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This is an article taken from the Malaysian Bar website which I received... **************************** Walk for Justice: "When lawyers walk, something must be very wrong" Contributed by Web Reporter Wednesday, 26 September 2007, 04:41pm PUTRAJAYA, Wed : "Lawyers don't walk everyday. Not even every month. But when they walk, then something must be very wrong," said Chairman of the Bar Council Ambiga Sreenevasan when addressing a strong crowd of more than 2,000 members of the Malaysian Bar and some concerned citizens at the Palace of Justice before the commencement of the walk to the Prime Minister's office to hand over the Bar's memoranda urging the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to probe the state of judiciary. Earlier, seven buses ferrying members of the Bar and public from Kuala Lumpur were denied entry to Putrajaya. Frustrated with the police tactics which included sending a helicopter hovering above the crowd, Bar Councillor Edm...

After 50 years of independence, Malaysian lawyers have to do a march to protest to save our judiciary which is not independent??? What independence then do we have? What have we been celebrating all these years? With regards to the famous "Lingam Tape" Nazri, the Minister in the Prime Minister office has to issue a statement on behalf of the Chief Justice saying that “I am his minister”. He said: “I am his minister. I am the minister in charge of legal affairs. He is clever enough to know that the reporters will ask me for a response.” [from an article found in a local paper] Nazri, has just reinstated the core issue of the “Lingam Tape” where everyone is questioning the independence of our judiciary system. His statement goes to show that the fundamental doctrine on the separation of powers of the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary does not exist at all. He seemed to claim that the CJ knew about this and therefore has allowed Nazri, his superior to answer for him. ...

I have so far never had any interest in politics nor have any political statements to make. But there are times when we found ourselves no longer able to deny the fact that everything that is happening with the politician had in fact, everything to do with us, we cannot just sit back and shut up. There will be a point of time in our lives we will unwittingly find ourselves at a crossroad - to shut up or to stand for our rights. The disclosure of the notorious “Lingam Tape” had put us in a situation that we all cannot just ignore. The question that remain…is the tape authentic? If so who revealed it? An allied of the people or an enemy of the state. The silence of the Chief Justice is deafening. The comments by Nazri telling us not to blow it out of proportion…is nothing but shocking. The billion ringgit courthouse, the pride of the country but the shame of the people. I therefore support the march by the Bar Council on 26 Sept 2007 to save our Judiciary.

Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad its Moorish style was built in 1897 to house various administrative departments of the British Government at that time and was later converted to house the Supreme and High Courts of Malaya. I remembered spending an average of 3 days in a week in that building when I started my chambering. How lost was I on my first few weeks. The building itself a mystery and wonder with its underground passages and hidden offices, with narrow staircase hidden behind pillars leading to the Session Court Registry. And most of all, the one person whom all chambering students had to dealt with. He would bark at us, chambees if we were to file our papers wrongly. At the same time, he is the very person who guided us through with those complicated papers. He would tell me what is to be filed, "Yeah, you keep this and frame it up, while you can give this to your mother-in-law!" Today the courts have shifted to this... Kuala Lumpur Court Complex The Courtyard The Recept...