Altantuya's murder trial set for March 2008
Abdul Razak Back In Jail As Court Refuses To Entertain Oral Bail Application
Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah, charged with abetting two policemen in the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu, was taken into police custody after his lawyer failed to file a formal application for extension of his bail.
Shah Alam High Court Judge Datuk K.N.Segara refused to entertain an oral application for the extension as well as interim bail made by his counsel Wong Kian Kheong and ordered Wong to file in a formal application.
"Make a formal application. This is a serious charge. I am not interested (to hear the oral bail application). I want it in the affidavit. You had more than sufficient time to do so. I have already made the ruling and will not entertain anything else," said Segara who insisted that he needed to proceed hearing another case involving an Iranian man remanded since 1999, and subsequently left the court.
In the afternoon, Wong filed the formal bail application to have Abdul Razak, 46, released from prison while awaiting his trial. The court fixed Jan 19 to hear the bail application.
Abdul Razak was then sent to the Sungai Buloh prison and will remain there until a decision is made on the application.
Finaly, a real Judge for a change, instead of the usual ‘puppets’ who never fail to make a mockery out of every law in the country.
Altantuya: Very strict judge, Abdul Razak Baginda’s bail rejected…trial date March 2008. - SUSAN LOONE
The judge K.N Segara who presided over the court case of Altantuya Sharibuu’s murder at the Shah Alam court today was “impressive” to say the least.
First of all, he allowed no one to stand in court except the police. Everyone must be seated. Others were told to leave. This did not happen earlier, when the court was packed, and noisy to the extend that people could not hear the proceedings.
At this session, the judge Segara was hard-hitting, stuck to principles of the law, and said in no uncertain terms that he did not want allegations about his court.
He denied Abdul Razak Baginda his bail, when the the latter’s lawyer, Wong Kian Kheong failed to make a formal (written) application for bail. He was rightly told to do so on 14 December, but still failed to do it.
Judge Segara did not want to consider the matter at all, saying that it was a serious case, and a written application need to be made, before a date is fixed to hear about the bail.
Now, one wonders why Wong, the former DPP, did not make a written application. Even Karpal Singh, who held a watching brief for the victim’s family, was surprised.
With this, Abdul Razak goes to prison, at Sungai Buloh, and made quite an emotional exit, with his wife and relatives, hugging him before he was taken away.
Anyway, earlier at the session, Wong requested the court to speed up the trial, on the basis of too much negative publicity on his client.
Segara was direct. He said he never heard of such a basis, to bring forward a case. Then he went into a 15 minute lecture of the court system.
He informed the packed audience that the court has about 120 new cases on trial, and most of these are offenses which were non-bailable. Some of them have been waiting since 2000, for their cases to go on trial. So, he couldn’t just allow Baginda to jump the queue, just because of bad publicity.
He also said that if the others (who were waiting for their trial) agree to be tried later, he would consider pushing forward Baginda’s case.
“Common sense must prevail. Those longest on remand must get the earliest date. That is the system.
“Short of any exceptional circumtances, for example, a child involved, then extra priority supercedes,” he said.
“We don’t do things to please the public, press or anybody,” he added.
So he told the DPP to choose a date, where the trial will go on uniterrupted, and he will consider.
When he asked the DPP how many witnesses he had, the DPP said “at the moment, there are 30 or 40 witnesses…”
Segara cut in an said “I dont want to hear at the moment, that means you are not certain. At this stage you must be sure already”.
So finally the date was set for 10-14, 17-21, 24-28 and 31 March, and 1-4 April 2008.
Will that be after of before elections???
Malaysia Altantuya Sharibuu murder case Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda Political analyst
Political analyst Abdul Razak Abdullah, charged with abetting two policemen in the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu, was taken into police custody after his lawyer failed to file a formal application for extension of his bail.
Shah Alam High Court Judge Datuk K.N.Segara refused to entertain an oral application for the extension as well as interim bail made by his counsel Wong Kian Kheong and ordered Wong to file in a formal application.
"Make a formal application. This is a serious charge. I am not interested (to hear the oral bail application). I want it in the affidavit. You had more than sufficient time to do so. I have already made the ruling and will not entertain anything else," said Segara who insisted that he needed to proceed hearing another case involving an Iranian man remanded since 1999, and subsequently left the court.
In the afternoon, Wong filed the formal bail application to have Abdul Razak, 46, released from prison while awaiting his trial. The court fixed Jan 19 to hear the bail application.
Abdul Razak was then sent to the Sungai Buloh prison and will remain there until a decision is made on the application.
Finaly, a real Judge for a change, instead of the usual ‘puppets’ who never fail to make a mockery out of every law in the country.
Altantuya: Very strict judge, Abdul Razak Baginda’s bail rejected…trial date March 2008. - SUSAN LOONE
The judge K.N Segara who presided over the court case of Altantuya Sharibuu’s murder at the Shah Alam court today was “impressive” to say the least.
First of all, he allowed no one to stand in court except the police. Everyone must be seated. Others were told to leave. This did not happen earlier, when the court was packed, and noisy to the extend that people could not hear the proceedings.
At this session, the judge Segara was hard-hitting, stuck to principles of the law, and said in no uncertain terms that he did not want allegations about his court.
He denied Abdul Razak Baginda his bail, when the the latter’s lawyer, Wong Kian Kheong failed to make a formal (written) application for bail. He was rightly told to do so on 14 December, but still failed to do it.
Judge Segara did not want to consider the matter at all, saying that it was a serious case, and a written application need to be made, before a date is fixed to hear about the bail.
Now, one wonders why Wong, the former DPP, did not make a written application. Even Karpal Singh, who held a watching brief for the victim’s family, was surprised.
With this, Abdul Razak goes to prison, at Sungai Buloh, and made quite an emotional exit, with his wife and relatives, hugging him before he was taken away.
Anyway, earlier at the session, Wong requested the court to speed up the trial, on the basis of too much negative publicity on his client.
Segara was direct. He said he never heard of such a basis, to bring forward a case. Then he went into a 15 minute lecture of the court system.
He informed the packed audience that the court has about 120 new cases on trial, and most of these are offenses which were non-bailable. Some of them have been waiting since 2000, for their cases to go on trial. So, he couldn’t just allow Baginda to jump the queue, just because of bad publicity.
He also said that if the others (who were waiting for their trial) agree to be tried later, he would consider pushing forward Baginda’s case.
“Common sense must prevail. Those longest on remand must get the earliest date. That is the system.
“Short of any exceptional circumtances, for example, a child involved, then extra priority supercedes,” he said.
“We don’t do things to please the public, press or anybody,” he added.
So he told the DPP to choose a date, where the trial will go on uniterrupted, and he will consider.
When he asked the DPP how many witnesses he had, the DPP said “at the moment, there are 30 or 40 witnesses…”
Segara cut in an said “I dont want to hear at the moment, that means you are not certain. At this stage you must be sure already”.
So finally the date was set for 10-14, 17-21, 24-28 and 31 March, and 1-4 April 2008.
Will that be after of before elections???
Malaysia Altantuya Sharibuu murder case Abdul Razak Abdullah Baginda Political analyst
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