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Seized – device that
disables car alarm system
SEREMBAN: This device that
Negri Sembilan police chief
Datuk Osman Salleh is holding
is called an electronic signal
detector. It was used by a band
of car thieves to neutralise a
car’s security alarm system.
According to Osman, the
device is worth RM15,000
and was among several tools
seized from a car-theft syn-
dicate active in the state and
Selangor.
Police arrested four men
on May 13 and have since
recovered six cars, including
three 4WD vehicles, believed
stolen by the gang.
“The stolen vehicles are
three Toyota Hilux (4WD), a
Toyota Vios, a Naza
Ria and a Perodua
Viva, all worth
an estimated
RM400,000,”
Osman told
reporters here
yesterday.
The vehicles
were reported
stolen in Negri
Sembilan and
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Selangor between the end of
last year and early this year.
Police arrested the first
suspect in Sikamat on May 13
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while he was driving a Toyota
Hilux reported stolen in Sec-
tion 6, Shah Alam, Selangor
earlier that day.
“After initial investigations,
police arrested three other
men and recovered five more
vehicles, 36 road tax discs and
several tools, including the
electronic signal detector,” he
said.
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UTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal did not vacate the office of mentri besar “The judgment completely lacked ju-
The suspects – two Malay- will deliver its judgment at 3.30pm as he had not lost majority confidence in dicial appreciation of the facts and docu-
sians and two Bangladeshis today on an appeal by Datuk Dr the state legislative assembly. ments, therefore making the declaration
– were remanded to facilitate Zambry Abdul Kadir against a High Mohammad Nizar had also applied to as granted by the High Court wrong.”
investigations. Court ruling last week that Pakatan the court to set aside the stay of execu- Documentary evidence showed that
“Investigations Rakyat’s Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar tion order obtained by Zambry against there was no deadlock in Perak politics
are going on to Jamaluddin is the rightful mentri besar the High Court ruling. However, both before Mohammad Nizar had an audi-
track down of Perak. sides agreed that the court should hear ence with the Sultan on Feb 4.
their accom- A three-member panel of Datuk Md Zambry’s appeal proper first. “This is because, on Feb 3, three
plices and Raus Shariff, Datuk Zainun Ali and These were the arguments from the assemblymen – Jamaluddin Mohd
find out Datuk Ahmad Maarop fixed the date for parties: Radzi (Behrang), Mohd Osman Mohd
how and judgment after spending almost seven Zambry’s counsel, Datuk Cecil Abra- Jailu (Changkat Jering) and Hee Yit
to whom hours yesterday hearing submissions ham, cited 24 grounds of the appeal with Foong (Jelapang) – had sent letters to
the sto- from the appellant Zambry, respondent nine main issues. Sultan Azlan Shah informing him that
len cars Mohammad Nizar, and Attorney-Gen- » The trial judge had wrongly inter- they had lost confidence in Mohammad
are sold,” eral Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail as the preted Article 16, 18 and 36 of the Perak Nizar and pledged support to the Barisan
he said. intervener. Constitution. Nasional.
– Ber- Earlier, Mohammad Nizar had “Article 16 is very clear and unambig- “The letters were received by the
nama requested a panel of five Appeal Court ous. It says, when the mentri besar lost Sultan at 3pm, that was before the Sultan
judges to hear the appeal, but was re- the majority confidence, he must resign. had the audience with Mohammad Nizar
fused, Bernama It does not say that he must go back to at 5pm. As at 5pm, when Mohammad
reported. the state legislative assembly (to table Nizar requested for the dissolution, what
On May 11, the motion of no-confidence).” was the state of politics in Perak at that
High Court » The trial judge was also wrong in time? The learned trial judge had failed
(Appellate and holding that the Sultan of Perak had no to address his mind and to consider this
Special Pow- power to make an enquiry to ascertain at all in his judgment.”
ers Division) whether there was a deadlock in the
judge Datuk state legislative assembly or whether Tan Sri Abdul Gani’s submission:
Abdul Aziz Mohammad Nizar had lost the majority » Mohammad Nizar cannot claim that
Abd Rahim confidence of the house. he had the confidence of the majority
had ruled » The vote of no-confidence is not the as there was an equal vote of 28 each
that Mo- only way to ascertain if the respondent on either side (Pakatan and Barisan
hammad has ceased to command the confidence Nasional).
Nizar of the majority. “This case is a 50-50 situation. It
» Under the constitution, there is no means that there is no majority or minor-
specific provision requiring a motion of ity. In fact, the respondent (Mohammad
no-confidence to be passed by the mem- Nizar) had 28 votes, including Speaker
bers of the state legislative assembly V. Sivakumar, but under the standing
before ascertaining that the mentri besar orders, the speaker cannot vote.”
had lost the majority confidence. » Mohammad Nizar had in his audi-
» The High Court’s decision was made ence with Sultan Azlan Shah on Feb 4
without considering the facts and rel-
evant documents in the case. » Turn to Page 2