After disqualification of opposition candidates, lawyers urge officials not to deny voters the choice of whom they want as MPs and assemblymen. Lawyers say election officials are denying the right of voters to make their choice. (Reuters pic) PETALING JAYA: Returning officers should not have disqualified a number of opposition candidates on disputable issues as...
PETALING JAYA: A lawyer said any investigation and prosecution of those implicated by the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into forex trading losses suffered by Bank Negara will be a futile exercise. S N Nair said the fiasco happened more than 25 years ago and key witnesses would not be around to testify for the...
PETALING JAYA: Anwar Ibrahim’s ex-lawyer has challenged Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah to repeat his allegation outside the Dewan Rakyat that Anwar had sexually abused the Tambun MP’s nephew. “If Husni is man enough, he should repeat what he had uttered and face a possible lawsuit,” lawyer S N Nair said. “There is absolutely no evidence...
PETALING JAYA: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s comments on the court battle between Abdul Hadi Awang and Clare Rewcastle Brown in London is ludicrous and has gone beyond decency and legal implications, a lawyer said. S N Nair said the deputy prime minister’s remarks were out of place as the matter was sub-judice because Clare’s potential witness,...
PETALING JAYA: Police must immediately investigate the man in a video, telling patrons at a cafe in Flora Damansara to dress “appropriately” in respect of the majority Muslim community living in their area, a lawyer said today. SN Nair said that if the video clip, which has gone viral on social media, was authentic, the...
PETALING JAYA: A Federal Court decision is to determine conclusively whether a government body may sue an individual for defamation, says lawyer S N Nair. He said while the law under section 3 of the Government Proceedings Act (GPA) 1956 had been well enumerated by the majority judgment of the Court of Appeal, it appeared...
PETALING JAYA: Two civil lawyers have taken a different route on who should be named as party to a lawsuit when smooth trips on tolled roads are disrupted due to massive traffic jams or accidents. Lawyer SN Nair said it should be the highway watchdog, the Malaysian Highway Authority. However, counsel Harpal Singh Grewal was...
Damansara Utama assemblyperson Yeo Bee Yin has urged Sungai Besar Umno division chief Jamal Md Yunos to respond to her RM5 million defamation suit against him. Speaking to reporters at the Kuala Lumpur High Court lobby, Yeo said today was the first case management for the suit originally filed on June 14. “It...