Karpal says appealing reversal of sedition acquittal



By Clara Chooi
January 20, 2012
Karpal pronounced a suspect should be entitled to a same right to interest as a prosecution. File pic
PUTRAJAYA, January twenty Karpal Singh pronounced currently he will interest this morning's Court of Appeal preference to call for his counterclaim in his mutiny assign over remarks involving a Perak Sultan.
The DAP authority told reporters here which nonetheless a call for his counterclaim was "not a final order as well as thus not appealable", it could be deemed unconstitutional if his right to interest were denied.
He pointed out which had a Court of Appeal decided currently to uphold a High Court's preference to justify as well as liberate him, a charge would have expected exercised a right to interest a box with a apex court.
"I think you have a choice to take it up to a Federal Court... nonetheless there's an management which says which if counterclaim is called, afterwards it is not a final order as well as thus not appealable.
"So clearly there is discrimination when it comes to this," he said.
Karpal pronounced he believed his bid could be a test box to determine a constitutionality of denying a suspect a right to interest once he is systematic to enter a defence.
The Court of Appeal currently authorised an interest by a Attorney-General's Chambers opposite a High Court's preference to justify as well as liberate Karpal of a assign of uttering factious words opposite a Perak Sultan during a tallness of a state's inherent crisis in 2009.
Justice Datuk Ahmad Maarop who sat with justices Datuk Clement Alan Skinner as well as Datuk Mohamad Apandi Ali, pronounced a appellants had successfully valid a prima facie box opposite a DAP authority as well as systematic him to enter his defence.
Karpal had! been in dicted underneath Section 4(1) of a Sedition Act 1948 for allegedly uttering factious words opposite a Perak Sultan at his authorised organisation in Jalan Pudu Lama, Kuala Lumpur upon February 6, 2009, during a Perak inherent crisis.
He is purported to have pronounced which a dismissal of Datuk Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin as Perak mentri besar as well as a appointment of Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir by a Sultan could be questioned in a justice of law.
Karpal was later acquitted of a charges by hearing decider Azman Abdullah. The A-G's Chambers subsequently filed a interest last year, contending which a decider had taken a wrong proceed when he ruled a charge had failed to prove prima facie.
"I accept a preference for a moment. But let it be brought upon to a Federal Court as well as see what happens there," pronounced Karpal.
He maintained, however, which a Sedition Act 1949 was an "archaic" square of legislation which should be repealed as it violates an individual's inherent right to free speech.
"In fact, if a Pakatan Rakyat (PR) comes to power, as well as you think there is each odds which you will come to power, you will give priority to repealing a Act by Parliament," he vowed.
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