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“Murder in Malaysia – Justice for Altantuya” aired today, by Al Jazeera

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Altantuya’s father, Shaariibuu Setev and lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo listening to a civil suit verdict in her office earlier this year. (Al Jazeera pic) FMT reported two lawyers have urged the government to bring home convicted killer Sirul Azhar Umar from Australia to reopen the “unresolved” murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, who was shot and had her body blown up in 2006. Former attorney-general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas said it would take only 30 minutes for Malaysia to ensure that Sirul could be extradited from Australia, where he fled in 2015. “Malaysia just needs to give an undertaking to Australia that Sirul won’t face the death penalty on his return. The foreign and home ministers and the attorney general must sit together and write a letter to their counterparts in Australia,” Thomas said. “It’s as easy as that — a letter that can be written in half an hour. I think there is no political will. They’d rather it be part of history and want everybody to forget about ...
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M Nasir and Sheila Majid challenge government’s copyright guidelines without explanation

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  Why challenge royalty payment guidelines, Karyawan asks M Nasir, Sheila Majid The Malaysian Artistes’ Association (Karyawan) has urged top entertainers Datuk M Nasir and Datuk Seri Sheila Majid to explain why two organisations helmed by them are challenging the government’s copyright guidelines, FMT reported today. Karyawan president Datuk Freddie Fernandez argued that the guidelines aim to improve transparency in music royalty collection and distribution by collective management organisations. He said he was disappointed with the Music Authors Copyright Protection (MACP), Public Performance Malaysia, and Recording Performers Malaysia (RPM) for filing the judicial review application. Nasir chairs MACP while Sheila heads RPM. “We do not understand why two big names in the music industry do not support these guidelines, given that the majority of music practitioners consider them to be a positive development that benefits artistes, composers and other music practitioners as a whol...
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Untuk apa Badan Peguam dan PKR minta penjelasan daripada tape recorder

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PKR Negeri Sembilan menggesa Menteri Besar Datuk Ismail Lasim memberi penjelasan mengenai surat yang diutuskan kepada Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja dengan mendakwa Tuanku Muhriz Tuanku Munawir bukan lagi Yang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Semalam, dilaporkan Badan Peguam Malaysia meminta Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan  Datuk Ismail Lasim   menjelaskan setiap kenyataan berubah-ubah dan bertentangan. Sebagai contoh,  Ismail Lasim  mendakwa dia menandatangani proklamasi penurunan takhta dalam keadaan tertekan dan dipaksa. Justeru, Badan Peguam kemudian memintanya mendedahkan siapa yang memaksanya untuk menandatangani proklamasi itu. Khabar angin mengatakan beliau dipaksa oleh Timbalan Perdana Menteri yang juga Presiden UMNO, serta beberapa pemimpin UMNO yang lain. Walaupun media Singapura ada memberi bayangan dalam laporan terhadap perkara ini, kebenaran berita itu belum dapat dibuktikan dengan kukuh sehingga hari ini. Menteri Besar itu juga telah membuat laporan po...
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