Fahri Azzat comments on the call for a Royal Commission to investigate into Teoh Beng Hock’s death.
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Macdeth
I am outraged!!! I was having a meeting at Bangsar when I received a text message at about 5pm yesterday about the death of Teoh Beng Hock. He was found dead, apparently “on the roof of an adjoining building next to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s building.”
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HRW: Politics Drive Upcoming Anwar Trial
Human Rights Watch has released the following statement found here. (Corrected July 15, 2009) Government Pre-Trial Maneuvers Show Political Motivations (New York, July 13, 2009) – The Malaysian government should immediately drop politically motivated criminal charges against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today.
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MB v MB appeal: 3 Answers
With reference to the 3 questions for the Federal Court on the MB v MB appeal mentioned here, my answers are as below:
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MatTop & Loyar Bagus, who said I won’t reply?
Thank you for all your comments and feedback to my posts. I have been following the threads closely, and in response to the specific query by Loyar Bagus here, this is my response.
Posted inWomen Rule
Misyar
Perkahwinan misyar, satu isu yang pernah hangat diperbincangkan pada sekitar tahun 2006, telah ditimbulkan semula oleh salah seorang rakan bijaksana saya dalam forum perbincangan kumpulan-e HRC bagi mencetuskan perbincangan di antara ahli-ahlinya, termasuk mereka yang bukan merupakan penganut Islam, dalam konteks hak asasi manusia. Usaha beliau ini telah mendorong saya untuk berfikir berkenaan konsep perkahwinan […]
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Rethinking Civilisation
Written on May 3, 2009. Originally published in Eye Asia (July 2009 edition). I have to know If there is God, or karma Is Life a string of random mishaps Or a laborious web of scripted dramas I cannot tell If anyone will be waiting At that last stop of our turbulent Odyssey But I […]
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3rd Court of Appeal Grounds of Judgment by Zainun Ali in Zambry v Nizar
The 3rd grounds of judgment by Datuk Zainun bt. Ali JCA may be downloaded here. The first two grounds are found here.
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Part 2 – Gobbledegook and regurgitation in the written judgments of the Court of Appeal in Zambry v Nizar: Postscript – Zainun Ali JCA’s judgment
Postscript On Tuesday, July 7, 2009 I posted an article under the above title on the web with various news portals and here. At that time I only had the written judgments of two of the judges Raus Sharif and Ahmad Maarop JJCA. I have just received the third judgment of Zainun Ali JCA. Below […]
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The Loss of Confidence: Who Decides?
Introduction Last week, I wrote an online comment on the nature and ambit of the Sultan of Perak’s powers (see www.loyarburok.com here), basing my thoughts on the High Court decision in that case. Shortly afterwards, two of the three Court of Appeal judgments – those of Dato’ Raus Sharif and Dato’ Ahmad Maarop JJCA – […]
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MB v MB Appeal: 3 Questions for the FCT
Date: July 9, 2009 Coram: Alauddin Sheriff, Arifin Zakaria, Zulkefli Makinudin FCJJ
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The Government’s shame: Taman Sinar Harapan and the failure to respect, protect and fulfill ESCR
During the Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia’s human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council, a process which concluded on 12 June 2009, Malaysia received high and plentiful praise from countries from ASEAN, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and the Non-Aligned Movement. According to these countries, Malaysia had achieved great strides in […]
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FFF Shoot Day 4 “No Silver Lining: The Perak Crisis”
Day 4. Our schedule was pushed behind when it rained heavily in the morning.
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Jalan Duta High Court and Singing Chickens
Strange things happen at the Jalan Duta High Court. However, you may not experience them if you go there expecting to find them. For they are strange, but they are also shy.
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The Art of Cross-Examination: Gentleman, Coffin Nail & Prebet Adam
Cross-examining a witness is a skill which is neither easy nor too difficult to embrace. To be a good criminal defence lawyer you have to learn the “curves” the hard way.
Posted inStupid Me!
Masam Manis Pemansuhan PPSMI
Originally published at CeritaOrangGilak. Hari ini merupakan hari yang masam. Semasam bagai nikah tak suka, bak kata orang tua bila aku kena menapak sejauh 1 kilometer ke Mahkamah Jalan Duta akibat jalan-jalan yang ditutup dan banyaknya kenderaan yang mencuri tempat parkir peguam demi menunjukkan sokongan pada Bapa Reformasi Malaysia (ada ke gelaran tu?). Oh ya… […]
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“Tikus-tikus ujian” PPSMI
Maka kerajaan membuat keputusan untuk memansuhkan pengajaran dan pembelajaran Sains dan Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI). Dasar tersebut, yang dimulakan pada tahun 2003, telah mendapat bantahan dan kritikan dari banyak pihak.
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Gobbledegook and regurgitation galore in the 2 written judgments of the Court of Appeal in Zambry v Nizar
Prologue I shall start with an aside on the dictionary definition of the two words which feature in the title of this article. Gobbledegook means unintelligible language. Regurgitate means repeat information without understanding it. Regurgitation is the noun.