IPOH, 27 March 2009: The Perak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended an immediate freeze of the salary, allowances and basic facilities of Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors. PAC chairperson Wong Kah Woh, who announced this at a news conference today, also said that the PAC had […]
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Sivakumar’s leave application hearing on 28 May
KUALA LUMPUR, 27 March 2009: The leave applications by Perak state assembly Speaker V Sivakumar and six others for a judicial review to compel the Election Commission (EC) to hold fresh elections in Behrang, Changkat Jering and Jelapang will be heard on 28 May. High Court judge Lau Bee Lan fixed the date after the […]
New judge to hear Zambry’s suit against Perak speaker
IPOH, 24 March 2009: Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim today recused himself from hearing the suit by Menteri Besar Perak Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and the six executive councillors against speaker V Sivakumar. Lawyers from both parties said Ridwan made the decision in chambers here after considering the Federal Court’s order yesterday that a separate […]
Perak case must be heard by High Court first (Updated 8:01pm)
By Bernama(Updated 8:01pm, 23 March 2009) PUTRAJAYA, 23 March 2009: The Federal Court here today ruled that issues involving the interpretation of Article 16 (6) of the Perak Constitution must be heard and decided at the High Court and can only be brought to the Federal Court by way of appeal. The five-member bench presided by […]
MACC questions Rights & Privileges committee members
IPOH, 19 March 2009: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today recorded statements from four members of the Rights and Privileges committee which had suspended the menteri besar and six state executive councillors from the Perak legislative assembly. The four — Loke Chee Yan (state assemblyperson for Kepayang), Ong Boon Piow (Tebing Tinggi), Sum Cheok Leng […]
MCA to AG: Drop sedition charge against Karpal
By Deborah LohPETALING JAYA, 18 March 2009: The MCA considers the sedition charge against Karpal Singh to be selective in nature and wants the Attorney-General to drop it. The party’s political education bureau head, Gan Ping Sieu, said the MCA was of the view that Karpal’s difference of opinion with the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, […]
PMs on Perak
By Shanon Shah“You cannot topple a menteri besar or a prime minister without a no-confidence vote in the assembly. There is no other provision…Umno-Barisan Nasional was too careless and did not wait for an assembly but instead asked the ruler to sack the menteri besar…As far as I know, there is no such provision in the Perak […]
Sedition Act an affront to democracy
By Ragunath KesavanTHE Bar Council is shocked and troubled that the Attorney-General has proceeded to charge Karpal Singh under the Sedition Act 1948 for his statements on the issue of the removal of the Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin by Sultan Azlan Shah and the events that have unfolded in that state. The […]
Karpal pleads not guilty to sedition (Updated 3:51pm)
(Updated 3:51pm, 17 March 2009) KUALA LUMPUR, 17 March 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to sedition. The senior lawyer is alleged to have uttered seditious words during a media conference relating to the Sultan of Perak at his office at Messrs Karpal Singh and Co in […]
Karpal to be charged in court tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 March 2009: DAP chairperson Karpal Singh is expected to be charged at the Sessions Court in Jalan Duta here tomorrow, under the Sedition Act. His son, Ram Karpal Singh, confirmed that his father had received a notice to present himself at 9am, to face charges under the Act. “We were informed that […]
