WHAT is the difference between signing a statutory declaration (SD) and just saying something is true? Indeed, how are they different from “normal” statements? Is something more true just because it’s contained in an SD? And what happens when an SD is retracted? Until private investigator P Balasubramaniam emerged in the public eye, many probably […]
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Raja Petra still in Malaysia, court told
PETALING JAYA, 17 July 2009: The Sessions Court here today was told that blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin, accused of sedition, was believed to be in Malaysia and not in Australia as reported by the media. Deputy public prosecutor Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar said police investigation revealed that Raja Petra, 59, had never left the country. […]
8 July court mention for review over Razak’s acquittal
SHAH ALAM, 16 June 2009: The High Court has fixed 8 July for mention of the judicial review application over the Public Prosecutor’s decision not to appeal against Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda’s acquittal in the Altantuya Shaariibuu murder case. Judicial Commissioner Datuk Noraini Abdul Rahman set the date in chambers here today. Lawyer Sangeet Kaur […]
Picking the right battles
By Deborah LohIN his interview with The Nut Graph yesterday, Puchong Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo spoke about being suspended from attending the Dewan Rakyat, and how the loss of an MP’s salary affects an elected representative’s service to constituents. Gobind, who is blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s lawyer, was suspended for alleging Datuk Seri Najib […]
“There’s no democracy in Parliament”
By Deborah LohGobind Singh Deo HAVING a famous father helps, but first-time Member of Parliament (MP) Gobind Singh Deo, 38, has carved his own reputation as a lawyer and a politician. The “little lion of Puchong” as he is fondly known, has become as well known as his father for being thrown out of Parliament sittings. On […]
PAS muktamar passes three resolutions
SHAH ALAM, 7 June 2009: The PAS muktamar debated and passed three resolutions on the economy, on judicial integrity and on education. The resolution on the economy called for the government to preserve the interests of Muslim bumiputera entrepreneurs. It declared PAS’s opposition to the liberalisation of 27 service subsectors and the abolishment of the […]
Another arrest warrant issued against RPK
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 May 2009: Blogger Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin was served with another warrant of arrest by the Sessions Court here today when he failed to appear for a defamation trial against Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and two others. Raja Petra, 59, was accused with criminally defaming Rosmah (at the time when her husband […]
Sirul Azhar files appeal
SHAH ALAM, 13 April 2009: Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar who was sentenced to hang for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu filed his appeal today against conviction and sentence. The appeal was filed at the High Court registry by his counsel, Ahmad Zaidi Zainal. On 9 April, the High Court sentenced Sirul Azhar and Chief […]
Azilah appeals against Altantuya murder conviction
SHAH ALAM, 10 April 2009: Chief Insp Azilah Hadri, who was sentenced to death yesterday for the murder of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, filed his appeal today. The notice of appeal against conviction and sentence was filed by his counsel, J Kuldeep Kumar. Azilah, 33, and Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, 37, were found guilty by the […]
Najib needs to do more
By Charles SantiagoI WELCOME the decision by Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to release 13 prisoners who were detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). I also laud his move to lift the ban on two [Pakatan Rakyat party] newspapers. But Najib’s announcements come at the time of three crucial by-elections that would gauge […]
