Perak: A State Of Crisis - Rants, reviews and reflections on the overthrow of democracy and the rule of law in Malaysia

220 Pages·2011·2.817 MB·English

PERAK:
A STATE
OF CRISIS
Edited by Audrey Quay
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Perak: A State Of Crisis
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Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Perak: A State Of Crisis - Rants, reviews and reflections on the overthrow of
democracy and the rule of law in Malaysia / edited by Audrey Quay
ISBN 978-967-0102-00-9
1. Democracy--Perak.
2. Constitutional Law--Perak.
3. Perak--Politics and Government.
I. Quay, Audrey.
320.9595114
Nothing in this book is legal advice. It cannot be relied upon as such for any ac-
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This book is dedicated to the voters of
Perak Darul Ridzuan
- and to all the ordinary folk of Malaysia,
wherever we find ourselves.
Bangkitlah.
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i Editor’s Preface & Introduction
vii Foreword By Wan Saiful
ix About The Contributors
xiii Acknowledgments
xv Glossary
xvii Dramatis Personae
xix Perak Crisis Timeline
xxxi Digest - Perak Crisis Cases
1 One
The Real Question On
Perak
By Amer Hamzah Arshad
7 February 2009
7 Two
Bias, Public Perception And
Recusal: Judicial Consistency
At Last?
By Edmund Bon Tai Soon
2 March 2009
11 Three
Perak Speaker Can Appoint
Private Lawyers
By Shanmuga K
3 March 2009
17 Four
The Tree Injunction – My Thoughts
By Art Harun
6 March 2009
23 Five
Bangkitlah, Anak-Anak
Malaysia
By Art Harun
20 April 2009
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Six 25
The Wolf And
The Silence Of The Lamb
By Art Harun
4 May 2009
Seven 31
The Perak ‘May’hem – A
Simplistic View
By Art Harun
8 May 2009
NIZAR TRIUMPHS IN
HIGH COURT 11 May 2009
Eight 39
Tell Us Why, Please?
By Edmund Bon Tai Soon
14 May 2009
COURT OF APPEAL DECIDES
ZAMBRY IS MB 22 May 2009
Nine 45
The Perak Crisis – My Rebuttal To Lord
Lester’s Opinion
By Art Harun
27 May 2009
Ten 61
Perak Constitutional
Crisis: Wake Up And Smell The Carcass
By Amer Hamzah Arshad
3 June 2009
Eleven 67
Crises Of Confidence And Perak’s
Constitutional Impasse
By Andrew Harding
7 June 2009
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75 Twelve
“The Sultan Has No
Explicit Power To
Dismiss An MB Under
The Perak Constitution”,
The Sultan’s Constitutional
Powers: A Comment
By Kevin YL Tan
26 June 2009
85 Thirteen
Zambry’s Illegal EXCO
By Cheang Lek Choy
3 July 2009
91 Fourteen (a)
Part 1: Gobbledegook And
Regurgitation Galore In The Two
Written Judgments Of The Court of
Appeal In Zambry v Nizar
By NH Chan
7 July 2009
103 Fourteen (b)
Part 2: Gobbledegook And Regurgitation In
The Written Judgments Of The Court Of Appeal In
Zambry v Nizar: Postscript – Zainun Ali JCA’s
Judgment
By NH Chan
10 July 2009
113 Fifteen
The Loss Of Confidence: Who Decides?
By Kevin YL Tan
10 July 2009
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Sixteen 117
The Perak Crisis: Keep
Focused On The Real Issues
By Kevin YL Tan
3 November 2009
FEDERAL COURT
DISMISSES
NIZAR’S APPEAL
9 FEBRUARY 2010
Seventeen 127
The Monarch Has No
Power To Sack Any Member of
The Cabinet EXCO
By NH Chan
22 March 2010
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THREE CONCLUDING REMARKS
Eighteen 139
The Final Chapter
By Kevin YL Tan
Nineteen 145
A Look Back
By Shad Saleem Faruqi
Twenty 165
An Epilogue
By Andrew Harding
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