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PETALING JAYA: A government gazette allowing Cabinet ministers to have only a three-day observation upon their return from official business overseas is discriminatory and unconstitutional, according to lawyers.
“The gazette violates Article 8 of the Federal Constitution as all persons are equal before the law and entitled to equal protection,” lawyer Jadadish Chandra said.
He said the Covid-19 virus did not discriminate between ministers and ordinary people.
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Jadadish was responding to an order signed by health minister Dr Adham Baba (pictured) that says ministers who return from any official visit abroad are now required to undergo observation for only three days or undergo surveillance until they can be discharged without danger to the public.
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 09:30 AM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin attends a Perikatan Nasional event at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur September 1, 2020. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 The number of lawsuits against the prime minister over the suspension of Parliament sittings during the Emergency has continued to grow.
Three lawmakers in Johor, Kedah and Perak from the Opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH) yesterday joined forces to file a court challenge against him over the allegedly unconstitutional move.
This was just a day after Dewan Rakyat Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has filed an application to strike out a lawsuit filed by a lawyer challenging the decision by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to not declare a state of emergency in the country, despite the Prime Minister's advice.
The Malaysian government today filed an application to the High Court to strike out a constitutional challenge seeking the court to interpret the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's discretion in deciding whether or not to declare a state of emergency.
Lawyer seeks Federal Court ruling on emergency-linked law
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A lawyer is seeking for the Federal Court to determine the validity of a law that bars the courts from hearing legal action over the proclamation of emergency.
Syed Iskandar Syed Jaafar (
above) today filed the application for the Kuala Lumpur High Court to refer the constitutional issue of the ouster clause to the apex court.
He is making the bid in relation to his ongoing suit for the High Court to give guidance over the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s initial refusal to accede to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s advice to declare a state of emergency.