THE Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission (EAIC) Bill 2009, passed by the Dewan Rakyat on 1 July and now on its way to the Dewan Negara, appears to be unconstitutional. The EAIC sets out to oversee the integrity of 21 law enforcement agencies, including the National Anti-Drugs Agency, Ikatan Relawan Rakyat Malaysia (Rela), the Road Transport […]
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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 […]
Rela to be monitored
KOTA BARU, 4 March 2009: Besides the police and other enforcement agencies, Rela (People’s Volunteer Corps) will also come under the purview of the Enforcement Agencies Integrity Commission, a bill for which will be tabled in Parliament soon. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the significance of putting Rela under the commission’s jurisdiction […]
February tabling of bill on police
KUALA TERENGGANU, 16 Jan 2009: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will table the bill on the police force and enforcement agencies at the Dewan Rakyat sitting next month. The prime minister said today the bill was the last of three on reforms to three institutions, namely the judiciary, Anti-Corruption Agency and the police, which he […]
JAC Bill a let-down
By Elizabeth LooiThe Palace of Justice in Putrajaya (public domain. Source: wikipedia.org) PETALING JAYA, 12 Dec 2008: The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) Bill that was tabled for first reading in Parliament on 10 Dec is a disappointment, said lawyers and ex-judges. Several aspects of the bill did not address the concerns of the judiciary, namely the interference […]
PKR clarifies its stand on monarchy’s power
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 5 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) call for the return of legislative power to the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to veto bills passed in Parliament is based on the pre-1993 constitutional amendment, said its vice-president R Sivarasa. He said what PKR had proposed at its congress on 29 Nov was a return to […]
Unravelling the DNA bill
By Khairil Anhar(© Rodolfo Clix / sxc.hu) IN 1985, Professor Alec Jeffreys of Britain’s Leicester University discovered the technique for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) profiling and storing. He had no way of knowing then that his discovery would open the door to changes in criminal prosecutions, and raise the ire of human rights and privacy advocates around the […]
