nov 2008: The High Court here today released Raja Petra Kamarudin, the editor of web portal Malaysia Today, from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) after allowing his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad held that the grounds for his detention by Home […]
November 2008
PKR national congress in full swing Corrected on 2 Dec 2008 at 6.00pm In this photo gallery of Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s national congress, we wrote that: “The congress, attended by 1,927 delegates and over 1,200 party observers, is the first since the party’s triumph at the 12th General Election on 8 March, where it emerged […]
