Friday, 19 Feb 2021 12:54 PM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
When contacted, GerakBudaya Enterprise director and founder Chong Ton Sin confirmed police presence at their Petaling Jaya premises this morning. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 ― Police officers from Bukit Aman today seized two computers from publishing house GerakBudaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd for their investigation into former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ memoir,
My Story: Justice in the Wilderness.
When contacted, GerakBudaya Enterprise director and founder Chong Ton Sin confirmed police presence at their Petaling Jaya premises this morning.
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak is considering a contempt action against former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas over the latter s tell-all book.
The former prime minister s lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah told the press that a contempt application would most probably be filed this week. The defamation suit is definite, the contempt application will (most probably) be filed this week. We have to give him (Thomas) a show-cause first, he said outside the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here after the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial on Tuesday (Feb 16).
On Feb 2, Najib had earlier sent Thomas a letter of demand (LOD) demanding an apology and RM10mil in damages over allegations against him contained in the book entitled My Story: Justice in the Wilderness .
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 06:23 PM MYT
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FEBRUARY 10 The Malaysian Bar is perturbed by the proposed action of authorities to ban the former Attorney General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’s (“Thomas”) controversial memoir
My Story: Justice in the Wilderness. We take the view that any ban on the book would be a direct threat to one’s freedom of speech and expression as enshrined in Article 10 of the Federal Constitution. This is a fundamental right that must be upheld in any democratic society that is governed by the rule of law.
PETALING JAYA: The controversial memoir by Tan Sri Tommy Thomas is a tragedy of generalisation but it should not be banned as it is the former attorney general s right to exercise his freedom of expression, says Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
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In a lengthy book review written by Anwar on Facebook on Tuesday (Feb 9), the Port Dickson MP said he disagreed with Thomas views, but he vehemently opposed any move to ban it. I believe that subject to the laws of slander and libel, (and) criminal defamation, Thomas should be allowed to exercise his constitutional freedom of expression in a manner that would foster the public contestation of ideas.
Friday, 05 Feb 2021 10:34 AM MYT
BY DANIAL DZULKIFLY
Thomas’ 500-page book My Story: Justice in the Wilderness was published on January 30 and has generated intense interest and controversy ever since. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed regret over his decision to hire Tan Sri Tommy Thomas as the attorney general (AG) following the release of the latter’s memoirs,
My Story: Justice in the Wilderness.
In an exclusive interview with online news portal
Free Malaysia Today (FMT), Dr Mahathir said he got along well with Thomas during his tenure as the AG despite the latter having been “very much against him” during his administration under Barisan Nasional (BN).