

If you think this is just Anwar’s problem, then, think again because if the justice system in Malaysia is damaged beyond repair, then, all Malaysians could be confronted with situations like Kugan, Anwar and a whole host of other abusive and life threatening occasions experienced by the less fortunate.
HALL OF SHAME

Mohd Eusoff Chin
DISGRACE#01 Mohd Eusoff Chin, Chief Justice of Malaysia from 1994 – 2000, subjected himself to the worst kind of corruption, by ‘tagging’ along lawyer V.K. Lingam on a family vacation in New Zealand in 1994. He subsequently lied to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Lingam tape scandal.

S. Augustine Paul
DISGRACE#02 S. Augustine Paul, currently Federal Court judge, subjected himself to be a political whore when in 1998, while being a Kuala Lumpur high court judge, participated in the political conspiracy orchestrated by then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. He put through a show trial of then-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and subsequently convicted the latter of sodomy and corruption. Among his notorieties, he allowed the prosecution to change the time of offence three times when Anwar’s lawyers provided the alibi.

Ahmad Fairuz bin Sheikh Abdul Halim
DISGRACE#03 Ahmad Fairuz bin Sheikh Abdul Halim, Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2003 to 2007, was taped in the ‘judicial fixing’ scandal where he was heard in conversation with lawyer V.K. Lingam, on how to get Fairuz to be elevated as chief justice of Malaysia. He subsequently lied to the Royal Commission of Inquiry that he was not the other party in the said telephone conversation.

Ridwan bin Ibrahim
DISGRACE#04 Ridwan bin Ibrahim, currently judicial commissioner of Ipoh high court, participated in the aftermath of Perak state coup by Najib Tun Razak. He first created the stir when he infamously ruled that five lawyers appointed by Perak State Speaker V. Sivakumar had no locus standi to represent Sivakumar. The astonishing ruling forced Sivakumar to be unrepresented effectively, as his ruling also stated that Sivakumar can only be represented by the state legal advisor, who has been shown to be colluding with the illegal menteri besar Zambry.

Ramly bin Hj Ali
DISGRACE#05 Ramly bin Hj Ali, currently a judge at the Court of Appeal, took side on the Perak MB vs. MB on May 12, 2009 when he alone heard the appeal from BN menteri besar Zambry and granted him stay of execution on the High Court ruling, which declared Nizar as the legitimate menteri besar. Ramly’s hearing the appeal alone was a serious departure from the norm of the Court of Appeal, which hears cases in panel of at least three judges.

Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi
DISGRACE#06 Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi, currently a judge at Kuala Lumpur high court, dismissed on Apr 1, 2009, Perak state assembly speaker V. Sivakumar’s application to strike out summons by brought by the three independent assemblymen, seeking a declaration that Sivakumar’s order to declare their assembly seats vacant was illegal.
Balia Yusof’s decision is a stark violation of the very fundamental of separations of powers, where proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State cannot be intervened by the court.

Alauddin bin Mohd. Sheriff
DISGRACE#07 Alauddin bin Mohd. Sheriff, currently president of the Court of Appeal, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”.

Arifin bin Zakaria
DISGRACE#08 Arifin bin Zakaria, currently Chief Judge of Malaya, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”.

Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin
DISGRACE#09 Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin, currently Federal Court judge, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”.

Nik Hashim Nik Ab. Rahman
DISGRACE#10 Nik Hashim Nik Ab. Rahman, former Federal Court judge, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”.

Mohd Zaki bin Md. Yasin
DISGRACE#11 Mohd Zaki bin Md. Yasin, currently judge at Shah Alam High Court, presided the mock trial of Altantuya murder case, which eventually acquitted Abdul Razak Baginda, a close associate of then deputy prime minister Najib Tun Razak,
HALL OF SHAME
![]() Mohd Eusoff Chin DISGRACE#01 Mohd Eusoff Chin, Chief Justice of Malaysia from 1994 – 2000, subjected himself to the worst kind of corruption, by ‘tagging’ along lawyer V.K. Lingam on a family vacation in New Zealand in 1994. He subsequently lied to the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Lingam tape scandal. |
![]() S. Augustine Paul DISGRACE#02 S. Augustine Paul, currently Federal Court judge, subjected himself to be a political whore when in 1998, while being a Kuala Lumpur high court judge, participated in the political conspiracy orchestrated by then prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. He put through a show trial of then-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and subsequently convicted the latter of sodomy and corruption. Among his notorieties, he allowed the prosecution to change the time of offence three times when Anwar’s lawyers provided the alibi. |
![]() Ahmad Fairuz bin Sheikh Abdul Halim DISGRACE#03 Ahmad Fairuz bin Sheikh Abdul Halim, Chief Justice of Malaysia from 2003 to 2007, was taped in the ‘judicial fixing’ scandal where he was heard in conversation with lawyer V.K. Lingam, on how to get Fairuz to be elevated as chief justice of Malaysia. He subsequently lied to the Royal Commission of Inquiry that he was not the other party in the said telephone conversation. |
![]() Ridwan bin Ibrahim DISGRACE#04 Ridwan bin Ibrahim, currently judicial commissioner of Ipoh high court, participated in the aftermath of Perak state coup by Najib Tun Razak. He first created the stir when he infamously ruled that five lawyers appointed by Perak State Speaker V. Sivakumar had no locus standi to represent Sivakumar. The astonishing ruling forced Sivakumar to be unrepresented effectively, as his ruling also stated that Sivakumar can only be represented by the state legal advisor, who has been shown to be colluding with the illegal menteri besar Zambry. |
![]() Ramly bin Hj Ali DISGRACE#05 Ramly bin Hj Ali, currently a judge at the Court of Appeal, took side on the Perak MB vs. MB on May 12, 2009 when he alone heard the appeal from BN menteri besar Zambry and granted him stay of execution on the High Court ruling, which declared Nizar as the legitimate menteri besar. Ramly’s hearing the appeal alone was a serious departure from the norm of the Court of Appeal, which hears cases in panel of at least three judges. |
![]() Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi DISGRACE#06 Balia Yusof bin Haji Wahi, currently a judge at Kuala Lumpur high court, dismissed on Apr 1, 2009, Perak state assembly speaker V. Sivakumar’s application to strike out summons by brought by the three independent assemblymen, seeking a declaration that Sivakumar’s order to declare their assembly seats vacant was illegal. Balia Yusof’s decision is a stark violation of the very fundamental of separations of powers, where proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State cannot be intervened by the court. |
![]() Alauddin bin Mohd. Sheriff DISGRACE#07 Alauddin bin Mohd. Sheriff, currently president of the Court of Appeal, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”. |
![]() Arifin bin Zakaria DISGRACE#08 Arifin bin Zakaria, currently Chief Judge of Malaya, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”. |
![]() Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin DISGRACE#09 Zulkefli bin Ahmad Makinudin, currently Federal Court judge, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”. |
![]() Nik Hashim Nik Ab. Rahman DISGRACE#10 Nik Hashim Nik Ab. Rahman, former Federal Court judge, ruled on Apr 16, 2009 that Perak Assembly Speaker V Sivakumar does not have the power to suspend Mentri Besar Datuk Zambry Abd Kadir and six state executive council members from attending the assembly. It is a decision that was made in blatant defiance of Article 72 (1) of the Federal Constitution which says,”The validity of any proceedings in the Legislative Assembly of any State shall not be questioned in any court”. |
![]() Mohd Zaki bin Md. Yasin DISGRACE#11 Mohd Zaki bin Md. Yasin, currently judge at Shah Alam High Court, presided the mock trial of Altantuya murder case, which eventually acquitted Abdul Razak Baginda, a close associate of then deputy prime minister Najib Tun Razak, |
On February 10, the Supreme Court threw out yet another petition seeking to reinstate L K Advani as an accused in the trial of the conspiracy to demolish Babri Masjid. This is despite a host of circumstances pointing to the probability of Advani, NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the upcoming election, being involved in the conspiracy. Not the least of which was his notorious rath yatra in the run-up to the demolition. And the testimony of the IPS officer in charge of his security, Anju Gupta, stating that his speech on the spot minutes before the demolition had added fuel to the fire.
On February 13, in the first of the Nithari serial killing cases to be decided, a trial court pronounced death sentence on Moninder Singh Pandher for a murder that took place when he was far away in Australia. And for the murder of a girl who he did not even know. As the prosecution admitted, there was no evidence to suggest that it was at Pandher's instance that his servant Surender Koli had raped and killed 14-year-old Rimpa Haldar, the victim who lived in a slum near his house. Yet, Pandher was held to be a conspirator mainly because his sexual profligacy was found to have brought out depravity in his servant.
The two interpretations
We just don't seem to get it. The normal standards of accountability don't apply to judges. We are unable to grasp their argument that, much as it is desirable in other institutions, transparency in the judiciary will compromise its independence, a larger constitutional value. Hence, we persist with the folly of expecting judges to be swept away by the wave of transparency triggered by RTI.
This is evident from the two latest attacks on judges on July 17. First, this incorrigible sceptic, Prashant Bhushan, mobilised a statement from 25 eminent citizens denouncing a proposed Bill, which prohibits the declarations of assets made by judges to their respective chiefs from being made public. The statement fails to appreciate Law Minister Veerappa Moily's sensitivity in coming up with a draft that reflects a consensus among judges. As if that were not bad enough, the statement is cheeky enough to suggest that, following the example of their American counterparts, our Lordships too should be transparent about their assets so that we could point out any "unusual accretion" or "false declaration".
But it is not just civil society that is being irreverent to judges. For, the same day, just before shutting for the weekend, the Central Information Commission (CIC) released an order where it repeated its folly of trying to bring the Chief Justice of India under the ambit of RTI. It once again demolished the CJI's position that he need not disclose any information lying in his custody as he was independent and distinct from the Supreme Court, which is a public authority under RTI.
It may be recalled that when CJI K G Balakrishnan had first taken this view about a year ago, it was very much in the context of declarations of assets. Since those declarations were in his custody, the CJI held then that the Supreme Court registry would not entertain any RTI queries concerning them. Yet, in its latest order in another case, the CIC defied the CJI saying, "The institution and its head cannot be two distinct Public Authorities. They are one and the same. Information, therefore, available with the Chief Justice of India must be deemed to be available with the Supreme Court of India."
Like us, the CIC too doesn't seem to get it. The general logic doesn't apply to judges. When others take refuge in opacity, we are justified in suspecting that they are hiding corruption. But when judges wrap themselves in a veil of secrecy, we have to take it that they are actually doing so for our good, so that they are not distracted by allegations of corruption against themselves.
One way of coming to terms with this distinction is to re-adopt the outdated notion that king could do no wrong. Going by his logic, Justice Balakrishnan does seem to suggest some such blanket immunity to judges. If some judge has made an unusual accretion to his assets or has made a false declaration of them, it should be no cause for concern to us, the consumers of justice. It's time we realised that judges have their inscrutable reasons. We should just be grateful to them for whatever justice they dispense to us, in their magnanimity and in their good time. Don't bring the notions of accountability and transparency into this one-of-a-kind relationship.
Once the justice system is irreparably damaged, then, the darker side of jealousy or opportunists will creep beyond the less fortunate onto other innocent parties like you and me. This will be because if the institutions of the nation are able to manipulate our country’s democratic rights without any consequences, then, our enemies or disenchanted acquaintances will be able to do an “Anwar” or “Kugan” on you if they so choose and can afford it or have good contact to execute it!
Nobody will be safe if we do not stand up and voice out our opposition to gross manipulation of our democratic system underpinned by our pillars of democracy. The politicians are very sensitive to public opinions and when the public overwhelmingly demands that they stop destroying our democracy, they will have no choice but to follow suit because every citizen holds the power to send them to oblivion through the ballot boxes.
Make use of your voice and your vote!
Charge Saiful for making a false report and causing all the trouble. Send him to jail to share with perverts so that he can fulfill his dream TIME: Circa 2006 LOCATION: THE UNITED STATESof TANAH MELAYU

The Curtains are raised and we see a darkened stage. Lights fade in. The scene begins in “THE WAR ROOM” a shadowy enclave hidden deep in the recesses of the nation’s Pentagon complex. A cool, chic black wooden conference table (Looks at the audience right before he says – ), made in Japan, sits in the middle of the football shaped room replete with a highly advanced, 360 degree, virtual reality digital map of the World adorning all sides of the room. A dimly lit light, (Looks at the audience), made in Korea hangs from the ceiling creating a dark, shadowy “war room-esque” atmosphere. There is also a mechanical horsie (Looks at the audience), Made in Mexico, located in the “play” corner. This notorious room is used by the nation’s political dignitaries only when discussing the most urgent, pressing matters of national security.
discussing the most urgent, pressing matters of national security.






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