Najib’s 1MDB trial in high court put off due to SRC appeal
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s trial over the misappropriation of RM2.3 billion in funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), scheduled to continue next week, has been postponed pending developments in his final appeal in the SRC International Sdn Bhd case. Judge Datuk Collin Lawrence Sequerah fixed Aug 23 for a case management for […]
Apex Court upholds acquittal of senior citizen in maid murder case
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today affirmed the acquittal of a senior citizen accused of murdering her Indonesian maid four years ago. A three-member bench chaired by judge Vernon Ong said trial judge Akhtar Tahir had exercised his discretion to give MA Ambika, 62, an acquittal. “There is no appealable error by the High Court and […]
MTUC S’wak welcomes court decision
KUCHING: Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak has welcomed the Federal Court decision that hoteliers are not entitled to utilise their employees’ service charge to satisfy their statutory obligations to pay the minimum wage or incorporate them into a clean wage structure. “We agree with all the pronouncements made by the learned Justice,” said MTUC […]
RM500k fine imposed on Mkini Dotcom apt to serve public interest
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court held that the RM500,000 fine imposed on Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, which operates news portal Malaysiakini, for contempt over readers’ comments was the appropriate sentence to serve public interest. In the full grounds of the court’s majority decision, Court of Appeal president Tan Sri Rohana Yusuf, who chaired a seven-member panel, said the […]
Ex-members’ bid to dissolve Umno thrown out
PUTRAJAYA: Sixteen former Umno members failed in their appeal in the Federal Court to obtain leave to commence their challenge to dissolve the political party (Umno) for not holding party elections within the prescribed time. A five-member bench led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar Mohamed held that the relief sought by the […]
Law on ‘unnatural sex’ void
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here today declared as void and unconstitutional a provision in the Selangor syariah law criminalising unnatural sexual intercourse. A nine-member bench led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat held that Section 28 of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Selangor) Enactment 1995 related to a matter that falls under the Federal list in […]
Anwar files bid to refer questions over emergency proclamation to Federal Court
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application to refer several questions to the Federal Court pertaining to his judicial review over the government’s decision in advising the Agong to declare an emergency proclamation. The questions posed for the High Court to consider referring to the Federal Court include whether the decision to give […]
Counsel fails in request for immediate release on Addy Kana gambling syndicate
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court here today reserved its decision on the final attempt by a ‘Datuk’ and two policemen for an immediate release from detention under the Prevention of Crime Act (Poca) 1959 in connection with an illegal online gambling syndicate. A five-member panel chaired by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat deferred the […]
Idrus Harun is new AG
KUCHING: Federal Court judge Tan Sri Idrus Harun has been appointed as the new Attorney-General for a two-year period, effective yesterday. He replaces Tan Sri Tommy Thomas, 65, who quit the post following Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad’s decision to step down as the country’s seventh prime minister. Tommy handed his resignation to Dr Mahathir, then […]
Chong has to answer for ridiculous statement
KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said it was heartening to note that there are laws in this country and nobody is above the law. “Honesty is still the best policy,” he said when commenting on the Federal Court’s dismissal of Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s review application on the […]
