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6 theSun | TUESDAY APRIL 28 2009

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I accept Gobind’s suit,


Saidin
(left) with
counsel
says speaker
Muhammad by Giam Say Khoon after meeting lawmakers from On former prime minister Tun
Shafee newsdesk@thesundaily.com Australia and Korea in his office Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s seat
outside the at Parliament yesterday. in the house, Pandikar said Ab-

Court clears former


High Court KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Pandikar said everyone has dullah, who is the Kepala Batas
in Shah Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar the right to summon another MP, may be asked to sit with vet-
Alam. Amin Mulia has accepted the le- person and there is no need for eran MPs like Tengku Razaleigh
gal action by Puchong MP Gobind him to comment on the issue. Hamzah (BN-Gua Musang) and

exco member Singh Deo, who was suspended


for a year for insulting the speaker
and Prime Minister Datuk Seri
As the speaker, he only wants
to do his job to ensure a smooth
parliament sitting.
Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (BN-Kuala
Kangsar).
Earlier, Pandikar also offici-
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here On Aug 1, 2002, sessions court Najib Abdul Razak. “If such an order cannot even ated at the first meeting of the
yesterday set aside the conviction judge Suraya Othman sentenced “I accept the summons and I be followed by the MPs, there is Asean inter-parliamentary as-
and sentence for corruption of Saidin to a year in jail and a fine of will answer it,” he told reporters no need for the Parliament to sit,” sembly (Aipa) caucus. Delegates
former Selangor executive council- RM10,000 and also ordered him to he said. from the Asean countries, except
lor Datuk Saidin Thamby in 2002. pay a RM1 million penalty to the Pandikar said he did not wish Thailand, are attending the three-
“God is great,” Saidin said after federal government after finding to see the repeat of such an inci- day meeting.
the court announced its decision. him guilty. dent when the Parliament sitting In his speech, Pandikar said
“I feel relieved. After waiting for She granted him a stay of all the resumes on June 16. the caucus will provide a platform
a long time, finally, my name is now orders pending appeal to the High Asked if he agreed with DAP for regular interaction among the
clean,” he added, wiping away tears Court. Saidin was also granted bail chairman and Bukit Gelugor MP Aipa members.
outside the courtroom. of RM150,000. Karpal Singh, who said the Fed- It will also monitor the imple-
Saidin, 72, a former assembly- Yesterday, Justice Datuk Su Geok eral Court’s decision two weeks mentation of Aipa resolutions,
man for Paya Jaras, was charged Yiam allowed his appeal against ago in the suit brought against especially on enhancing regional
with taking a RM1 million reward the conviction and sentence and Perak Speaker V. Sivakumar cooperation, and ensure that
on March 15, 1997 from Nusantara also dismissed the prosecution’s had set a precedent for Gobind’s they are conveyed to the Asean
Network Sdn Bhd chairman Datuk cross-appeal against the one-year suspension to be taken up to the governments.
Dr Hanifah Nordin for helping the jail term. apex court, Pandikar said that “On the harmonisation of
company obtain government land Senior Federal Counsel Datuk since the suit was filed last week, laws, two laws on combating
in Batu Caves town for develop- Abdul Razak Musa, of the Anti-Cor- it is up to the court to interpret the the scourge of the drug menace
ment. ruption Commission, appeared for “precedent”. and human trafficking have been
The state government approved the prosecution. Saidin was repre- Gobind, who was suspended selected for a start. Admittedly,
Nusantara Network’s application sented by lawyer Datuk Muhammad on March 16, filed a suit on this harmonisation exercise is
on Oct 4, 1995. Shafee Abdullah. – Bernama Thursday to seek a declaration not a simple task and it may take
that the suspension was null, several caucus meetings before
void and of no effect. the areas of the laws to be har-
On the memorandum submit- monised can be firmed up and be
ted by Wanita MCA and other presented to Asean for considera-
non-governmental organisations tion,” he said.
proposing to the house to punish “Nonetheless, I am confident
MPs who uttered sexist remarks, the caucus will be able to find
Pandikar said a committee has consensus on the guidelines and
been set up to look into the fea- be successful in identifying the
sibility of amending the Standing areas of the two laws that can be
Orders. harmonised.”
The memorandum had pro- He said the first meeting will
posed that the Standing Orders focus on such matters as adopting
be amended so that MPs who the terms of reference of the cau-
violated the law will receive cus and to set the guidelines on
mandatory punishment. the tasks assigned to the caucus.

MP blogger fails in application


KUALA LUMPUR: An MP yesterday zam dismissed Ooi’s application to
failed in his bid to set aside a deputy strike out a defamation suit brought
registrar’s decision which rejected by NSTP, its deputy chairman, Datuk
his application to strike out a defa- Seri Kalimullah Hassan, group edi-
mation suit against him by the New tor-in-chief Datuk Hishamuddin Aun
Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) and former group editor Brendan
and three others. Pereira.
Judicial Commissioner Datin They are suing him for defama-
Zabariah Mohd Yusof dismissed tion and malicious falsehood in
Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun’s respect of certain articles which
appeal in chambers. Ooi had published or allowed to be
Ooi is also the chief of staff in the published on his web blog.
Penang chief minister’s office. They claimed the articles
On Jan 22, last year, High Court referred to them and were defama-
deputy registrar Mohamad Kamil Ni- tory. – Bernama

Cops find maid hurt in fall


GEORGE TOWN: An Indonesian investigating the case under Section
maid, allegedly abused by her 325 of the Penal Code for causing
employer, suffered serious back grievous hurt.
injuries after falling off a flight of “Police are taking statements
stairs in her employer’s house in from the neighbours to find out
Gelugor on Sunday. what actually happened,” he said.
The 29-year old maid, who hails The police are also waiting for
from Java, was brought to a private the full medical assessment on the
hospital here after police found her maid.
in her employer’s house in Brown On another matter, Wan Abdul-
Garden, Gelugor on Sunday after- lah advised the public to be wary of
noon. kidnap threats on their children.
The police were acting on an He urged them to lodge a police
anonymous call from the public at report if there is any threat.
about 1.50pm. In the past 10 days, there have
State Crime Investigation De- been six kidnap threats reported,
partment chief SAC (II) Wan Abdul- four in northeast district and two in
lah Tuanku Said said the police are south Seberang Perai.

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