Bar secretary to be quizzed as well, president sees red

The Malaysian Bar's secretary Cheah Yee Lynn will be questioned over a motion calling for attorney-general Mohd Apandi Ali's resignation, in addition to the three lawyers who submitted it.

Revealing this, Malaysian Bar president Steven Thiru decried the investigation as an unacceptable interference in the Bar's affairs.

“The action taken by (the police) is unacceptable.

“It is an interference with the Bar Council’s statutory obligation to convene and conduct the Malaysian Bar’s annual general meeting, and the statutory entitlement of members of the Malaysian Bar to move motions for the consideration of the Malaysian Bar, is consistent with the Malaysian Bar’s objects and powers under the Legal Profession Act 1976.

“The Malaysian Bar urges (the police) to respect the statutory duties of the Bar Council and the statutory rights of members of the Malaysian Bar,” he said in a statement today.

Malaysiakini had reported earlier today that lawyers Francis Pereira, R Shanmugam and Charles Hector who had proposed the motion had been called up for investigation.

The trio have been summoned for questioning at the Bukit Aman police headquarters on Thursday for investigation under Section 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948.

[More to follow]

-Mkini