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News Legal/General News Opposition MPs submit motion to discuss Appeal Court judge 
| Opposition MPs submit motion to discuss Appeal Court judge |
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| Wednesday, 05 October 2011 09:37am | |
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©The Sun Daily (Used by permission) by Hemananthani Sivanandam KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 4, 2011): Sixty opposition MPs have submitted a joint motion to the Dewan Rakyat Secretary to discuss the conduct of a Court of Appeal judge who allegedly plagiarised a judgement of a Singapore High Court judge in a copyright case in 2000. Karpal Singh (DAP-Bukit Gelugor) said the motion, filed under Standing Order 27, read together with Standing Order 36 (8) and Article 127 of the Federal Constitution is to discuss the conduct of the judge, who was then the High Court of Malaya judge based in Johor Baru, for plagiarising the judgement of Singapore judge GP Selvam. “It is clearly misconduct of a very serious nature on his (the judge) part, bringing the Malaysian judiciary into disrepute,” said Karpal in a press conference at the Parliament lobby today. Karpal explained that he had sent a letter to the judge on Aug 22, and he was given seven days to reply on the allegations made, but there was no response from him. Karpal added that on Sept 29, he wrote another letter informing the judge that since there was no response from him to the allegation of plagiarism, that amounted to admission of that allegation. “Wherefore this House calls upon the Prime Minister to invoke the provisions of Article 125 (3) of the Federal Constitution with a view to referring the judge to a tribunal in accordance with clause 4, to remove him from office as Judge of the Court of Appeal, on the ground of serious misconduct which has brought the Malaysian judiciary into disrepute. “And wherefore pending any report by the tribunal under clause 3, he (the judge) be suspended forthwith as Judge of the Court of Appeal, Malaysia,” read the motion. Asked if the judge had plagiarised the judgement word for word, Karpal said judges are allowed to refer to judgements but it must be attributed. “(In this case) some portions were plagiarised word by word. He can adopt portions of the judgement but it must be quoted, he didn’t,” said Karpal. Set as favourite Share Email This Comments (0)
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