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The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the VK Lingam video clip has recommended that former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad be investigated under various laws for his role in the appointment of judges.

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Other luminaries to face investigation are former chief justices Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim and Eusoff Chin, senior lawyer VK Lingam, former minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and business tycoon Vincent Tan.

This was revealed by de facto law minister Zaid Ibrahim in Putrajaya today after announcing the cabinet has decided that appropriate action would be taken against the said individuals.

In its 191-page report, the commission recommended that they be investigated under a slew of laws – Sedition Act, Official Secrets Act, Penal Code, Prevention of Corruption Act and the Legal Profession Act.

Zaid said the cabinet has agreed for the Attorney General’s Chambers to institute immediate investigations against the six.

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Nationwide Protest for Urgent reference for P.Uthayakumar to IJN

Protest demanding proper IJN medical treatment for P.Uthayakumar

There will be people force this Sunday 11-5-08 at various spots of the nation in demanding the Home Minister and Health Minister to immediatelly refer Hindraf Leader P.Uthayakumar to IJN for further medical treatment.

P.Uthayakumar whom have diagnose of mild heart heart during the detention in Kamunting was request for further medical treatment in IJN by his family and supporters since last month.
Memo and appeals were sent to PM Office and Home Minister regarding this by his family members but there was no response from both the office about this.
His condition has become even worse, acknowledge by his family member in the recent visit last weekend.
He went thru ECO test last Monday in Taiping GH and was told to refer to IJN for further test but later his was taken back to Kamunting and till today his was not refer to IJN !!

We have to show BIG protest to this ignorance government and HOME Minister whom ‘playing’ with P.Uthayakumar life intentionally. P.Uthayakumar and other Hindraf leader have sacrificed much for the betterment of Malaysian Indians, let us show our gratitude to them.

Pls support this protest at below spots :-
Date – 11th May 2008 ( SUNDAY)
Time – 11. 00 am to 1.00 pm

1. Penang – at Gurney Drive Roundabout .
2. Ipoh – at Ipoh, JUSCO area
3. KL – KLCC front enterance

Pls do contact the area coordinators for furthyer info.

All humanity people are invited to join the force.
This is our time to show to help our hero to get the medical treatment.

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The tranquil suburb of Bandar Mahkota Cheras (BMC) descended into chaos last night when police doused some 500 residents with water cannons and fired dozens of tear gas canisters into the crowd.

During the melee, Segambut member of parliament Lim Lip Eng and BMC Open Road Committee chairperson Tan Boon Hwa were allegedly assaulted by plainclothes police officers.

The incident occurred shortly after Lim arrived at the scene at about 10pm to lend support to the residents who had gathered at the Bandar Tun Hussien Onn intersection of the Kajang-Cheras Highway.

The highway concessionaire Grand Saga Sdn Bhd was in the midst of erecting a concrete barrier – for the third time – aimed at thwarting the BMC residents from entering the intersection and thus bypassing a toll booth on the highway.

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The Syariah Court in Penang has allowed a Chinese convert to renounce Islam in a rare decision today.

Apostasy, or renouncing the faith, is one of the gravest sins in Islam and a very sensitive issue in Malaysia where the Islamic courts have rarely allowed such renunciations and have also jailed apostates.

Syariah Court judge Othman Ibrahim said he had no choice but to allow an application by cook Siti Fatimah Tan Abdullah to renounce her faith and return to Buddhism.

“The court has no choice but to declare that Siti Fatimah Tan Abdullah is no longer a Muslim as she has never practised the teachings of Islam,” Othman told a packed courtroom.

“I order the conversion certificate to be nullified,” he added.

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DAP Kota Alam Shah assemblyperson M Manoharan was sworn in at 9am today in front of Selangor Speaker Teng Chang Khim at the Kamunting detention camp in Taiping.

The last among the 56 Selangor state representatives to be sworn in, the swearing-in ceremony lasted just 10 minutes.

Other state representatives of Selangor were sworn in at the Dewan Undangan Negeri in Shah Alam on April 22.

Among those present to witness the ceremony were his wife and three children, lawyers and legal advisers from the state, Home Ministry and the Prisons Department. A simple lunch was served after the ceremony.

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