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Study on special law to deal with contempt of court cases

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is studying the need to formulate a special law to deal with the rising number of contempt of court cases in the country, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) is studying the matter by making a comparison […]

Court accepted Zahid’s apology

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today dismissed an application by the prosecution to initiate contempt of court proceeding   Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after the former deputy prime minister issued an open apology. Judge Collin Lawrence Sequerah made the decision after hearing and accepting the submission by Ahmad Zahid’s lawyer, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik, that there […]