Lawyers question bias in shoe-throwing imams jail term

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 10 Lawyers questioned currently if it had been appropriate for a 3 Federal Court judges who cited imam Hoslan Hussin for disregard of justice to regulate over a record as well as retaliate him for a offence.

At a Bar Councils annual ubiquitous meeting (AGM) here this afternoon, several lifted a question of bias in a matter, indicating to a lengthy one-year prison sentence meted out by a judges panel.

Council boss Lim Chee Wee told reporters after a AGM which Bar members had been unanimous when expressing displeasure over a punishment, which he described as harsh.

Quite a series (of lawyers lifted a issue)... A couple of articulated it. But from a mood, it was a unanimous view members common which one year was really harsh, Lim said.

The members additionally questioned whether it was appropriate for a same row of a Federal Court, which heard a duplicate for leave to interest (a separate matter), during which a action of disregard occurred... as well as afterwards going on to bring him (the imam) for disregard as well as afterwards (sentencing him) for contempt, he added.

Lim noted which years ago, a Bar had looked into law reforms on counts regarding to disregard of justice as well as had endorsed which in such situations, a judge who is not subject to a action of disregard should hear a disregard proceedings.

Hoslan flung his boots during a Federal Court Bench on Feb 22 after it struck out his bid to challenge an eviction sequence from a city mosque here in 1999 on a technicality.

He stunned a judges, lawyers as well as members of a open who packed a courtroom during a Federal Court when he stood up, took off both his boots as well as lobbed a span right during a Bench.

The same three-man Bench, led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Zulkefli Ahmad Makinudin, decided on Thursday after analysing your explanation which it wa! s inadeq uate as well as found Hoslan in contempt.

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