Americk Sidhu regales us with his experience in selling his house and draws attention to the similarity in quality and direction of the services provided with that of the local tourism industry in his usual inimitable style. This unfortunately shall be his last piece for us in a while because Americk will be retiring to Australia where he intends to work with the aboriginals and look for further inspiration for his masterful pen.
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Perak Constitutional Crisis: Wake Up and Smell the Carcass
Encik Amer Hamzah Arshad ruminates on whether a court can stay a declaratory order and considers Zambry’s nudity.
Posted inWhy You Can, I Cannot?
Malaysia Tanahairku .. Dan Tanahairnya
Originally published at CeritaOrangGilak. Pagi itu, aku bersarapan sambil membaca beberapa suratkhabar tempatan. Isi-isi suratkhabar itu hampir membuatkan isi perutku terkeluar kembali. Bukan pasal Jaya Supermarket. Bukan pasal Penanti. Bukan pasal Hari Tanpa Tembakau Sedunia. Bukan pasal AhLong. Bukan pasal Marsha AF yang seksi. Bukan bukan bukan. Pasal Chin Peng dan komunisme. Nampaknya, ramai orang […]
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Interview with Roger Chan (HRC) on Human Rights Training
Interview by James Chow of the Epoch Times – May 27, 2009 (Special Edition, June 2009) – which may be found here. The Malaysian Bar Council is now seen by many as one of the most active defenders of Human Rights in the country. Its Human Rights Committee (HRC) through its educational and training programmes […]
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Badan Peguam dan Isu-Isu Hak Asasi Manusia
Sebagai masyarakat yang bertamadun tinggi, kita seharusnya sedar bahawa kehidupan ini adalah berdasarkan keamanan seperti yang disaran oleh setiap agama di dunia ini dan juga menghormati hak asasi manusia yang sedia ada. Kini, sudah menjadi suatu kebiasaan bagi masyarakat dunia menyuarakan pendapat mereka terhadap isu-isu hak asasi manusia melalui perhimpunan aman dengan tujuan suatu resolusi […]
Posted inLB Rants
We’re Back.
As promised. But not the final version. Thank you Farez, Mich, Sunil, Seira, Sherrie and Yanti for your artful instructions. Design issues still being worked out in the next few days 2 weeks. Please continue sending your contributions and comments to [email protected]. Lord Bobo Barnabus (Loyarburok Supreme)
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
OneLovingMalaysia
I was perched on that big tree outside the Brickfields Police Station the night the arrested the 5 lawyers. I watched the peaceful vigil begin, and was enjoying the calm candlelight when the shouting began. I will say that when it happened, I thought it was all rather ridiculous, and left after about half an […]
Posted inBolehland
Speed Skills
Americk Sidhu discusses road accidents, calls from the improvement in civic mindedness towards improving road attitudes in adult life and gently reminds us of the need for all of us to take responsibility for our actions.
Posted inBolehland
Where do they go?
A short meditation after having read the amount of low cost housing being auctioned off everyday.
Posted inLB Rants
Loyarburok on Break. Back With New Look on 1 June 2009.
Loyarburok will be closed for upgrading and will be back up on 1 June 2009.
Posted inLet's Talk About Sex
Sex work
Recently, sex work became a topic of discussion in Parliament as reported here. We discussed the issue at length on the BC HRC egroup. Here are my thoughts.
Posted inBolehland, Express Yourself, Pray For Me, Try Me-lah
The Perak Crisis – my rebuttal to Lord Lester’s opinion
Prologue “To adopt a literal approach would vest a certain level of absolute power in the Ruler where such power does not exist in the first place. Can we imagine a situation where the Ruler may decide mid-term to change an MB because he thinks that MB does not command the confidence of the majority […]
Posted inTry Me-lah
Your Right to File a Police Report
What is hoped to be a practical explanation of what is one’s right to lodge a complaint or information with the police, and in doing closely examining sections 107 and 107A of the Criminal Procedure Code by a certain chap named Fahri Azzat who has not lodged a police report recently.
Posted inTalking about Lawyers
Apabila ahli politik cabar Majlis Peguam…
Apabila saya membaca laporan bahawa seorang ketua bahagian parti politik telah mencabar supaya Majlis Peguam Malaysia didaftarkan sebagai sebuah parti politik, saya tertawa. Terbahak-bahak sehinggakan saya hampir jatuh dari kerusi yang sedang saya duduki. Kenyataan tersebut begitu “kurang cerdik” sehinggakan saya mempersoalkan samada ahli politik tersebut benar-benar menggunakan otaknya sebelum membuat kenyataan sebegitu. Sudah terang […]
Posted inBolehland
‘…we will accept the decision by the Federal Court…’
Fahri Azzat goes on a rant after listening to the Prime Minister’s press statement.
Posted inJudging the Judges
Do take the trouble to understand before you find fault with the judges of the Court of Appeal
Before you go about judging the judges of the Court of Appeal on their five minute oral decision which they handed down on Friday, May 22, 2009, please bear in mind the wise words of the most liberal of American judges, judge Learned Hand who once wrote – The Spirit of Liberty, p 110: … […]
Posted inBolehland
Band Aid Boot Camp
Gianluca is a typical English 18 year old with a flair for public school wit and humour. He was born and bred in Blackheath, South East London, where he lives with his parents and older sister. He has just finished his A levels and is passing time playing tennis and planning his ‘gap’ year. He […]
Posted inBolehland
1Malaysia: Waste of Civil Service Time, Effort and Public Expense
Neville Spykerman of the Malaysian Insider reports as follows: The government is stepping up its efforts to sell 1Malaysia to a sceptical nation. Senior officers from the ministry of information, communication, culture and arts were told today they were the “sellers”’ of the concept. Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim said it was up to them […]
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Dear Ambassador Todt,
Hi there. It’s me again. Your friendly, average and simple Malaysian with no entitlement. I hope you are keeping fine. Please do. Because Malaysia, quite obviously, needs a French like you to be her Ambassador. You know, actually, there were a couple more persons who were considered to be the Ambassador of Tourism. Dato’ Shah […]
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The Economic Effect of Judicial Decisions
A consideration of the economic consequences of poor, corrupt or biased judicial decision making after considering a brief example of such a decision, the oath of a judge as found in Schedule Six of the Federal Constitution by one Mr. Fahri Azzat.