BERA: A new hire-purchase Act in accordance with Islamic principles will be introduced, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said a study of the draft Act was being discussed with a panel comprising Islamic economists and Muslim consumer associations, and it was being finalised.
The draft would also look into examples of Islamic legislation used in other countries.
Ismail Sabri said the new Act, called the Islamic Hire-Purchase Act, seeks to settle issues and financing problems usually found in common hire-purchase legislation, such as the Hire Purchase Act 1964 and Pawnbrokers Act 1972.
SHAH ALAM 10 Feb. - Keluarga Teoh Beng Hock hari ini memfailkan notis rayuan terhadap keputusan Mahkamah Tinggi di sini yang menolak permohonan untuk menyemak keputusan terbuka oleh Mahkamah Koroner bagi inkues menyiasat kematian setiausaha politik Exco Selangor itu.
Notis rayuan tersebut difailkan oleh abang Beng Hock, Teoh Meng Kee di kaunter pendaftaran Mahkamah Tinggi di sini pada pukul 2.45 petang.
Beliau hadir ditemani peguam yang mewakilinya, Gobind Singh Deo.
Beng Hock, 30, setiausaha politik kepada Ean Yong Hian Wah ditemui mati pada 16 Julai 2009 selepas memberi keterangan di pejabat Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Selangor yang ketika itu terletak di tingkat 14, Plaza Masalam, Shah Alam.
PUTRAJAYA 10 Feb. - Mahkamah Rayuan menetapkan 9 Mac depan bagi satu lagi pengurusan kes berhubung rayuan Cif Inspektor Azilah Hadri dan Koperal Sirul Azhar Umar atas sabitan dan hukuman mati kerana membunuh wanita Mongolia, Altantuya Shaariibuu, hampir enam tahun lalu.
Tarikh tersebut ditetapkan semasa pengurusan kes berkenaan di hadapan Timbalan Pendaftar, N. Kanageswari hari ini. Jika semua urusan dokumentasi berjalan lancar, tarikh rayuan kelak akan ditentukan pada hari tersebut.
Peguam J. Kuldeep Kumar yang mewakili Azilah, 34, ketika ditemui pemberita memberitahu, anak guamnya belum memfailkan petisyen rayuan kerana pihaknya masih belum menerima alasan penghakiman Mahkamah Tinggi.
Menurut beliau, ketiadaan alasan penghakiman menjadikan rekod rayuan yang diperoleh tidak lengkap dan menyebabkan pihaknya tidak dapat memfailkan petisyen yang mengandungi alasan-alasan rayuan.
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set Sept 24 and Sept 25 to hear former Universiti Islam Antarabangsa (UIA) law professor Dr Abdul Aziz Bari’s defamation suit against Kulim Bandar Baru MP Datuk Zulkifli Noordin and Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd.
High Court judge Justice Zabariah Mohd Yusof fixed the date after issuing orders for the parties in chambers yesterday.
Lawyer Azhana Mohd Khairudin acted for the professor while counsel Rohanidah Shafie appeared on behalf of Utusan.
Rohanidah later said the judge had ordered the parties to file various documents including statement of agreed facts and issues to be tried by April 13.
KUALA LUMPUR: A Coroner’s Court heard that there was no tear gas chemical detected on taxi driver Baharudin Ahmad’s body and clothes.
Chemist Dr Mohd Sukri Hassan, 50, the 18th inquest witness, said the substance was not found in the blood, urine and organ specimens, and neither was it detected on the clothes when he conducted the analysis.
He conducted the analysis in stages for two weeks beginning July 13 to detect alcohol, drugs and toxic in the blood, urine, stomach content, bile juice and on Baharudin’s T-shirt and pants.
“However, two types of drugs Diphehydramine and Chlorpheniramine used in cough syrup, were found in the urine and bile juice specimens,” said Dr Mohd Sukri who is attached to the Chemist Department of Malaysia in Petaling Jaya.
SHAH ALAM: A lawyer told the court how he regretted committing a criminal breach of trust (CBT), saying the action resulted in him losing everything – his properties and reputation.
Nik Abdul Rahman Nik Mat was sentenced to four years in jail after he was found guilty of committing criminal breach of trust worth RM213,795 – money that was supposed to be paid to a property developer.
Nik Abdul Rahman was entrusted with the money as an agent to chemist Abidah Basiron from the Chemistry Department. The money was to be paid to Sime UEP Development Sdn Bhd.
Nik Abdul Rahman, in his 60s, committed the offence at Messrs Rahman & Co, No 16A, Jalan SS15/4C in Subang Jaya on Feb 13, 2003.
Speech by Khairil Azmi b Haji Mohamad Hasbie, President of Advocates’ Association of Sarawak, at the Opening of Sabah and Sarawak Legal Year 2012 (Bintulu, 3 Feb 2012)
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1.Introduction
1.1.May it please your Lordships, Chief Justice of Malaysia, Chief Judge of the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, Federal Court Judge, High Court Judges, Judicial Commissioner,
1.2.Honourable Federal Attorney General, Honourable State Attorney General of Sarawak, Honourable State Attorney General of Sabah, President of the Sabah Law Associations, Chairman of the Malaysian Bar and Members of the Bench and Bars from Sabah and Sarawak.
1.3.It is indeed my honour and privilege to be able to address esteemed members of the Bench and the Bar in the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in Bintulu marking the Opening of Legal Year 2012.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Personal Data Protection Act may be implemented this year after enforcement personnel and department staff have been trained, said Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.
“This is to ensure that all parties understand the law before it is enforced. Awareness programmes are also on-going for consumers and those in the industry,” he said after opening the new Personal Data Protection Department and awareness seminar here yesterday.
Training, he added, would be given to members of the Attorney-General's Chambers and the police. The Act was gazetted in June 2010.
Dr Rais said the Act aimed to protect people's personal data, such as bank account details, credit card information, medical history, blood type and communication details, to ensure it was not abused.
PUTRAJAYA: Although Karpal Singh as a Member of Parliament and prominent lawyer has the right to make political comments and express his views on the Constitution and laws, the rights and freedom of speech enshrined in the Federal Constitution are not absolute, the Appeals Court has ruled.
Justice Datuk Ahmad Ma'arop, in his 105-page judgment, said the freedom of speech as guaranteed in the constitution meant a person had the right to speak, write or publish anything he or she liked as long as they did not break the laws.
As such, he said, what was uttered by Karpal Singh at a press conference in 2009 regarding Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak over the political crisis in the state then, had exceeded the boundaries permitted by laws and amounted to sedition.
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