KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): The application by Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the Government of Malaysia to strike out the originating summons by former Jasin Parliamentary coordinator Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan against them for their action of advising the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in declaring the Covid-19 emergency will be heard on April 12.
Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly said the application would be heard before High Court judge Datuk Seri Mariana Yahya.
He was met after the case management today, which was also attended by Khairuddin’s lawyer Muhammad Rafique Rashid Ali.
On Feb 17, Muhyiddin and the Government of Malaysia filed the application to strike out the suit on grounds that it was frivolous, trivial, troublesome and an abuse of the court process.
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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.
KUALA LUMPUR: A politician’s wife is facing the gallows after she was charged at an Ampang Magistrate’s Court here with three drug-related offences, including trafficking cannabis.
Lyiana Roslee, 34, was jointly accused with another person yet to be charged, for allegedly trafficking cannabis weighing 1,580.4g.
She also faces a second charge of trafficking cannabis in liquid form amounting to 7.87 litres in volume.
The offences were allegedly committed at a house at Jalan Duta Suria, 1 Duta Residency in Ampang, here, at 7.30pm on Jan 20.
The charges under Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 carries a death penalty or life imprisonment, with whipping of no less than 15 strokes, upon conviction.