2. In Malaysia no one dares to criticise the courts for fear of being charged with contempt. But in many of the so-called advanced countries the courts are criticised very often. The critics seem not to be afraid of being charged with contempt.
3. In the article, which is an extract of a lecture by Lord David Pannick, a practising barrister in Britain, he said; “If confidence in the judiciary is so low that statements by critics would resonate with the public, such confidence is not going to be restored by a criminal prosecution in which judges find the comments scandalous or in which the defendant apologises.”
5. I think we still need the contempt of court law so that irresponsible people would not make casual criticisms of judges. But the judge hearing the case should not be the one who is scandalised. Then there would be justice.
Dear MiddleAges,
Contrary to your belief, I will be very happy if Malaysians are vocal. It’s not about whether you speak or not. It is about how you speak and address the issue. If people want to twist and turn my words, that’s up to them. I stand by what I’ve said. I need not re-post them again. So please read them very carefully before making a comment. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, including me. But to issue such opinion, it must be done within reason, with responsibility and respect towards others. Siapa makan cili sudah tentu terasa pedas. So I leave it at that. 🙂
If you think you can’t trust UMNO because “when proof is submitted they run and hide or deny it”, then vote for another party in the next GE. I’ve never asked you to go to the courts if you don’t want to. With much respect for the two leaders you have mentioned, for me, the legal system is best improved via the change of laws which is best done via Parliament. You can even run for office yourself. Point is: You can criticise any issue all you want (even I do so myself), but it doesn’t give us the right to scandalize others 🙂 Two wrongs doesn’t make it right my friend.
I never said anything about me being happy about our laws. Please stop putting words in my mouth. Just because I don’t speak to you about everything there is about Malaysia, it doesn’t mean that I haven’t gone out to criticise the government (be it the ruling party or the opposition) for their policies which I think can be improved.
Let’s exercise our freedom of speech responsibly shall we? 🙂
May peace be upon you all.
Peace!
All over the world, throughout history… courts of law did make mistakes, courts of law did practice injustice (or miscarriage of justice).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscarriage_of_justice
Someone must criticize the court when this happened. Otherwise, injustice (or miscarriage of justice) will continue.
[2:182] If one sees gross injustice or bias on the part of a testator, and takes corrective action to restore justice to the will, he commits no sin. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.
[42:39] When gross injustice befalls them, they stand up for their rights.
[42:41] Certainly, those who stand up for their rights, when injustice befalls them, are not committing any error.
These are some of the famous cases where injustice (or miscarriage of justice) happened :-
1. Prophet Joseph.
[12:35] Later, they saw to it, despite the clear proofs, that they should imprison him for awhile.
2. Mahatma Ghandi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Ghandi
3. Nelson Mandela and leaders of the African National Congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivonia_Trial
4. Aung San Suu Kyi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi
5. What about Rachel Corrie?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Corrie
This is a list of miscarriage of justice by Wikipedia :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_miscarriage_of_justice_cases
Rgds.
Dear Tun,
Please allow me to address Mr MiddleAges who compare me to Anwar Ibrahim
//MiddleAges
October 15, 2012 at 2:15 pm | Permalink
Salam Tun,
There is much talk about your influence in the coming GE.
Indeed i think the talk is well founded, many Malaysians and Malays base your comments as foundation for what they do and how they think.
And so i think it is well up to your good self how you wish to swing the pendulum.
I am asking you do what is good for the nation, and lend your subtle weight to PR coalition, so that we may proceed to execute good changes to style of governance.
The Islamic Extremists has exploited UMNO. They are also in PR as well as in PAS. This i think is the single most influential factor affecting our capability to progress, especially for the Malays.
The Islamic Extremist also has an agenda to infiltrate our education system, this was planned well in the early 80s, during your time as P.M. It was aided by none other than D.S. Anwar Ibrahim himself, whether directly or indirectly i know not.
Today, the PR coalition is in my opinion much better equipped to handle the Islamic Extremists. I have witnessed D.S. Anwar Ibrahim tending to extreme questions. I think his early days in ABIM helps much his ability to answer well religious questions. ( unlike Amin Tan ).
May we advanced to the next stage.
Thank You Tun//
MiddleAges says Anwar Ibrahim is better than amin tan. He has met and witnessed D.S. Anwar Ibrahim speak, but he has not met and spoken to me yet. When Anwar speaks he is not factual but he has flair for words. He is an entertainer. Whereas, Tun and amin tan are factual in expounding a certain issue and never manipulative with words. I saw in Youtube, Anwar Ibrahim can perform Indian dances and I cannot. His advantage is also he can speak Tamil but I can speak Kelantanese Malay.
Please do not be naive, Mr MiddleAges, Tun is BN and Anwar was sacked by Tun and was jobless for a while until he set up PR. DAP and PAS have been the Malaysian political outcasts for as long as their existence. They only know how to criticise but they are never constructive and contributive.
amin tan
Salam Tun,
Not only do we need independent courts ( not religious courts ), we need also to be at par with the world humanitarian values.
Some religious people have problems with humanitarian values, they prefer animalistic values. If we are to progress as intelligent human beings, so must not allow these people to hold us back anymore.
I am also questioning democracy, or the democratic system, as it seems to allow in even enemies of democracy and freedom. In a very short span of time, the democracies themselves will wiped out, replaced by religious laws.
So i think democracy must not allow any group imposing or forcing their values on the very democracy they are riding.
What we do is we give them a state to live in and impose all the shariah they want to impose. But i doubt any state wants to do that. I may be wrong however.
Thank You Tun
Tun,
Let me reply to MiddleAges.
Dear MiddleAges, why dont you just shut up and stop giving your stupid comments on Malays and Islam in Tun’s blog?
First and foremost no one ever elected you an anti-Islam ass…. to be the spokesman of the Malays and Muslims in this country.
As far that i am concern, you can just pack your bags and migrate to any country that you like that comform to your bigotry way of thinking.
You can even bring along your favourite leader D.S Anwar with you.
No one will ever miss you or the leader that you idolise.
Yes, this coutry need to advance to the next stage without ass…. like you and Anwar.
Salam Tun.
Salam Tun,
fzal wrote …
We may not agree with the laws, but we must respect them. We can always criticize acts of Parliament or judgment of the court but we cannot throw degrading statements or accusations without proof. Anyone who cannot even stick to this simple principle does not deserve to be Malaysians.
Unfortunately, you do not get to choose who can or cannot be a Malaysian. If you not happy with Malaysians being vocal, you can leave the country.
Typically UMNO wants “proof” but when proof is submitted they run and hide or deny it. And so living in constant denial is what led to UMNO being what it is today.
I quote from two national leaders in their respective books/biographies.
1. Mahatma Ghandi
2. Lee Kuan Yew
Both were lawyers before being statesman. Both said if you want justice, do not go to the courts.
One can’t help but wonder why these influential people said so, against popular or conventional wisdom . But then i suppose fzal knows a lot better then both of them.
So may he be happy with following ridiculous, religious and racist laws. I am not, but neither can i do anything about it. No one can change the injustices in our system. It all goes back to education.
But perhaps we change by voting right.
Thank You Tun
YAB Tun and fellow readers
Judges are human too, so our prosecutors which are part of our judiciary system where lawyers are paid to be solicitors or advocates while the police, customs, Immigration,APMM ,MACC etc act as the enforcement agencies.
There will be sentiments, bias in any part of our judiciary process. We as an ordinary citizen can only pray that our judiciary are fair and free from abuses.
Its time our judges,magistrates and prosecutor be given security escort by the police during their journey to the court from their home/office vice versa. This is to prevent blackmail and physical threat by the criminals and suspect.
Big time criminals such as drugs dealers, human traffickers, smugglers ,money launderers which involve huge sum of money are capable of hiring top good lawyers as their defence counsel but also can buy the judges and prosecutors in order to avoid prosecution.Tribunal for judges which was formed earlier for hearing misconduct should also include suspicious judgment meted out.Weak prosecution which caused cases thrown out of court also should be investigated
There is a wide perceptions in our society that only two out of ten drugs dealers, smugglers human traffickers etc are caught and brought to justice where eight out of ten escaped jurisdiction either by bribing the enforment agencies (pagar makan padi) or poor enforcement. Drug related crime , illegal immigrant forming their own colonies are rampant in our society now shows that the perception might be true.
Beside information from the public, MACC should start recruiting informers and intelligence in all our enforment agencies and the judiciary system in order to fight corruption and erase the negative perception of the public.
As for the illegal immigrant issue ,give back the operational power to our RELA as an enforcement agency.
Salam Tun,
There is much talk about your influence in the coming GE.
Indeed i think the talk is well founded, many Malaysians and Malays base your comments as foundation for what they do and how they think.
And so i think it is well up to your good self how you wish to swing the pendulum.
I am asking you do what is good for the nation, and lend your subtle weight to PR coalition, so that we may proceed to execute good changes to style of governance.
The Islamic Extremists has exploited UMNO. They are also in PR as well as in PAS. This i think is the single most influential factor affecting our capability to progress, especially for the Malays.
The Islamic Extremist also has an agenda to infiltrate our education system, this was planned well in the early 80s, during your time as P.M. It was aided by none other than D.S. Anwar Ibrahim himself, whether directly or indirectly i know not.
Today, the PR coalition is in my opinion much better equipped to handle the Islamic Extremists. I have witnessed D.S. Anwar Ibrahim tending to extreme questions. I think his early days in ABIM helps much his ability to answer well religious questions. ( unlike Amin Tan ).
May we advanced to the next stage.
Thank You Tun
May peace be upon you all,
I agree with Mr Amin Tan’s reply to Middle Ages. To put it in a simple conclusion: there is a fine line between criticizing the judiciary and scandalizing them.
Accusing the courts and the judges here and there without solid proof (like some of the comments to this article) falls under scandalizing the judiciary; anyone who does this should be made liable for contempt. The reality is judges get criticized for their judgments everyday, even during law lectures in law schools. Criticizing judgments of the courts with reason and facts are not acts of contempt provided that they are addressed in a polite manner. I see nothing wrong with that 🙂
We may not agree with the laws, but we must respect them. We can always criticize acts of Parliament or judgment of the court but we cannot throw degrading statements or accusations without proof. Anyone who cannot even stick to this simple principle does not deserve to be Malaysians.
Have a good day everyone 🙂
Askm Tun, Semuga Allah SWT terus memberi nekmatNya & perlindunganNya kepada kita semua.
Dengan izin..
I wish to touch on Joshua Lopez comment on my words to say that ONLY ALLAH’S LAWS ARE PERFECT.
I beg your pardon, Joshua. You ARE the one who speak ignorantly about Islam. I don’t blame you for having that views because many “Muslims” too are still ignorant about the TRUE teaching of Islam. In no way did I suggest that we should throw away our man-made laws out of the window but must improve them by applying guidance of Allah’s message through Quran. I am talking about perfection ( after all, you too believe that we, as human are NOT perfect ourselves ) and true justice in our faith that Allah SWT is the creator of this world and governs all that are happening in this world but most people have wrongly referred to as “BY NATURE” ( What is NATURE??)
I think you believe in the existing of GOD the Almighty but somehow you has been much misguided by what you see and understand about words of GOD as many people before you since Adam ( or you still believe in Darwin’s theory that man are originated from monkeys and thus your views may reflect that belief – through brain of the monkey)
Please don’t try to spin the words.. it is NOT Islam that causes much imperfection & chaos in this world. It IS the people since ADAM who refused to accept words of ALLAH SWT through the influence of setan whose objective is to create hatred and prejudice among human being thus the chaos & the killings. As the result, all people with POWER will try to control their wills onto others. It is true that in countries that practise SO CALLED God’s laws, there’s much imperfection and chaos. It is NOT the teaching of true Islam but the one misunderstood by wrong interpretation these people.
Your statement ” Many of these leaders have also used religion as a tool for their acts of babarianism” is too generalising and labeling Islam as cruel & babaric is totally bias. We, the belivers in TRUE ISLAM ourselves do not accept these people as Muslims brothers who claim as “Muslims”. Unfortunately the main stream global media purposely created further hatred among human beings by labelling these people as “Muslims terrorists” whereas the Christians among many others of the same are not labelled as ” Christians terrorists” or so forth. This is a clear proof the existence of prejudice and biasness in this world especially the enemies of Islam who are obiously the dorminant groups in the global powers.
For your information, Joshua, we who practise the true teaching of Quran & Hadiths, do not worry or fear to all these negativities as these have been clearly explained in the Quran with knowledge of the final outcome. Please understand that we are created/born to serve no other beings except Allah SWT. We live and will all die, finally. When we die, there will only be 2 destinations for all of us i.e. paradise & hell. The choices are yours. As simple as that… period.
Salam Tun,
I have a new extremist to tend to, may you please allow my response.
abhakmar wrote…
Allow me to comment on MiddleAges remarks under Para 3 and
with due respect..
Firstly the shariah law is not about race it is about religion. Even a “Mat Salleh” or a Chineese or an Indian from any part of the world or even a non-muslim can practice it if you have the qualification and qualified to practice shariah law. Similarly where muslim practice commom law.
Do not mixed or confuse yourself between race and religion. Is that so difficult for you to understand?
I think you are the one devoid of understanding. Why should anyone follow a set of rule based on any particular religion ?
Saying Shariah is not racial is a lie. In Malaysia most Muslims are Malays.
I guess you can solve that by bringing in many other Muslims from all over the world, but you are still stuck with the fundamental problem of why should the world agree to this Islamic Law ?
Must we agree with laws that are biased only towards “muslims” and then another set of laws for “non-muslims”. Clearly your God is racist. Or perhaps you intend to Islamize and rule the whole world ?
Are you so blind so as not be able to see this ?
Thank You Tun
Salam Tun,
I picked a tweet a moment ago on Egypt :
Gamaa Islamiya leader calls for public bloodshed to ensure Sharia implementation in Egypt
This disease will surely spread to Malaysia, if not already.
Thank You Tun
Salam Tun,
May i respond politely as best i can to Amin Tan and those who uphold Shariah System.
Amin Tan says…
I feel sad that MiddleAges indulge in contempt of court by insulting our court of law.
I am sad that you are sad but i cannot help make you happy, your God may be able to help. But if you wish to be happy at the price of other persons sadness, that is not very divine, and you would not get very far.
Our court of law, is not free from social and political influence. It it were free, we would have freedom of religion as guaranteed by our Constitution, instead of being thrown back to Shariah Courts.
Can you not see even a simple thing like this ?
Am i wrong in asking ? Can i not even ask ? Are you people appointed by God in Mount Sinai or something ?
Religion is a personal matter, once made public, then anyone and everyone has the right to question.
Thank You Tun
Thank You Tun
Dearest YAB Tun,
Yes, I totally agree with item 5…simply COMMON SENSE.
Thanks Tun.
*** May Allah SWT bless Tun and family ***
TABIT JOASHE
ANAK CUCU TUMPANG BLOG
SAYA BERFIKIR LAGI
DARI KITA BERJIHAT MELAWAN MUSUH ISLAM
ADA LEBIH BAIK KITA BERJIHAT MENYATU PADUKAN
DUNIA ISLAM ,DUNIA MELAYU
MENENTANG MUSUH ISLAM KITA TIDAK BERUPAYA
DUNIA ISLAM TIDAK ADA SENJATA
MENYATUKAN DUNIA ISLAM
TAK PERLU MODAL BANYAK
MUNGKIN LEBIH BERKESAN
DAN TIDAK ADA RISIKO NYA
INSYALLAH
Dear Tun,
Yesterday’s STAR newspaper article page 28, Thursday, 11 October
//Resolving the cab problem.
What can we solve or transform if we cannot sort out this decades old problem once and for all?
Give the cabbies a good deal. Why do we continue to perpetrate and perpetuate a system whereby the blood, sweat and tears of others is used to provide comfort to cronies and middlemen who are given the privilege of owning multiple taxi licences, sitting back and collecting money?//
amin tan
Dear Tun,
May I quote Mr MiddleAges who criticises the court
//MiddleAgesOctober 9, 2012 at 3:58 am | Permalink
Salam Tun,
1. Ordinary civilized Malaysian would rather not go to court unless forced or by subpeona.
2. There is no confidence in our court system. Delays, bias, inefficient lawyers are among the reasons.
3. There is also a parallel shariah court system applicable to only one sector of the society, judged by the same people usually of the same race. It is amazing how justice can be achieved under such clear bias, and thus often victims of these courts swallow the judgement meted out for fear of being said to be in contempt of court.
Thank You Tun//
I feel sad that MiddleAges indulge in contempt of court by insulting our court of law. Words like no civilised Malaysian would want to go to court. Our courts are biased and so on. Victims of these courts swallow the judgement..
The country has 3 power structure. The Judiciary, the law makers namely the Parliament and the Executive namely the Prime Minister and his Cabinet.
Our lower house of parliament is called Dewan Rakyat and higher house of Senators is called Dewan Negara. The laws of the land are made here in the Malaysian Parliament whose members are elected through popular votes in General election.
The judiciary, the court of law in the country interpret the laws and mete out judgement. Those who think there has been biased judgement can always seek redress to higher court of appeal.
The executive branch of the government enforce the law. There is supposed to be a balance of power between the 3 bodies.
If MiddleAges starts to insult our laws and belittle our society, then I don’t think he belong here in Malaysia. Our country abide by the rule of law and not according to anybody whims and fancy. Any law breakers may be charged in court of law and if found guilty may be fined or jailed.
Please do not anyone insult our legal system or judiciary. It shows that either you are ignorant, arrogant or an anarchist who does not subscribe to the rule of law and prefer lawlessness and unbridled crimes where criminals rule supreme. May be MiddleAges prefers the law of the jungle.
amin tan
HUMAN WITH UNLIMITED WANTS
UNLIMITED NEEDS
UNLIMITED SATISFACTION
UNLIMITED JUSTICE
HUMAN CAN NEVER BE SATISFIED
NO MECHANISM TO MEASURE SUCH
IT,S MORE TO ONESELF
JUSTICE IS JUST A SURFACE
AMERICA IS INSTILLING MORE WAR IN SYRIA
BY SUPPORT MILITARY IN JORDAN,TURKEY
INSTEAD OF PEACE KEEPING
THEIR VERY INTENTION IS SEEN BY ACTIONS
NOT BY BEAUTIFUL WORDS
LIKE THAT FRIEND OF OURS JOSHE
WORDS LIES
ACTIONS TELLS
SALAM KASIH DAN SAYANG
DAKJ
Izinkan,
Sdr Bothman,
From the bottom of my heart and my heart has a bottom, you’re extremely right… ‘ Only Allah SWT laws are perfect.’
ALFATIHAH, AMIN
Ps. We prefer sitting on the dock of the bay… reminiscing the peace and prosperity enjoyed during the 22 yrs Ayahanda Tun at the helm.. a wonderful life in a wonderful country… how long will it last, can love be measured by the hours of the day… says a man in his song.. uh
Allow me to comment on MiddleAges remarks under Para 3 and
with due respect..
Firstly the shariah law is not about race it is about religion. Even a “Mat Salleh” or a Chineese or an Indian from any part of the world or even a non-muslim can practice it if you have the qualification and qualified to practice shariah law. Similarly where muslim practice commom law.
Do not mixed or confuse yourself between race and religion. Is that so difficult for you to understand?
Regards.
Bothman,
You speak very ignorantly and in no way does it justify that we need to throw our Laws out of the window and apply what you call God’s laws. In countries that practise so called God’s laws, there’s much imperfection and chaos, there are much short comings and very sad injustices suffered by civilians. Many of these leaders have also used religion as a tool for their acts of babarianism.
Salam Tun.
If Tun is referring to that ‘no principle’ Ian Chin, certainly those associated with the judicial system should understand why a scoundrel will always remain a scoundrel no matter how prestigious the post that’s entrusted to him, and to beware of one.
He could not be bothered that his action/decision would most likely be criticised and would resonate with the public.
BAR council is another devil that could not be bothered on the definition of word lawful, because the majority inside are liar lawyers. They can do anything wrong and later will casually lied to the public emphasizing their actions are lawful.
No wonder DAP is run by 90% liar lawyers because they always enjoy how to “make lies in a professional way” and within the acceptable limits of the court.
HUMAN WITH UNLIMITED WANTS
HUMAN CAN NEVER HAVE JUSTICE
OF WHAT THEY WANT IT TO BE
JUSTICE IS JUST ON THE SURFACE
EVEN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM HAS NO JUSTICE WITHIN
THE STRONGER PREY ON THE WEAKER
WELL IT,S LIFE
JUSTICE, SATISFACTION,WANTS IS WITHIN ONESELF
THE SICKENING PART OF THE LAW
WHEN IT IS REPRESENTED BY HYPOCRITES
WHEN THE LAW IS MEANT TO GAIN REVENUE
THEN THE GOVT WILL GET THE LAW TO PRODUCE
MORE LAW MORE MONEY.SO IT,S A PRODUCT
THE SAME WHEN A GOVT IS TOO MUCH IN CONTROL
THE GOVT IS MUCH MUCH ON THE UPPER HAND
THE MINISTERIAL PAY WILL BE MUCH MUCH HIGHER
SO IT,S LIKE A COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT
THE MINISTER IS MORE OF A CEO OF A COMPANY THAN
A MINISTER
THE VERY WRONG IS THE VERY INTENTION
TOO MUCH RULES
TOO MUCH LAW
MAKES LIFE TOO ORGANIZE
THAT WE DO NOT HAVE LIFE OF OUR OWN
NO CHEWING GUM
YES TO SMOKE
BUT
NO PAY NO SMOKE
AND THIS IS HOW THE GOVT
CARES FOR THE HEALTH FOR ITS PEOPLE
Salam Tun,
1. There is another area i am no expert in, but i am having trouble sleeping over it.
2. It is called “perception management”. I wonder if this means duping the public in to believing what is not actual, thereby enhancing the image of the government and/or related organizations ?
3. Where i grew up Tun, this is called lying.
Thank You Tun
COURT, LAWYER,POLICE & ALL REPRESENT JUSTICE
JUSTICE AS IN HUMAN LAW IS ON THE SURFACE
BUT IT HAS TO BE RECOGNIZE
TO BE ACKNOWLEDGE AT THE END OF THE DAY
MOST FRIGHTENING WHEN THE COURT
USE THE LAW AS A MECHANISM TO MAKE MONEY
FINE HERE FINE THERE TO A VERY FINE COUNTRY
THREATENING WITH SO MANY RULES
AND THE RULES IS ABOUT PRODUCING REVENUE
INSTEAD OF PUTTING MATTERS RIGHT
TOO MANY RULES YOU DO NOT HAVE LIFE OF YOUR OWN
YA, THEY CALL IT, IT,S THE LAW
WHAT IS LAW WHEN THE PURPOSE IS TO MAKE MONEY
INSTEAD OF PUTTING MATTERS RIGHT
WHEN THE VERY INTENTION IS WRONG
Tun,
From my experience, the term contempt of court only applies to the man in the street.
For the ordinary guys, they have to be extra carefull if they want to say something to a judge even in their own defence in a court proceeding. As for the big shot guys, they do not need to be afraid to say anything they want in court and will be scot free from any comtempt proceedings even if insults were hurls towards a presiding judge or the judiciary.
An example is a famous s….y case which involved a big shot in this country.This guy can says whatever he likes towards a judge which is beyond the imagination of the ordinary man.
Maybe money matters.It can make contempt of court proceedings become meaningless.
Salam Tun.
Tun
For Bothman who is absolutely correct when he said,
‘In fact, there are still many cases in our present laws that need to be reviewed and amended accordingly if they are deemed already obsolete.’
The first Law which comes to my mind is the ‘Trustees Act 1949’. An Act which is of utmost and paramount importance if Malaysia intends to up-grade its financial and capital system to world class standards with the proposed ‘Tun Abdul Razak Exchange’ or TRX to be effective to compete internationally and put a cachet on the brand and make it famous !
It is no use constructing fine buildings to house fine financial institutions when our laws governing the conduct of the money business are archaic. Because not only bankers (who are often made Trustees), financiers but also the burgeoning middle income group and so forth are increasing in numbers every day. Hence, the litigation concerning trusteeship and the like will increase in volume.
And if the Trust Act 1949 is archaic, this only means more time lost and more work load increased on the Bench, the attending lawyers and the litigants. And more, a snowball effect is created. Hence, our Trust cases take decades to resolve in the best interests of all concern especially our beloved Malaysia!
Justice delayed is justice denied !
In this instance, I will be give a very small measure of credit to Singapore and underline the fact that the Singapore Trust Laws have been amended many times to reflect the reality of the market place and progress in the international world of laws and finance. This is one of their secrets of their apparent success – up to date laws – in creating efficiency and competency and most importantly – the ‘PR’ in promoting foreign investment in its financial and related businesses as compared with other countries in ASEAN.
Such is their efficiency, the legal goal posts could be changed on the spot at times to bring the latest laws to date, sometimes to the surprise of the litigants.
Malaysia never amended the archaic Trustee Act 1949 since 1949 to bring the Act up to date and modern because unlike the practice of medicine is easier in which common maladies are common, the practice of the legal profession is very much more difficult because the law is a living entity and every legal case is different involving different human beings every day.
And we are already in the 21st century for over a decade.
However, all Malaysians vote the BN for further progress and continuity !
Hidup BN ! Hidup Malaysia !
Assalamualaikum Tun.
Kisah Soros ni saya rasa adalah review pada kisah politik 2008.Actually kita berlawan dengan organisasi tersusun Yahudi.
Menghairankan bagaimana kerajaan mahu bertindak dalam keadaan lemah.Malah dalam keadaan sekarang pun masih tak bertindak dengan pantas seperti kes Taiwan yang ditipu berjuta juta.Hanya 5jam diperlukan.
Mungkin kerajaan mahu mengikut proses perlembagaan Malaysia.Iaitu darurat.As Datuk Najib pernah berkata mahu mengikut jejak langkah Tun Razak.
Saya rasa itulah sebab utama kenapa beliau tidak dilihat berperanan langsung pada 2008.Beliau tidak boleh diharapkan ketika itu.Sekarang macam mana?
Masih tak kelihatan.Kecuali bersih 3.0.Satu tindakan yang masih kurang agresif dalam hal keselamatan negara.Tapi masih nampak lembut.
Terima kasih Tun.
Salam Tun,
1. Ordinary civilized Malaysian would rather not go to court unless forced or by subpeona.
2. There is no confidence in our court system. Delays, bias, inefficient lawyers are among the reasons.
3. There is also a parallel shariah court system applicable to only one sector of the society, judged by the same people usually of the same race. It is amazing how justice can be achieved under such clear bias, and thus often victims of these courts swallow the judgement meted out for fear of being said to be in contempt of court.
Thank You Tun
yab,
11. I was not aware that yab would be testifying pkfz case when i wrote the comment in this article.
12. After all these years after yab’s resignation, at last yab felt ‘lega’ for telling what yab felt in court.
13. I am sure after the trial of pkfz case is a case for our future generation to debate politically.
14. If tun ling is charged just because he is mca president, then, i believe no one is willing to take risks in developing malay states.
15. Yab’s smile captured by malaysian insider is great and sincere.
That’s all, yab, for today.
Askm Tun.
“Then there would be justice”. That’s the character of the man-made law. Even it is to everyone’s knowledge one cannot be the prosecutor, the judge and jury at the same time. But sometime this kind of matters are overlooked or nobody care to look into it, in matter of importance and urgency.
In fact there are still many cases in our present laws that need to be reviewed and amended accordingly if they are deemed already obsolete.
Sorry if it a slighly out of topic but just take one example in a simple case of theft. My house had been broken and all my valuables were stolen. I made a police report and a suspect was apprehended and charged in court, found guilty and since he could not pay the fine, he was jailed for 2 years.
The question in this simple case is, what kind compensation I will get as the victim ? Nothing. It is a state vs the suspect and it is a state matter. Rubbing salt onto the wound, I as a tax payer will pay for the construction, maintenance and administration of the prison and taking care of the well being of the thief/prisoner with free food and medical. Where is the justice?
Only Allah SWT laws are perfect.