Attorney-General Tommy Thomas says by lodging an MACC report, lawyer Arun Kasi gave the impression that the judges were on the take.
“A reading of both articles will show it was an attack on the judiciary. To say otherwise is an insult to the intelligence of readers,” he said in his submission before a five-member Federal Court bench chaired by Ramly Ali today. A week later, Thomas obtained leave from the Federal Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Arun on the grounds that the articles had scandalised judges of the Federal Court.
However, he said, a balance must be struck between free speech and criticism as well as against contempt of court. “He is claiming that Aliran sensationalised his articles but he did nothing to rectify them. He is now trying to pass the responsibility to Aliran,” he said.He said the AIAC applied to become intervener as judge Hamid Sultan Abu Backer had attacked the organisation when it was not a party to an action between Leap Modulation and PCP Construction.
Vendargon said in this case intervention and expungement took place first followed by the leave application.
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