Tun Salleh: Guilty or not guilty for judicial misconduct?

bigdogdotcom - [...] It is incredible that after more than twenty years, the issue is still a matter for debate.

In the normal course of things, especially in trial matters, when an accused has exhausted all his legal rights and is found guilty, the matter of his guilt is deemed “settled”. The guilty party has to serve his punishment and then move on.

But in the case of Tun Salleh, the issue of his guilt still lingers on.

Why?

I blame it on the failure of the government at the material time to explain adequately to the people the reasons for the setting up of a Tribunal to investigate into the judicial misconduct of Tun Salleh, the former Lord President of the then Supreme Court of Malaysia.

This has led to the present sorry state of affairs concerning the Malaysian judiciary. How else can we explain that Pak Lah and his spin doctors can still exploit a “dead” issue to divert the attention of the people from his failures as a Prime Minister and the corrupt practices of his family in the process of amassing a fortune worth US$ billions?....more.

Mungkin ramai banduan didakwa bunuh tahanan reman

bharian - [...] “Jumlah sebenar banduan yang akan didakwa membunuh mangsa akan diketahui selepas penyiasatan selesai,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyuraikan perhimpunan penyokong Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) dan Hindraf di hadapan penjara itu, dekat sini, hari ini.

Dalam kejadian jam 11.50 pagi itu, mangsa sedang makan bersama beberapa rakan sebelum didatangi dua lelaki yang memaksanya mengikut mereka ke sebuah bilik berhampiran dewan itu.

Setibanya di bilik itu, hampir 20 banduan dikatakan membelasah mangsa dan rakanya menyebabkan mangsa mati di tempat kejadian manakala rakannya berusia 24 tahun cedera di muka dipercayai ditikam dengan senjata tajam.

... selanjutnya.

Malaysians advised to stay away from Middle Rocks for a while

NST - Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today advised Malaysians to stay away from Middle Rocks for a while until further advice from the government.

He said the country’s technical committee was still preparing the recommendations, following the International Court of Justice ruling on Friday that Malaysia had sovereignty over Middle Rocks and the recommendations were expected to be ready in two weeks’ time.

"The best thing is, wait for the technical committee to come up with its recommendations and then we will advise accordingly.

"Otherwise, there will be some confusion on the ground,” he told reporters after launching the national-level Unity Month Celebration at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre here.... selanjutnya.

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Singapore cannot act unilaterally in greater Batu Puteh area now
Singapura tidak lagi bersendirian di Pulau Batu Puteh: Syed Hamid

PAS pertikai kewibawaan pemimpin negara tangani isu Pulau Batu Puteh

harakahdaily - [...] "Insiden malang yang sangat mengaibkan seluruh rakyat negara ini tidak mungkin akan berlaku sekiranya Menteri Luar sebelum ini iaitu, Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar, benar-benar komited dalam menangani isu ini.

"Keputusan Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) memberikan Pulau Batu Puteh ini kepada Singapura membuktikan betapa tidak bersungguhnya menteri ini menjalankan tugasnya sebagai menteri luar, kata Pesuruhjaya PAS Johor, Dato' Dr Mahfodz Muhamad, di sini.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas keputusan ICJ menyerahkan Pulau Batu Puteh kepada Singapura yang diumumkan di Haque Belanda, Jumaat lalu,

Katanya, selain Syed Hamid, Menteri Besar Johor, Dato' Abdul Ghani Othman dan Peguam Negara, Tan Sri Ghani Patail, juga tidak menunjukkan usaha bersungguh-sungguh berhubung Pulau Batu Puteh ini.

"Sebagai Ketua Kerajaan Negeri, Ghani sepatutnya peka serta mengambil berat segala hal ehwal yang berlaku di negeri yang beliau terajui, pulau ini berada di wilayah Johor, maka sudah tentulah menjadi tanggung jawab beliau untuk mempertahankannya," katanya.

Katanya, Ghani Patail pula sebelum ini begitu sibuk dan mengambil berat kes di Batu Buruk Terengganu, ini kerana kes tersebut membabitkan pembangkang sebab itu beliau begitu pantas bertindak. ... selanjutnya.

Lagi laporan minta Dr M disiasat

malaysiakini - Wan Khairul, yang diiringi 50 anggota AMK Kelantan, ketika ditemui selepas itu berkata laporan itu bertujuan meminta polis membuka kertas siasatan dan menyiasat segera keenam-enam individu berkenaan, lapor Bernama.

Tokoh-tokoh tersebut: mantan perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, dua bekas ketua hakim negara Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim dan Tun Eusoff Chin, peguam kanan Datuk VK Lingam, bekas menteri pelancongan Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor yang juga setiausaha agung Umno serta tokoh perniagaan Tan Sri Vincent Tan.

Di Terengganu, ketua AMK negeri Mohd Fariz Musa membuat laporan di ibu pejabat polis daerah Kuala Terengganu kira-kira pukul 2 petang.

Mohd Fariz yang diiringi 20 anggota AMK negeri berkata laporan itu meminta polis menyiasat kes tersebut dengan telus dan tanpa pilih kasih terhadap keenam-enam individu terbabit.... selanjutnya.

Tentang Graduan UiTM yang menipu

drhalimah

No2umnO - Aku biasa lalu lalang di depan kedai ni. Berhadapan dengan 7eleven ni ada stesyen bas. Tapi tak tau lah ada bas atau tidak sebab aku tak pernah nampak bas. Tapi pada sesiapa yang lalu lalang di depan ni. tolong tolong perhatikan penganggur ni. Mana lah tau kalau kalau perlukan kerja. Atau..... tolong bagi tau sekali nama syarikat di atas 7 eleven tu. Catitkan namanya dia berikan kepada blog ni.

Rasa aku....lepas ni ....pindah mangkuk ni ke tempat lain. Mana tidak, tiap hari asyik kena maki je. Itu pun kalau UMNO nak sponsor pindah office la. Kalau tidak, maka tahan je la telinga tu. Dan orang orang pun dah start pandang tajam kat dia. .... itu lah bahana nya nak cuba jadi HERO tapi niat jahat.

ALASAN KHIR TOYO

Kerangka Minda Di sebalik Tuntutannya

kudakepang - [...] Fakta-fakta inilah yang telah dihurai, dikupas, dipertikai dan diwarnakan di Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa (ICJ) mengikut citarasa segelintir kuasa neoimperialis tertentu yang berkepentingan terhadap kegunaan strategik pulau berkenaan di bawah Singapura.

Ini bermakna, kedaulatan Malaysia ke atas Pulau Batu Putih tidak akan tergadai jika fakta bukan sejarah tidak dijadikan asas utama tuntutan Singapura.

Ini bermakna, Singapura yang disifatkan sebagai sahabat Malaysia, jelas tidak menghormati fakta sejarah bila ia menuntut kedaulatan pulau tersebut.

Ini bermakna, ketulenan persahabatan Singapura terhadap Malaysia adalah sesuatu yang perlu sentiasa dikaji dan sentiasa dicurigai.

Ini juga bermakna, fakta sejarah tidak boleh dijadikan jaminan tunggal untuk Malaysia mempertahankan kedaulatan mana-mana wilayahnya yang berhampiran Singapura di hari muka.

Daripada hujah di atas, Singapura seolah-olah menuntut kedaulatan Pulau Batu Putih berasaskan kerangka minda bahawa mana sahaja wilayah jiran tetangganya yang difikirkan strategik kepada survivalnya, boleh dituntut dan dijadikan miliknya, asalkan wujud undang-undang dan ruang perundangan yang boleh diheret hingga ke ICJ.... selanjutnya.

3,500 years of the Sedition Act

NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin

malaysiatoday - [...] 62 years ago, Malayans too started opposing the British Monarchy. They did not like the British proposal to form the Malayan Union. The Malays then got together and formed an amalgamation of the many Malay movements, societies and associations, which they called Umno. And through Umno the Malays began to make seditious statements in their many road-shows that criss-crossed the length and breadth of Malaya.

As the movement gained momentum and Umno started winning the support of the Malayan population, in 1948 the British introduced the Sedition Act, more than 500 years after it was introduced in England. That was of course 60 years ago but the Sedition Act did not achieve its purpose. Finally, in 1957, Malaya managed to gain independence from Britain in spite of the Sedition Act.

Today, the Sedition Act that was introduced to punish Malayans who speak against the British still remains. But there is no longer a British Colonial government ruling Malaya. Today, Malaya is Merdeka and is now called Malaysia. But the law that makes it a crime to speak ill of the British still remains even though no one speaks bad about the British any longer other than Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad who was Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years and who managed to get Margaret Thatcher’s knickers all twisted into knots.

Sigh….if the Pharaoh had been serious about the Sedition Act then there would be no Jews today. And if there were no Jews then there would be no Isa; so there would be no Christianity. And if the Mekah government too had been serious about the Sedition Act there would be no Islam today. And since there would be no Jews, Christians and Muslims, then all 26 million Malaysians would today still be Hindus, like they were more than 500 years ago. And since we would all be Hindus there would be no problems and therefore no need for Hindraf. And as there would be no Hindraf then Barisan Nasional would not have done so badly in the 8 March 2008 general election.

It is clear that the Sedition Act can solve all our problems. The Sedition Act, properly and seriously implemented, would result in the entire world sharing just one religion. There would not be so many religions, which, today, are the source of most of the world’s problems.... selanjutnya.