Archive for July 27th, 2022
Security Parliamentary Select Committee should investigate into the detention of 12 persons for alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2019 to establish whether it was a security or political operation
Posted by Kit in Law & Order, Parliament on Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech during the SOSMA debate in Parliament yesterday again brought to the forefront the detention of 12 persons, including two DAP State Assemblymen one in Negri Sembilan and the other in Malacca, for alleged links with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2019.
More than two years have passed since the release of the 12 persons detained for alleged links to LTTE.
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Ministerial question on Apandi’s settlement of his suit against government
Posted by Kit in Law & Order, Parliament on Wednesday, 27 July 2022
On Monday, I asked whether former Attorney-General Mohamed Apandi was capable of defending himself against the charge of being the worst Attorney-General in Malaysian history.
Yesterday, I asked whether he would return the millions of ringgit he had extracted from the government in settlement of his lawsuit which he had instituted against the government for sacking him as Attorney-General, and asked him to explain the “legal, ethical and monetary basis” for acting as lawyer for Jho Loh, one of the key culprits responsible for the monstrous mega multi-billion dollar 1MDB financial scandal. Read the rest of this entry »