COMMENT | Malaysians have the right to say 'no' to Umno-style justice By R Nadeswaran

U Must Not Object

Malaysiakini : “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

COMMENT | In 2022, after Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was acquitted of 40 charges relating to the foreign visa system (VLN) contract, he declared: “I had faith in the judiciary ‘since day one’.”

But when former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak’s SRC International case went through the appeals process, and with the Federal Court finally upholding his conviction and sentence, the tone changed.

Najib was convicted by the High Court on July 28, 2020. On Dec 8, 2021, a three-member Court of Appeal panel chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil unanimously upheld his conviction and sentence. The other judges were Has Zanah Mehat and Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera.

In August 2022, the Federal Court heard his final appeal. The five-judge bench was chaired by then-chief justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat. The other members were chief judge of Sabah and Sarawak Abang Iskandar Abang Hashim and senior judges P Nallini, Mary Lim Thiam Suan, and Zabidin Diah.

Headhunter : Like Attila the Hun, if someone can gather enough supporters, they can go on a rampage to plunder, and few will be able to stop them until somebody does.

drkam : Watching the UMNO AGM, I can’t help wondering what happened to our civic compass. ?‍♀️? Billions of public money misused, the country left with debts and interest to pay for years — yet some of the people responsible are still celebrated like heroes. ? 

Apparently, in Malaysia, the bigger the loss, the bigger the applause! ? The courts have spoken, but some politicians still seem to be practising selective memory. Surely the basic rule should be simple: If you do the crime, you do the time. 

And if you abuse public trust on a massive scale, your position shouldn’t be a VIP pass out of accountability. Otherwise, what are we teaching the next generation? Steal a chicken — prison. ? Lose billions — standing ovation. ??

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