In this podcast for BFM 89.9, I discuss the diplomatic implications of the King Jong Nam murder trial in Malaysia. The podcast can be accessed here.
Author: Lim Wei Jiet
Judicial Ethics in Malaysia: An Examination of Recent Events
This article first appeared at The Malay Mail on 21 Jan 2019. A video has been circulating lately — featuring the Chief Justice dancing with lawyers, the Attorney General and the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department — at the gala dinner for the Opening of Legal Year in Sabah and Sarawak 2019. There has…
Resignation and Selection of Next Agong: What Does Our Constitution say?
This article first appeared at The Malay Mail on 7 Jan 2019. 1. Can the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA) resign from office? Article 32(3) of the Constitution allows the Agong to resign from office before his five-year term ends by writing to the Conference of Rulers. The YDPA can also technically be removed from office…
Laws to Regulate Smoking Fall under Parliament’s Jurisdiction, not the Sarawak State Govt
This article first appeared at The Malay Mail on 24 Dec 2018. It has been reported that the Ministry of Health will be pushing to gazette all open-air restaurants as no-smoking areas — this is provided under Regulation 22 of the Control Of Tobacco Product Regulations 2004. In turn, that regulation originates from Section 36(2)(d)…
Richard Malanjum as CJ: A New Dawn for a Progressive & Courageous Judiciary
This article first appeared at the Malaysian Bar website on 13 July 2018. After weeks of intense suspense, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Richard Malanjum (“Richard Malanjum”) was at last sworn in last night as our nation’s new Chief Justice by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at Istana Negara. This is a momentous occasion. For decades…