KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar is suing the State Legal Adviser (SLA) to stop the latter from representing him in an ongoing case in the Ipoh High Court.
Prominent lawyer, Tommy Thomas, who is acting on behalf of Sivakumar filed the suit through his legal assistant N. Ganesan at the High Court here close to 4pm today.
However, Sivakumar did not name Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid personally in the suit.
In the copy of the filed papers given to the media, Sivakumar said the order made by Ipoh High Court judge Ridwan Ibrahim is a “sham order, done in deceit and therefore null and void and not binding on and/ or enforceable against the Plantiff”.
Sivakumar argues the SLA had “acted without authority” when he claimed to represent the Speaker in two separate court proceedings behind closed doors: the first on March 3 and again, yesterday.
He added the SLA had “acted negligently, in breach of contract and in breach of duty” as well as breaking the trust in his professional capacity.
Sivakumar wants the High Court here to set aside Justice Ridwan’s order compelling him to use the SLA as his only legal counsel in court.
Perak DAP chief Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham told reporters earlier that Sivakumar’s suit against the SLA was filed here instead of in Ipoh because “the KL High Court is seen to be more independent”.
“It looks like there is a collusion between Ahmad Kamal and Zambry,” Ngeh noted, referring to de facto Menteri Besar Datuk Zambry Abdul Kadir, who is also represented by the SLA in a related court case here.
“I’m not saying it is collusion but people are saying it is one,” Ngeh defended quickly, pointing out a recent New Straits Times report quoting judicial sources who have already passed judgment on the ongoing matter.
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