Posted in Friends & Family, Judiciary on Jan 21st, 2008 No Comments »
Picture of Christopher Fernando during Anwar trial. Christopher passed away in IJN at about 3 morning on 19 January.
The news of Christopher Fernando had a heart attack was totally unexpected. In my impression he was rather healthy.
Like most people, I knew Chris from Anwar case. Chris had cheerful and optimistic personality. He was firmly confident […]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Judiciary on Jan 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
Happy Pongal! “Thai piranthal vazhi pirakkum!”
Today is the New Year of Tamil calendar. It is the first day of the month of Thai, and the full moon day of this month is called Thaipusam.
I attended the ceremony of Pongal celebration in Tasek, near Ipoh. The function was organized by our KeADILan activist Arjunan. Perak KeADILan […]
Posted in Judiciary, Lingam Tape on Jan 13th, 2008 8 Comments »
Businessman Mr Loh Mui Fah revealed to Malaysiakini that he was the man Lingam spoke to in the clip. He also revealed that his son secretly recorded their conversation.
When Anwar released the clip on 19 Sept last year, Loh must have been alarmed.
He claimed that he had no role in releasing the clip. However in […]
Posted in Human Rights, International, Altantuya case, Judiciary on Dec 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Recently there have been some good news from Mongolia.
On Nov 23, I received an email from a from Tenger. Tenger who I met in one of the international meeting was a young politician from the ruling Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). We became acquaintance, as we share the same name. Tenger in Mongolian equals to […]
Posted in Announcement, Judiciary, Lingam Tape, Fun on Nov 23rd, 2007 4 Comments »
A friend of mine, Ong has helped to modify the Lingam ringtone. The earlier ringtone created by Lin is too large to be sent by the MMS system. The following is a trimmed version, it can be easily forwarded around. (Download here)
“Hopefully the ringtone can create a viral effect.” said Ong.
Posted in Announcement, Anwar, Judiciary, Lingam Tape, Fun on Nov 22nd, 2007 3 Comments »
Thanks to Lin (Fazlina), finally my dream ringtone is out in the market!
With the “korret, korret, korret” ringtone, lawyers can designate it for their ‘special‘ channel. Imagine lawyer receives call with the ringtone, rushing off to a secluded corner to have a undisturbed negotiation.
I have thought of having various special ringtones made. May I suggest […]
Posted in Judiciary, Lingam Tape on Nov 20th, 2007 3 Comments »
The story of the three-person Investigation Panel on Lingamgate reminds me of Graeae in Greek mythology. Graeae (meaning “old women”) were three sisters who were the guardians of the secret of Gorgons. They were born grey-haired and blind. They only had one eye and one tooth that they shared between them.
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Abdullah Badawi’s announcement on the […]
Posted in Judiciary, Lingam Tape on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Abdullah Badawi announced on Friday (16 Nov) that a royal commission will be set up to investigate the rots in the judiciary.
This is indeed an interesting development. Last Thursday (15 Nov) the New Straits Times started using this phrase “Lingamgate”.
How did the PM come to the decision of appointing a royal commission remains a mystery. […]
Posted in Politics, Current Issues, Judiciary on Nov 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
The internal conflicts within the police force are intensifying.
Last Thursday (1 Nov) Ramli Yusuff, the head of Commercial Crime Investigation Department of the Royal Malaysian Police Force has been formally charged with corruption (Malaysiakini Nov 2).
Ramli has been the highest ranking police officer charged in the history of Malaysia. While evidences against him are yet […]
Posted in Activities, Politics, Current Issues, Judiciary on Nov 1st, 2007 1 Comment »
This morning was the judgement day for Azmin Ali.
The delivery of the verdict has been delayed several times. However it has been a long wait for Azmin. Azmin was charged in 1999. The case was heard before Judge Hamdan who ruled that the prosecutor had failed to establish a prima facie case against Azmin. The […]