Buzz Sociopolitics Malaysia: Malaysian Bar Council says NO to Hanif Panel

Malaysian Bar Council says NO to Hanif Panel

May 29, 2012

"NO" to Hanif Panel,'YES' to Suhakam Probe

by Teoh El Sen|www.freemalaysiatoday.com

Malaysian Bar Council shuns a supervision row headed by ex-IGP Hanif Omar, as well as instead will take part in Suhakam's inspect upon tellurian rights violations during a BERSIH3.0 rally.

The Bar Council has deserted having dual identical inquiries to inspect tellurian rights violations during a BERSIH 3.0 convene as it "serves no purpose".

Bar Council Vice-President Christopher Leong pronounced which it was crude for a government's Independent Advisory Panel, headed by former IGP Hanif Omar, to proceed with a exploration when Suhakam was already you do a same thing.

"What role would it offer to have dual inquiries? asked Leong. When questioned if a Council would protest Hanif's panel, he said: "The Bar Council had settled earlier which it would take part in a Suhakam inquiry. Therefore you do not see what utilitarian role would be served in duplicating a process as well as expending mount in a resources."

"It is inconsistent which a row is proceeding with a exploration when Suhakam, a statutory as well as eccentric commission, has settled which it would commence such an inquiry," pronounced Leong, adding a responsibility to inspect military violence as well as alternative issues during a April twenty-eight should lie with Suhakam.

"Suhakam is a correct body to commence a exploration it has a experience, statutory mandate as well as authorised framework to do so. The Suhakam Act 1999 provides for this," he said.

Yesterday, Hanif Omar announced which 10 terms of anxiety have be! en set f or a exploration following a first open with a Home Ministry last Friday. Among others, a row seeks to settle if there was random, drawn out as well as wanton physical assault as well as savagery by military upon a open as well as journalists.

The row will additionally seek to settle if there were wrong as well as uncalled-for arrests of open as well as media professionals as well as either any were assaulted as well as beaten. Also in a terms of anxiety is to examination police's customary operating procession for throng as well as open control.

Besides Hanif, alternative members of a row are former chief probity of Borneo Steve Shim Lip Kiong, Kumpulan Akhbar Sinar Harian handling executive Husammuddin Yaacub, Sin Chiew group authorised advisor Liew Peng Chuan, Petronas corporate affairs comparison general physical education instructor Medan Abdullah as well as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia psychologist Prof Dr Rozmi Ismail.

Hanif had reportedly pronounced which he was "prepared to encounter a Bar Council or any alternative parties" for mutual benefit.

Panel has no authorised standing

Leong steady which a Bar Council's mount is which Hanif should not be a part of upon a row based upon his 'anti-BERSIH' views, as well as since a row has no authorised standing.

"This is not about his integrity. The Bar Council does not in fact subject his firmness as well as apply oneself which Tun had since useful use to a country. It is unfortunately about a notice of autonomy as well as open confidence in a panel."

Leong added, however, which a Bar Council "is always amenable" to encounter Hanif to discuss a matter.

The 10 terms of anxiety are:

To settle a cause of a disorders during as well as around Dataran Merdeka, as well as in areas heading to it, as well as a inlet of a tangible disorders, which were reported to have occurred from 3pm upon April 28.

To settle either any wrong or in! attentiv e acts, or omissions, were caused or urged to be caused by parties involved.

To settle either enforcement agencies had adhered to correct as well as lawful procedures as well as movement during all times particularly in a use of force.

To settle either there was random, drawn out as well as wanton physical assault as well as savagery by a military upon members of a open as well as media professionals.

To settle either there was lawful lien and/or destruction of photographs as well as video recordings made by a open as well as media professionals, as well as damage caused to their equipment.

To settle either there were wrong arrests of members of a open as well as media professionals as well as either any persons were physically assaulted as well as beaten, as well as suffered serious injuries while in a care as well as custody of a police.

To settle either there was an wrong denial of entrance for lawyers to their arrested clients.

To settle a stairs taken by a organisers of BERSIH 3.0 to safeguard which their programmed large convene would remain pacific via a convene as well as disperse peacefully thereafter.

To examination Police customary operating procedures in apply oneself of throng as well as open control, as well as of addressing disorderly control as well as riots.