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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: January 2014
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Sunday, January 12, 2014. Religion and the law. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. The Jais raid on the premises of the Bible Society of Malaysia has put into focus the Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Enactment 1988 of SelangorThe Jais raid on the premises of the Bible Society of Malaysia has put into focus the Non-Islamic Religions (Control of Propagation Amongst Muslims) Enactment 1988 of Selangor. Section 9 (2) also prohibits a non-Muslim to use 10 expressions of Islamic ori...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: July 2013
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Sunday, July 28, 2013. Ex-judges must remain ethical. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. Who a former judge later associates with and what he subsequently does or says will still be closely scrutinised by the public. 8220;There were only three items on the agenda. Caviar, champagne and any other matters arising therefrom. At noon, we adjourned to a private room in the Shangri-La for a sumptuous lunch. When I was driven back home at 3pm, I greatly regretted I had not retired years earlier! Needless to say, wh...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: July 2014
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Sunday, July 27, 2014. Justice at all cost for MH17. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. Malaysia Airlines special multi faith prayer service for the tragic and senseless loss of passengers and crew of MH17, at the Malaysia Airlines Academy in Kelana Jaya. - Filepic. States whose citizens perished in the tragedy can pursue the perpetrators in their domestic courts if their criminal laws have extra-territorial jurisdiction. . Did they look each other in the eye, one final time, in a wordless goodbye? 8220;To m...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: October 2013
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Thursday, October 10, 2013. Adult and baby diapers now 12.14% of waste disposed in Malaysia. Malaysians are throwing away more diapers each year, as the population ages and more elderly people have started using diapers, aside from babies, said the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry. Its secretary-general Datuk Seri Arpah Abdul Razak said on Tuesday that diapers now formed 12.14% of the total waste disposed in the country. Thursday, October 10, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 169;Ro...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: March 2015
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Sunday, March 29, 2015. Mourning a great leader. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan . IN MEMORY: Sunday Star columnist Roger Tan paying tribute to the late Singapore founding father Lee Kuan Yew in the condolence book at the Singapore High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. Spontaneous and emotional outpouring of grief by Singaporeans is indeed a testament to Lee Kuan Yew’s extraordinary achievement in creating a united nation out of a divided, polyglot, multi-racial and multi-religious population. Almost half a mil...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: Justice at all cost for MH17
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Sunday, July 27, 2014. Justice at all cost for MH17. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. Malaysia Airlines' special multi faith prayer service for the tragic and senseless loss of passengers and crew of MH17, at the Malaysia Airlines Academy in Kelana Jaya. - Filepic. States whose citizens perished in the tragedy can pursue the perpetrators in their domestic courts if their criminal laws have extra-territorial jurisdiction. Did they look each other in the eye, one final time, in a wordless goodbye? 8220;To my...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: November 2013
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Sunday, November 10, 2013. Cleaning up: A contractor raking the litter trapped in a floating boom installed in Sungai Batu near Kampung Simpang Batu, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysians must realise that whatever we throw into the drain will eventually flow into the river. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. There should be a law to deal with all matters relating to our water resources, including management and preservation of rivers. . Hence, Malaysians must realise, if not begin to realise, that whatever you throw int...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: Keep it colour blind
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Sunday, August 17, 2014. Keep it colour blind. Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. Respected figure: The writer with Sultan Azlan. Our judges, regardless of their race and religion, must always be mindful that they have taken an oath to preserve, protect and defend our Constitution not for some but for all Malaysians. Interestingly, the Federal Court’s judgment which subsequently endorsed the correctness of his royal decision is now being relied upon by his then most vociferous and sometimes insolent cr...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: May 2013
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Sunday, May 12, 2013. Cyber assault: Chua Lai Fatt’s MyKad as posted and circulated on Facebook. Democracy is about accepting finality through the ballot box and due process of law. IN the 2000 United States presidential election, despite Al Gore having won the popular vote, he did not get to become President. This is what democracy is all about – accepting finality through the ballot box and due process of law. 40,000 foreigners were flown in from east Malaysia to vote in the peninsula;. New ballot boxe...
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Voice of Reason:::Roger Tan: November 2014
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Sunday, November 23, 2014. Case for judicial review. The Sunday Star . Legally Speaking by Roger Tan. Landmark judgment: In the Nov 7 decision of the Court of Appeal in Muhamad Juzaili Bin Mohd Khamis and Ors v Negri Sembilan State Government. 2014, the court struck down section 66 of the Syariah Criminal Enactment (Negeri Sembilan), 1992 which criminalises Muslim men for cross-dressing, as unconstitutional. Is judicial review the correct procedure to challenge the validity of a statute? In a nutshell, ...