New prime minister also pledges to recover billions of dollars lost in 1MDB corruption scandal In the final spin to 48 hours of election drama, Malaysia’s new prime minister, 92-year-old Mahathir Mohamad, declared yesterday he had set in motion plans for a royal pardon for Anwar Ibrahim – the former ally who was sacked and jailed when...
Maintaining that the evidence against Anwar Ibrahim was flawed, S N Nair says getting a court judgment to that effect would be better than getting a pardon. Jailed PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim has yet to file an application for clemency although he is expected to be freed on June 8. (Reuters pic) PETALING JAYA: Anwar...
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...
Only Chief Justice Raus Sharif can decide whether retired or serving Federal Court judges should be appointed to adjudicate this matter, but how will serving judges handle the conflict between fair play and career advancement, ask lawyers. PUTRAJAYA: Senior lawyers prefer retired judges to decide the legal status of the nation’s two top judicial officers...
PETALING JAYA: The three arms of the government — the executive, legislature and judiciary — must uphold the supremacy of the 60-year-old constitution, following a recent landmark ruling, a retired judge and lawyers said. They also said judicial power and judicial independence were sacrosanct in the Malaysian constitutional framework to keep every organ and institution...
PETALING JAYA: Any provision in acts of Parliament or state enactments that seeks to remove the court’s judicial review power is now illegal following the ruling by the Federal Court on the M Indira Gandhi case on Monday, say legal experts. A retired judge and senior lawyer says litigants who were affected by the decisions...
Opposition leader denounces charges against him as protest gathers steam. Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was freed from custody this morning in an increasingly volatile Kuala Lumpur without being charged over allegations he had sodomized a 23-year-old male volunteer in his office. Tension has been rising, with hundreds of people on the street last night...
Malaysian opposition leader is taken on sodomy charges as opposition pressure grows Police, some wearing balaclava masks, descended on the home of Anwar Ibrahim Tuesday, arresting the opposition leader on charges of forcibly sodomizing a 23-year-old male aide. The move ratcheted up political tensions in Malaysia and sent Anwar’s supporters into the streets around the...
Early 1997: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim is accused of sexual misconduct. The matter was brought up before Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and in July 1997. Mahathir announces publicly that there is no truth to the allegations. 1998, June: Allegations of sexual misconduct are again raised, in a book entitled 50 reasons why Anwar...
KUALA LUMPUR: Police on Wednesday served notice to PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to appear at the Jalan Duta sessions court here at 10am Thursday. The notice was served at Anwar’s house, says his lawyer Sankara Nair. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar confirmed that the police had served Anwar with a...