Karim applauds High Court’s ruling on emergency proclamation

KUCHING: Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah applauds the High Court’s ruling that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decision to proclaim an emergency cannot be challenged in any court of law. He concurred with Justice Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid who said it was provided for under Article 150(8) of the Federal […]

Of law and justice

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Justice that love gives is a surrender; justice that law gives is a punishment. – Mohandas K Gandhi, lawyer, and Indian freedom fighter “Law and justice are two distant cousins who are not on speaking terms,” said the character of Marlon Brando in the 1989 movie ‘A Dry White Season’, showcasing apartheid in South Africa. […]