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The High Court here on Tuesday dismissed the Attorney General’s Chambers application for a stay of the Judicial Review proceedings commenced by former Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Mohd Salleh to declassify Malaysian authorities’ investigation report into the Double Six Nomad plane crash in 1976
The Attorney General’s Chambers applied for a stay of the Judicial Review proceedings commenced by former Chief Minister Tan Sri Harris Mohd Salleh to declassify Malaysian authorities’ investigation report on the Double Six Nomad plane crash in 1976
COMMENT | Reading the leaves in 'Tommy' in a teacup A - COMMENT | Judging by the flurry of criminal and civil suits against former attorney-general Tommy Thomas after the publication of his memoir My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, many have pronounced that it is all a “storm in a teacup”. Allow a tea lover to read the leaves to see what we can anticipate in the future. First, as Malaysians, we must celebrate the publication of this masterly-written memoir by this illustrious barrister, Thomas. “Tell-all” memoirs are rare in Malaysia and I remember when I published my ‘Inside the...
My Story: Justice in the Wilderness, Tommy Thomas, barely, if at all, mentions race. And yet, no less of a figure than Anwar Ibrahim took the time to write an aureate critical book review – in which he (among a number of balanced comments) basically accuses Thomas of racism. I don’t think it is fruitful for me to try and debate whether or not Thomas is racist. I’m sure he would deny being so, as anyone would. Instead, I will use this as a case study to try and start a more honest, heart-to-heart discussion about Malaysian racism. There is no doubt prejudice among some Malays towards non...