His Royal Highness DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Perak Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, did it again.....
In addressing a conference of lawyers, said there have been recent "disturbing events relating to the judiciary" _ an apparent reference to a scandal involving a video tape that allegedly provides proof of judicial corruption.
"Sadly I must acknowledge there has been some disquiet about our judiciary," Azlan said. "I am driven nostalgically to look back to a time when our judiciary was the pride of our region, and our neighbors spoke admiringly of our legal system."
Sultan Azlan, the highly respected sultan of northern Perak state, stressed that "a judiciary loses its value and service to the community if there is no public confidence in its decision-making."
Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, in a speech to the same conference that the former king addressed, said that lawyers see increasing signs of a lack of trust in judges, such as contract clauses for arbitration outside judicial jurisdiction.
"In a nation like ours with aspirations to a first-world economy, the administration of justice is key," Ambiga said in a speech to the Bar Council's Malaysian Law Conference.
Will the royalty be the savior of Malaysia?
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