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by Royce Cheah

• Bar Council welcomes move
• About the CLP

KUALA LUMPUR: The Certificate of Legal Practice (CLP) will soon be scrapped in favour of the Common Bar Course (CBC) and Common Bar Exam (CBE), Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said.

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by V. Vasudevan and Marc Joseph

KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday reiterated that he had never known or met murdered Mongolian model Altantuya Shaariibuu.

"Despite the wild allegations against me, I believe it is best for me not to comment as the matter is still being heard in court.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Businessman Loh Mui Fah has hinted that more surprises were in store if the complete recording of the V.K. Lingam video clip was shown.

Mui Fah, whose son Gwo Burne had recorded the clip, said more people may be incriminated besides former Chief Justice Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim.

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KLANG: DAP central committee member and Selangor State Assembly Speaker Teng Chang Khim says he is “too small” for his comments to be dignified by party chairman Karpal Singh.

“He is an almighty in the party, I’m only a small fry. Would I even dare to assume that he would dignify my comments?” asked Teng.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah Umno deputy chief Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal has come out strongly to condemn political crossovers as immoral.

"Crossing over is not impossible. But what (Datuk Seri) Anwar Ibrahim is doing is immoral.

"It's the basic fundamental of democracy - the people's right to chose - that he's trying to wipe out. People have given their mandate.

The role of the Rulers within the framework of the Federal Constitution is manifold. There are instances where they act on advice, where they have a discretion, and where they (the Conference of Rulers) are consulted (as in the appointments of the Chief Justice, Chief Judges of the High Courts and the Auditor General, to name a few). We have also seen in many instances the important advisory role they have played, and the moderating influence they have had in decision-making processes.

• Bar Council panel to review syllabus
• Bar Council welcomes move

Contributed by the Human Rights Committee

The Committee is deeply disappointed with the decision of the Federal Court on 14 May 2008 dismissing the habeas corpus appeals of Manoharan a/l Malayalam, Uthayakumar a/l Ponnusamy, Kengadharan a/l Ramasamy, Ganabatirau a/l Veraman and Vasantha Kumar Krishnan currently being detained without trial under the Internal Security Act 1960 (“ISA”).

We recall the Bar’s resolution of 27 November 1987 that the detention of persons without trial as provided for by the ISA is in violation of the rule of law, human rights and the principles of democratic Government.

• Internal Security Act not cruel, says IGP

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PUTRAJAYA, May 14 (Bernama) -- The five Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) leaders will continue to remain behind bars at the Kamunting detention centre in Taiping, Perak.

This follows the Federal Court ruling today that their detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) is lawful.