Malaysiakini reported on Feb 6, 2009:
Karpal to sue Perak sultan - DAP chairperson Karpal Singh has informed Sultan Azlan Shah and the new Perak government that he would take legal action against the two parties if they proceed with the swearing-in of the new BN team at 3.30pm today. He said he would file a legal suit next Tuesday if warranted after the Thaipusam holiday which ends on Monday.
On the following day, Malaysiakini reported:
Constitutional expert: Sultan can't sack Nizar - Constitutional expert professor Aziz A Bari today said that the Sultan of Perak had no powers under the state constitution to "hire or fire" a menteri besar.
He said that while that was the position before independence, the post-Merdeka constitution made it very clear that the menteri besar does not hold office at the sultan's pleasure.
Rewind to October 15, 2008:
Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, who sat with Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Alaudin Mohd Sheriff, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, and Federal Court judges Datuk Arifin Zakaria and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin unanimously allowed the bank's suit against the former king.
The court also dismissed Tuanku Ja'afar's counter-suit against the bank for a declaration that the bank was not entitled in law to uplift his fixed deposit to settle the sum of US$1 million.
The suit arose after Tuanku Ja'afar, on or about Feb 12, 1999, established through SCBMB a standby letter of credit valued at US$1 million made in favour of the Connecticut Bank of Commerce (CBC) in the United States for credit facilities to be extended to a U.S company called Texas Encore LLC (TEC).
According to the bank's counsel, Robert Lazar, the bank was entitled to withdraw the said amount from Tuanku Ja'afar fixed deposit.
-- BERNAMA
Oh yeah. Syed Hamid also said umpteenth times that no one was above the law.
Karpal to sue Perak sultan - DAP chairperson Karpal Singh has informed Sultan Azlan Shah and the new Perak government that he would take legal action against the two parties if they proceed with the swearing-in of the new BN team at 3.30pm today. He said he would file a legal suit next Tuesday if warranted after the Thaipusam holiday which ends on Monday.
On the following day, Malaysiakini reported:
Constitutional expert: Sultan can't sack Nizar - Constitutional expert professor Aziz A Bari today said that the Sultan of Perak had no powers under the state constitution to "hire or fire" a menteri besar.
He said that while that was the position before independence, the post-Merdeka constitution made it very clear that the menteri besar does not hold office at the sultan's pleasure.Rewind to October 15, 2008:
Special Court Orders Tuanku Ja'afar To Pay US$1 Mil To Bank
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Special Court which was set up to hear cases involving royalty today ordered the Yang Dipertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman, to pay US$1 million to Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad (SCBMB) after ruling that Tuanku Ja'afar has to honour the terms in a letter of credit.
Chief Justice Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad, who sat with Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Alaudin Mohd Sheriff, Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum, and Federal Court judges Datuk Arifin Zakaria and Datuk Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin unanimously allowed the bank's suit against the former king.
The court also dismissed Tuanku Ja'afar's counter-suit against the bank for a declaration that the bank was not entitled in law to uplift his fixed deposit to settle the sum of US$1 million.
The suit arose after Tuanku Ja'afar, on or about Feb 12, 1999, established through SCBMB a standby letter of credit valued at US$1 million made in favour of the Connecticut Bank of Commerce (CBC) in the United States for credit facilities to be extended to a U.S company called Texas Encore LLC (TEC).
According to the bank's counsel, Robert Lazar, the bank was entitled to withdraw the said amount from Tuanku Ja'afar fixed deposit.
-- BERNAMA
Oh yeah. Syed Hamid also said umpteenth times that no one was above the law.
1 comment:
Oh yeah.
Agree 100% to yuor comment.
Nobody is above the law after all!
You just nail the last coffin to those stupid Malay sceptics who said that it is treason to go against the Sultan's will eventhough they know damn well that the Sultan erred.
Even in Islam, sons/daughters are not allowed to respect their parents if proven beyond reasonable doubt that the elders have committed sins against Allah The Almighty.
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