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- William, Kate arrive in Sabah to traditional welcome
- A-G Chambers: Errors in Glenn Knight's book
- Check status of appeals for IPTA intake from noon Saturday
| William, Kate arrive in Sabah to traditional welcome Posted: 14 Sep 2012 07:58 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, arrived here Friday and were greeted by a traditional welcome of the rhythmic beating of tonggungak or bamboo percussion instruments. The special aircraft carrying the royal couple touched down at 7.50pm at the Kota Kinabalu International Airport. Adding colour to their welcome were some 20 youths dressed in traditional costumes of Sabah's indigenous communities, each holding a bunga manggar. Scores of people waited anxiously outside the fenced area of the airport to get a glimpse of the royal couple despite a brief downpour. The couple were later driven to the Shangri-La Tanjung Aru Beach Resort where they were treated to a reception hosted by the Sabah state government. The couple will fly via helicopter to Danum Valley in Sabah's east coast on Saturday where they will walk in one of the world's oldest rainforest dating back some 130 million years. They will attend a briefing by scientists who have been carrying a variety of programmes at the 438 sq km conservation area that is about twice the size of Penang island. Among the ongoing research are studies on the hydrological and geomorphological aspects of Danum, climate monitoring as well as those related to forest dynamics. Many of the research programmes dating back to 1984 are being carried out under the Royal Society's South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP). The couple will also be crossing Danum's famed canopy walkway. Malaysia is the royal couple's second destination after Singapore on their nine-day tour of the Far East as representatives of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in conjunction with the celebration to mark the 60-year reign of the Queen of England. |
| A-G Chambers: Errors in Glenn Knight's book Posted: 14 Sep 2012 07:29 AM PDT SINGAPORE: Singapore's Attorney-General's Chambers has pointed out a few errors in the book, 'The Prosecutor', written by former crime-buster Glenn Knight. Local television Channel NewsAsia (CNA) reported that Knight had said in his book that former MCA president Tan Koon Swan was wrongly convicted and that in Knight's words, 'he was technically an innocent man'. In 1986, Tan had pleaded guilty to one charge of abetment of criminal breach of trust in the High Court here before Justice Lai Kew Chai, who sentenced him to two years' imprisonment and a fine of S$500,000. Tan admitted to abetting a director of Pan-Electric Industries Ltd to commit criminal breach of trust by engaging in a conspiracy with that director to dishonestly dispose off property belonging to the company in violation of section 157(1) of the Companies Act. Fourteen other charges were not proceeded with. Tan's appeal against the sentence was dismissed by the Court of Appeal. CNA reported that the AG said Tan did not, and could not have appealed against the conviction, since he had pleaded guilty and that throughout the proceedings, Tan was represented by counsel. In 1996, in the case of Cheam Tat Pang vs Public Prosecutor, Chief Justice of Singapore Yong Pung How, sitting as a High Court judge, concluded that a violation of section 157(1) of the Companies Act could not be the basis of dishonest disposal of property in a charge of criminal breach of trust. CNA reported that Chief Justice Yong had referred to Tan Koon Swan's case, noting that there were no arguments about the correctness of the charge. Although Chief Justice Yong disagreed with the view of the law taken in Tan's case, his decision did not and could not overrule the decision in Tan's case, as both decisions were made by the High Court. The AG said the decision to charge Tan was made by the Public Prosecutor on the basis of the evidence against Tan and the applicable law and furthermore, Tan had legal advice throughout the whole process. Neither he nor his counsel took issue with the correctness of the charge, CNA reported the AGC as saying and that Tan was convicted on the basis of his own plea of guilt, based on the law and facts as was accepted by his own counsel. Knight's point was that if the law had been understood in 1986 to be as pronounced by Chief Justice Yong in 1996, then Tan could not have been convicted. But the AG said that was not so, according to the CNA report. There were fourteen other charges that were not proceeded with in the 1986 case against Tan because he had pleaded guilty to the charge of criminal breach of trust through violation of section 157(1). CNA reported that the AGC said Knight also made a number of errors in his book. Firstly, he described the sentence imposed as including a fine of S$1 million. The correct fine was $500,000. Secondly, the book stated that Chief Justice Yong concluded that Knight was wrong to charge Tan as he did, and that Chief Justice Yong was of the opinion that the section Mr Tan was charged with was wrong in law. Chief Justice Yong referred only to the fact that there were no arguments about the correctness of the charge. The AG said Chief Justice Yong did not go into any detailed discussion of Tan's case or Knight's conduct of the case. Specifically, Chief Justice Yong did not express any opinion that Tan was wrongly charged. Thirdly, it was said that the judgment in Cheam Tat Pang meant that Tan had been wrongly convicted and that he was technically an innocent man. CNA further quoted the AG as saying that Tan's conviction stands, and he remains guilty of the crime that he had admitted to. - Bernama |
| Check status of appeals for IPTA intake from noon Saturday Posted: 14 Sep 2012 06:13 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The status of appeals for first degree intakes into local public institutions of higher learning (IPTA) using Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), matriculation, foundation and equivalent qualifications can be checked starting noon Saturday. Higher Education Department director-general Datuk Prof Dr Rujhan Mustafa said the results will be available on the following websites: http://upu.mohe.gov.my, http://www.jpt.utm.my, http://jpt.uum.edu.my, http://jpt.unimas.my and http://jpt.ums.edu.my. "Candidates can also check their appeal status through the short-messaging service (SMS) by typing UPU space RESULT space identification card number, and send to 15888 or by calling our hotline at 03-88706767, helpline 03-88706777 and general line 03-88706755/ 6766," he said in a statement. Official offer letters can also be printed out through the official website of respective universities starting Tuesday, and appeals are considered unsuccessful if candidates do not receive an offer by the end of the month. For enquiries, candidates can also call the Higher Education Department's Student Intake Management Division at 03-88706767 and 03-88706777. - Bernama |
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