Judgement not written victims suffer in silence
Malaysian Judges seldom write judgement. They spend too much time playing politic.
For the past 30 years I have personally come across Judges who either do not know how to write judgement, lazy, have a tidak apa attitude, corrupted or play politic.
The best known person whom I know personally who not only was a Judge but was also the Chief Justice who has never written a single judgement in his career. Yes Eusoff Chin also the brother-in-law of Haniff Omar.
Judgements were either written by his two wives or a colleague Edgar. Cases where no money is given goes into the bin and stays forever. Many people suffered, became bankrupt and some committed suicide because of Eusoff and gang action. Though complaints after complaints went flying to PM, Agong, Sultans and even to AG office, not a single action was taken.
Another Judge I know who did not write judgement was Rahmah Hussain. When her husband became bankrupt she demanded for bribe. So when she retired, many approach Zaki and later Arifin Zakaria to have their appeal hear but was not successful because the excuse given was no judgement was written so their hands are tied.
SO WHERE IS JUSTICE WHEN THE CHIEF JUSTICE ONE AFTER ANOTHER KEEP PASSING THE BATON?
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Judiciary to act against judge for not writing judgment in sedition case
A Malaysian Sessions Court judge will be asked to explain why he has yet to write his judgment after convicting human rights activist P. Uthayakumar (pic) for sedition earlier this year.
Chief Justice Tun Arifin Zakaria told The Malaysian Insider that a showcause would be issued through the Chief Judge of Malaya (both the Sessions and Magistrate's Courts in West Malaysia are under the supervision of the CJM).
"Disciplinary action according to general orders can be taken if the reply is not satisfactory," he told The Malaysian Insider in Putrajaya.
Arifin said this in response to questions on judge Ahmad Zamzani Mohd Zain who has yet to prepare the written grounds four months after sentencing Uthayakumar to 30 months in jail.
Uthayakumar was found guilty of publishing seditious remarks on the Police Watch website over a letter to former British prime minister Gordon Brown in 2007.
His lawyer, M. Manoharan, said he filed the notice of appeal on June 6, a day after the court verdict.
He also wrote three letters to the judge's secretary but there has been no reply.
Uthayakumar did not apply for bail to remain free and instead opted to go to prison while waiting for his appeal to be heard.
Manoharan said the High Court would not be able to hear his client's appeal without a written judgment.
Arifin said there was a practice direction that trial judges must make available their judgment for both criminal and civil cases within eight weeks of an aggrieved party filing an appeal.
"But in some cases like the trial of Altantuya (Shaariibuu) the judge was given exemption as he had to deal with voluminous records," he said.
Arifin said action has been taken in the past against errant judges for their failure to provide written grounds.
"We have terminated the services of judicial commissioners or did not confirm them as High Court judges.
"We had also serving judges who were asked to leave," he said. - October 2, 2013.
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