Chief Justices of Malaysia
Below are those who served as Lord President or Chief Justice, the highest legal position in the judiciary, in sequence with their duration in office.
Marrying More Than One
As a Muslim man, I have a clear advantage over a non-Muslim man when it comes to how many women I can marry. I can marry up to four wives at a go. A non-Muslim man cannot. If he tries to do so, he commits the offence of bigamy under section 494 of the Penal Code. Bigamy is the offence of marrying another whilst already married. It is punishable with a maximum imprisonment period of …
A Malaysian Mongrel
According to the definition provision of the Malaysian Federal Constitution (FC), Article 160, a person who fulfils four conditions is considered a Malay: I have bracketed the categories and will use them as shorthand for those conditions. Other races are not defined. Only what constitutes a Malay. Since knowing about this provision, I have always wondered whether having a fossilized definition of a Malay over the long term is healthy. It is obvious from the …
We all struggle
It doesn’t matter who we are, what we have, how knowledgeable we are, or where we live; we struggle. The man with incredible wealth, the man garlanded with success, struggles. He has no time for family or friendships. He works all the time. So he’s lonely. Do people like him for him or his money? Who can he trust? Nobody understands him except those who seek to take advantage of him. The woman with the …