Updated at 12:30pm, 29 July 2009 ATTORNEY General (AG) Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail’s argument for setting up an inquest to look into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock is simply that, as there is a specific provision under the Criminal Procedure Code for such an inquiry, “it is only proper that a […]
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Ten KPIs for Najib
By Wong Chin HuatUpdated on 13 July 2009 at 2.10pm (Malaysian flag image source: vigilenzmd.com) THIS Saturday, 11 July 2009, will mark Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 100 days as prime minister. Be prepared for the swamp of praises for Malaysia’s sixth prime minister and for his 1Malaysia vision. Three months ago, upon his succession, even his pinkish skin […]
Amendments related to conversion delayed
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: Amendments to three laws concerning matters of religious conversion will not be tabled in the current Parliamentary sitting, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said today. “I was confident in April (that they would be tabled), but I have been proven wrong,” the de facto law minister told a press conference in […]
Nazri: IPCMC would have been “unconstitutional”
By Zedeck SiewKUALA LUMPUR, 30 June 2009: The government rejected the proposal to set up an Independent Police Complaints and Misconducts Commission (IPCMC) because its powers were “too broad” and unconstitutional. Nazri (File pic) “The IPCMC would have acted as investigator, prosecutor, judge, and executioner simultaneously,” de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz told Parliament […]
Court sets 22 July to hear AG’s objection on SIS
KUALA LUMPUR, 24 June 2009: The High Court (Appellate and Special Powers Division) here today fixed 22 July to hear the Attorney-General’s objections to the application by the Sisters in Islam (SIS) Forum (Malaysia) for a judicial review on the banning of a book. Judicial Commissioner Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof set the date in chambers. […]
Uthayakumar’s suit against govt to proceed
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 April 2009: The Inspector-General of Police, Attorney-General and the government today failed in their bid to strike out the RM100 million defamation suit brought against them by Hindraf legal advisor P Uthayakumar. Judicial Commissionder Datin Zabariah Mohd Yusof dismissed their application with costs in chambers after hearing submissions from both sides and […]
Sivakumar sues Perak legal adviser (Updated 6.15pm)
By Deborah Loh(Source pic courtesy of Merdeka Review) KUALA LUMPUR, 6 March 2009: Perak Speaker V Sivakumar has filed a suit against the state’s legal adviser for falsely representing him in an application to prevent him as Speaker from convening any state assembly sitting. He is also asking the court to set aside the injunction that was […]
Anwar appeals against High Court ruling
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 March 2009: Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim filed an appeal today against the High Court’s order that his sodomy case be tried in the High Court. The notice of appeal filed at the High Court Registry here at 10.40am through SN Nair and Partners. Yesterday, High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin […]
Judge moves Anwar’s sodomy case to High Court (Updated 3.20pm)
KUALA LUMPUR, 5 March 2009: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case will be tried in the High Court and not the Sessions Court. High Court judge Datuk Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah made the ruling today in favour of the prosecution which sought to revise the Sessions Court’s decision to retain the trial at the Sessions […]
Kugan was beaten, says second post-mortem (Updated 7.05pm)
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA: A second post-mortem conducted on A Kugan, who died while in police custody, shows that he was beaten so badly he died of kidney failure. The new autopsy, which was conducted by Universiti Malaya Medical Centre’s pathologist Dr Prashant N Samberkar, concluded that “blunt trauma to skeletal muscles” caused a breakdown in muscle […]
