Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak said on Monday the nation would be pushed to a precarious situation if the laws and law enforcers were neglected and the people began to act by giving vent to their emotions, sentiments and desires. He said it would also come to the same if the people only accepted and [...]
“Democracy does not mean anything goes. It certainly does not mean mob rule,” Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah said Wednesday night. He said in any functioning democracy, there were rules as to how society was to be governed, and in Malaysia, the rules were enshrined in the country’s constitution. “Our constitution spells [...]
Former Perak state assembly speaker V. Sivakumar’s leave application for a judicial review to compel the Election Commission (EC) to declare three state seats vacant and hold fresh elections is set to be heard by the High Court on Sept 4.
Justice Lau Bee Lan fixed the date in chambers today. The application will be heard [...]
Court to Decide on Aug 3 if Islamic Councils can Intervene in Allah Suit
The High Court here will decide in the next two weeks whether to allow several state Islamic councils into a legal dispute moved by the Catholic Church which is fighting for the right to use “Allah” in its publications. Judge Lau [...]
Model Fined, Whipped for Consuming Beer
The Syariah High Court here today sentenced a model to a RM5,000 fine and six lashes after she pleaded guilty to consuming an alcoholic drink in public last year. In his judgement, Syarie judge Datuk Abdul Rahman Yunus said in the event Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarnor, 32, from Sungai Siput, [...]