Court rules Penang not empowered to set up crime watch unit

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The Federal Court says the Local Government Act does not give power to the state government to set up the Voluntary Patrol Scheme.

Penang state exco Phee Boon Poh and lawyer Alan Gomez , representing Penang government, outside the Federal Court today.

“The state government in its arguments relied on Section 9 and Paragraph 101 of the Local Government Act in setting up PPS, but this was not supported by fact,” said Chief Judge of Malaya Zaharah Ibrahim.Other judges in the panel were Court of Appeal president Ahmad Maarop and Federal Court judges Alizatul and Ramly Ali.The Penang government set up PPS in 2011 to help with voluntary work and fight crime in neighbourhoods. The group had over 9,000 members.

Penang Welfare, Caring Society and Environment Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh, who was present in court for the decision, told reporters later that the Penang government respects the Federal Court ruling. In 2017, Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who was a Court of Appeal judge at the time, ruled in favour of the Penang government in its appeal against the home ministry’s decision to ban PPS in 2014.

 

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