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- Former judge Mohd Noor Abdullah to talk about constitutional issues over Astro
- GE13: Huge crowd at PR's post-election rally in Kuantan
- Banting murders: No homicidal death involving Sosilawati and three others, says lawyer
| Former judge Mohd Noor Abdullah to talk about constitutional issues over Astro Posted: 14 May 2013 08:14 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Former Appeals Court judge Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah is scheduled to appear in an interview programme, "Helo Malaysia," on Bernama TV at 10pm Wednesday via Astro Channel 502 to discuss issues relating to the Federal Constitution. He will be appearing with Malaysian Muslim Lawyers Association president (PPMM) Datuk Zainul Rijal in the hour-long interview to be moderated by Dahlan Maamor. The programme is entitled 'The Philosophy of the Federal Constitution which guarantees equality and justice for all races in Malaysia'. Mohd Noor is also expected to comment on his earlier statements, among which related to the position of Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (SJKs) or National-Type Schools according to the constitution, which sparked polemics among politicians recently. - Bernama Related Story: |
| GE13: Huge crowd at PR's post-election rally in Kuantan Posted: 14 May 2013 08:33 AM PDT KUANTAN: Despite a last minute change of venue, a huge crowd turned up for the Pakatan Rakyat rally to protest the 13th general election results here on Tuesday. The huge crowd, mostly clad in black T-shirt, thronged the old PKR headquarters in Jalan Beserah here after the organisers switched the venue from Mahkota Aman a few hours earlier. It was learnt that the organisers did not receive the permission of the police to hold the rally at the Mahkota Aman field, thus the change of venue. Vehicles were parked by the roadside for several kilometres as the participants walked around the traffic congestion to the venue behind the old headquarters. PKR adviser Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim addressed the crowd after speeches by state PKR chairman Datuk Fauzi Abdul Rahman and several PAS leaders. Pakatan's first rally was held in Kelana Jaya last Wednesday followed by one in Penang on Saturday and in Ipoh on Sunday. Related Story: |
| Banting murders: No homicidal death involving Sosilawati and three others, says lawyer Posted: 14 May 2013 05:54 AM PDT SHAH ALAM: There is no direct evidence to show that there was a homicidal death involving cosmetics millionaire, Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and three others at a farm in Tanjung Sepat, Banting on Aug 30, 2010, the High Court was told on Tuesday. Counsel Manjeet Singh Dhillon, who is representing first accused, N. Pathmanabhan, also said that there was no direct evidence to show that Sosilawati, bank officer Noorhisham Mohamad, lawyer Ahmad Kamil Abdul Karim and her driver, Kamaruddin Shamsuddin were murdered by the four accused. "Not a single witness has testified on oath and given any evidence concerning any of the ingredients necessary to make out a case," he said in his submission. Pathmanabhan and three farm workers T. Thilaiyalagan, R. Matan and R. Khatavarayan are charged with the murder of Sosilawati, 47, Noorhisham, 38, Ahmad Kamil, 32 and Kamaruddin, 44, at Lot 2001, Jalan Tanjong Layang, Tanjung Sepat, between 8.30pm and 9.45pm on August 30, 2010, and face the mandatory death sentence, if convicted under Section 302 of the Penal Code. Manjeet Singh said the prosecution's case appeared to be simply that Sosilawati went to Banting with some others, purportedly they went to Pathmanabhan's farm and they never returned. He said that there were a lot of people on the farm including those who remain unidentified but whose DNAs were there, but the prosecution wants the court to disregard this and just concentrate on the four accused and say 'hang them' because that is what they want. "This court cannot surely give in to their demands just like that. The law has to be upheld. The law and evidence in this case say there is no credible case and that must, I submit, be the rightful verdict at the end," he said. Manjeet Singh further submitted that this case received wide coverage in the media which seemed to have their own theory on the matter based on rampant speculation and that the four accused would have stood very little chance of a fair trial and a judgment based on law and evidence. Therefore, he said, the court needed to ignore the myriad theories suggested and had to listen only to the law and the evidence and allow nothing else to pollute the reasoning. Manjeet Singh also urged the court to consider new evidence presented in the trial through counsel Roslie Sulle who represented mechanic K. Sarawanan in 2010, that the lawyer played a role in the manipulation of witnesses. Sarawanan, 22, and another man, U. Suresh, 29, are currently serving 20 years' jail at Sungai Udang prison in Malacca after pleading guilty to four counts of disposing evidence related to the alleged murders. "Was there a crime on the farm on the evening of Aug 30, 2010? The blogs and soothsayers seem to want to say there was and the prosecution speculates similarly, but there is no proof," he said. The hearing before judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir continues on Wednesday. - Bernama Related Stories: |
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