AG Tommy Thomas has been given the green light to file contempt proceedings against lawyer Arun Kasi. — Picture by Mukhriz Hazim
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — Attorney General Tommy Thomas has been given the go-ahead to file contempt proceedings against Arun Kasi over the private lawyer’s two articles that allegedly criticised the judiciary. A three-judge panel at the Federal Court chaired by Tan Sri Ramli Ali gave leave for the contempt proceedings and scheduled March 13 for the court to sit on it,The news portal reported senior federal counsel Datuk Amarjeet Singh saying Arun’s remarks had “scandalised the judges and the court” in his articles questioning the Federal Court’s decision to expunge a dissenting judgment in a corporate case between Leap Modulation Sdn Bhd and PCP Construction Sdn Bhd by Court of Appeal judge Datuk...
Amarjeet reportedly said Arun’s remarks implied misconduct and corruption on the other judges who decided on the case.
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