TODAYonline: Malaysian judiciary on trial
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By OON YEOH
A mass demonstration by lawyers last week in Putrajaya underlined the serious questions raised about the integrity of the Malaysian judiciary, following a press conference by former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, during which a controversial video clip was made public.
The eight-minute video, said to have been shot in 2002, shows high-powered lawyer V K Lingam allegedly chatting with a senior judge and brokering the appointment of certain judges.
The local media has not mentioned either the lawyer or the judge by name. Online news sites and political bloggers, however, have not exercised any such restraint.
The authorities’ reaction to this scandal has disappointed many who had hoped this would be a chance to restore confidence in the judiciary.
Confidence in the judiciary has been eroding since the late ’80s, when former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had the Chief Justice sacked.
Instead, the government has reacted… Continue reading the article here.
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