New Year resolutions ?
It is not often that a prime minister throws a challenge at one minister and holds another to his promise — publicly.
But that is exactly what Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did yesterday
Six months to haul up the corrupt
Heads of department have been given six months to take disciplinary action against corrupt civil servants.
The directive was given by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to all directors-general during a meeting two weeks ago.
National Unity and Integration Department director-general Datuk Azman Amin Hassan said this after the department's monthly gathering at the auditorium yesterday.
At the meeting with the directors-general, Anti-Corruption Agency officials tabled a report on 585 civil servants allegedly on the take between 2002 and 2006.
However, due to lack of evidence, they could not be produced in court.
ACA had recommended that disciplinary action, including demotion, transfer and salary freeze, be taken against those implicated in the cases.
"ACA had recommended the kind of action to be taken against those involved.
"So, within these six months, they (heads of department) must act.
"If they fail to act, their superiors or the Chief Secretary to the Government will instead take action against them."
Non-Muslims Not Forced To Attend Syariah Court
Non-Muslims will not be forced to attend Syariah courts to testify in cases involving differences between Muslims and non-Muslims.
Chief Syarie Judge of the Syariah Judiciary Department, Datuk Sheikh Ghazali Abdul Rahman, said in a plural society a person's willingness to testify and a compromising attitude should be nurtured and protected.
"I feel it is important for everyone in this multiracial country to cooperate with one another. We do not need force but voluntary effort which can satisfy all sides," he said after opening a conference on family law and its challenges here, Tuesday.
Former family court judge Datuk Faiza Thamby Chik said there was no force for a converted Muslim to remain in Islam, but there was a procedure for a converted Muslim to follow in order to return to his or her original religion.
Faiza said a person converted to Islam would be issued a 'mualaf' (convert) certificate and the person should go back to the Syariah court or the Islamic Religious Department if he or she wanted to return to the original religion.
Meanwhile, Sun2surf reported that "Case of convert seeking to renounce Islam postponed"
The High Court here today postponed to March 8 the hearing of an application by a Muslim convert to abandon the religion.
Justice Datuk Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim deferred the hearing to enable the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council that the applicant, Siti Fatimah Rajamanickam, 36, named as respondent, to reply to her affidavit-in-reply.
According to Bernama, Siti Fatimah said in her affidavit-in-reply dated last Nov 6 that the council's application to have her's struck out because civil court did not have jurisdiction, was defective and should be rejected with cost as it did not state the subsection under Order 18 Rule 19 of the High Court Rules 1980 that was used.
Siti Fatimah who was a Hindu, filed a statement of claim on Oct 1, 2004, to renounce Islam and to have her Muslim name be replaced with Vijaya Letchumy a/p Rajamanickam.
She sought a declaration that she had constitutional right guaranteed under the provisions of Article 11(1) of the Federal Constitution to renounce Islam.
She also sought a declaration that she did not have obligation to apply to the Syariah Court or other authority bodies to renounce Islam based on the same Article.
She sought another declaration that the need to apply to the Federal Territories Syariah Court before renouncing Islam was inconsistent with Articles 5(1), 8(1) and 74 of the Federal Constitution.
Malaysia Education Anti corruption Syariah Court renounce Islam
But that is exactly what Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi did yesterday
* To Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein: "Deliver on your
promise to improve the quality of the education system."
* To Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed: "Hisham has promised to deliver the best students to your universities. Can your universities produce the best graduates?"
Six months to haul up the corrupt
Heads of department have been given six months to take disciplinary action against corrupt civil servants.
The directive was given by Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan to all directors-general during a meeting two weeks ago.
National Unity and Integration Department director-general Datuk Azman Amin Hassan said this after the department's monthly gathering at the auditorium yesterday.
At the meeting with the directors-general, Anti-Corruption Agency officials tabled a report on 585 civil servants allegedly on the take between 2002 and 2006.
However, due to lack of evidence, they could not be produced in court.
ACA had recommended that disciplinary action, including demotion, transfer and salary freeze, be taken against those implicated in the cases.
"ACA had recommended the kind of action to be taken against those involved.
"So, within these six months, they (heads of department) must act.
"If they fail to act, their superiors or the Chief Secretary to the Government will instead take action against them."
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Non-Muslims Not Forced To Attend Syariah Court
Non-Muslims will not be forced to attend Syariah courts to testify in cases involving differences between Muslims and non-Muslims.
Chief Syarie Judge of the Syariah Judiciary Department, Datuk Sheikh Ghazali Abdul Rahman, said in a plural society a person's willingness to testify and a compromising attitude should be nurtured and protected.
"I feel it is important for everyone in this multiracial country to cooperate with one another. We do not need force but voluntary effort which can satisfy all sides," he said after opening a conference on family law and its challenges here, Tuesday.
Former family court judge Datuk Faiza Thamby Chik said there was no force for a converted Muslim to remain in Islam, but there was a procedure for a converted Muslim to follow in order to return to his or her original religion.
Faiza said a person converted to Islam would be issued a 'mualaf' (convert) certificate and the person should go back to the Syariah court or the Islamic Religious Department if he or she wanted to return to the original religion.
Meanwhile, Sun2surf reported that "Case of convert seeking to renounce Islam postponed"
The High Court here today postponed to March 8 the hearing of an application by a Muslim convert to abandon the religion.
Justice Datuk Wan Afrah Wan Ibrahim deferred the hearing to enable the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council that the applicant, Siti Fatimah Rajamanickam, 36, named as respondent, to reply to her affidavit-in-reply.
According to Bernama, Siti Fatimah said in her affidavit-in-reply dated last Nov 6 that the council's application to have her's struck out because civil court did not have jurisdiction, was defective and should be rejected with cost as it did not state the subsection under Order 18 Rule 19 of the High Court Rules 1980 that was used.
Siti Fatimah who was a Hindu, filed a statement of claim on Oct 1, 2004, to renounce Islam and to have her Muslim name be replaced with Vijaya Letchumy a/p Rajamanickam.
She sought a declaration that she had constitutional right guaranteed under the provisions of Article 11(1) of the Federal Constitution to renounce Islam.
She also sought a declaration that she did not have obligation to apply to the Syariah Court or other authority bodies to renounce Islam based on the same Article.
She sought another declaration that the need to apply to the Federal Territories Syariah Court before renouncing Islam was inconsistent with Articles 5(1), 8(1) and 74 of the Federal Constitution.
Malaysia Education Anti corruption Syariah Court renounce Islam
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