NH Chan

For their willful betrayal of trust, is there a cause of action against the MPs and assemblypersons who jumped ship? The answer is yes.

Former Court of Appeal judge NH Chan shares his view on Anwar Ibrahim's failed bid to convince the Federal Court to review its decision.

It is far too easy to expose our judges for incompetence as is clear in Anwar Ibrahim's ongoing trial.

In the case of Nizar vs Zambry, the only point that matters in the appeal is whether the Perak sultan has any executive power to remove the MB.

There are those in this country who seem to have forgotten their duty to deal out impartial justice and to apply the law of the land as it stands according to a former judge.

This obnoxious man never gave Anwar a fair trial. William Shakespeare once wrote in one of his plays, "The evil that men do lives after them".

Like the plot in Shakespeare's ‘Hamlet’, the debacle in Perak is playing out before an audience that is aware of both the real imposter and travesty of justice.

It is a sad day indeed, says former Court of Appeal judge Chan, when justice is used as a means to justify an end, especially in the Anwar Ibrahim trials.

A new look at a pivotal political matter reveals that there is more than a prima facie case for a second bite at this constitutional conundrum caused by the BN power grab.

Its declaration that the three Perak ‘turncoats’ are still members of the state assembly is tantamount to not administering justice according to the law.

The former Court of Appeal judge gives his opinion on whether the two top politicians have committed sedition for their remarks on the Perak imbroglio.

‘After understanding the five-minute decision of the Court of Appeal as well as the well-considered judgment of the trial judge... you are now aware if they have done wrong.'

comment The absence of a written judgment speaks volumes. Why haven’t the judges explained the grounds for two recent rulings on the status of the Perak MB?

comment When a judge is plainly wrong, especially when he claims to interpret the obvious, it is not wrong for any right thinking member of the public to criticise him.

comment It’s the PM who has to bear the consequences of the Federal Court decision, not the irresponsible judges who failed to administer justice according to law.

comment Judges of far greater eminence than this judicial commissioner have asked lawyers in their court for their views. Not this probationary judge however.

comment Nor has the Perak sultan the power to declare the posts of menteri besar and state executive councillors vacant, says the former Court of Appeal judge.