Arfaeza A Aziz

Menurut Tan Sri Ahmad Fairuz, jumlah penangguhan kes yang besar itu disedari sewaktu pihak mahkamah mengambil langkah-langkah untuk menyelesaikan kes-kes sebelum tahun 2000 yang tertangguh.

Ahmad Fairuz says that the alarming number of postponements were discovered during the court's exercise of disposing pre-2000 cases adding that the reasons are 'myriad'.

Peguam Negara berkata beliau tersinggung dengan 'usikan' April Fool tersebut tetapi berkata tidak pernah menyebut akan meminta pihak polis menyiasat malaysiakini berhubung laporan tersebut.

The attorney-general says he took offence to the joke but insists that he did not mention about asking the police to probe malaysiakini over the prank.

Selain pihak polis, penulis Mohammad Rafi mendakwa didatangi beberapa ahli politik yang menawarkan beratus ribu ringgit untuk memujuknya supaya tidak mengedarkan buku tersebut.

Writer Mohammed Rafi Awg Kecil, whose new book has highlighted 'new allegations' of corrupt practice involving Selangor Menteri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo, claims he has touched a raw nerve.

Seorang peguam kanan telah membawa Majlis Peguam ke mahkamah berhubung keputusannya untuk mengadakan mesyuarat agung ke-59 tanpa cukup jumlah korum dua minggu lalu.

A senior lawyer has taken the Bar Council to court over its decision to hold the Malaysian's Bar 59th annual general assembly without a full quorum two weeks ago.

A splinter group of Parti Rakyat Malaysia members wants to revive the party, which officially merged with Parti Keadilan Nasional last May.

Kelantan official Husam Musa said the state is mulling action against political rivals in relation to alleged mismanagement of forest reserves.

The move may see the two leaders exchanging their posts, which many believe will be a 'win-win' situation for the party.

The defence counsel argued that the court could not admit the testimonies of six witnesses in Hong Kong unless it was fully satisfied that this could not have been obtained any other way.

Progressive or ludicrous? The jury is out on a Bar Council decision to proceed with its recent annual general meeting despite the lack of quorum.

There is a faction who wants the issue to die down quickly. Another is keen to continue harping on it. The political future of some leaders depends on how the issue is handled.

The quest for fresh ideas and approaches within the management of the Malaysian Bar leads young lawyers to forward a resolution to limit the term of its office bearers to be tabled at the Bar's annual meet this weekend.

The five residents, from Bandar Baru Sentul, who filed the suit against the City Hall mayor and a construction company, want the court to save the only green belt in the area from turning into another concrete jungle.

Apabila melabur dalam ladang burung unta, semuanya mati akibat banjir. Bila melabur dalam syarikat saham, ekonomi meleset. Mereka tidak bernasib baik, kata bekas pengarah Kohilal, Dr Rayney Azmi Ali.

When they invested in an ostrich farm, a flood drowned all the birds. When they invested in a technology venture, the recession came. So Dr Rayney Azmi Ali says it was bad luck and not poor management behind the multi-million ringgit losses.

Some PAS leaders are uncomfortable with their 'open and vocal' counterparts in the women's wing. Now, they are trying to nominate someone who would toe the line for the top post.

PAS delegates will only meet in June for party elections, but the speculation has started over who will fill the deputy president's post.

The ex-deputy premier, on a seven-day working visit to the United States, met United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

Memutuskan mesyuarat melantik lembaga pengarah sekarang tidak ikut keperluan dan prosidur dalam perlembagaan Kohilal.

The party has to work overtime to put the PAS co-operative society back on track, now that the appointment of the current board of directors has been declared unlawful.

The court was also told by the witness that he had reported the matter to his immediate superior.