KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): The High Court here today has dismissed the application for leave by three opposition lawmakers to commence judicial review proceedings on the emergency proclamation that has suspended the Parliament and state legislative assembly sittings.
The three opposition representatives Amanah deputy president Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, PKR chief whip Datuk Johari Abdul, and Perak opposition leader and DAP assemblyman Dr Abdul Aziz Bari filed the challenge in January to institute a judicial review of the validity of Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 which they want the court to declare as unconstitutional.
In reading his judgment today, High Court judge Justice Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid pointed out that Article 150(8) of the Federal Constitution has shut the court s doors from any challenge or application be made against the proclamation (of emergency) and the ordinances enacted under the emergency law .
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Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said Abdul Aziz (pic) , who is also the Tebing Tinggi assemblyman, spent over one hour giving his statements to the police at the Lahat Police Station here. Picture by Farhan Najib
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IPOH, Feb 24 Police have recorded statements from the Perak DAP vice-chairman Dr Abdul Aziz Bari over his remarks on the Emergency Proclamation and Yang di-Pertuan Agong during a Facebook live session last month.
Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said Abdul Aziz, who is also the Tebing Tinggi assemblyman, spent over one hour giving his statements to the police at the Lahat Police Station here.