Malaysian lawyers march through the main street of Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur during a protest September 26, 2007. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad
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CORRUPTION CRISIS IN MALAYSIAN JUDICIARY IMPACTS ON SHELL LITIGATION
By Reuters
Wednesday September 26, 01:05 PM
By Jalil Hamid
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) – About 800 Malaysian lawyers marched on the prime minister’s office on Wednesday to demand reforms to the country’s judiciary after a scandal erupted over claims of political meddling in the appointment of judges.
Lawyers in court attire of white shirts and black trousers set off in a noisy procession from the nearby Palace of Justice, an imposing new granite-and-marble court complex, and shouted “We want justice!” and “Save the judiciary!”
Riot police armed with batons and shields shadowed the march, which organisers described as the biggest protest ever staged by lawyers, as it moved toward the entrance of the prime minister’s office, which was guarded by a water cannon.
“It is a sad day for Malaysia, but a proud day for lawyers,” said one of the lawyers, Tan Ban Cheng, was travelled for four hours by bus from northern Penang state to join the protest.
Last week, the opposition released a video purporting to show a senior lawyer boasting to a judge of his ability to influence appointments. It touched a nerve in the judiciary, whose reputation has been under question since the late 1980s.
The video was said to have been recorded in 2002, during the administration of former premier Mahathir Mohamad, who made constitutional changes to the powers of the judiciary in 1988 after some key court decisions that went against the government.
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“We have concerns about the administration of justice,” Ambiga Sreenevasan, president of Malaysia’s Bar Council, told Reuters before leading the march behind banners that read “Stop the rot”, “Clean up the judiciary” and “No to corruption”.
“We are walking because we want to strengthen the judiciary and we want reforms. There are larger issues at stake.”
On Tuesday, the government ordered a special inquiry into the video but stopped short of a royal commission of inquiry, which has special powers to subpoena evidence and witnesses.
The opposition labelled the move as inadequate.
The Bar Council, which says it represents all of the country’s roughly 12,000 lawyers, welcomed the government’s initial step, but said it should convene a royal commission.
At the end of Wednesday’s march, as rain fell and lawyers popped open umbrellas, Sreenevasan presented two memorandums to a government official: one calling for a royal commission and the other for an independent commission to oversee judicial appointments.
Currently, judges are appointed by the king on the advice of the prime minister.
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