Saturday 26 July 2014
'There’s no sex during Ramadan!' Khloe Kardashian reveals she and French Montana are abstaining due to his religious beliefs
Khloe Kardashian is not having sex with her rapper boyfriend French Montana due to his religious beliefs.
The 30-year-old reality star revealed during a radio interview on Thursday that she and Montana are abstaining during the month of Ramadan out of respect for his faith in Islam.
'There’s no sex during Ramadan,' she told Power 105, adding jokingly, 'That’s so fun.'
French also said he is currently eschewing alcohol for Ramadan as well as fasting during the daylight hours, per the requirements of the faith.
Meanwhile, Montana has been accused of being a bad influence on Khloe. But the Kardashian had some harsh words for her critics.
'They’re not f**king him, so why should they care?' the 30-year-old said during the same radio interview, alongside her rapper beau.
'Or maybe they are,' she said laughing, while still giving French a pointed look.
The reality star said she has stopped caring about what people say.
'People are going to comment no matter what,' she told radio host Angie Martinez. 'If I dated the most clean cut perfect guy they’re going to comment.'
She said she has learned from her mistakes, alluding to her split from ex-husband Lamar Odom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2705009/Khloe-Kardashian-blasts-critics-relationship-French-Montana-rapper-reveals-Kris-Jenner-best-friends.html
'There’s no sex during Ramadan,' she told Power 105, adding jokingly, 'That’s so fun.'
French also said he is currently eschewing alcohol for Ramadan as well as fasting during the daylight hours, per the requirements of the faith.
Meanwhile, Montana has been accused of being a bad influence on Khloe. But the Kardashian had some harsh words for her critics.
'They’re not f**king him, so why should they care?' the 30-year-old said during the same radio interview, alongside her rapper beau.
'Or maybe they are,' she said laughing, while still giving French a pointed look.
The reality star said she has stopped caring about what people say.
'People are going to comment no matter what,' she told radio host Angie Martinez. 'If I dated the most clean cut perfect guy they’re going to comment.'
She said she has learned from her mistakes, alluding to her split from ex-husband Lamar Odom.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2705009/Khloe-Kardashian-blasts-critics-relationship-French-Montana-rapper-reveals-Kris-Jenner-best-friends.html
Taliban kill 14 Shiites in Afghanistan road attack
Taliban insurgents halted minibuses in western Afghanistan, identified 14 Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said.
KABUL, Afghanistan —
Taliban insurgents halted minibuses in western Afghanistan, identified 14 Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said.
The busses were traveling from Kabul and carrying around 30 passengers, many of whom had gone to the capital to shop ahead of the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said Sayed Anwar Rahmati, the governor of the western Ghor province, where the attack took place.
After questioning the passengers, the Islamic militants identified 14, including three women, as Hazara Shiites. The insurgents then bound the passengers' hands, led them away and shot them, Rahmati said, adding that the other passengers were released. The dead included a couple who were engaged and two relatives travelling with them, he said.
The Taliban, like other Sunni extremist groups, view the country's minority Shiite community as apostates, and have targeted Hazaras in the past with suicide bombings and other attacks.
KABUL, Afghanistan —
Taliban insurgents halted minibuses in western Afghanistan, identified 14 Shiite passengers and shot them dead by the side of the road overnight Friday, an official said.
The busses were traveling from Kabul and carrying around 30 passengers, many of whom had gone to the capital to shop ahead of the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said Sayed Anwar Rahmati, the governor of the western Ghor province, where the attack took place.
After questioning the passengers, the Islamic militants identified 14, including three women, as Hazara Shiites. The insurgents then bound the passengers' hands, led them away and shot them, Rahmati said, adding that the other passengers were released. The dead included a couple who were engaged and two relatives travelling with them, he said.
The Taliban, like other Sunni extremist groups, view the country's minority Shiite community as apostates, and have targeted Hazaras in the past with suicide bombings and other attacks.
Malaysian cyclist given warning over ‘Save Gaza’ gloves
A Malaysian cyclist was issued an official reprimand and warned that he risked being thrown out of the Commonwealth Games if he repeated wearing gloves bearing the message "Save Gaza".Azizulhasni Awang (pic) could have been ejected from the 2014 Glasgow Games after wearing the gloves in competition yesterday.
Instead the 26-year-old, nicknamed the "Pocket Rocket", who was set to take part in the individual sprint quarter-finals today, was given a reprimand and warned not to wear them again.
The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) seeks to avoid its competitions being used for political means. The multi-sport event, held every four years, is nicknamed the "Friendly Games".
Though Awang insists his message was "humanitarian" rather than politically-charged, he issued an apology.
"The actions were investigated and we spoke with the Malaysian team management and it's a matter for the management to address," said CGF chief executive Mike Hooper.
"It's inappropriate for any form of protest in a Games venue. We respect everyone's right to protest outwith.
"He has had a strong reprimand from his team management and he has apologised. In apologising profusely he now knows any repetition will see a removal of his accreditation."
On his Facebook fan page, which has more than 200,000 followers, he wrote: "I feel sorry to the people who misinterpret my message. There's no such thing with political protest.
"It's from the bottom of my heart to express humanitarian. Since when expressing humanitarian considered as political?
"Anyway, I apologise to those who think I'm doing wrong.
"I got a warning and still can race today but without my 'SaveGaza' glove.
"Thanks everyone for your support and really appreciate it.
"We all stand as a human."
Azizulhasni's action yesterday came as the death toll in Israeli shellings of Gaza climbed to 800. Malaysians are largely sympathetic towards the Palestinians, with both sides of the political divide condemning the latest attacks on civilians.
The Terengganu-born father of two, who was the flag bearer for the Malaysian contingent at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, won the gold medals at the Asian Cycling Championships in April 2008.
High Court allows bid to block Syariah Court
The Ipoh High Court today granted permission for M
Indira Gandhi to seek a prohibition order to block the Syariah Court in
a controversial custody battle over religious conversion.
"The court gave (leave for) an order of prohibition to restrain or prohibit the execution of the Syariah Court order," said Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran, who is acting as Indira's counsel in a statement today,
Indira
in 2010 won custody of her daughter at the Ipoh High Court but has yet
to be reunited with her five-year-old as her husband refused to comply
with the order and police will not act.
Her husband Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah @ K. Pathmanaban, had converted the child to Islam without the mother's knowledge and obtained custody from the Syariah Court.
Police have refused to act, citing the High Court order granting custody to the mother and the Syariah Court order granting custody to the father.
The leave to seek a prohibition order was granted together with leave to seek a mandamus order against Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.
Kulasegaran said the mandamus order is to compel the IGP to execute an earlier warrant of arrest and recovery order issued by the court against Indira's husband.
He added that his legal team will persue the matter urgently.
'Landmark decision'
Describing today' decision as a landmark High Court decision, he said that it has far reaching consequences.
"To the best of our knowledge its the first of its kind against a IGP in any country in the world," he said. They were granted by Justice Lee Siew Seng.
In the judgment, Lee said: "As the IGP has declared that he would not be exercising his power and discharging his duty here based on his understanding that there are two conflicting orders from the Syariah Court and the Civil High Court...
"...there is a prima facie case to be heard on the substantial merit before deciding whether or not an order for mandamus should be issued."
He added the prohibition order against the SyariahCcourt order was also a "flip side of the same coin" and fulfilled the requirements for leave.
Kulasegaran urged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to take note of today's judgment and urged Khalid to be suspended for failing to execute his duty.
"We want a speedy closure of this issue with the immediate arrest of the ex-husband and the child returned to the natural mother.
"Indira Gandhi and her other children are yearning for the last child. Their continuous agony and mental torture should end forthwith," he said.
"The court gave (leave for) an order of prohibition to restrain or prohibit the execution of the Syariah Court order," said Ipoh Barat MP M Kulasegaran, who is acting as Indira's counsel in a statement today,
Indira
in 2010 won custody of her daughter at the Ipoh High Court but has yet
to be reunited with her five-year-old as her husband refused to comply
with the order and police will not act.Her husband Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah @ K. Pathmanaban, had converted the child to Islam without the mother's knowledge and obtained custody from the Syariah Court.
Police have refused to act, citing the High Court order granting custody to the mother and the Syariah Court order granting custody to the father.
The leave to seek a prohibition order was granted together with leave to seek a mandamus order against Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar.
Kulasegaran said the mandamus order is to compel the IGP to execute an earlier warrant of arrest and recovery order issued by the court against Indira's husband.
He added that his legal team will persue the matter urgently.
'Landmark decision'
Describing today' decision as a landmark High Court decision, he said that it has far reaching consequences.
"To the best of our knowledge its the first of its kind against a IGP in any country in the world," he said. They were granted by Justice Lee Siew Seng.
In the judgment, Lee said: "As the IGP has declared that he would not be exercising his power and discharging his duty here based on his understanding that there are two conflicting orders from the Syariah Court and the Civil High Court...
"...there is a prima facie case to be heard on the substantial merit before deciding whether or not an order for mandamus should be issued."
He added the prohibition order against the SyariahCcourt order was also a "flip side of the same coin" and fulfilled the requirements for leave.
Kulasegaran urged Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to take note of today's judgment and urged Khalid to be suspended for failing to execute his duty.
"We want a speedy closure of this issue with the immediate arrest of the ex-husband and the child returned to the natural mother.
"Indira Gandhi and her other children are yearning for the last child. Their continuous agony and mental torture should end forthwith," he said.
Watch your words, Ambiga reminds ex-CJ
The former Bar Council chairperson, who is now with the NGO Negara-Ku, said judges must be careful about their statements even after stepping down as it can affect the judiciary.
"By convention, former judges, even after they step down, are expected to conduct themselves in a particular way," Ambiga said after speaking at a forum in Penang today.
"They must do this so it doesn't reflect badly on the judiciary"It's like an unwritten rule but in other countries, they actually have guidelines on that," she added, when asked to comment about Hamid’s statement.
The Penang government has dismissed the former chief justice’s claim as "pure nonsense, baseless and heavily reliant on heresay".
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng questioned why Hamid did not take Gerakan to task when the party blamed the state government under Pakatan Rakyat for giving out more allocations for Islamic activities.
Lim said Hamid should be sent for "counselling" since he cannot prove his allegations, and has taken a political stance favouring Umno in his approach, which is unbecoming of a former chief justice.
'Judges have a special position'
Meanwhile, Ambiga said in any event, judges, serving or retired, do not need rules on how to conduct themselves.
"That's why judges are special and treated specially under the Federal Constitution. They are not like any other employees.
“They are in a special position where you cannot sack them like other employees," she added.
“Given that stature under the constitution, it calls for a certain standard of behaviour, even after they step down," she noted.
Asked if the judiciary would take Hamid to task for his behaviour, Ambiga said it was most unlikely.
"But I suppose it is something the legal community would have to look at," she added.
Union wants hijab option for Muslim MAS crew
Responding to snide remarks linking the MH370 and MH17 tragedies to MAS crew’s “un-Islamic” uniforms, Nufam said such attacks were uncalled for as the crew have no say on their uniforms.
It
said to accuse the Muslim female crew of ignoring their religion is
“not true and unfair”, as the crew themselves had sought for the option
to don headscarves, or the hijab, to cover their hair.“It is time a hijab uniform is looked into for those Muslim crew members who opt to wear them during flight,” Nufam said in a statement.
A PAS MP and a Youth wing leader, when commenting on the downing of MH17 in east Ukraine, called on MAS to review its crew’s un-Islamic uniforms as well as its policy to serve alcohol on board.
Nasty Internet postings
Meanwhile, Nufam also slammed netizens who disparage female crew members as “loose and cheap”.
The union was referring to a heavily circulated meme by user ‘Geng Imart’, insinuating that the female crew members of MAS were offering sexual services.
“During this time when we are all aggrieved by the MH17 incident, there are some parties who pull jokes and condemn our crew. They even circulate nasty postings of our female crew members.
“We appeal to the individuals to stop criticising the crew as they are duty-bound people, serving a very large community of airline travellers.
“This is a respectable job and crew members don’t wish to be insulted by such jokes.
“We have lost so many lives over the last four months and this is the last thing anyone wants to read on any social network,” Nufam said.
Astro dituntut beri penjelasan berurusan dengan syarikat Israel
Rabu lalu Amdocs telah mengumumkan bahawa mereka dipilih oleh Astro All Asia Network plc Measat Broadcast Network Systems (Astro) bagi membolehkan Astro menambah baik penyampaian perkhidmatan
PETALING JAYA: Yang DiPertua Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM), Datuk Dr. Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki meminta pihak Astro beri penjelasan kerana telah berhubung dengan Amdocs sebuah syarikat milik Israel.
Katanya di dalam status Facebooknya, Amdocs adalah syarikat milik Israel yang baru dianugerahkan kontrak ‘Subscriber Management System’ oleh Astro.
“Astro harus beri penjelasan atau diboikot kerana berurusan dengan syarikat Israel.
“Jika tidak, rakyat Malaysia hendaklah beramai-ramai memboikot Astro sebagai bantahan terhadap pembunuhan rakyat Palestin,” jelasnya di laman web ismaweb.net.
Lapor web Haaretz, Amdocs merupakan salah satu syarikat Israel yang paling berjaya dan konsisten yang telah ditubuhkan sejak 30 tahun lalu sebagai pemaju perisian untuk direktori telefon.
Amdocs dikatakan terus kekal mempertahankan ciri-ciri Israel dalam organisasi tersebut.
Bagaimanapun, Rabu lalu Amdocs telah mengumumkan bahawa mereka dipilih oleh Astro All Asia Network plc Measat Broadcast Network Systems (Astro) bagi membolehkan Astro menambah baik penyampaian perkhidmatan kepada lebih daripada 1.5 juta pelanggan disamping mengurangkan kos.
Kontrak tersebut dianggarkan bernilai jutaan dolar bagi penyediaan perisian dan perkhidmatan yang ditawarkan.
Katanya di dalam status Facebooknya, Amdocs adalah syarikat milik Israel yang baru dianugerahkan kontrak ‘Subscriber Management System’ oleh Astro.
“Astro harus beri penjelasan atau diboikot kerana berurusan dengan syarikat Israel.
“Jika tidak, rakyat Malaysia hendaklah beramai-ramai memboikot Astro sebagai bantahan terhadap pembunuhan rakyat Palestin,” jelasnya di laman web ismaweb.net.
Lapor web Haaretz, Amdocs merupakan salah satu syarikat Israel yang paling berjaya dan konsisten yang telah ditubuhkan sejak 30 tahun lalu sebagai pemaju perisian untuk direktori telefon.
Amdocs dikatakan terus kekal mempertahankan ciri-ciri Israel dalam organisasi tersebut.
Bagaimanapun, Rabu lalu Amdocs telah mengumumkan bahawa mereka dipilih oleh Astro All Asia Network plc Measat Broadcast Network Systems (Astro) bagi membolehkan Astro menambah baik penyampaian perkhidmatan kepada lebih daripada 1.5 juta pelanggan disamping mengurangkan kos.
Kontrak tersebut dianggarkan bernilai jutaan dolar bagi penyediaan perisian dan perkhidmatan yang ditawarkan.
Lim Guan Eng dan DAP lebih ekstremis dan rasis?
Tindakan mereka yang mengancam kedudukan Islam dan Melayu tidak akan disedari dan mereka berjaya melaksanakan agenda mereka itu dalam kita tengah berada di dalam ketaksuban politik
PETALING JAYA: Aktivis Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA), Azry Hafify Mustafa berkata Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang, Lim Guan Eng sedang dibuai mimpi kerana terbiasa dengan perlakuannya yang ekstremis terhadap kedudukan Islam dan orang Melayu di negara ini.
Hafifiy berkata demikian setelah merujuk sebuah artikel di dalam sebuah portal pro- liberal yang bertajuk ‘Bekas Ketua Hakim penipu, rasis dan ekstremis’.
Guan Eng telah mengecam kenyataan Bekas Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Abdul Hamid yang menyatakan agama Islam terancam di negeri tadbiran DAP iaitu Pulau Pinang.
“Satu perkara yang sering dilupai oleh rakyat Malaysia ialah perjuangan utama DAP yang konsisten ingin menghapuskan perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyentuh hak istimewa orang Melayu serta Bumiputera di Sabah dan Sarawak.
“Jadi siapa sebenarnya lebih ekstremis dan rasis?,” katanya di dalam portal ismaweb.net
Tambahnya lagi, kenyataan Abdul Hamid adalah berasaskan fakta. Kita boleh melihat dengan konsistennya pimpinan-pimpinan DAP membuat cadangan serta kenyataan yang ekstremis terhadap kedudukan Islam dan Melayu di negara ini.
“Di dalam sebuah akhbar bertarikh 25 November 1999, Guan Eng yang ketika itu merupakan Timbalan Setiausaha Agung DAP berjanji akan menghapuskan hak orang Melayu.
“Beliau telah mengeluarkan kenyataan berbunyi “Kami masih berpegang dengan pendirian menolak kerajaan Islam kerana gagasan Malaysia tidak akan memberi sebarang keistimewaan kepada mana-mana kaum”.
Namun, sebaliknya semua pihak akan mendapat taraf sama rata yang lebih adil,” jelasnya.
Kedua, kita boleh merujuk kenyataan Guan Eng di dalam akhbar The Star pada 16 Jun 2008 yang bertajuk ‘There’ll be no Islamic State, says DAP’ .
“Artikel di dalam akhbar ini diungkapkan oleh Guan Eng kepada cadangan pemuda PAS untuk melaksanakan pemerintahan Islam di negeri-negeri yang dimenangi oleh Pakatan Rakyat.
“Guan Eng berkata ‘PAS youth’s proposal going against promise’,” ujarnya.
Katanya lagi merujuk pada 1 Julai 2010, 16 buah rumah orang Melayu di Kampung Pokok Asam, Pulau Pinang dirobohkan untuk membina kediaman berharga RM800,000 sebuah.
“Satu lot hanya diberi pampasan RM75,000 sahaja, sedangkan dalam satu lot rumah ada tiga buah keluarga. Sejumlah 200 orang menjadi mangsa.
“Seterusnya, 80 orang peniaga di Batu Feringghi menerima notis untuk merobohkan premis perniagaan mereka sedangkan peniaga Cina begitu ramai berniaga di jalanan tidak pula dikenakan sebarang tindakan.
“Ini adalah suatu pengusiran orang Melayu secara sistematik di Pulau Pinang, namun tidak ramai yang menyedarinya,” jelasnya.
Tindakan-tindakan DAP di atas hanyalah sebahagian kecil sahaja daripada tindakan mereka yang bersifat ekstremis dan rasis bertujuan menghapuskan kedudukan istimewa Islam dan Melayu di negara ini.
“Jika kita masih menilai sesuatu isu mengikut blok kepartian, kita akan sentiasa memenangkan tindakan salah yang dilakukan oleh ikon politik pujaan kita,” tegasnya.
Hafifiy berkata demikian setelah merujuk sebuah artikel di dalam sebuah portal pro- liberal yang bertajuk ‘Bekas Ketua Hakim penipu, rasis dan ekstremis’.
Guan Eng telah mengecam kenyataan Bekas Ketua Hakim Negara, Tun Abdul Hamid yang menyatakan agama Islam terancam di negeri tadbiran DAP iaitu Pulau Pinang.
“Satu perkara yang sering dilupai oleh rakyat Malaysia ialah perjuangan utama DAP yang konsisten ingin menghapuskan perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan yang menyentuh hak istimewa orang Melayu serta Bumiputera di Sabah dan Sarawak.
“Jadi siapa sebenarnya lebih ekstremis dan rasis?,” katanya di dalam portal ismaweb.net
Tambahnya lagi, kenyataan Abdul Hamid adalah berasaskan fakta. Kita boleh melihat dengan konsistennya pimpinan-pimpinan DAP membuat cadangan serta kenyataan yang ekstremis terhadap kedudukan Islam dan Melayu di negara ini.
“Di dalam sebuah akhbar bertarikh 25 November 1999, Guan Eng yang ketika itu merupakan Timbalan Setiausaha Agung DAP berjanji akan menghapuskan hak orang Melayu.
“Beliau telah mengeluarkan kenyataan berbunyi “Kami masih berpegang dengan pendirian menolak kerajaan Islam kerana gagasan Malaysia tidak akan memberi sebarang keistimewaan kepada mana-mana kaum”.
Namun, sebaliknya semua pihak akan mendapat taraf sama rata yang lebih adil,” jelasnya.
Kedua, kita boleh merujuk kenyataan Guan Eng di dalam akhbar The Star pada 16 Jun 2008 yang bertajuk ‘There’ll be no Islamic State, says DAP’ .
“Artikel di dalam akhbar ini diungkapkan oleh Guan Eng kepada cadangan pemuda PAS untuk melaksanakan pemerintahan Islam di negeri-negeri yang dimenangi oleh Pakatan Rakyat.
“Guan Eng berkata ‘PAS youth’s proposal going against promise’,” ujarnya.
Katanya lagi merujuk pada 1 Julai 2010, 16 buah rumah orang Melayu di Kampung Pokok Asam, Pulau Pinang dirobohkan untuk membina kediaman berharga RM800,000 sebuah.
“Satu lot hanya diberi pampasan RM75,000 sahaja, sedangkan dalam satu lot rumah ada tiga buah keluarga. Sejumlah 200 orang menjadi mangsa.
“Seterusnya, 80 orang peniaga di Batu Feringghi menerima notis untuk merobohkan premis perniagaan mereka sedangkan peniaga Cina begitu ramai berniaga di jalanan tidak pula dikenakan sebarang tindakan.
“Ini adalah suatu pengusiran orang Melayu secara sistematik di Pulau Pinang, namun tidak ramai yang menyedarinya,” jelasnya.
Tindakan-tindakan DAP di atas hanyalah sebahagian kecil sahaja daripada tindakan mereka yang bersifat ekstremis dan rasis bertujuan menghapuskan kedudukan istimewa Islam dan Melayu di negara ini.
“Jika kita masih menilai sesuatu isu mengikut blok kepartian, kita akan sentiasa memenangkan tindakan salah yang dilakukan oleh ikon politik pujaan kita,” tegasnya.
Call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to review all flawed judgments by the Malaysian judiciary whether because of racial bias or corruption in the past 26 years after the first judicial crisis of 1988
By Lim Kit Siang,
After the 13th General Elections of May 5, 2013, the country was shocked with the appearance of a former member of the judiciary making racist and seditious statements and speeches undermining the unity, harmony and goodwill among the different races and religions in the country.
One of the most racist and seditious speeches in the nation’s history was made by the former Court of Appeal Judge Mohd Noor Abdullah at the forum titled “GE13 post-mortem Muslim leadership and survival” organised by UiTM Malaysia Alumni Association and Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semanjung in Kuala Lumpur in May 2013 where Mohd Noor warned that the Chinese Malaysians must be prepared for a backlash from the Malay community for their “betrayal” in the recently concluded 13th general election.
He said: “The Chinese betrayal towards the Malay’s hand of friendship – that is true. Because they plotted to seize political power even though they already have economic power”.
Mohd Noor’s racist and seditious speech was defended on the ground that it was “as a whole constructive and within the boundaries of what is in the federal constitution”, and in line with his expertise as a former judge.
Up to now, Mohd Noor has not been able to quote chapter and verse as to which article or part of the Malaysian Constitution justified his making irresponsible, fictitious, inflammatory, racist and seditious allegations that the Chinese in Malaysia “plotted to seize political power even though they already have economic power” or his criminal and gangsterish threat of a “Malay backlash” to a completely non-existent “Chinese betrayal towards the Malay’s hand of friendship” ?
Mohd Noor seemed to be blissfully unaware that in Peninsular Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat won more Malay votes compared to Chinese votes in the 13GE, although by a slight margin – i.e. 2.31 million Malay votes compared to 2.29 million Chinese votes. Chinese support for Pakatan Rakyat was estimated at 80% while Malay support was estimated at 42%, and Indian support at 50%.
Mohd Noor also disgraced the legal and judicial profession when he tried to create fear among the audience with the Singapore bogey, mischievously and maliciously concocting the lie that just a simple majority in Parliament would be adequate to admit Singapore into the Federation of Malaysia without needing the consent of the Conference of Rulers.
Malaysians at the time had asked how could a former high judicial officer be so irresponsible, mischievous and seditious as to suggest that Article 1 of the Federal Constitution on “Name, States and territories of the Federation” could be amended by a simple majority and not two-thirds parliamentary majority?
However the police had so far failed to take any action against Mohd Noor for his seditious statements, and the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had not said a single word about investigating Mohd Noor for sedition although he recently announced publicly that the police would be coming for me under the Sedition Act for my recent statement that Teoh Beng Hock had been murdered at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) premises in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009.
Now, Malaysians are getting a further shock that another former judge, who had held a higher judicial office than Mohd Noor as Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad was the Chief Justice in 2007, had joined him in making irresponsible, racist and seditious statements.
After his unfounded, incendiary and seditious comments that the position of Islam is under threat in Penang, a former federal court judge revealed that Hamid had been guilty of racial and religious prejudice in a decision on a civil case which he heard as a High Court judge in the 90s.
In this case, a bank had sued two business partners, a Malay and an Indian, who had stood guarantors for a loan.
Both the defendants relied on the defence that their signatures were forged by a third party. Hamid, who had written the judgment in Bahasa Malaysia, accepted the claim by the Malay defendant because “as a Muslim he would not tell lies”. However, Hamid did not accept the allegation of the Indian.
The bank and the Indian appealed to the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the bank’s appeal, set aside Hamid’s judgment and ordered a trial.
This is most shocking and has revived public concerns about the independence, professionalism and integrity of the judiciary in the past half a century – after the first judicial crisis in 1988 which saw the sacking of the then Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges by the then Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, marking the height of executive interference and destruction of the independence of the judiciary in Malaysia.
What is needed now is to fully restore public confidence in the independence, professionalism and integrity of the judiciary and I call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to review all flawed judgments whether by racial bias or corruption in the past 26 years after the first judicial crisis of 1988.
After the 13th General Elections of May 5, 2013, the country was shocked with the appearance of a former member of the judiciary making racist and seditious statements and speeches undermining the unity, harmony and goodwill among the different races and religions in the country.
One of the most racist and seditious speeches in the nation’s history was made by the former Court of Appeal Judge Mohd Noor Abdullah at the forum titled “GE13 post-mortem Muslim leadership and survival” organised by UiTM Malaysia Alumni Association and Gabungan Pelajar Melayu Semanjung in Kuala Lumpur in May 2013 where Mohd Noor warned that the Chinese Malaysians must be prepared for a backlash from the Malay community for their “betrayal” in the recently concluded 13th general election.
He said: “The Chinese betrayal towards the Malay’s hand of friendship – that is true. Because they plotted to seize political power even though they already have economic power”.
Mohd Noor’s racist and seditious speech was defended on the ground that it was “as a whole constructive and within the boundaries of what is in the federal constitution”, and in line with his expertise as a former judge.
Up to now, Mohd Noor has not been able to quote chapter and verse as to which article or part of the Malaysian Constitution justified his making irresponsible, fictitious, inflammatory, racist and seditious allegations that the Chinese in Malaysia “plotted to seize political power even though they already have economic power” or his criminal and gangsterish threat of a “Malay backlash” to a completely non-existent “Chinese betrayal towards the Malay’s hand of friendship” ?
Mohd Noor seemed to be blissfully unaware that in Peninsular Malaysia, Pakatan Rakyat won more Malay votes compared to Chinese votes in the 13GE, although by a slight margin – i.e. 2.31 million Malay votes compared to 2.29 million Chinese votes. Chinese support for Pakatan Rakyat was estimated at 80% while Malay support was estimated at 42%, and Indian support at 50%.
Mohd Noor also disgraced the legal and judicial profession when he tried to create fear among the audience with the Singapore bogey, mischievously and maliciously concocting the lie that just a simple majority in Parliament would be adequate to admit Singapore into the Federation of Malaysia without needing the consent of the Conference of Rulers.
Malaysians at the time had asked how could a former high judicial officer be so irresponsible, mischievous and seditious as to suggest that Article 1 of the Federal Constitution on “Name, States and territories of the Federation” could be amended by a simple majority and not two-thirds parliamentary majority?
However the police had so far failed to take any action against Mohd Noor for his seditious statements, and the Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar had not said a single word about investigating Mohd Noor for sedition although he recently announced publicly that the police would be coming for me under the Sedition Act for my recent statement that Teoh Beng Hock had been murdered at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) premises in Shah Alam on July 16, 2009.
Now, Malaysians are getting a further shock that another former judge, who had held a higher judicial office than Mohd Noor as Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad was the Chief Justice in 2007, had joined him in making irresponsible, racist and seditious statements.
After his unfounded, incendiary and seditious comments that the position of Islam is under threat in Penang, a former federal court judge revealed that Hamid had been guilty of racial and religious prejudice in a decision on a civil case which he heard as a High Court judge in the 90s.
In this case, a bank had sued two business partners, a Malay and an Indian, who had stood guarantors for a loan.
Both the defendants relied on the defence that their signatures were forged by a third party. Hamid, who had written the judgment in Bahasa Malaysia, accepted the claim by the Malay defendant because “as a Muslim he would not tell lies”. However, Hamid did not accept the allegation of the Indian.
The bank and the Indian appealed to the Court of Appeal, which dismissed the bank’s appeal, set aside Hamid’s judgment and ordered a trial.
This is most shocking and has revived public concerns about the independence, professionalism and integrity of the judiciary in the past half a century – after the first judicial crisis in 1988 which saw the sacking of the then Lord President, Tun Salleh Abas and two Supreme Court judges by the then Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, marking the height of executive interference and destruction of the independence of the judiciary in Malaysia.
What is needed now is to fully restore public confidence in the independence, professionalism and integrity of the judiciary and I call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry to review all flawed judgments whether by racial bias or corruption in the past 26 years after the first judicial crisis of 1988.
A-G applies to prosecute senior lawyer, 24 others for contempt
The Malaysian Insider
by V. ANBALAGAN
by V. ANBALAGAN
Attorney-General
Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail has filed an application to prosecute lawyer
Datuk V. K. Lingam and 24 others for alleging that a Federal Court bench
had plagiarised its judgment.
This
sudden about-turn by the A-G has caught lawyers for Lingam and the 24
respondents by surprise as in the last hearing on June 18, the A-G's
Chambers supported an application by two liquidators to discontinue
their contempt proceedings.
Federal
Court judge Tan Sri Suriyadi Halim Omar, who is chairing a five-man
bench, then lamented that the court seemed to have been scandalised and
no one had stood up for them.
“We
(the judges) have been the target (in this matter). I don’t think
anybody can deny that. Go back and think about it. Come back with
something more meaningful and with sufficient ground,” he had said.
Ooi
Woon Chee and Ng Kim Tuck, the liquidators of Kian Joo Can Sdn Bhd
(KJC) made an application to the court to abandon their action against
the respondents but the court had asked them to reconsider.
Lawyer
S. Suhendran, who represented Ooi and Ng, had informed the court that
it was no longer a necessity to proceed with the contempt proceedings as
the liquidators had distributed the Kian Joo assets, the subject matter
of the long drawn legal battle spanning 19 years.
Lingam
and another lawyer A. S. Thisinayagam, 12 majority and 11 minority
contributories of Kian Joo, also supported the withdrawal application.
Senior
Federal Counsel Shamsul Bolhasan, appearing for the A-G's Chambers,
also told the court that he was supportive of the application.
However, lawyer Ranjit Singh, who held a watching brief for the Bar Council, objected as this was no longer a private matter.
A lawyer familiar with the case told the Malaysian Insider that Gani filed the court papers last week.
The
applications by Gani and the liquidators were due to be heard in the
Federal Court yesterday, but was adjourned as a lawyer appearing for
Lingam was on medical leave.
The court has now fixed the case on August 7.
In
a contempt case, the judges, the court, the Attorney-General or parties
to a dispute could bring an action against those who showed disrespect
to the bench.
The 25 respondents were ordered to answer contempt charges last year. They could be jailed, fined or both, if found guilty.
There is no limitation to the jail term or the amount of fine to be imposed. They could also walk away with a warning.
Since the matter is being heard in the Federal Court, the respondent has no right to appeal further.
Lingam (pic, left), a senior lawyer, was previously implicated by a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) for judicial fixing.
In
its report, the five-member RCI panel concluded that a video clip which
showed Lingam speaking on the phone, was authentic, and that the person
he was speaking to was former chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh
Abdul Halim.
The topic of their conversation was over the appointment of judges.
The
commission had also recommended that appropriate action be taken
against six individuals, namely Lingam, ex-chief justice Tun Eusoff
Chin, tycoon Tan Sri Vincent Tan, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad, and former minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk
Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor for misconduct over the issue.
It
also found that there was prima facie evidence to investigate the six
men for offences under the Sedition Act, Official Secrets Act, the Penal
Code and the Legal Profession Act.
Lingam
has also been been hauled before the Advocates and Solicitors
Disciplinary Board for professional misconduct and proceedings are
on-going.
The
legal tussle that led to the contempt proceedings in this latest case,
began in 2009 when the respondents went to the High Court after Can-One
International Sdn Bhd, a rival company won the tender to purchase the
32.9% stake in KJC.
The respondents failed in the High Court to stop Can-One from acquiring the shares.
However,
the Court of Appeal reversed the decision and the case finally came to
the Federal Court, which ruled in favour of the liquidators.
The
24 majority and minority contributries, represented by Lingam, filed a
review in the Federal Court to relook at the decision by its previous
panel.
Among them who filed the review were Datuk See Teow Chuan, a director of KJC, his brothers and sisters.
The
reason being that the Federal Court’s 47-page judgment was
substantially a reproduction of a written submission from lawyers who
represented Ooi and Ng. - July 25, 2014.
Unilateral child conversions un-Islamic, says women’s group
Malay Mail
by IDA LIM
by IDA LIM
PUTRAJAYA,
July 24 — Muslim converts who unilaterally change their children’s
religion were defying Islam’s ideals of justice, a women’s group said
today.
Ratna
Osman, Sisters in Islam (SIS) executive director, said her advocacy
group acknowledges the right to religious freedom, but pointed out that
such opaque acts by Muslim converts did not show the “kindness” of
Islam.
“Where
is the transparency when a father or any parent who has converted to
Islam wants to convert their children without the knowledge and consent
of the unconverted spouse?
“There
is no justice here if you are doing it behind somebody’s back, it’s as
if you are cheating your way,” Ratna told reporters here after attending
a court matter on interfaith child custody disputes as an observer.
Stressing
that Islam is about “upholding justice” instead, Ratna added that it
was wrong to cause pain and “hurt” to the non-Muslim spouse through such
unilateral religious conversions.
“This is wrong, this is not an Islamic practice,” she said.
Women’s
Aid Organisation (WAO)’s executive director Ivy Josiah, who was also
present, similarly said her group upholds the right of any individuals
to embrace the religion of their choosing, but said that spouses who
later on convert to Islam still need to fulfill their family
obligations.
She
added that Islamic authorities owed a duty to serve as “gatekeepers” in
such instances to protect the interests of the non-Muslim spouse and
children.
“They
can’t blindly say ‘welcome into our fold, let’s not bother about the
wife, about the children, about the rights of the children’,” she told
reporters here.
Insisting
that unilateral child conversions be prohibited, she said the Cabinet
had in 2009 decided that children should remain in the religion they
were born into.
Although
the proposed law amendments in 2009 to stop unilateral child
conversions were shelved, Ivy said the women groups will continue to
engage with the Attorney-General and the government, pointing out that
they were merely asking the Cabinet to uphold its “promise” in 2009.
According
to Ivy, existing laws such as the Guardianship of Infants Act provides
for equal guardianship rights for both parents, while Article 8 of the
Federal Constitution bars discrimination based on gender.
She
also blamed Islamic authorities’ indiscriminate approval of unilateral
child conversions for the clash between the country’s civil and shariah
court systems.
“We
won’t be here at this particular stage talking about who should have
custody if in the first place, they don’t allow the conversions,” she
later told The Malay Mail Online.
She
was referring in particular to two high-profile cases where Hindu
mothers, Deepa Subramaniam and Indira Gandhi, saw their estranged
husbands convert to Islam and unilaterally making their children Muslims
without their knowledge.
“Both
these mothers have to really jump through many hurdles to claim their
rights to have a say when it comes to conversion of their children,” she
said, commending them for their “resilience” and “passion” in getting
back their children.
In
both cases, the Muslim spouses subsequently secured Shariah court
orders granting them custody of the children, in direct conflict with
civil court orders in favour of the Hindu mothers.
Both men also continue to defy the civil court orders to return the children to their mothers.
The
police are also declining to execute the civil court orders in both
cases, claiming they were subordinate to both the conflicting court
systems.
The
controversies in these two cases later prompted the Attorney-General’s
Chambers and Inspector-General of Police to apply to intervene and for a
stay of preceding court orders until the matter is disposed of in the
Court of Appeal.
Malaysian Investigators Submit Reports On MH17 Crash To Dutch
From Mohd Razman Abdullah
KIEV, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian team investigating the crash of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 aircraft at a site in Torez, eastern Ukraine has submmited its reports to the Dutch authorities heading the investigation.
MAS director of engineering and maintenance Azhari Mohd Dahlan, 53, who is one of three Malaysians conducting investigations into the crash in the Donetsk region, told Bernama:
"We are relieved. All the investigation reports have been given to the Dutch as they head the investigation," he said this upon arrival in Kiev, about 800km from Torez by train Friday morning.
He, however, did not want to comment further on the four-day investigation carried out by him and the other two Malaysian investigators comprising Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Senior Assistant Director Captain Philip Joseph Selvaraju, 42, who is a former pilot, and DCA Senior Assistant Director Mohd Naemy Fahmy Mustapa, 38.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 298 people - 283 passengers and 15 crew - was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it went down in Donetsk near the Russian border on July 17.
Foreign media reported that the aircraft was shot down but until today, no one has claimed responsibility for the incident.
Azhari and the 133 Malaysian special team members, led by Khairil Hilmi Mokhtar, who is also National Security Council (MKN) Cross Border Management Division principal assistant secretary, were scheduled to depart for Kuala Lumpur Friday noon (local time).
Meanwhile according to MKN, a total of 60 bodies of those on board Flight MH17 will be flown to the Netherlands.
Until yesterday, a total of 114 bodies had been flown to the Netherlands, it said.
There were four refrigerated train coaches which carried 282 bodies of Flight MH17 victims from Donetsk to Kharkiv for tagging before being flown to Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
KIEV, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian team investigating the crash of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 aircraft at a site in Torez, eastern Ukraine has submmited its reports to the Dutch authorities heading the investigation.
MAS director of engineering and maintenance Azhari Mohd Dahlan, 53, who is one of three Malaysians conducting investigations into the crash in the Donetsk region, told Bernama:
"We are relieved. All the investigation reports have been given to the Dutch as they head the investigation," he said this upon arrival in Kiev, about 800km from Torez by train Friday morning.
He, however, did not want to comment further on the four-day investigation carried out by him and the other two Malaysian investigators comprising Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Senior Assistant Director Captain Philip Joseph Selvaraju, 42, who is a former pilot, and DCA Senior Assistant Director Mohd Naemy Fahmy Mustapa, 38.
The Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 298 people - 283 passengers and 15 crew - was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it went down in Donetsk near the Russian border on July 17.
Foreign media reported that the aircraft was shot down but until today, no one has claimed responsibility for the incident.
Azhari and the 133 Malaysian special team members, led by Khairil Hilmi Mokhtar, who is also National Security Council (MKN) Cross Border Management Division principal assistant secretary, were scheduled to depart for Kuala Lumpur Friday noon (local time).
Meanwhile according to MKN, a total of 60 bodies of those on board Flight MH17 will be flown to the Netherlands.
Until yesterday, a total of 114 bodies had been flown to the Netherlands, it said.
There were four refrigerated train coaches which carried 282 bodies of Flight MH17 victims from Donetsk to Kharkiv for tagging before being flown to Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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