RPK in court now
Lim Kit Siang reports from the Sessions Court in PJ:
In Petaling Jaya sessions court now where the celebrated RPK sedition trial has just started.
Big crowd of RPK supporters and well-wishers including household names in Malaysian blogosphere like Haris Ibrahim, Zorro and Delcapo in court but space too limited to accommodate even a substantial number of people who had to overflow outside.
RPK in the dock looks his devilishly irreverent best ready to take on the powers-that-be although he has just become a freshie Internal Security Act detainee.
Let all bloggers and Malaysians concerned about human rights and Internet freedom come to PJ court to support RPK.
Malaysiakini reports that Raja Petra appears thinner, with long hair and a beard, and looks tired.
Meanwhiile, the Conference of Rulers will meet for three days in Kuala Terengganu next week to decide on a new chief justice following the compulsory retirement of Tun Abdul Hamid Mohamad on 17 Oct, reports the NST.
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WE THE MALAYSIAN MARINE CREW ON BOARD LAY BARGE HD2500, OFFSHORE ABU DHABI SHALL PRAY FOR RPK….FOR HIS VICTORY IS OUR VICTORY.
RPK with long hair???? huh???
Hi Anil,
How can I send a card to RPK, Marina and family…..? My heart aches for them. Total injustice…!!!!!
THANK YOU RPK…FOR YOUR COURAGE AND SACRIFICE..!!!! My family and I are 100% with you, Marina and family!!
This message carries 20 family signatures.
Folks, keep supporting Raja and be there tomorrow? Its was a fantastic experience. I get to shake hands with great people like Marina, Din Merican, YB LKS, Ronnie and some famous bloggers. You wanna feel what justice is all about? Be there.
There were really generous ppl too, who gave out free T-Shirts, drinks, and cakes. Of course stocks of T-shirts for sales were also available. A feeling of oneness was there, ppl of different races who share the same sadness but carries the same hope and resolve to see this through. Its difficult to express in words. I felt sad but at the same time cannot help but admire and inspired by the rest. Many ladies, husband and wife team were there too. Thanks to everyone for showing good conduct, it was peaceful and the police have an easy day. I’ll be there again tomorrow. If you are lucky, (enough space)in the court, you can also listen to the preceeding - In ENGLISH!! Not bad ya? Come Bro and Sis of One Bangsa. See you there!
So, the Conference of Rulers are meeting soon to choose a new Chief Justice?
Well, let’s hope the Rulers have it in them to make a really good choice. Once again, they have a golden opportunity to move judicial reform forward. Will they grab this opportunity firmly with both hands or will they end up picking someone wishy-washy who will only look to preserving the judiciary’s present ignominious status quo, i.e allow judicial rot to continue and for mediocrity to prevail on the bench?
We have enough of timid judges (and clueless magistrates!) in the courts who only too easily kow-tow to executive power at the moment. Malaysia needs someone brave, ethical and intellectually razor-sharp to reform our judiary and equip it for our country’s brave new future.
Oh no, I just hope we do not see Tun Zaki as CJ…….
I too, wish to send a card to RPK and family. But was hesitant to
send it to Kamunting because chances are they might just bin it.
My heart aches and my tears roll down when i see the pic of
RPK. RPK has thinned down…
Marina, I feel your pain and i want to thank you for sharing RPK with the Rakyat. Thank you for your selfless love!
RPK and Marina, you have sacrificed heaps for the people.
Please remember your labour is not in vain.
The people love you too.
God bless RPK, Marina and all in the family!
Let’s all pray for a fair and just trial
For not just one person but whole nation is on trial
With not just written laws but common sense also on trial
We pray for wisdom and justice for all involved in the trial
(C) Samuel Goh Kim Eng - 061008
http://MotivationInMotion.blogspot.com
Mon. 6th Oct. 2008.
RAJA PETRA, BAPAK DEMOKRASI MALAYSIA
RAJA PETRA, FATHER OF DEMOCRATIC MALAYSIA
RPK, Your name is engraved in Malaysian History as The Great Warrior of Truth, Justice and Peace.
Peace be with you, Mahatma, O Great Soul!
I started tearing up just looking at him as he got down from the van. He looked so rundown and weak, carrying that plastic bag within his handcuffed hands. I just cried!
Later inside the court, I think he morphed into his usual self when he saw and felt the vibes of love and support from his many fans.
At least he got a decent meal today and his loved ones were close by. God Bless you dear Raja Petra
CHIEF JUSTICE
At the 14th Malaysian Law Conference held on 30th Oct 2007 Sultan Azlan Shah, a former Lord President, in his opening address said :
“It is time for the judiciary to regain the public’s confidence and bring back the glory years.” The Sultan called for major reforms in the judiciary. He said it was time for the judiciary to regain the public’s confidence and bring back the glory years. For this, he added, mere cosmetic changes were not enough.
The Perak ruler said recent reports about “disturbing events” relating to the judiciary, together with other serious criticisms against it were cause for concern.
“I am driven nostalgically to look back to a time when our judiciary was the pride of the region and our neighbours spoke admiringly of our legal system.“We were then second to none and the judgments of our courts were quoted confidently in other common law jurisdictions,” said Sultan Azlan Shah, a former Lord President.
There was no reason why judges, with the security of tenure they enjoyed under the Constitution, could not discharge their duties impartially, confidently and competently. Judges, said Sultan Azlan, had to be both independent and competent. Therefore, he said, judges had to piously resist the lure of socialising with business personages and other well-connected people.
“Nothing destroys more the confidence the general public, or the business community has in the judiciary than the belief that the judge was biased when he decided a case, or that the judge would not be independent where powerful individuals or corporations are the litigants before him,” This is indeed a poor reflection on our courts,” the Sultan said.
“Only last week, I read in the latest Malaysian law report that a case of medical negligence involving the death of a lawyer took 23 years to reach the Court of Appeal. “Surely, such a situation cannot be tolerated in any progressive nation.”
Sultan Azlan Shah also said he was reminded of a proud accolade of the late former Lord President Tun Suffian Hashim in his Braddell Memorial Lecture in 1982:
“ …while we judges cannot help being Malay or Chinese or Indian; or being Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu or whatever, we strive not to be too identified with any particular race or religion — so that nobody reading our judgment with our name deleted could, with confidence, identify our race or religion and so that the various communities, are assured that we will not allow their rights to be trampled underfoot”.
Accolrding to the Sultan it was in the judiciary that the people placed their trust and hope. “It is my earnest hope that the Malaysian judiciary will regain the public’s confidence and it will once again be held in the high esteem as it once was held,”
We trust the Rulers select a right candidate for the important post
of Chief Justice - irrespective of Ethnicity as we need Law Reform
in this country.