vox populi small thumbnail 'Based on this revelation, does it mean that Zambry has been an illegitimate MB all along since the Perak power grab?'

Ngeh: Zaki's admission voids MB vs MB trial

Fairplayer: Well said, Perak DAP chief Ngeh Koo Ham. Based on this revelation, does it mean that Zambry Abd Kadir has been an illegitimate MB all along since the Perak power grab fiasco?

Anonymous_3e11: Can ousted Perak MB Nizar Jamaluddin refile his appeal on the case?

Lim Chong Leong: We had a chief justice who was more politician than a judge.

If he could not hear certain type of cases, namely those involving Umno or the government, then he is handicapped in the first place to fully carry out his duties as CJ.

By that score alone, he should not have accepted the appointment in order to protect the judiciary's integrity. But he went for glory instead.

And on top of that, he has proclaimed also that he personally knows of two Court of Appeals judges who were on the take but did nothing to report them. And he also confessed to have bribed a judicial official when he was a lawyer to have his cases heard.

By these instances, he has certainly failed in his duties as CJ. I hope history will remember these dark days of our judiciary when we make amends.

Faz: Ngeh has raised very interesting legal points. The Bar Council must discuss these and they should be brought to the Parliament for debate.

These kinds of issues must be resolved legally and not swept under the carpet so that we will bring back respectability to the rule of law to the country.

Bob Teoh: The judiciary must redeem itself. How can a former chief justice like Zaki Azmi ignore so fundamental a flaw in his own administration of justice? Shameful really.

Onyourtoes: Incompetency is found everywhere, even in cases where they want to appear prim and proper, but they did not know that in so doing they had violated the laws. This is the extent of incompetency in this country today.

CiViC: Huh, what court? What justice? What trial? It never existed in Malaysia. There's only one court, one justice, one executioner and enforcer in Malaysia, and that's BN. Democracy, my foot!

Anonymous_3e06: That was enlightening; thank you for the clear write-up on this case. I knew there is something smelly about this case from day one.

No hudud for non-Muslims assures Hadi

David Dass: Hudud has become an Umno-PAS fight. Former PKR deputy president Dr Chandra Muzaffar has expressed the opinion that hudud is not central to Islam. There are other prominent Muslim scholars who are of that view.

Non-Muslims should not agree to any amendments to the constitution that will alter the very axis of this nation. We are Muslim enough. Our laws are not inconsistent with Islam.

We should be a modern progressive nation. We cannot have laws that prescribe death by stoning of adulteresses and apostates, and the amputation of the hands of thieves. We cannot have two systems of laws with different forms of punishment for Muslims and non-Muslims.

We rely on tourism and we rely on foreign investment. We also do not want to encourage further emigration of our people. PAS spiritual leader Nik Aziz Nik Mat - good man as he is - has got it wrong here.

Let us strictly enforce the laws that we have to deal with crime. We have sufficiently severe forms of punishment.

Ramesh Rajaratnam : Our constitution, while not perfect and far from equitable, is still the law. Any changes that erode the rights of any segment of society, should be resisted at all cost. There cannot be two sets of laws in one country. Period.

Ootsky: It's not just about assuring non-Muslims that hudud will not be forced on them. There are many Muslims who also don't want hudud in Malaysia, and their views should also be taken into account.

Cintaman: It is fine right now to say that hudud will not be enforced on non-Muslims. What guarantee is there this will not be revoked later? What if a crime involves a Muslim and a non-Muslim? How will justice then be dispensed?

There are also Muslims who do not want hudud. Since they cannot convert out of Islam in this country, how will their interests be protected?

PAS should understand that hudud in itself will not reduce crime and corruption. That comes with instilling a strong sense of moral values in our children when they are still young.

Anonymous_3f15: Check out countries like Saudi Arabia and Pakistan whether hudud applies to non-Muslim or not. When they use God's name, you cannot argue against God.

Anonymous: The constitution ensures everyone the right to profess their faith and practice their faith. The constitution provides a level-playing field, which hudud unfortunately doesn't, even with PAS promising that it would.

There are a lot of zealots out there trying to be the champions of their faith and therein lies the problem for the non-Muslims.

Keturunan Malaysia: Among other good noble things, Pakatan Rakyat should strive to project an accommodating image and work hard to capture Putrajaya.

We have more than enough laws not only to hold the bad, ugly and evil accountable, but also to dish out the appropriate punishments as well. What we are found most lacking now is to have the right people doing the right jobs right.

Veritas et Aeuqtias: If your reason for supporting this ridiculous idea is because you think some rich Tan Sri or Dato is going to get his hand chopped off, you are going to be very disappointed.

As evidenced in other ‘Hududlands', only the poor and un-connected are bearing the brunt of this.

 

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