The Sessions Court here on Tuesday ruled that it had the discretion to hear submissions on the defence objection questioning the validity of the certificate produced by the prosecution to transfer Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy case to the High Court.

Judge S.M.Komathy Suppiah rejected the preliminary objection by the prosecution which contended that it was mandatory for the Sessions Court, under Section 418A (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, to transfer the case to the High Court once the transfer certificate had been issued by the prosecution.

She made the decision based on four cases, including the corruption case of former Read the rest of this entry »

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Both Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) tankers, hijacked in the Gulf of Aden by Somali pirates, have been freed.

Defence Ministry director of public relations, Colonel Fadzlette Othman Merican told Bernama that the vessel, MT Bunga Melati Dua was released at 4.14am 29 September and was now heading towards Djibouti, East Africa, with all the crew in good health except for a Filipino sailor who was shot dead in a crossfire when the ship was taken hostage on Aug 19.
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Spain’s Fernando Alonso snapped a year-long win drought to take the Singapore Grand Prix Sunday, winning a drama-filled first ever night race as a comical error cost Felipe Massa dearly.

It was the Renault driver’s first victory since the Italian Grand Prix last year and capped a remarkable weekend that saw him top two of the free practice sessions but start 15th on the grid after a mechanical problem in qualifying.

He claimed his 20th career triumph by 2.95 seconds over Germany’s Nico Rosberg in a Williams and Britain’s world championship leader Lewis Hamilton in third.
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There is a total of 14 days of national public holidays. The Malaysian school holidays for 2009 are 77 days i.e 9 days for first and second mid term break, 16 days for mid year break and 43 days for year end break.

On top of this national level holidays, there are also a few days of state holidays that are declared by the various states and federal territories.

Details of Malaysia holidays for 2009 are listed below;

National Public Holidays

01 January New Year
26 January Chinese New Year
27 January Chinese New Year
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The Sodomy II trial of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has been postponed yet again, after Sessions Court judge S.M. Komathy Suppiah ordered a two-week recess so she can decide on whether to allow the prosecution’s application to transfer the case to the High Court.

She is set to deliver the decision on October 7.

At the previous hearing on Sept 10, Senior Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Datuk Yusof Zainal Abiden, submitted a certificate of transfer to move the Sodomy II trial to the High Court.

Anwar’s defence team, led by Sulaiman Abdullah, objected to the transfer application on several grounds, primarily that the certificate was signed by Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail, the Attorney-General (A-G) Read the rest of this entry »

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A prominent political blogger was jailed for two years under a strict security law that can keep him in prison indefinitely, a lawyer said today.

Online commentator Raja Petra Kamarudin, known for his anti-government views, was already in police custody and was served a detention order last night, said his lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.

Another of his lawyers, J. Chandra, confirmed that Raja Petra has been sent to Kamunting under Section 8(1) of the ISA which states that “if the Minister is satisfied that the detention of any person is necessary with a view to Read the rest of this entry »

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