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Set up a special task force to investigate the injuries sustained to Baskar while he was in police custody

Early this morning one Baskar Rao a 47-year-old security guard went to the Jelapang police station to lodge a police report. The report was as regards a break in into the place he was the security guard. Unfortunately, the police apparently refused to accept his report. Thus, with an ensuing tussle, he was handcuffed. But in the process, somehow due to the police, Baskar apparently decided to commit suicide and he lighted fire when he had some “substance” all over his body which caught fire. In the process, he was severely burnt all this took place about 1-2am this morning in the Jelapang police compound. And now has been admitted to the General Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun in Ipoh. As the incident happened while he was with handcuff he is considered to be in “police custody”. His family member one R.Adhi Lakshmi a/p P.Rajagopal, 54, has lodged a police report and the case is been investigated by Insp Firdaus. The police Department owes an explanation as to what ac...
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Member of Parliament challenges the constitutionality of Section 9(1) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012

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On 14.10.2016, Thomas Su the MP for Ipoh Timur was charged under Section 9(1) and punishable under Section 9(5) of Peaceful Assembly Act 2012. Thomas Su was charged for the same offence in 2013 and subsequently the prosecution withdraw the charge. Now, since the Government has a lot of free time and a lot of resources to dispense with, they decided to charge Thomas Su for the same offence again. After perusing the charge, the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and our Federal Constitution we are of the opinion that particularly Section 9(1) and Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 is unconstitutional. Thus, we have filed an application pursuant to Section 30 of the Courts of Judicature Act 1964 to refer the constitutionality of this section to the High Court and subsequently to the Federal Court pursuant to Section 84 Courts of Judicature Act 1964. There are two conflicting decisions in the Court of Appeal, wherein in one case it was held that the particular section...
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Judicial Review of Delimitation Exercise

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The High Court judge should have granted judicial review on the delineation process. It is imperative for a judicial institution such high court to address issues of national importance if there is substance that would make a case for judicial review what more if it involves voters ‘rights in the spirit of 13 schedule of the federal constitution. This was not adhered to in the following case.  The first delineation inquiry was held in Ipoh on 1.11.2016 relating to objection from Ipoh Barat and Ipoh Timur voters on factual accounts of distorted electoral roll which categorically denies voters equitable   representation in State   Assemblies and Parliament   and the manipulation   of boundaries   to   favour   certain   parties.   These   have   basically   violated   the   one   man   one   vote principle that...
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