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Despite fervent hopes that the morning of 29 Oct 2011 (Saturday) would dawn clear and bright to herald the momentous occasion that was about to unfold at the Bar Council premises, it was not to be.  On the contrary, the overcast skies barely allowed a few weak rays of sunshine through, and the usual din of Leboh Pasar Besar’s raucous morning traffic was absent, allowing one to hear all too clearly the distant rumbling of thunder, signalling imminent rain.  As staff members of the Bar Council Secretariat dashed around – fussing over umbrellas for guests and adjusting the red carpet one last time – there was no denying the palpable sense of anticipation mingled with solemnity that hung in the air.  The dedication and naming ceremony of the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, an event that could not have been stalled by a mere thunderstorm, was about to take place. 

Selasa, 29 November 2011 tempoh hari, saya bersama-sama dengan lebih kurang 1,000 peguam dan orang awam berarak ke Parlimen. Perarakan tersebut dikenali sebagai Walk For Freedom untuk membantah Rang Undang-undang Perhimpunan Awam 2011 yang telah dibentangkan di Dewan Rakyat (PA2011).

Perarakan itu bermula dari pintu masuk Kelab Taman Perdana Diraja dan berakhir di Parlimen. Perarakan itu dipelopori Majlis Peguam dan diketuai Presiden Badan Peguam, saudara Lim Chee Wee. Ketika di Parlimen, Majlis Peguam menyerahkan memorandum dan rang undang-undang alternatif yang dirangka oleh Majlis Peguam kepada Timbalan Menteri Di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk V K Liew.

Kausa kami adalah PA2011. Pada kami, PA2011 penuh dengan cacat dan cela. Ia tidak dirangka dengan teliti dan ada begitu banyak percanggahan dan kekhilafan. Ia juga mempunyai peruntukan yang lebih regresif berbanding undang-undang sedia ada.

Can a service provider collect rental after disconnecting a customer’s line?

A READER has a query regarding the disconnection of telephone lines. He says that when a person’s telephone line has been disconnected, the following message is heard when he picks up the phone: “Sorry, your fixed line has been temporarily disconnected. Please settle your bill and call 100 for reconnection.”

He wants to know if the providers of telephone services (which I shall refer to as service providers) can continue charging rental even after disconnecting a subscriber’s line? If so, on what basis can they do so?

A customer in such a situation may feel aggrieved that he was billed during the period when he did not have the full benefit of the facility.

The provision of a telephone line by the service provider to the customer is a purely contractual arrangement entered into between the parties. What the customer is entitled to and what his obligations are, depends on the contract that has been entered into.

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek has challenged Pakatan Rakyat to include its stand on hudud and its implementation in its general election manifesto and common agenda.

Pakatan, especially PAS, he said, should be transparent in its stand.

“Right now, there are conflicting signals from Pakatan leaders. Hudud should be in their common agenda since they always never do anything without consulting their partners.

“If the rakyat votes for PAS, DAP or PKR knowing full well that they will implement hudud law, then we should respect it as it is the voters' choice,” he said at a forum entitled “Hudud and its Implications on Non-Muslims in Malaysia” yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Putrajaya’s speed in passing a new law that bans street demonstrations has stunned the Bar Council and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) who revealed they were given a far different account of its contents at the draft stage.

The two statutory bodies disclosed too that Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had sought their views over the controversial Peaceful Assembly Bill but failed to provide them with written copies of the draft before its tabling in Parliament last November 22.