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REGARDED as Malaysia’s most distinguished judge, the late Tun Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim (1917-2000) once said: “A law must operate alike on all persons under like circumstances, not simply that it must operate alike on all persons in any circumstance, nor that it must be general in character and universal in application and that the State is no longer to have the power of distinguishing and classifying persons for the purpose of legislation. “In my opinion, the law may classify persons into children, juveniles and adults, and provide different criteria for determining their criminal liability or the mode of trying them or punishing them if found guilty; the law may classify persons into women and men, or into wives and husbands, and provide different rights and liabilities attaching to the status of each class; fiscal law may divide a town into different areas and provide that ratepayers in one area pay a higher or lower rate than those of another area, and in the c ....
Iconic landmark: A general view of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the heart of Kuala Lumpur. KLANG: The call by the Sultan of Selangor to protect and preserve heritage buildings in Kuala Lumpur, especially those that are linked to Selangor, has been welcomed by many people. Selangor Council of Justice of Peace president Datuk Loke Fay said the call by Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah ( pic) was timely. “There is a need to preserve and save these iconic buildings as they have historical and architectural value, ’’ he said yesterday. Loke said it was also important to preserve these buildings for the younger generation as many were not aware that Kuala Lumpur was part of Selangor prior to being designated a Federal Territory (in 1974). ....