MALAYSIAN POSTMAN

Sri Ram Blames Mahathir, Ex-AG For Removing Judicial Power Retired judge tells forum Federal Constitution was amended in 1988 after former AG Abu Talib Othman allegedly complained that judges interfered in his work. (FMT) – A retired judge has alleged that Dr Mahathir Mohamad and former attorney-general (AG) Abu Talib Othman were behind the amendment to the Federal Constitution in 1988, which removed the judicial power of the courts. Gopal Sri Ram said this came about after the then Supreme Court ruled in the case of Public Prosecutor v Yap Peng that the AG, who is also the public prosecutor, could not at his discretion apply to transfer criminal cases for trial. In 1987, the apex court in a majority 3-2 ruling held that the public prosecutor’s move to use Section 418A of the Criminal Procedure Code was against Article 121 (1). The majority held that the power to transfer cases was an exercise of judicial power. Sri Ram, who represented Yap Peng in the trial, alleged ...

    Who Is The Bigger Evil, Mahathir Or Najib? Only idiots like the Dapsters and Pakatuns would support Mahathir and Anwar and trust them. Do you think Mahathir would today head Pakatan Harapan if his son, Mukhriz, had won the Umno Vice Presidency in 2013 and was made the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia? If Mukhriz had won in 2013 today Mahathir would be condemning DAP and Anwar. But he supports DAP and Anwar because Najib did not help his son. It is so simple it is mind-boggling that the Dapsters and Pakatuns cannot see this. NO HOLDS BARRED Raja Petra Kamarudin “It’s just that today’s political landscape requires all of them to work together, to fight the greater evil, the BN-led government,” said Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad of PKR. Nik Nazmi added, “I’m sure a lot of us, when we were fighting in 1998, couldn’t imagine that happening. But now, the scenario is that we are facing Najib. So all of us across the board have to work together.” Nik Nazmi was still ...