Follow the developments here and on Twitter 1pm: Abdul Razak says there is no need to put witness on the stand just to discredit him and ask irrelevant questions as 'this is not a trial.' 12.45pm: Gobind disagrees with Abdul Razak. He says the police report has accusations implicating the witness (Mohd Ashraf). Gobind questions the 'fear' that the MACC has regarding the matter. "Why the fear? If you haven't done anything wrong, then say you didn't do anything wrong." Gobind insists that Mohd Ashraf would have the chance to counter the allegations if he is allowed to take the stand. Abdul Razak says Gobind cannot implicate Mohd Ashraf because after viewing the report, Mohd Ashraf's name was not mentioned in the report. Gobind says the report stated 'several MACC officers' and Mohd Ashraf is a MACC officer. Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar, for the Selangor government, supports Gobind's argument, saying Mohd Ashraf works for the MACC at the time the report was lodged. 12.35pm: Court resumes with Abdul Razak saying that the police report is irrelevant to the inquest for a few reasons. One is that the person who lodged the report on Sept 11, 2008 is a suspect while Teoh was a witness. 11.50am: Lawyer Tan Hock Chuan (representing the Attorney-General's Chamber) suggests that police report Gobind Singh Deo mentioned on Aug 28 (relating to abuse and torture by MACC officers) be given to Datuk Abdul Razak Musa, the lawyer for MACC. Gobind agrees. Court takes a short break for parties to view the report. 11.24am: 19th witness MACC officer Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, 25, recalled to the stand for the second time. Executive councillor Ronnie Liu walks in and sits at the front row of the public gallery. SHAH ALAM: The inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock will resume at 11am Tuesday after a week’s hiatus. The proceedings are expected to be explosive given that the lawyer holding a watching brief for Teoh’s family, Gobind Singh Deo, has been allowed to bring in a “mystery witness” to testify against the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Teoh, who was the political secretary to Selangor executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, was summoned to the state MACC office at the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam to be quizzed over the alleged irregular disbursement of state funds on July 15. He was found dead at the building’s 5th floor service corridor the next day. An inquest had been ordered to probe his death. The mystery witness had lodged police reports against several Selangor MACC officers alleging that they had brutalised him when he had been hauled up for questioning. It is believed some of the MACC officers mentioned in the police report were also being called as witnesses in the Teoh inquest. According to sources, the witness would only be brought in after all the MACC officers involved in Teoh’s case have been grilled. Coroner Azmil Muntapha Abas had adjourned the proceedings to Tuesday on Aug 28 to give time for the MACC officers to seek legal counsel. He had also informed the MACC officer who had testified on Aug 28, Mohd Ashraf Mohd Yunus, that he need not answer any questions that he feels would implicate him. Malek Imtiaz Sarwar is heading the legal team holding a watching brief for the state whilst counsel Tan Hock Chuan and DPP Mohd Abazafree Mohd Abbas are assisting Azmil Muntapha. Datuk Abdul Razak Musa is holding a watching brief for the MACC.Published: Tuesday September 8, 2009 MYT 9:05:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday September 8, 2009 MYT 1:06:34 PMTeoh Inquest (Day 17)
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
TEOH'S INQUEST DAY 17 - Taken from TheStarOnline
Sabahan Beauty Daphne Iking's Case - Corporate Figure accused of Enticing this married Lady - Taken from TheStarOnline
KUALA LUMPUR: The highly-anticipated case involving a corporate figure who is accused of “enticing” married celebrity Daphne Iking will be heard on Dec 9 and 10 at the magistrate’s court here. This is pending a decision of the High Court for another magistrate to hear the case. Magistrate Mohd Faizi Che Abu kept the dates for hearing after counsel for Choy Khin Ming, Akbar Din Abdul Kader, told the court that he had filed an appeal at the High Court Registry on Aug 26 against Mohd Faizi’s ruling on Aug 21 not to allow the case to be tried by another magistrate. “The notice of appeal has been filed and the court has acknowledged it,” Akbar Din said. However, no date has yet been fixed for the matter to be heard by the High Court. Iking’s husband – Ryan Chong – and Choy are embroiled in a legal battle with the former accusing Choy of “enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman”, a crime under Section 498 of the Penal Code. If found guilty, he can be jailed up to two years, fined or both. Only Choy was present in court yesterday, accompanied by a friend. Heading the prosecution on behalf of Chong is lawyer Wong Kian Kheong, while, besides Akbar Din, Jagjit Singh stood for Choy. Also in court was Iking’s counsel Ravi Nekoo. Akbar Din had earlier sought for the case to be tried by another magistrate on the grounds that Mohd Faizi had heard the statement of complaint and issued the summons against Choy.Tuesday September 8, 2009
Iking case in December
Celebrity docket: Iking’s husband is embroiled in a legal battle with a corporate figure over her.
This is Too Much!! Why do these stupid people do this? Article taken from TheStarOnline
PETALING JAYA: The MCA Non-Government Organisation Liaison Bureau has lauded the Attorney-General’s decision to charge the protesters responsible for bringing a cow’s head to a controversial demonstration over the relocation of a Hindu temple to Section 23, Shah Alam. Bureau chairman Datuk Ti Lian Ker said the Aug 28 incident involving 50 protesters went against the Malaysian political culture of consensus building in a legal and peaceful manner. “We hope that the decision to charge these illegal demonstrators and those who had inflamed religious and racial sentiments will be consistent and without regard of their political support or affiliations so that the rule of law prevails,” he said in a statement Tuesday. The protestors had dragged the decapitated head of a cow, stamped and spat on it during the protest. The cow is considered sacred by Hindus. Ti said the police and the A-G should also charge residents who “committed criminal assault and battery” against Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim and Shah Alam MP Khalid Samad in last Saturday’s dialogue. “Both are elected representatives of the people. The uncouth mob behaviour displayed by several residents -- such as carrying a chair in a display of violence to an elected official -- must not be allowed or encouraged,” he said. Ti said that actions like street protests against the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English was a form of political blackmail by an “aggressive minority against the political will and desire of the silent majority.” “Of late, we have seen Malaysians developing a tendency to resort to mob antics and violence to express themselves. “This trend of violence in whatever name must be stopped and there should no justification given. An offence is still an offence,” he said.
Published: Tuesday September 8, 2009 MYT 12:02:00 PM
Cow head protest: A-G’s decision lauded
