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by Ho Kit Yen
Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Md Noor’s six motions were filed against senior members of the Bar.
KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer’s move at the Malaysian Bar’s annual general meeting today to censure his peers for professional misconduct did not materialise.
Bar president George Varughese said Mohd Amir Sharil Bahari Md Noor’s six motions were not tabled because the complaints were not a matter to be debated at the AGM.
Amir had named a former Bar president, a state Bar chairman and current council members, accusing them of violating the Legal Profession Act 1976 (LPA) and rulings.
He wanted the incoming Bar committee to refer the lawyers to the Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board.
FMT has sighted the contents of the motions, but is legally bound not to reveal them.
Amir’s motion to ban the serving of alcoholic drinks at Bar events also was not tabled.
Varughese said it did comply with the provisions of the LPA.
“It was not (tabled) because we do not allow the alcohol ban motion to be discussed,” he said. “The contents were not appropriate to be discussed in the Bar.”
When it was tabled last year, 588 members voted against it, with nine in favour and 16 abstaining.
Meanwhile, several other motions were passed at today’s meeting, including one urging the government to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to investigate claims of cover–ups in Wang Kelian, Perlis, where the remains of suspected human trafficking victims were found in mass graves.
Other motions were on the government’s delay in enforcing the amended Dangerous Drugs Act and on abolishing mandatory death penalty, as well as on a proposal to study the introduction of “anticipatory bail” in Malaysia.