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- Chor: Special tribunal to manage, hear strata management cases
- Speaker bars French lawyer from entering Parliament to brief MPs on Scorpene case in France
- PSC to decide on Dec 3 action against Health DG who pleaded guilty to ‘khalwat’
| Chor: Special tribunal to manage, hear strata management cases Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:22 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: A special tribunal for managing and hearing cases involving strata management will be set up to enable the dissatisfied parties to make claims related to maintenance and management. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said the Strata Management Tribunal would have the power to decide on compensation not exceeding RM250,000. "It'll be like the Housing Claims Tribunal that has been established under the ministry where buyers face problems while the developer refuses to pay compensation, so they (buyers) can go to the tribunal to seek redress. "Previously, it was said that many condominium owners refused to pay maintenance fees because they knew that if the management corporations wanted to claim payments, they would have to bring the cases to court. "As we all know, there'll be delays at the courts. So to avoid this problem, the special tribunal will be set up under this act," he said when winding up the debate on the Strata Management Bill 2012 in the Dewan Rakyat, here, on Monday. Chor said at the early stage of implementation, the tribunal would be set up at the ministerial level. However, he added, the ministry planned to set up a branch of the tribunal in every zone in future. He said the move was to enable housing issues faced by the people to be resolved efficiently and effectively. The Dewan Rakyat sitting continues Tuesday. - Bernama |
| Speaker bars French lawyer from entering Parliament to brief MPs on Scorpene case in France Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:41 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia has barred French lawyer Apoline Cagnat from entering the Parliament to brief MPs on the Scorpene submarine case in France. Pandikar rejected an application by Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to hold a question and answer session with Cagnat at a briefing room in the Parliament building. "Even though Datuk Saifuddin Nasution (PKR - Machang) explained that there was new evidence (on the case) which needed to be clarified, in my opinion, it is still accusations and not bipartisan in nature," he said in a letter addressed to Anwar. He added that he also agreed with the Barisan Nasional Backbenchers Club that said if such personal agenda needed to be explained, other venues could be used without involving the Parliament. Pandikar also pointed out that the case was still under investigation and consideration by the relevant authorities. It was learnt that Cagnat is an associate to French lawyer William Bourdon. Bourdon was deported from Malaysia on July 22 after he gave a speech in Penang about the Government's purchase of Scorpene submarines. It was reported that R. Sivarasa (PKR - Subang) and Tian Chua had revealed a letter from Bourdon to Anwar, saying that he would be willing to come to Kuala Lumpur to answer questions on the Scorpene case. At the Parliament lobby, Chua said Cagnat will be meeting with MPs at the Changi Village Hotel in Singapore to give the briefing on the Scorpene case on Monday. He said Cagnat did not receive a written assurance from the Malaysian Government that she will not be deported from the country and hence, had to hold the briefing in Singapore. |
| PSC to decide on Dec 3 action against Health DG who pleaded guilty to ‘khalwat’ Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:17 AM PST PUTRAJAYA: The Public Services Commission on Monday has decided to suspend Health Director-General Datuk Seri Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman, effective Nov 14 pending disciplinary action against him after he pleaded guilty to khalwat'. Commission chairman Tan Sri Mahmood Adam said in a statement Monday that Dr Hasan was suspended according to the rules of conduct governing civil servants until Dec 3 when the commission would decide on the nature of the disciplinary action to be taken against him. On Nov 14, the Syariah High Court fined Dr Hasan, 56, and another Health Ministry officer Wan Syarifah Nooraazmanita Wan Hassan, 36, RM3,000 dan RM2,900 respectively after they pleaded guilty to committing khalwat' (close proximity) in a room in Hotel Pullman, Putrajaya, at 2.18am the same day. Related Stories: |
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