I am no lawyer, even though if I had a real choice I would have pursued law studies. Still, my interest in legal issues centre on good versus poor governance related to public space morality.

Last week, a High Court judge allowed Berjaya Books to challenge the Jawi raid on its Mid-Valley outlet and seizure of copies of the book 'Allah, Liberty and Love’, which led to the prosecution of a bookstore manager on the basis of the Syariah Criminal Offences Act 1997. I believe this will be a good case to test the efficacy of the interpretive abuse of Article 121 (1A) provisions of the federal constitution from its original spirit.