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Another Brick in the Wall (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
Karpal seek for Dr Mahathir to be given chance to defend himself. Zaid Ibrahim is oblivious to the fact presented by Dr Mahathir's press conference and the police report made Dato Ibrahim Ali and Matthias Chang on June 26th, 2008. He said the Government can't be forming Tribunal and Royal Commssion every now and then. Aren't those enquiries held when the cirucmstances arise and...
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Malaysian-based law firm Zaid Ibrahim & Co, Allen & Gledhill LLP of Singapore and Vietnamese partners today formed AGZI LCT Ltd, the first joint venture law firm of its kind to be licensed in Viet Nam. The new firm, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, will provide legal solutions, services and advice required by industry players, in particular, established Asean corporates and...
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Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Neither the proposal to amend the Federal Constitution to set up the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) nor that to reinstate Article 121 to its pre-1988 position will be tabled in Parliament next week. De facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, who had presented his proposals to the Cabinet last week, said it needed more time for it to be tabled. “Some people agree. Some people do...
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Cakap Tak Serupa Bikin (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Datuk Zaid Ibrahim is seeking to restore the original wording of Article 121(1) of the Federal Constitution. He said he suggested this to the cabinet last week but was unsure when it would happen. Article 121(1) originally read: “Subject to Clause (2), the judicial power of the Federation shall be vested in two High Courts of coordinate jurisdiction and status, namely...” Mahathir amended...
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Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
12-06-2008: Zaid Ibrahim & Co 1st Asian legal firm to start operations in Dubai by Sharon Tan KUALA LUMPUR: Zaid Ibrahim & Co created history by being the first Asian legal firm to export services to the Middle East, after receiving approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to provide legal services to local, regional and international [...]
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MyDD (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Leaving Malaysia tomorrow. I got to go down to Malacca today, about 2 hours south of Kuala Lumpur, and have a bunch of photos from that below. Yesterday, we were able to interview Zaid Ibrahim, the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs and judicial reform. He was previously a prominent reformer whom was critical of Prime Minister Badawi, and was brought...
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Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
De facto Law Minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim has just confirmed that the appointment of the next Chief Justice will not be affected by any judicial reform currently in the pipeline. I posed this question during the winding-up of the debate on the Judges’ Remuneration (Amendment) Bill 2008. The Chief Justice, Tun Abdul Hamid will retire on 18th [...]
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... LLP and WongPartnership LLP; and two of the
largest firms in Malaysia, Shearn Delamore and Zaid Ibrahim & Co.
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Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
AGZI LCT received yesterday a licence from the Ministry of Justice to become the country’s first joint venture law firm. Vietnamese company LCT Laywers, Allen&Gledhill LPP of Singapore and Zaid Ibrahim&Co. of Malaysia are the company’s partners. "Our company has a clear focus of providing the legal solutions, services and advice required by industry players, especially established ASEAN...
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Iklan Percuma Malaysia (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
Brother, can you spare a dime? Posted by Raja Petra Thursday, 27 March 2008 When speculation and a false sense of security broke the back of stock markets and brought on the Great Depression on October 24, 1929, America was essentially bankrupt, leaving 25% of Americans unemployed. JT I refer to Zaid Ibrahim's recent statements regarding getting rid of ancient laws. Before he delves into...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
[JURIST] Malaysian Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim Wednesday said legal reforms are needed to safeguard the independence of the country's judiciary. His remarks came in response to recent allegations that during his term of office, former PM Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad threatened to remove judges unless they rendered satisfactory verdicts. Ibrahim indicated that the reform would...
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Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and the de facto Law Minister, Datuk Zaid Ibrahim have both poured cold waters on calls for an inquiry into the latest allegation levelled by High Court judge, Justice Datuk Ian Chin against former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. “No need…there will be no end [...]
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Shariah Finance Watch (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
... the support from the Thai and Malaysian financial authorities, and with sponsorship from HSBC, Zaid Ibrahim Law Office and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Last year, about 220 participants attended the event. Bruton said Islamic financing system was gaining worldwide prominent and cited the Arabian Gulf area, the world’s largest source of surplus investment funds which has experienced dramatic...
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Kuala Lumpur is Home (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... in his dream’ and came up with statements about legal reforms but so far it is just hot air with Zaid Ibrahim filling the air for Pak Lah to heat up…. if you know what I mean. Now another judge came up with another revelation that makes a stronger case for Malaysians to believe the fact that our legal systems had been in limbo for a long time. Only the BN Government, led by Mahathir...
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Another Brick in the Wall (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Yesterday' The Star reported Zaid Ibrahim making rounds to visit the sacked judges and recepient of ex-gratia payments. He got himself into an accident and his official car is in bad shape. To many of us, such an accident would alert us for a possible divine reminder. Will Zaid realised it? He could be in the wrong in his so-called attempt to bring judicial reform. His end is not...
